genetlink: Add genl_notify()
authorPravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:14:37 +0000 (19:14 -0800)
committerJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Sat, 3 Dec 2011 17:35:05 +0000 (09:35 -0800)
commit263ba61d3b19508dfb003c215ec5d23f882b4f87
tree1f00fe8aeaff938b6e6706d145f761c5990fc28e
parent340e8dc1fb4032b6c8334c9bff20b2aec42ecfd8
genetlink: Add genl_notify()

Open vSwitch uses Generic Netlink interface for communication
between userspace and kernel module. genl_notify() is used
for sending notification back to userspace.

genl_notify() is analogous to rtnl_notify() but uses genl_sock
instead of rtnl.

Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
include/net/genetlink.h
net/netlink/genetlink.c