netlink: add a start callback for starting a netlink dump
The start callback allows the caller to set up a context for the
dump callbacks. Presumably, the context can then be destroyed in
the done callback.
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 1b6b6dc..43c0e77 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
* @flags: flags
* @policy: attribute validation policy
* @doit: standard command callback
+ * @start: start callback for dumps
* @dumpit: callback for dumpers
* @done: completion callback for dumps
* @ops_list: operations list
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@
const struct nla_policy *policy;
int (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct genl_info *info);
+ int (*start)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
int (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct netlink_callback *cb);
int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);