netlink: hide struct module parameter in netlink_kernel_create

This patch defines netlink_kernel_create as a wrapper function of
__netlink_kernel_create to hide the struct module *me parameter
(which seems to be THIS_MODULE in all existing netlink subsystems).

Suggested by David S. Miller.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index b74540ce3c14..4d348e97e131 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1526,9 +1526,8 @@ static void netlink_data_ready(struct sock *sk, int len)
  */
 
 struct sock *
-netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit,
-                      struct module *module,
-                      struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
+__netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, struct module *module,
+                        struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
 {
         struct socket *sock;
         struct sock *sk;
@@ -1603,8 +1602,7 @@ out_sock_release_nosk:
         sock_release(sock);
         return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_kernel_create);
-
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netlink_kernel_create);
 
 void
 netlink_kernel_release(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c1b71aef9f71..19288b7d6135 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -922,8 +922,7 @@ static int __net_init genl_pernet_init(struct net *net)
         };
 
         /* we'll bump the group number right afterwards */
-        net->genl_sock = netlink_kernel_create(net, NETLINK_GENERIC,
-                                               THIS_MODULE, &cfg);
+        net->genl_sock = netlink_kernel_create(net, NETLINK_GENERIC, &cfg);
 
         if (!net->genl_sock && net_eq(net, &init_net))
                 panic("GENL: Cannot initialize generic netlink\n");