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diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index c28840656451cd..0ae281d9bfc3f1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
* 26 Jan 2006: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
* - restructure nf_conn (introduce nf_conn_help)
* - redesign 'features' how they were originally intended
+ * 26 Feb 2006: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@eurodev.net>
+ * - add support for L3 protocol module load on demand.
*
* Derived from net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c
*/
@@ -241,6 +243,35 @@ void nf_ct_l3proto_put(struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *p)
module_put(p->me);
}
+int
+nf_ct_l3proto_try_module_get(unsigned short l3proto)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *p;
+
+retry: p = nf_ct_l3proto_find_get(l3proto);
+ if (p == &nf_conntrack_generic_l3proto) {
+ ret = request_module("nf_conntrack-%d", l3proto);
+ if (!ret)
+ goto retry;
+
+ return -EPROTOTYPE;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void nf_ct_l3proto_module_put(unsigned short l3proto)
+{
+ struct nf_conntrack_l3proto *p;
+
+ preempt_disable();
+ p = __nf_ct_l3proto_find(l3proto);
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ module_put(p->me);
+}
+
static int nf_conntrack_hash_rnd_initted;
static unsigned int nf_conntrack_hash_rnd;