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net: netlink: virtual tap device management

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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 <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Daniel Borkmann 2013-06-21 19:38:07 +02:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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@ -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 */