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diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index b6eaca122db8..decdda546829 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@
#include <net/netlink.h>
/**
+ * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
+ * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
+ * @id: multicast group ID, assigned by the core, to use with
+ * genlmsg_multicast().
+ * @list: list entry for linking
+ * @family: pointer to family, need not be set before registering
+ */
+struct genl_multicast_group
+{
+ struct genl_family *family; /* private */
+ struct list_head list; /* private */
+ char name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
+ u32 id;
+};
+
+/**
* struct genl_family - generic netlink family
* @id: protocol family idenfitier
* @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
@@ -14,6 +30,7 @@
* @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
* @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
* @family_list: family list
+ * @mcast_groups: multicast groups list
*/
struct genl_family
{
@@ -25,6 +42,7 @@ struct genl_family
struct nlattr ** attrbuf; /* private */
struct list_head ops_list; /* private */
struct list_head family_list; /* private */
+ struct list_head mcast_groups; /* private */
};
/**
@@ -73,6 +91,10 @@ extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
+extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
+ struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
+extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
+ struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
extern struct sock *genl_sock;