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rtnetlink: remove __rtnl_register

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This removes __rtnl_register and switches callers to either
rtnl_register or rtnl_register_module.

Also, rtnl_register() will now print an error if memory allocation
failed rather than panic the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Florian Westphal
2017-12-02 21:44:08 +01:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent c1c502b511
commit 16feebcf23
6 changed files with 61 additions and 55 deletions
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net/core/rtnetlink.c
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@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int rtnl_register_module(struct module *owner,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register_module);
/**
* __rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
* rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
* @protocol: Protocol family or PF_UNSPEC
* @msgtype: rtnetlink message type
* @doit: Function pointer called for each request message
@@ -252,35 +252,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register_module);
* The special protocol family PF_UNSPEC may be used to define fallback
* function pointers for the case when no entry for the specific protocol
* family exists.
*
* Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
*/
int __rtnl_register(int protocol, int msgtype,
rtnl_doit_func doit, rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit,
unsigned int flags)
{
return rtnl_register_internal(NULL, protocol, msgtype,
doit, dumpit, flags);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rtnl_register);
/**
* rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
*
* Identical to __rtnl_register() but panics on failure. This is useful
* as failure of this function is very unlikely, it can only happen due
* to lack of memory when allocating the chain to store all message
* handlers for a protocol. Meant for use in init functions where lack
* of memory implies no sense in continuing.
*/
void rtnl_register(int protocol, int msgtype,
rtnl_doit_func doit, rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit,
unsigned int flags)
{
if (__rtnl_register(protocol, msgtype, doit, dumpit, flags) < 0)
panic("Unable to register rtnetlink message handler, "
"protocol = %d, message type = %d\n",
protocol, msgtype);
int err;
err = rtnl_register_internal(NULL, protocol, msgtype, doit, dumpit,
flags);
if (err)
pr_err("Unable to register rtnetlink message handler, "
"protocol = %d, message type = %d\n", protocol, msgtype);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register);