netdev - [PATCH v2 net-next 02/13] net: Make sock

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Message-ID: <1457388672-2600559-3-git-send-email-tom@herbertland.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:11:01 -0800
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<kernel-team@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 02/13] net: Make sock_alloc exportable

Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
---
 include/linux/net.h | 1 +
 net/socket.c        | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index 0b4ac7d..49175e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto,
 int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_kern(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void);
 void sock_release(struct socket *sock);
 int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg);
 int sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c044d1e..38a78d4 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
  *	NULL is returned.
  */
 
-static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct socket *sock;
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 	this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
 	return sock;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
 
 /**
  *	sock_release	-	close a socket
-- 
2.6.5