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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/af_inet6.c47
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index c63b8ce0e1b..d9546380fa0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -92,10 +92,13 @@ static int inet6_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
struct proto *answer_prot;
unsigned char answer_flags;
char answer_no_check;
- int rc;
+ int try_loading_module = 0;
+ int err;
/* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
answer = NULL;
+lookup_protocol:
+ err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw6[sock->type]) {
answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
@@ -113,21 +116,37 @@ static int inet6_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
if (IPPROTO_IP == answer->protocol)
break;
}
+ err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
answer = NULL;
}
- rc = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
- if (!answer)
- goto out_rcu_unlock;
- rc = -EPERM;
+ if (!answer) {
+ if (try_loading_module < 2) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ /*
+ * Be more specific, e.g. net-pf-10-proto-132-type-1
+ * (net-pf-PF_INET6-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP-type-SOCK_STREAM)
+ */
+ if (++try_loading_module == 1)
+ request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%d",
+ PF_INET6, protocol, sock->type);
+ /*
+ * Fall back to generic, e.g. net-pf-10-proto-132
+ * (net-pf-PF_INET6-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP)
+ */
+ else
+ request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d",
+ PF_INET6, protocol);
+ goto lookup_protocol;
+ } else
+ goto out_rcu_unlock;
+ }
+
+ err = -EPERM;
if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability))
goto out_rcu_unlock;
- rc = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
- if (!protocol)
- goto out_rcu_unlock;
sock->ops = answer->ops;
-
answer_prot = answer->prot;
answer_no_check = answer->no_check;
answer_flags = answer->flags;
@@ -135,14 +154,14 @@ static int inet6_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
BUG_TRAP(answer_prot->slab != NULL);
- rc = -ENOBUFS;
+ err = -ENOBUFS;
sk = sk_alloc(PF_INET6, GFP_KERNEL, answer_prot, 1);
if (sk == NULL)
goto out;
sock_init_data(sock, sk);
- rc = 0;
+ err = 0;
sk->sk_no_check = answer_no_check;
if (INET_PROTOSW_REUSE & answer_flags)
sk->sk_reuse = 1;
@@ -202,14 +221,14 @@ static int inet6_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
sk->sk_prot->hash(sk);
}
if (sk->sk_prot->init) {
- rc = sk->sk_prot->init(sk);
- if (rc) {
+ err = sk->sk_prot->init(sk);
+ if (err) {
sk_common_release(sk);
goto out;
}
}
out:
- return rc;
+ return err;
out_rcu_unlock:
rcu_read_unlock();
goto out;