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Thomas Graf 482a8524f8 [NETLINK]: Generic netlink family 
The generic netlink family builds on top of netlink and provides
simplifies access for the less demanding netlink users. It solves
the problem of protocol numbers running out by introducing a so
called controller taking care of id management and name resolving.

Generic netlink modules register themself after filling out their
id card (struct genl_family), after successful registration the
modules are able to register callbacks to command numbers by
filling out a struct genl_ops and calling genl_register_op(). The
registered callbacks are invoked with attributes parsed making
life of simple modules a lot easier.

Although generic netlink modules can request static identifiers,
it is recommended to use GENL_ID_GENERATE and to let the controller
assign a unique identifier to the module. Userspace applications
will then ask the controller and lookup the idenfier by the module
name.

Due to the current multicast implementation of netlink, the number
of generic netlink modules is restricted to 1024 to avoid wasting
memory for the per socket multiacst subscription bitmask.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-10 02:26:41 +01:00
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bluetooth [Bluetooth]: Remove the usage of /proc completely 2005-11-08 09:57:38 -08:00
irda [IRDA]: IrDA prototype fixes 2005-09-05 18:08:11 -07:00
netfilter [NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem. 2005-11-09 16:38:16 -08:00
sctp [SCTP] Rename SCTP specific control message flags. 2005-10-28 15:10:00 -07:00
tc_act
act_api.h [NET]: Kill skb->tc_classid 2005-08-29 15:31:18 -07:00
act_generic.h
addrconf.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
af_unix.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
ah.h
arp.h [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
atmclip.h
ax25.h drivers/net: Remove pointless checks for NULL prior to calling kfree() 2005-10-28 16:53:13 -04:00
checksum.h
compat.h [NET]: Need struct sock forward decl in net/compat.h 2005-09-08 12:32:46 -07:00
datalink.h [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
dn_dev.h
dn_fib.h
dn_neigh.h
dn_nsp.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
dn_route.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
dn.h [TCP]: Move the tcp sock states to net/tcp_states.h 2005-08-29 15:41:54 -07:00
dsfield.h
dst.h [IPSEC]: Kill obsolete get_mss function 2005-10-26 00:48:45 -02:00
esp.h
flow.h
gen_stats.h
genetlink.h [NETLINK]: Generic netlink family 2005-11-10 02:26:41 +01:00
icmp.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
ieee80211_crypt.h ieee80211: cleanup crypto list handling, other minor cleanups. 2005-11-09 01:01:04 -05:00
ieee80211_radiotap.h [PATCH] ieee80211: Added ieee80211_radiotap.h 2005-09-21 23:03:55 -04:00
ieee80211.h Update version ieee80211 stamp to 1.1.7 2005-11-07 16:19:17 -06:00
if_inet6.h
inet6_hashtables.h [INET]: speedup inet (tcp/dccp) lookups 2005-10-03 14:13:38 -07:00
inet_common.h [INET]: Move the TCP hashtable functions/structs to inet_hashtables.[ch] 2005-08-29 15:38:39 -07:00
inet_connection_sock.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
inet_ecn.h [NET]: Introduce INET_ECN_set_ce() function 2005-11-05 22:02:24 +01:00
inet_hashtables.h [TCP/DCCP]: Randomize port selection 2005-11-05 21:23:15 -02:00
inet_timewait_sock.h [TWSK]: Grab the module refcount for timewait sockets 2005-10-10 21:25:23 -07:00
inetpeer.h
ip6_checksum.h
ip6_fib.h
ip6_route.h [TCP]: Move the tcp sock states to net/tcp_states.h 2005-08-29 15:41:54 -07:00
ip6_tunnel.h
ip_fib.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
ip_mp_alg.h
ip_vs.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
ip.h [IP]: Introduce ip_options_get_from_user 2005-08-29 16:01:39 -07:00
ipcomp.h
ipconfig.h
ipip.h
ipv6.h [IPV6]: Make ipv6_addr_type() more generic so that we can use it for source address selection. 2005-11-08 09:38:12 -08:00
ipx.h
iw_handler.h [PATCH] WE-19 for kernel 2.6.13 2005-09-06 22:40:24 -04:00
lapb.h
llc_c_ac.h
llc_c_ev.h
llc_c_st.h
llc_conn.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
llc_if.h
llc_pdu.h [LLC]: Strip RIF flag from source MAC address 2005-10-25 21:34:39 -02:00
llc_s_ac.h
llc_s_ev.h
llc_s_st.h
llc_sap.h [LLC]: Fix the accept path 2005-09-22 07:57:21 -03:00
llc.h [LLC]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-09-22 05:14:33 -03:00
ndisc.h
neighbour.h [NET]: Store skb->timestamp as offset to a base timestamp 2005-08-29 15:58:24 -07:00
netlink.h [NETLINK]: Generic netlink receive queue processor 2005-11-10 02:26:40 +01:00
netrom.h drivers/net: Remove pointless checks for NULL prior to calling kfree() 2005-10-28 16:53:13 -04:00
p8022.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
pkt_act.h
pkt_cls.h [NET]: Remove explicit initializations of skb->input_dev 2005-08-29 15:33:26 -07:00
pkt_sched.h
protocol.h
psnap.h [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
raw.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
rawv6.h [IPV4/6]: Check if packet was actually delivered to a raw socket to decide whether to send an ICMP unreachable 2005-08-29 15:37:22 -07:00
red.h [PKT_SCHED]: Generic RED layer 2005-11-05 22:02:24 +01:00
request_sock.h [ICSK]: Move generalised functions from tcp to inet_connection_sock 2005-08-29 15:49:50 -07:00
rose.h
route.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
sch_generic.h
scm.h
slhc_vj.h
snmp.h
sock.h [NET]: sk_add_backlog convert from macro to inline 2005-11-08 09:39:42 -08:00
syncppp.h [PATCH] drivers/net/wan/: possible cleanups 2005-09-14 08:36:54 -04:00
tcp_ecn.h [NET]: Introduce inet_connection_sock 2005-08-29 15:43:19 -07:00
tcp_states.h [TCP]: Move the tcp sock states to net/tcp_states.h 2005-08-29 15:41:54 -07:00
tcp.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
transp_v6.h [IPV6]: Support IPV6_{RECV,}TCLASS socket options / ancillary data. 2005-09-08 10:19:03 +09:00
udp.h [NET]: Fix sparse warnings 2005-08-29 16:01:32 -07:00
x25.h [NET]: Kill skb->real_dev 2005-08-29 15:32:25 -07:00
x25device.h [NET]: Remove explicit initializations of skb->input_dev 2005-08-29 15:33:26 -07:00
xfrm.h [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00