netlink: Make NETLINK_USERSOCK work again.

Once we started enforcing the a nl_table[] entry exist for a protocol, NETLINK_USERSOCK stopped working. Add a dummy table entry so that it works again. Reported-by: Thomas Voegtle <[email protected]> Tested-by: Thomas Voegtle <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
yshchan · Aug 31, 2010 · b963ea8 · b963ea8
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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2102,6 +2102,26 @@ static void __net_exit netlink_net_exit(struct net *net)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void __init netlink_add_usersock_entry(void)
+{
+	unsigned long *listeners;
+	int groups = 32;
+
+	listeners = kzalloc(NLGRPSZ(groups) + sizeof(struct listeners_rcu_head),
+			    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!listeners)
+		panic("netlink_add_usersock_entry: Cannot allocate listneres\n");
+
+	netlink_table_grab();
+
+	nl_table[NETLINK_USERSOCK].groups = groups;
+	nl_table[NETLINK_USERSOCK].listeners = listeners;
+	nl_table[NETLINK_USERSOCK].module = THIS_MODULE;
+	nl_table[NETLINK_USERSOCK].registered = 1;
+
+	netlink_table_ungrab();
+}
+
 static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata netlink_net_ops = {
 	.init = netlink_net_init,
 	.exit = netlink_net_exit,
@@ -2150,6 +2170,8 @@ static int __init netlink_proto_init(void)
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 	}
 
+	netlink_add_usersock_entry();
+
 	sock_register(&netlink_family_ops);
 	register_pernet_subsys(&netlink_net_ops);
 	/* The netlink device handler may be needed early. */