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/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 639e9b8..0b41959 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
struct netlink_callback {
struct sk_buff *skb;
const struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ int (*start)(struct netlink_callback *);
int (*dump)(struct sk_buff * skb,
struct netlink_callback *cb);
int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@
__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags);
struct netlink_dump_control {
+ int (*start)(struct netlink_callback *);
int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *);
int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *);
void *data;