net: Make sock_alloc exportable
Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand.
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 @@
* NULL is returned.
*/
-static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
{
struct inode *inode;
struct socket *sock;
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@
this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
return sock;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
/**
* sock_release - close a socket