[PATCH v3 2/4] IB/core: Check the presence of netlink multicast group listeners

[kaike.wan-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org]

From: Kaike Wan <kaike.wan-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

This patch adds a function to check if listeners for a netlink multicast
group are present.

Signed-off-by: Kaike Wan <kaike.wan-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: John Fleck <john.fleck-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Reviewed-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c |    8 ++++++++
 include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h       |    7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index 23dd5a5..e0fc913 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(ibnl_mutex);
 static struct sock *nls;
 static LIST_HEAD(client_list);
 
+int ibnl_chk_listeners(unsigned int group)
+{
+	if (netlink_has_listeners(nls, group) == 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ibnl_chk_listeners);
+
 int ibnl_add_client(int index, int nops,
 		    const struct ibnl_client_cbs cb_table[])
 {
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index 0790882..5852661 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -77,4 +77,11 @@ int ibnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 int ibnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
 
+/**
+ * Check if there are any listeners to the netlink group
+ * @group: the netlink group ID
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative for no listeners.
+ */
+int ibnl_chk_listeners(unsigned int group);
+
 #endif /* _RDMA_NETLINK_H */
-- 
1.7.1

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