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authorFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2011-11-21 23:42:06 +0000
committerFlorian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de>2011-11-21 23:42:06 +0000
commit300e812db26f4aa022e346f5fb9af1af134d98d8 (patch)
tree382b45253a704087e8aa0c770bf3fc2ad67d4b02 /include/net/netlink.h
parent4420dd2b306f1997232a13462bca0d420be5b1b8 (diff)
parentcfcfc9eca2bcbd26a8e206baeb005b055dbf8e37 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.2-rc2' into fbdev-next
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/netlink.h11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 98c185441be..cb1f3504687 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -192,8 +192,15 @@ enum {
* NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
* NLA_FLAG Unused
* NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
- * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Exact length of structure payload
- * All other Exact length of attribute payload
+ * NLA_NESTED Don't use `len' field -- length verification is
+ * done by checking len of nested header (or empty)
+ * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Minimum length of structure payload
+ * NLA_U8, NLA_U16,
+ * NLA_U32, NLA_U64,
+ * NLA_MSECS Leaving the length field zero will verify the
+ * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length
+ * just like "All other"
+ * All other Minimum length of attribute payload
*
* Example:
* static const struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] = {