From e9412c37082b5c932e83364aaed0c38c2ce33acb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Horman Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:41 +0000 Subject: genetlink: Build a generic netlink family module alias Generic netlink searches for -type- formatted aliases when requesting a module to fulfill a protocol request (i.e. net-pf-16-proto-16-type-, where x is a type value). However generic netlink protocols have no well defined type numbers, they have string names. Modify genl_ctrl_getfamily to request an alias in the format net-pf-16-proto-16-family- instead, where x is a generic string, and add a macro that builds on the previously added MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_NAME macro to allow modules to specifify those generic strings. Note, l2tp previously hacked together an net-pf-16-proto-16-type-l2tp alias using the MODULE_ALIAS macro, with these updates we can convert that to use the PROTO_NAME macro. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman CC: Eric Dumazet CC: James Chapman CC: David Miller Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/netlink/genetlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/netlink/genetlink.c') diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 8340ace837f2..2cc7c1ee7690 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static int ctrl_getfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES if (res == NULL) { genl_unlock(); - request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%s", + request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-family-%s", PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_GENERIC, name); genl_lock(); res = genl_family_find_byname(name); -- cgit v1.2.2