net: Make sock_alloc exportable

Export it for cases where we want to create sockets by hand.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: tomratbert

include/linux/net.h

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto,
 int sock_create(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_kern(struct net *net, int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
 int sock_create_lite(int family, int type, int proto, struct socket **res);
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void);
 void sock_release(struct socket *sock);
 int sock_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg);
 int sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,

net/socket.c

@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
  *	NULL is returned.
  */
 
-static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
+struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct socket *sock;
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ static struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 	this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
 	return sock;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
 
 /**
  *	sock_release	-	close a socket