Commit bb97d31f authored by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo's avatar Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Committed by David S. Miller
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[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: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 087fe256
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@@ -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");
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@@ -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)
	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;
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@@ -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");