From f4a00aacdb5f6784d46e8c999b6bb52ece4b306b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Herbert Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:11:01 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] net: Make sock_alloc exportable Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- 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 0b4ac7da583a..49175e4ced11 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 c044d1e8508c..38a78d4d50f5 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