#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
/* ========================================================================
* Netlink Messages and Attributes Interface (As Seen On TV)
* nla_ok(nla, remaining) does nla fit into remaining bytes?
* nla_next(nla, remaining) get next netlink attribute
* nla_validate() validate a stream of attributes
+ * nla_validate_nested() validate a stream of nested attributes
* nla_find() find attribute in stream of attributes
* nla_find_nested() find attribute in nested attributes
* nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
* nla_parse_nested() parse nested attribuets
* nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
+ * nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
*=========================================================================
*/
NLA_MSECS,
NLA_NESTED,
NLA_NUL_STRING,
+ NLA_BINARY,
__NLA_TYPE_MAX,
};
* NLA_STRING Maximum length of string
* NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
* NLA_FLAG Unused
+ * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
* All other Exact length of attribute payload
*
* Example:
* static struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
* [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
- * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, len = BARSIZ },
+ * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
* [ATTR_BAZ] = { .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
* };
*/
extern void netlink_run_queue(struct sock *sk, unsigned int *qlen,
int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
- struct nlmsghdr *, int *));
-extern void netlink_queue_skip(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
- struct sk_buff *skb);
+ struct nlmsghdr *));
extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
gfp_t flags);
/**
* nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
- * @size: maximum size of message
+ * @payload: size of the message payload
* @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
*
- * Use NLMSG_GOODSIZE if size isn't know and you need a good default size.
+ * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
+ * and a good default is needed.
*/
-static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(int size, gfp_t flags)
+static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
{
- return alloc_skb(size, flags);
+ return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
}
/**
*/
static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
{
- nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->tail - (unsigned char *) nlh;
+ nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)nlh;
return skb->len;
}
*/
static inline void *nlmsg_get_pos(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- return skb->tail;
+ return skb_tail_pointer(skb);
}
/**
*
* Trims the message to the provided mark. Returns -1.
*/
-static inline int nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, void *mark)
+static inline int nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, const void *mark)
{
if (mark)
skb_trim(skb, (unsigned char *) mark - skb->data);
#define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \
NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value)
+#define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
+
#define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
+#define NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be32, attrtype, value)
+
#define NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, value) \
NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u64, attrtype, value)
return *(u32 *) nla_data(nla);
}
+/**
+ * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
+ * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
+ */
+static inline __be32 nla_get_be32(struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return *(__be32 *) nla_data(nla);
+}
+
/**
* nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
* @nla: u16 netlink attribute
return *(u16 *) nla_data(nla);
}
+/**
+ * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
+ * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
+ */
+static inline __le16 nla_get_le16(struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return *(__le16 *) nla_data(nla);
+}
+
/**
* nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
* @nla: u8 netlink attribute
*/
static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
{
- struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *) skb->tail;
+ struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL) < 0)
return NULL;
*/
static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
{
- start->nla_len = skb->tail - (unsigned char *) start;
+ start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
return skb->len;
}
return nlmsg_trim(skb, start);
}
+/**
+ * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
+ * @start: container attribute
+ * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
+ *
+ * Validates all attributes in the nested attribute stream against the
+ * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
+ * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+static inline int nla_validate_nested(struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
+ struct nla_policy *policy)
+{
+ return nla_validate(nla_data(start), nla_len(start), maxtype, policy);
+}
+
/**
* nla_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
* @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute