SUNRPC: Add the helper function 'rpc_call_null()'
Does a NULL RPC call and returns a pointer to the resulting rpc_task. The
call may be either synchronous or asynchronous.
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 4e91f31..5a28ffa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -1455,6 +1455,16 @@
return err;
}
+struct rpc_task *rpc_call_null(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, struct rpc_cred *cred, int flags)
+{
+ struct rpc_message msg = {
+ .rpc_proc = &rpcproc_null,
+ .rpc_cred = cred,
+ };
+ return rpc_do_run_task(clnt, &msg, flags, &rpc_default_ops, NULL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpc_call_null);
+
#ifdef RPC_DEBUG
void rpc_show_tasks(void)
{