From: David Decotigny <de...@googlers.com>
This patch removes the requirement that ethtool be tied to the support
of a specific L3 protocol (ethtool uses an AF_INET socket today).
Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <de...@googlers.com>
---
net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index c841679..215fc08 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,14 @@ static int netlink_getname(struct socket *sock, struct
sockaddr *addr,
return 0;
}
+static int netlink_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
+{
+ /* try to hand this ioctl down to the NIC drivers.
+ */
+ return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+}
+
static struct sock *netlink_getsockbyportid(struct sock *ssk, u32 portid)
{
struct sock *sock;
@@ -2494,7 +2502,7 @@ static const struct proto_ops netlink_ops = {
.accept = sock_no_accept,
.getname = netlink_getname,
.poll = datagram_poll,
- .ioctl = sock_no_ioctl,
+ .ioctl = netlink_ioctl,
.listen = sock_no_listen,
.shutdown = sock_no_shutdown,
.setsockopt = netlink_setsockopt,
--
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
