datapath: Revert "datapath: Constify netlink structs."

This reverts commit 2023bdcfc44c149a8e3b38dcde8f04f2ec3f8501.
This commit is causing segfaults when genl compat code is in use.

Compat code update genl_multicast_group and genl_family type objects.
Therefore these can not be const.

Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@nicira.com>

diff --git a/datapath/datapath.c b/datapath/datapath.c
index 3d12bd9..73c0b4a 100644 (file)
--- a/datapath/datapath.c
+++ b/datapath/datapath.c
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@ static struct genl_family dp_datapath_genl_family;
 
 static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[];
 
-static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group = {
-       .name = OVS_FLOW_MCGROUP,
+static struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group = {
+       .name = OVS_FLOW_MCGROUP
 };
 
-static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group = {
-       .name = OVS_DATAPATH_MCGROUP,
+static struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group = {
+       .name = OVS_DATAPATH_MCGROUP
 };
 
-const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group = {
-       .name = OVS_VPORT_MCGROUP,
+struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group = {
+       .name = OVS_VPORT_MCGROUP
 };
 
 /* Check if need to build a reply message.
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ static bool ovs_must_notify(struct genl_family *family, struct genl_info *info,
               genl_has_listeners(family, genl_info_net(info), group);
 }
 
-static void ovs_notify(struct genl_family *family,
-                      const struct genl_multicast_group *grp,
+static void ovs_notify(struct genl_family *family, struct genl_multicast_group *grp,
                       struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
        genl_notify(family, skb, genl_info_net(info),
@@ -637,7 +636,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy packet_policy[OVS_PACKET_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
        [OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PROBE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
-static const struct genl_ops dp_packet_genl_ops[] = {
+static struct genl_ops dp_packet_genl_ops[] = {
        { .cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE,
          .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
          .policy = packet_policy,
@@ -1372,7 +1371,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_policy[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
        [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_UFID_FLAGS] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
-static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
+static struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
        { .cmd = OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW,
          .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
          .policy = flow_policy,
@@ -1758,7 +1757,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy datapath_policy[OVS_DP_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
        [OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
-static const struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
+static struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
        { .cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_NEW,
          .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
          .policy = datapath_policy,
@@ -2137,7 +2136,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vport_policy[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
        [OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 };
 
-static const struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
+static struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
        { .cmd = OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW,
          .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
          .policy = vport_policy,
@@ -2175,7 +2174,7 @@ struct genl_family dp_vport_genl_family = {
        .n_mcgrps = 1,
 };
 
-static struct genl_family * const dp_genl_families[] = {
+static struct genl_family *dp_genl_families[] = {
        &dp_datapath_genl_family,
        &dp_vport_genl_family,
        &dp_flow_genl_family,

diff --git a/datapath/datapath.h b/datapath/datapath.h
index 152d70c..526ddad 100644 (file)
--- a/datapath/datapath.h
+++ b/datapath/datapath.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static inline struct vport *ovs_vport_ovsl(const struct datapath *dp, int port_n
 
 extern struct notifier_block ovs_dp_device_notifier;
 extern struct genl_family dp_vport_genl_family;
-extern const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group;
+extern struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group;
 
 void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key);
 void ovs_dp_detach_port(struct vport *);