linux/net/wireless
Johannes Berg 134e63756d genetlink: make netns aware
This makes generic netlink network namespace aware. No
generic netlink families except for the controller family
are made namespace aware, they need to be checked one by
one and then set the family->netnsok member to true.

A new function genlmsg_multicast_netns() is introduced to
allow sending a multicast message in a given namespace,
for example when it applies to an object that lives in
that namespace, a new function genlmsg_multicast_allns()
to send a message to all network namespaces (for objects
that do not have an associated netns).

The function genlmsg_multicast() is changed to multicast
the message in just init_net, which is currently correct
for all generic netlink families since they only work in
init_net right now. Some will later want to work in all
net namespaces because they do not care about the netns
at all -- those will have to be converted to use one of
the new functions genlmsg_multicast_allns() or
genlmsg_multicast_netns() whenever they are made netns
aware in some way.

After this patch families can easily decide whether or
not they should be available in all net namespaces. Many
genl families us it for objects not related to networking
and should therefore be available in all namespaces, but
that will have to be done on a per family basis.

Note that this doesn't touch on the checkpoint/restart
problem where network namespaces could be used, genl
families and multicast groups are numbered globally and
I see no easy way of changing that, especially since it
must be possible to multicast to all network namespaces
for those families that do not care about netns.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-12 14:03:27 -07:00
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core.c cfg80211: disallow configuring unsupported interfaces 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
core.h cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
debugfs.c cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
debugfs.h cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
ibss.c cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
Kconfig cfg80211: implement iwpower 2009-07-10 15:01:51 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_ccmp.c lib80211: silence excessive crypto debugging messages 2009-03-16 18:01:58 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_tkip.c lib80211: silence excessive crypto debugging messages 2009-03-16 18:01:58 -04:00
lib80211_crypt_wep.c lib80211: absorb crypto bits from net/ieee80211 2008-11-21 11:08:17 -05:00
lib80211.c lib80211: consolidate crypt init routines 2008-11-21 11:08:17 -05:00
Makefile cfg80211: managed mode wext compatibility 2009-07-10 15:01:51 -04:00
mlme.c cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
nl80211.c genetlink: make netns aware 2009-07-12 14:03:27 -07:00
nl80211.h cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
radiotap.c wireless: use get/put_unaligned_* helpers 2008-05-14 16:29:32 -04:00
reg.c cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
reg.h cfg80211: make __regulatory_hint() static 2009-02-27 14:52:59 -05:00
scan.c cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
sme.c cfg80211: clean up naming once and for all 2009-07-10 15:02:33 -04:00
sysfs.c cfg80211: rename cfg80211_registered_device's idx to wiphy_idx 2009-02-27 14:52:54 -05:00
sysfs.h
util.c cfg80211: assimilate and export ieee80211_bss_get_ie 2009-07-10 15:01:53 -04:00
wext-compat.c cfg80211: fix MFP bug, sparse warnings 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
wext-sme.c cfg80211: fix locking 2009-07-10 15:02:32 -04:00
wext.c wext: constify extra argument to wireless_send_event 2009-07-10 15:01:49 -04:00