Thomas Graf wrote:
@@ -150,9 +176,9 @@ int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *family, struct
genl_ops *ops)
if (ops-policy)
ops-flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_HASPOL;
-genl_lock();
+genl_fam_lock(family);
list_add_tail(ops-ops_list, family-ops_list);
-
Thomas Graf wrote:
* Richard MUSIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-08-10 10:45
I have noticed that although ops for each family are the same (each
device is functionally same) I cannot use same genl_ops struct for
registration, because it uses internal member to link in list. Therefore
it is necessary
Hello Thomas,
I wonder, if you had time to take a look at the patch I posted back then.
Richard
Thomas Graf wrote:
Please provide a new overall patch which is not based on your
initial patch so I can review your idea properly.
Here it goes (merging two previous patches). I have
Hello all,
I am currently writing virtual TPM device driver. This is supposed to
behave the same way as normal TPM but instead sending commands to
hardware device, it will pass them back to user space. Probably similar
in concept to tun/tap but with the difference it has nothing to do with
Thomas Graf wrote:
Please provide a new overall patch which is not based on your
initial patch so I can review your idea properly.
Here it goes (merging two previous patches). I have diffed
against v2.6.22, which I am using currently as my base:
include/net/genetlink.h |1 +
From 63b3ee722402533aed6e137347e41ab1a1fa1127 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Musil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:12:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added private mutex for each genetlink family (struct
genl_family).
This mutex is used to synchronize access to particular family
I am currently trying to write a module which communicates with user space
using NETLINK_GENERIC. This module (dev_mgr) manages virtual devices which are
also supposed to use genetlink for communication with user space.
I want to do something like that:
dev_mgr - receives message from user
Patrick McHardy wrote:
Richard MUSIL wrote:
I am currently trying to write a module which communicates with user
space using NETLINK_GENERIC. This module (dev_mgr) manages virtual
devices which are also supposed to use genetlink for communication
with user space.
I want to do something like
genetlink module, I hope authors of genetlink will
comment on that. Currently, I do not see any reason for that, but this
could be due to my limited knowledge.
--
Richard
From a02ef65329fa33591247f9f3a39f2917afe1ce89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Musil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007
