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Diffstat (limited to 'net/netlink/genetlink.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/netlink/genetlink.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c index 353909d46dda..bee91a7527a5 100644 --- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c @@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ static struct list_head family_ht[GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE]; * abuses the API and thinks it can statically use group 1. * That group will typically conflict with other groups that * any proper users use. + * Bit 17 is marked as already used since the VFS quota code + * also abused this API and relied on family == group ID, we + * cater to that by giving it a static family and group ID. */ -static unsigned long mc_group_start = 0x3; +static unsigned long mc_group_start = 0x3 | BIT(GENL_ID_VFS_DQUOT); static unsigned long *mc_groups = &mc_group_start; static unsigned long mc_groups_longs = 1; @@ -130,7 +133,8 @@ static u16 genl_generate_id(void) int i; for (i = 0; i <= GENL_MAX_ID - GENL_MIN_ID; i++) { - if (!genl_family_find_byid(id_gen_idx)) + if (id_gen_idx != GENL_ID_VFS_DQUOT && + !genl_family_find_byid(id_gen_idx)) return id_gen_idx; if (++id_gen_idx > GENL_MAX_ID) id_gen_idx = GENL_MIN_ID; @@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family, id = GENL_ID_CTRL; else if (strcmp(family->name, "NET_DM") == 0) id = 1; + else if (strcmp(family->name, "VFS_DQUOT") == 0) + id = GENL_ID_VFS_DQUOT; else id = find_first_zero_bit(mc_groups, mc_groups_longs * BITS_PER_LONG); |