Merge branch 'master' into csb1725

[mv-sheeva.git] / include / net / genetlink.h

diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index f7dcd2c7041266fadc9794efc50136c44c36d4f4..8a64b811a39aba9278a258396f268aa35a422e22 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ struct genl_multicast_group {
        u32                     id;
 };
 
+struct genl_ops;
+struct genl_info;
+
 /**
  * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
  * @id: protocol family idenfitier
@@ -29,6 +32,10 @@ struct genl_multicast_group {
  * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
  * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
  *     namespaces and should be presented in all of them
+ * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
+ *     do additional, common, filtering and return an error
+ * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
+ *     undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
  * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
  * @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
  * @family_list: family list
@@ -41,6 +48,12 @@ struct genl_family {
        unsigned int            version;
        unsigned int            maxattr;
        bool                    netnsok;
+       int                     (*pre_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
+                                           struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                           struct genl_info *info);
+       void                    (*post_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
+                                            struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                            struct genl_info *info);
        struct nlattr **        attrbuf;        /* private */
        struct list_head        ops_list;       /* private */
        struct list_head        family_list;    /* private */
@@ -55,6 +68,8 @@ struct genl_family {
  * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
  * @userhdr: user specific header
  * @attrs: netlink attributes
+ * @_net: network namespace
+ * @user_ptr: user pointers
  */
 struct genl_info {
        u32                     snd_seq;
@@ -66,6 +81,7 @@ struct genl_info {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
        struct net *            _net;
 #endif
+       void *                  user_ptr[2];
 };
 
 static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
@@ -81,6 +97,7 @@ static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
 /**
  * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
  * @cmd: command identifier
+ * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
  * @flags: flags
  * @policy: attribute validation policy
  * @doit: standard command callback
@@ -90,6 +107,7 @@ static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
  */
 struct genl_ops {
        u8                      cmd;
+       u8                      internal_flags;
        unsigned int            flags;
        const struct nla_policy *policy;
        int                    (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,