[PATCH v4 1/5] kobject: Export kobj_ns_grab_current() and kobj_ns_drop()

Bart Van Assche
2018-01-16T18:39:41Z

Make it possible to call these two functions from a kernel module.
Note: despite their name, these two functions can be used meaningfully
independent of kobjects. A later patch will add calls to these
functions from the SRP driver because this patch series modifies the
SRP driver such that it can hold a reference to a namespace that can
last longer than the lifetime of the process through which the
namespace reference was obtained.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche-Sjgp3cTcYWE@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
---
lib/kobject.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 763d70a18941..06b849eee0ca 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ void *kobj_ns_grab_current(enum kobj_ns_type type)

return ns;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_ns_grab_current);

const void *kobj_ns_netlink(enum kobj_ns_type type, struct sock *sk)
{
@@ -1074,3 +1075,4 @@ void kobj_ns_drop(enum kobj_ns_type type, void *ns)
kobj_ns_ops_tbl[type]->drop_ns(ns);
spin_unlock(&kobj_ns_type_lock);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_ns_drop);