rtnetlink: remove __rtnl_register
This removes __rtnl_register and switches callers to either
rtnl_register or rtnl_register_module.
Also, rtnl_register() will now print an error if memory allocation
failed rather than panic the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index de63903..fb2d61d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int rtnl_register_module(struct module *owner,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register_module);
/**
- * __rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
+ * rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
* @protocol: Protocol family or PF_UNSPEC
* @msgtype: rtnetlink message type
* @doit: Function pointer called for each request message
@@ -252,35 +252,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register_module);
* The special protocol family PF_UNSPEC may be used to define fallback
* function pointers for the case when no entry for the specific protocol
* family exists.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
- */
-int __rtnl_register(int protocol, int msgtype,
- rtnl_doit_func doit, rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit,
- unsigned int flags)
-{
- return rtnl_register_internal(NULL, protocol, msgtype,
- doit, dumpit, flags);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rtnl_register);
-
-/**
- * rtnl_register - Register a rtnetlink message type
- *
- * Identical to __rtnl_register() but panics on failure. This is useful
- * as failure of this function is very unlikely, it can only happen due
- * to lack of memory when allocating the chain to store all message
- * handlers for a protocol. Meant for use in init functions where lack
- * of memory implies no sense in continuing.
*/
void rtnl_register(int protocol, int msgtype,
rtnl_doit_func doit, rtnl_dumpit_func dumpit,
unsigned int flags)
{
- if (__rtnl_register(protocol, msgtype, doit, dumpit, flags) < 0)
- panic("Unable to register rtnetlink message handler, "
- "protocol = %d, message type = %d\n",
- protocol, msgtype);
+ int err;
+
+ err = rtnl_register_internal(NULL, protocol, msgtype, doit, dumpit,
+ flags);
+ if (err)
+ pr_err("Unable to register rtnetlink message handler, "
+ "protocol = %d, message type = %d\n", protocol, msgtype);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register);