[PATCH 12/20] headers: add genl_small_ops backport for kernels < 5.10
Yi Cong <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:38:36 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.backports |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
From: Yi Cong <[email protected]> genl_small_ops was introduced in v5.10 as a more compact representation of genl_ops. For older kernels, alias genl_small_ops to genl_ops and map small_ops/n_small_ops struct fields to ops/n_ops. Signed-off-by: Yi Cong <[email protected]> --- backport/backport-include/net/genetlink.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/backport/backport-include/net/genetlink.h b/backport/backport-include/net/genetlink.h index b98d7110..a57cd200 100644 --- a/backport/backport-include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/backport/backport-include/net/genetlink.h @@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ #define genl_split_ops genl_ops #endif +#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(5,10,0) +/* + * genl_small_ops was introduced in v5.10 to allow a more compact + * representation of genl_ops. For older kernels, just alias it to + * genl_ops and map the struct genl_family small_ops/n_small_ops + * fields to ops/n_ops. + */ +#define genl_small_ops genl_ops +#define small_ops ops +#define n_small_ops n_ops +#endif + /* this is for patches we apply */ static inline struct netlink_ext_ack *genl_callback_extack(struct netlink_callback *cb) { -- 2.43.0