Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:55:20 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | [PATCH] xt_request_find_match |
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Hi,
Reusing code is a good idea, and I would like to do so from my match modules. netfilter already provides a xt_request_find_target() but an xt_request_find_match() does not yet exist. This patch adds it.
Objections welcome :)
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Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
Index: linux-2.6.20-rc1/net/netfilter/x_tables.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.20-rc1.orig/net/netfilter/x_tables.c +++ linux-2.6.20-rc1/net/netfilter/x_tables.c @@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ struct xt_match *xt_find_match(int af, c } EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_find_match); +struct xt_match *xt_request_find_match(int af, const char *name, u8 revision) +{ + struct xt_match *match; + + match = try_then_request_module(xt_find_match(af, name, revision), + "%st_%s", xt_prefix[af], name); + if(IS_ERR(match) || match == NULL) + return NULL; + + return match; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_request_find_match); + /* Find target, grabs ref. Returns ERR_PTR() on error. */ struct xt_target *xt_find_target(int af, const char *name, u8 revision) { #<EOF> -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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