Hi,
Reusing code is a good idea, and I would like to do so from my
match modules. netfilter already provides a xt_request_find_target() but
an xt_request_find_match() does not yet exist. This patch adds it.
Objections welcome :)
---
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6.20-rc1/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20-rc1.orig/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ linux-2.6.20-rc1/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ struct xt_match *xt_find_match(int af, c
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(xt_find_match);
+struct xt_match *xt_request_find_match(int af, const char *name, u8 revision)
+{
+ struct xt_match *match;
+
+ match = try_then_request_module(xt_find_match(af, name, revision),
+ "%st_%s", xt_prefix[af], name);
+ if(IS_ERR(match) || match == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return match;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_request_find_match);
+
/* Find target, grabs ref. Returns ERR_PTR() on error. */
struct xt_target *xt_find_target(int af, const char *name, u8 revision)
{
#<EOF>
-`J'
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