[INET]: Make inet_create try to load protocol modules

Syntax is net-pf-PROTOCOL_FAMILY-PROTOCOL-SOCK_TYPE and if this fails net-pf-PROTOCOL_FAMILY-PROTOCOL. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
git-mirror · Aug 29, 2005 · bb97d31 · bb97d31
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diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -811,8 +811,13 @@ static void __exit dccp_fini(void)
 module_init(dccp_init);
 module_exit(dccp_fini);
 
-/* __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) value directly  */
-MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-6");
+/*
+ * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use SOCK_DCCP (6) and IPPROTO_DCCP (33)
+ * values directly, Also cover the case where the protocol is not specified,
+ * i.e. net-pf-PF_INET-proto-0-type-SOCK_DCCP
+ */
+MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-33-type-6");
+MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-0-type-6");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DCCP - Datagram Congestion Controlled Protocol");
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -228,12 +228,14 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
 	struct proto *answer_prot;
 	unsigned char answer_flags;
 	char answer_no_check;
-	int err;
+	int try_loading_module = 0;
+	int err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
 
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
 
 	/* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
 	answer = NULL;
+lookup_protocol:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) {
 		answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
@@ -254,9 +256,28 @@ static int inet_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
 		answer = NULL;
 	}
 
-	err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
-	if (!answer)
-		goto out_rcu_unlock;
+	if (unlikely(answer == NULL)) {
+		if (try_loading_module < 2) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			/*
+			 * Be more specific, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132-type-1
+			 * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP-type-SOCK_STREAM)
+			 */
+			if (++try_loading_module == 1)
+				request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%d",
+					       PF_INET, protocol, sock->type);
+			/*
+			 * Fall back to generic, e.g. net-pf-2-proto-132
+			 * (net-pf-PF_INET-proto-IPPROTO_SCTP)
+			 */
+			else
+				request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d",
+					       PF_INET, protocol);
+			goto lookup_protocol;
+		} else
+			goto out_rcu_unlock;
+	}
+
 	err = -EPERM;
 	if (answer->capability > 0 && !capable(answer->capability))
 		goto out_rcu_unlock;

diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1242,6 +1242,10 @@ SCTP_STATIC __exit void sctp_exit(void)
 module_init(sctp_init);
 module_exit(sctp_exit);
 
+/*
+ * __stringify doesn't likes enums, so use IPPROTO_SCTP value (132) directly.
+ */
+MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-132");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");