netlink: Export genl_lock() API for use by modules
This lets kernel modules which use genl netlink APIs serialize netlink
processing.
Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index a4b6e14..a28fda7 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@
static DEFINE_MUTEX(genl_mutex); /* serialization of message processing */
-static inline void genl_lock(void)
+void genl_lock(void)
{
mutex_lock(&genl_mutex);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_lock);
-static inline void genl_unlock(void)
+void genl_unlock(void)
{
mutex_unlock(&genl_mutex);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unlock);
#define GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE 16
#define GENL_FAM_TAB_MASK (GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE - 1)