* sock_alloc() symbol removed in 2.6.10
@ 2006-06-16 10:54 Ralf Dauberschmidt
2006-06-16 15:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
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From: Ralf Dauberschmidt @ 2006-06-16 10:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hello,
As of kernel 2.6.10 the symbol export of the sock_alloc() function has been
removed (I assume in the course of "Remove dead socket layer exports"). Can
anybody tell me why this happened? Why is it "dead"?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ralf Dauberschmidt
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* Re: sock_alloc() symbol removed in 2.6.10
2006-06-16 10:54 sock_alloc() symbol removed in 2.6.10 Ralf Dauberschmidt
@ 2006-06-16 15:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-16 19:20 ` Stephen Smalley
2006-06-16 19:44 ` AW: " Ralf Dauberschmidt
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From: Arjan van de Ven @ 2006-06-16 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Dauberschmidt; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 12:54 +0200, Ralf Dauberschmidt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As of kernel 2.6.10 the symbol export of the sock_alloc() function has been
> removed (I assume in the course of "Remove dead socket layer exports"). Can
> anybody tell me why this happened? Why is it "dead"?
nobody used it ?
what driver are you looking at that wants to use it?
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* Re: sock_alloc() symbol removed in 2.6.10
2006-06-16 15:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
@ 2006-06-16 19:20 ` Stephen Smalley
2006-06-16 19:44 ` AW: " Ralf Dauberschmidt
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From: Stephen Smalley @ 2006-06-16 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arjan van de Ven; +Cc: Ralf Dauberschmidt, linux-kernel
On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 17:56 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 12:54 +0200, Ralf Dauberschmidt wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > As of kernel 2.6.10 the symbol export of the sock_alloc() function has been
> > removed (I assume in the course of "Remove dead socket layer exports"). Can
> > anybody tell me why this happened? Why is it "dead"?
>
> nobody used it ?
Also, it would be better to use sock_create_lite() to ensure proper
handling by the security subsystem. See:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git-commits-head&m=108407590404054&w=2
--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency
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* AW: sock_alloc() symbol removed in 2.6.10
2006-06-16 15:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-16 19:20 ` Stephen Smalley
@ 2006-06-16 19:44 ` Ralf Dauberschmidt
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From: Ralf Dauberschmidt @ 2006-06-16 19:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> what driver are you looking at that wants to use it?
At university we are currently porting a project from a 2.4 series kernel to
a recent 2.6 series kernel. This project uses the sock_alloc() function.
Stephen Smalley wrote:
> Also, it would be better to use sock_create_lite() to ensure proper
> handling by the security subsystem. See:
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git-commits-head&m=108407590404054&w=2
Thanks for the hint, I will use sock_create_lite() instead.
Regards,
Ralf Dauberschmidt
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