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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netlink.h26
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index bdebdc56450..6a2ccf78a35 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ struct nlmsghdr
#define NLMSG_ALIGNTO 4
#define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
-#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
+#define NLMSG_HDRLEN ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
+#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_HDRLEN))
#define NLMSG_SPACE(len) NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_LENGTH(len))
#define NLMSG_DATA(nlh) ((void*)(((char*)nlh) + NLMSG_LENGTH(0)))
#define NLMSG_NEXT(nlh,len) ((len) -= NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len), \
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ struct nlmsghdr
#define NLMSG_DONE 0x3 /* End of a dump */
#define NLMSG_OVERRUN 0x4 /* Data lost */
+#define NLMSG_MIN_TYPE 0x10 /* < 0x10: reserved control messages */
+
struct nlmsgerr
{
int error;
@@ -108,6 +111,25 @@ enum {
NETLINK_CONNECTED,
};
+/*
+ * <------- NLA_HDRLEN ------> <-- NLA_ALIGN(payload)-->
+ * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
+ * | Header | Pad | Payload | Pad |
+ * | (struct nlattr) | ing | | ing |
+ * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
+ * <-------------- nlattr->nla_len -------------->
+ */
+
+struct nlattr
+{
+ __u16 nla_len;
+ __u16 nla_type;
+};
+
+#define NLA_ALIGNTO 4
+#define NLA_ALIGN(len) (((len) + NLA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ~(NLA_ALIGNTO - 1))
+#define NLA_HDRLEN ((int) NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlattr)))
+
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/capability.h>
@@ -131,7 +153,7 @@ extern struct sock *netlink_kernel_create(int unit, unsigned int groups, void (*
extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err);
extern int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid, int nonblock);
extern int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid,
- __u32 group, unsigned int __nocast allocation);
+ __u32 group, gfp_t allocation);
extern void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, __u32 pid, __u32 group, int code);
extern int netlink_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
extern int netlink_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);