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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>2005-08-09 23:19:14 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-08-29 18:50:54 -0400
commitbb97d31f5130d677644d9931ef38613d1164ec94 (patch)
tree879827671531cf7b1a4aaeb8958009294e01ba04 /net
parent087fe256f0aef8d16b19a30c6fb10b899bf1a701 (diff)
[INET]: Make inet_create try to load protocol modules
Syntax is net-pf-PROTOCOL_FAMILY-PROTOCOL-SOCK_TYPE and if this fails net-pf-PROTOCOL_FAMILY-PROTOCOL. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/dccp/proto.c9
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/af_inet.c29
-rw-r--r--net/sctp/protocol.c4
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index 70284e6afe05..66c43fce17a6 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -811,8 +811,13 @@ static void __exit dccp_fini(void)
811module_init(dccp_init); 811module_init(dccp_init);
812module_exit(dccp_fini); 812module_exit(dccp_fini);
813 813
814/* __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) value directly */ 814/*
815MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-6"); 815 * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) and IPPROTO_DCCP (33)
816 * values directly, Also cover the case where the protocol is not specified,
817 * i.e. net-pf-PF_INET-proto-0-type-SOCK_DCCP
818 */
819MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-33-type-6");
820MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-0-type-6");
816MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); 821MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
817MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>"); 822MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>");
818MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCP - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol"); 823MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCP - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol");
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 52f5ecc58c46..20f52b5f5dea 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
228 struct proto *answer_prot; 228 struct proto *answer_prot;
229 unsigned char answer_flags; 229 unsigned char answer_flags;
230 char answer_no_check; 230 char answer_no_check;
231 int err; 231 int try_loading_module = 0;
232 int err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
232 233
233 sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED; 234 sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
234 235
235 /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */ 236 /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
236 answer = NULL; 237 answer = NULL;
238lookup_protocol:
237 rcu_read_lock(); 239 rcu_read_lock();
238 list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) { 240 list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) {
239 answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list); 241 answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
@@ -254,9 +256,28 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
254 answer = NULL; 256 answer = NULL;
255 } 257 }
256 258
257 err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT; 259 if (unlikely(answer == NULL)) {
258 if (!answer) 260 if (try_loading_module < 2) {
259 goto out_rcu_unlock; 261 rcu_read_unlock();
262 /*
263 * Be more specific, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132-type-1
264 * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP-type-SOCK_STREAM)
265 */
266 if (++try_loading_module == 1)
267 request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%d",
268 PF_INET, protocol, sock->type);
269 /*
270 * Fall back to generic, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132
271 * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP)
272 */
273 else
274 request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d",
275 PF_INET, protocol);
276 goto lookup_protocol;
277 } else
278 goto out_rcu_unlock;
279 }
280
260 err = -EPERM; 281 err = -EPERM;
261 if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability)) 282 if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability))
262 goto out_rcu_unlock; 283 goto out_rcu_unlock;
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 8d3f8096b873..7d8ec6526347 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,10 @@ SCTP_STATIC __exit void sctp_exit(void)
1242module_init(sctp_init); 1242module_init(sctp_init);
1243module_exit(sctp_exit); 1243module_exit(sctp_exit);
1244 1244
1245/*
1246 * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use IPPROTO_SCTP value (132) directly.
1247 */
1248MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-132");
1245MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>"); 1249MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>");
1246MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)"); 1250MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)");
1247MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); 1251MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");