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/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index 0b4ac7d..49175e4 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto,
 int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_kern(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void);
 void sock_release(struct socket *sock);
 int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg);
 int sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c044d1e..38a78d4 100644 (file)
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
  *     NULL is returned.
  */
 
-static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 {
        struct inode *inode;
        struct socket *sock;
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
        this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
        return sock;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
 
 /**
  *     sock_release    -       close a socket