batman-adv: Allow selection of routing algorithm over rtnetlink

A batadv net_device is associated to a B.A.T.M.A.N. routing algorithm. This
algorithm has to be selected before the interface is initialized and cannot
be changed after that. The only way to select this algorithm was a module
parameter which specifies the default algorithm used during the creation of
the net_device.

This module parameter is writeable over
/sys/module/batman_adv/parameters/routing_algo and thus allows switching of
the routing algorithm:

1. change routing_algo parameter
2. create new batadv net_device

But this is not race free because another process can be scheduled between
1 + 2 and in that time frame change the routing_algo parameter again.

It is much cleaner to directly provide this information inside the
rtnetlink's RTM_NEWLINK message. The two processes would be (in regards of
the creation parameter of their batadv interfaces) be isolated. This also
eases the integration of batadv devices inside tools like network-manager
or systemd-networkd which are not expecting to operate on /sys before a new
net_device is created.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
index 382fbe51fd34..500db94a6b50 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c
@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ void batadv_algo_init(void)
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&batadv_algo_list);
 }
 
-static struct batadv_algo_ops *batadv_algo_get(char *name)
+/**
+ * batadv_algo_get() - Search for algorithm with specific name
+ * @name: algorithm name to find
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to batadv_algo_ops on success, NULL otherwise
+ */
+struct batadv_algo_ops *batadv_algo_get(const char *name)
 {
 	struct batadv_algo_ops *bat_algo_ops = NULL, *bat_algo_ops_tmp;
 
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ int batadv_algo_register(struct batadv_algo_ops *bat_algo_ops)
  *
  * Return: 0 on success or negative error number in case of failure
  */
-int batadv_algo_select(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, char *name)
+int batadv_algo_select(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const char *name)
 {
 	struct batadv_algo_ops *bat_algo_ops;