netdev - [PATCH 2/2] SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 fails

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Message-ID: <49ADE9BE.2040303@hp.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:38:54 -0500
From:	Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>,
	Vladislav Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>,
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"J.A. Magallón" 
	<jamagallon@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6
 fails


Change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 socket registration
fails.  Required if the IPv6 module is loaded with "disable=1",
else SCTP will fail to load.


Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
---
  net/sctp/protocol.c |   11 ++++++++---
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index c1e316e..e8c6287 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -692,15 +692,20 @@ static int sctp_inetaddr_event(struct notifier_block 
*this, unsigned long ev,
  static int sctp_ctl_sock_init(void)
  {
  	int err;
-	sa_family_t family;
+	sa_family_t family = PF_INET;

  	if (sctp_get_pf_specific(PF_INET6))
  		family = PF_INET6;
-	else
-		family = PF_INET;

  	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, family,
  				   SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP, &init_net);
+
+	/* If IPv6 socket could not be created, try the IPv4 socket */
+	if (err < 0 && family == PF_INET6)
+		err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, AF_INET,
+					   SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP,
+					   &init_net);
+
  	if (err < 0) {
  		printk(KERN_ERR
  		       "SCTP: Failed to create the SCTP control socket.\n");
-- 
1.5.4.3

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