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| author | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> | 2005-08-09 20:19:14 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2005-08-29 15:50:54 -0700 |
| commit | bb97d31f5130d677644d9931ef38613d1164ec94 (patch) | |
| tree | 879827671531cf7b1a4aaeb8958009294e01ba04 | |
| parent | 087fe256f0aef8d16b19a30c6fb10b899bf1a701 (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>
| -rw-r--r-- | net/dccp/proto.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/sctp/protocol.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c index 70284e6afe0..66c43fce17a 100644 --- a/net/dccp/proto.c +++ b/net/dccp/proto.c @@ -811,8 +811,13 @@ static void __exit dccp_fini(void) module_init(dccp_init); module_exit(dccp_fini); -/* __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) value directly */ -MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-6"); +/* + * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) and IPPROTO_DCCP (33) + * values directly, Also cover the case where the protocol is not specified, + * i.e. net-pf-PF_INET-proto-0-type-SOCK_DCCP + */ +MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-33-type-6"); +MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-0-type-6"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCP - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol"); diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c index 52f5ecc58c4..20f52b5f5de 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) struct proto *answer_prot; unsigned char answer_flags; char answer_no_check; - int err; + int try_loading_module = 0; + int err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT; sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED; /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */ answer = NULL; +lookup_protocol: rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) { answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list); @@ -254,9 +256,28 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol) answer = NULL; } - err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT; - if (!answer) - goto out_rcu_unlock; + if (unlikely(answer == NULL)) { + if (try_loading_module < 2) { + rcu_read_unlock(); + /* + * Be more specific, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132-type-1 + * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP-type-SOCK_STREAM) + */ + if (++try_loading_module == 1) + request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%d", + PF_INET, protocol, sock->type); + /* + * Fall back to generic, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132 + * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP) + */ + else + request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d", + PF_INET, protocol); + goto lookup_protocol; + } else + goto out_rcu_unlock; + } + err = -EPERM; if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability)) goto out_rcu_unlock; diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c index 8d3f8096b87..7d8ec652634 100644 --- a/net/sctp/protocol.c +++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c @@ -1242,6 +1242,10 @@ SCTP_STATIC __exit void sctp_exit(void) module_init(sctp_init); module_exit(sctp_exit); +/* + * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use IPPROTO_SCTP value (132) directly. + */ +MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-132"); MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); |