[PATCH net-next,RFC 2/9] net: sched: add tcf_block_cb_alloc()

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Add a new helper function to allocate tcf_block_cb objects.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/net/pkt_cls.h |  2 ++
 net/sched/cls_api.c   | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/pkt_cls.h b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
index d5e7a1af346f..8ddfbe94e253 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_cls.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ static inline struct Qdisc *tcf_block_q(struct tcf_block *block)
 	return block->q;
 }
 
+struct tcf_block_cb *tcf_block_cb_alloc(tc_setup_cb_t *cb,
+					void *cb_ident, void *cb_priv);
 void *tcf_block_cb_priv(struct tcf_block_cb *block_cb);
 struct tcf_block_cb *tcf_block_cb_lookup(struct tcf_block *block,
 					 tc_setup_cb_t *cb, void *cb_ident);
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 71ec0a34100d..ddfccf31aac9 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -749,6 +749,23 @@ unsigned int tcf_block_cb_decref(struct tcf_block_cb *block_cb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_block_cb_decref);
 
+struct tcf_block_cb *tcf_block_cb_alloc(tc_setup_cb_t *cb,
+					void *cb_ident, void *cb_priv)
+{
+	struct tcf_block_cb *block_cb;
+
+	block_cb = kzalloc(sizeof(*block_cb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!block_cb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	block_cb->cb = cb;
+	block_cb->cb_ident = cb_ident;
+	block_cb->cb_priv = cb_priv;
+
+	return block_cb;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_block_cb_alloc);
+
 struct tcf_block_cb *__tcf_block_cb_register(struct tcf_block *block,
 					     tc_setup_cb_t *cb, void *cb_ident,
 					     void *cb_priv,
@@ -764,12 +781,10 @@ struct tcf_block_cb *__tcf_block_cb_register(struct tcf_block *block,
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	block_cb = kzalloc(sizeof(*block_cb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	block_cb = tcf_block_cb_alloc(cb, cb_ident, cb_priv);
 	if (!block_cb)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	block_cb->cb = cb;
-	block_cb->cb_ident = cb_ident;
-	block_cb->cb_priv = cb_priv;
+
 	list_add(&block_cb->list, &block->cb_list);
 	return block_cb;
 }
-- 
2.11.0