Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand.
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <t...@herbertland.com>
---
include/linux/net.h | 1 +
net/socket.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index 0b4ac7d..49175e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type,
int proto,
int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
int sock_create_kern(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto, struct
socket **res);
int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void);
void sock_release(struct socket *sock);
int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg);
int sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c044d1e..38a78d4 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
* NULL is returned.
*/
-static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
{
struct inode *inode;
struct socket *sock;
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
return sock;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
/**
* sock_release - close a socket
--
2.6.5
