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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/genetlink.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/genetlink.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/genetlink.h b/include/linux/genetlink.h index 55b685719d52..09460d6d6682 100644 --- a/include/linux/genetlink.h +++ b/include/linux/genetlink.h @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ extern void genl_unlock(void); extern int lockdep_genl_is_held(void); #endif +/* for synchronisation between af_netlink and genetlink */ +extern atomic_t genl_sk_destructing_cnt; +extern wait_queue_head_t genl_sk_destructing_waitq; + /** * rcu_dereference_genl - rcu_dereference with debug checking * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index 2ea2c55bdc87..6c92415311ca 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ struct genl_info; * undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks * @mcast_bind: a socket bound to the given multicast group (which * is given as the offset into the groups array) - * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group + * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group. + * Note that unbind() will not be called symmetrically if the + * generic netlink family is removed while there are still open + * sockets. * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes * @family_list: family list * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private) |