ipconfig: Create /proc/net/ipconfig directory

To allow ipconfig to report IP configuration details to user space
processes without cluttering /proc/net, create a new subdirectory
/proc/net/ipconfig. All files containing IP configuration details should
be written to this directory.

Signed-off-by: Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index e11dfd29a929..9abf833f3a99 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ static u8 ic_domain[64];		/* DNS (not NIS) domain name */
  * Private state.
  */
 
+/* proc_dir_entry for /proc/net/ipconfig */
+static struct proc_dir_entry *ipconfig_dir;
+
 /* Name of user-selected boot device */
 static char user_dev_name[IFNAMSIZ] __initdata = { 0, };
 
@@ -1301,6 +1304,16 @@ static const struct file_operations pnp_seq_fops = {
         .llseek         = seq_lseek,
         .release        = single_release,
 };
+
+/* Create the /proc/net/ipconfig directory */
+static int ipconfig_proc_net_init(void)
+{
+        ipconfig_dir = proc_net_mkdir(&init_net, "ipconfig", init_net.proc_net);
+        if (!ipconfig_dir)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 /*
@@ -1384,6 +1397,8 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
         proc_create("pnp", 0444, init_net.proc_net, &pnp_seq_fops);
+
+        ipconfig_proc_net_init();
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
         if (!ic_enable)