1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index ff1e90fd81ab..dbb93bdf6cc9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -192,6 +192,67 @@ out_no_xprt:
         return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
+/*
+ * rpc_create - create an RPC client and transport with one call
+ * @args: rpc_clnt create argument structure
+ *
+ * Creates and initializes an RPC transport and an RPC client.
+ *
+ * It can ping the server in order to determine if it is up, and to see if
+ * it supports this program and version.  RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING disables
+ * this behavior so asynchronous tasks can also use rpc_create.
+ */
+struct rpc_clnt *rpc_create(struct rpc_create_args *args)
+{
+        struct rpc_xprt *xprt;
+        struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
+
+        xprt = xprt_create_transport(args->protocol, args->address,
+                                        args->addrsize, args->timeout);
+        if (IS_ERR(xprt))
+                return (struct rpc_clnt *)xprt;
+
+        /*
+         * By default, kernel RPC client connects from a reserved port.
+         * CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE will not be set for unprivileged requesters,
+         * but it is always enabled for rpciod, which handles the connect
+         * operation.
+         */
+        xprt->resvport = 1;
+        if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NONPRIVPORT)
+                xprt->resvport = 0;
+
+        dprintk("RPC:       creating %s client for %s (xprt %p)\n",
+                args->program->name, args->servername, xprt);
+
+        clnt = rpc_new_client(xprt, args->servername, args->program,
+                                args->version, args->authflavor);
+        if (IS_ERR(clnt))
+                return clnt;
+
+        if (!(args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NOPING)) {
+                int err = rpc_ping(clnt, RPC_TASK_SOFT|RPC_TASK_NOINTR);
+                if (err != 0) {
+                        rpc_shutdown_client(clnt);
+                        return ERR_PTR(err);
+                }
+        }
+
+        clnt->cl_softrtry = 1;
+        if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_HARDRTRY)
+                clnt->cl_softrtry = 0;
+
+        if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_INTR)
+                clnt->cl_intr = 1;
+        if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_AUTOBIND)
+                clnt->cl_autobind = 1;
+        if (args->flags & RPC_CLNT_CREATE_ONESHOT)
+                clnt->cl_oneshot = 1;
+
+        return clnt;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpc_create);
+
 /**
  * Create an RPC client
  * @xprt - pointer to xprt struct