[NET]: Make netlink_kernel_release publically available as sk_release_kernel.
This staff will be needed for non-netlink kernel sockets, which should
also not pin a namespace like tcp_socket and icmp_socket.
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index fd98760..39112e7 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@
gfp_t priority,
struct proto *prot);
extern void sk_free(struct sock *sk);
+extern void sk_release_kernel(struct sock *sk);
extern struct sock *sk_clone(const struct sock *sk,
const gfp_t priority);
@@ -1333,6 +1334,18 @@
}
#endif
+/*
+ * Kernel sockets, f.e. rtnl or icmp_socket, are a part of a namespace.
+ * They should not hold a referrence to a namespace in order to allow
+ * to stop it.
+ * Sockets after sk_change_net should be released using sk_release_kernel
+ */
+static inline void sk_change_net(struct sock *sk, struct net *net)
+{
+ put_net(sk->sk_net);
+ sk->sk_net = net;
+}
+
extern void sock_enable_timestamp(struct sock *sk);
extern int sock_get_timestamp(struct sock *, struct timeval __user *);
extern int sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);