From bcbde0d449eda7afa8f63280b165c8300dbd00e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Borkmann Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:38:07 +0200 Subject: net: netlink: virtual tap device management Similarly to the networking receive path with ptype_all taps, we add the possibility to register netdevices that are for ARPHRD_NETLINK to the netlink subsystem, so that those can be used for netlink analyzers resp. debuggers. We do not offer a direct callback function as out-of-tree modules could do crap with it. Instead, a netdevice must be registered properly and only receives a clone, managed by the netlink layer. Symbols are exported as GPL-only. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netlink.h | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h index f78b430f4af5..86fde81ac2e6 100644 --- a/include/linux/netlink.h +++ b/include/linux/netlink.h @@ -145,4 +145,14 @@ static inline int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, return __netlink_dump_start(ssk, skb, nlh, control); } +struct netlink_tap { + struct net_device *dev; + struct module *module; + struct list_head list; +}; + +extern int netlink_add_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt); +extern int __netlink_remove_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt); +extern int netlink_remove_tap(struct netlink_tap *nt); + #endif /* __LINUX_NETLINK_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3-71-gd317