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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-25 17:39:55 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-25 17:39:55 -0700 |
| commit | 7e4720201ad44ace85a443f41d668a62a737e7d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 8b9118dffcfd9511d9ce31b87776e04095f9acf1 /include/net/netlink.h | |
| parent | 7b29122f9ec54db5c38a66a11127d94db0817c17 (diff) | |
| parent | 4cc6773508299377099aa30cf30e6a2196c5872d (diff) | |
Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
[NetLabel]: update docs with website information
[NetLabel]: rework the Netlink attribute handling (part 2)
[NetLabel]: rework the Netlink attribute handling (part 1)
[Netlink]: add nla_validate_nested()
[NETLINK]: add nla_for_each_nested() to the interface list
[NetLabel]: change the SELinux permissions
[NetLabel]: make the CIPSOv4 cache spinlocks bottom half safe
[NetLabel]: correct improper handling of non-NetLabel peer contexts
[TCP]: make cubic the default
[TCP]: default congestion control menu
[ATM] he: Fix __init/__devinit conflict
[NETFILTER]: Add dscp,DSCP headers to header-y
[DCCP]: Introduce dccp_probe
[DCCP]: Use constants for CCIDs
[DCCP]: Introduce constants for CCID numbers
[DCCP]: Allow default/fallback service code.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index 11dc2e7f679..4ab68a7a636 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -146,11 +146,13 @@ * 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 *========================================================================= */ @@ -950,6 +952,24 @@ static inline int nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *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 * @head: head of attribute stream |