netlink: add a start callback for starting a netlink dump
The start callback allows the caller to set up a context for the
dump callbacks. Presumably, the context can then be destroyed in
the done callback.
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 59651af..81dc1bb 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2915,6 +2915,7 @@
cb = &nlk->cb;
memset(cb, 0, sizeof(*cb));
+ cb->start = control->start;
cb->dump = control->dump;
cb->done = control->done;
cb->nlh = nlh;
@@ -2927,6 +2928,9 @@
mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
+ if (cb->start)
+ cb->start(cb);
+
ret = netlink_dump(sk);
sock_put(sk);