* 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
*=========================================================================
*/
#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 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