From a07ea4d9941af5a0c6f0be2a71b51ac9c083c5e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:40:02 +0200 Subject: genetlink: no longer support using static family IDs Static family IDs have never really been used, the only use case was the workaround I introduced for those users that assumed their family ID was also their multicast group ID. Additionally, because static family IDs would never be reserved by the generic netlink code, using a relatively low ID would only work for built-in families that can be registered immediately after generic netlink is started, which is basically only the control family (apart from the workaround code, which I also had to add code for so it would reserve those IDs) Thus, anything other than GENL_ID_GENERATE is flawed and luckily not used except in the cases I mentioned. Move those workarounds into a few lines of code, and then get rid of GENL_ID_GENERATE entirely, making it more robust. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/genl_magic_func.h | 1 - include/net/genetlink.h | 7 ++----- include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h b/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h index 667c31101b8b..7c070c1fe457 100644 --- a/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h +++ b/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h @@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ static struct genl_ops ZZZ_genl_ops[] __read_mostly = { */ #define ZZZ_genl_family CONCAT_(GENL_MAGIC_FAMILY, _genl_family) static struct genl_family ZZZ_genl_family __read_mostly = { - .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE, .name = __stringify(GENL_MAGIC_FAMILY), .version = GENL_MAGIC_VERSION, #ifdef GENL_MAGIC_FAMILY_HDRSZ diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index ef9defb3f5bc..43a5c3975a2f 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct genl_info; /** * struct genl_family - generic netlink family - * @id: protocol family idenfitier + * @id: protocol family identifier (private) * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes * @name: name of family * @version: protocol version @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct genl_info; * @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family (private) */ struct genl_family { - unsigned int id; + unsigned int id; /* private */ unsigned int hdrsize; char name[GENL_NAMSIZ]; unsigned int version; @@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ static inline int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family) * Registers the specified family and operations from the specified table. * Only one family may be registered with the same family name or identifier. * - * The family id may equal GENL_ID_GENERATE causing an unique id to - * be automatically generated and assigned. - * * Either a doit or dumpit callback must be specified for every registered * operation or the function will fail. Only one operation structure per * command identifier may be registered. diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h index 5512c90af7e3..d9b2db4a29c6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ struct genlmsghdr { /* * List of reserved static generic netlink identifiers: */ -#define GENL_ID_GENERATE 0 #define GENL_ID_CTRL NLMSG_MIN_TYPE #define GENL_ID_VFS_DQUOT (NLMSG_MIN_TYPE + 1) #define GENL_ID_PMCRAID (NLMSG_MIN_TYPE + 2) -- cgit v1.2.3