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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index c19ff921b661..61cef3bd2d31 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
* nlmsg_get_pos() return current position in message
* nlmsg_trim() trim part of message
* nlmsg_cancel() cancel message construction
- * nlmsg_free() free a netlink message
+ * nlmsg_consume() free a netlink message (expected)
+ * nlmsg_free() free a netlink message (drop)
*
* Message Sending:
* nlmsg_multicast() multicast message to several groups
@@ -157,7 +158,11 @@
* nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
* nla_parse_nested() parse nested attributes
* nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
+ * nla_for_each_attr_type() loop over all attributes with the
+ * given type
* nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
+ * nla_for_each_nested_type() loop over the nested attributes with
+ * the given type
*=========================================================================
*/
@@ -1078,7 +1083,7 @@ static inline void nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
}
/**
- * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
+ * nlmsg_free - drop a netlink message
* @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
*/
static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -1087,6 +1092,15 @@ static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
/**
+ * nlmsg_consume - free a netlink message
+ * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
+ */
+static inline void nlmsg_consume(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ consume_skb(skb);
+}
+
+/**
* nlmsg_multicast_filtered - multicast a netlink message with filter function
* @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
* @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
@@ -2071,6 +2085,18 @@ static inline int nla_total_size_64bit(int payload)
pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
/**
+ * nla_for_each_attr_type - iterate over a stream of attributes
+ * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
+ * @type: required attribute type for @pos
+ * @head: head of attribute stream
+ * @len: length of attribute stream
+ * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
+ */
+#define nla_for_each_attr_type(pos, type, head, len, rem) \
+ nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
+ if (nla_type(pos) == type)
+
+/**
* nla_for_each_nested - iterate over nested attributes
* @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
* @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
@@ -2080,6 +2106,17 @@ static inline int nla_total_size_64bit(int payload)
nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem)
/**
+ * nla_for_each_nested_type - iterate over nested attributes
+ * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
+ * @type: required attribute type for @pos
+ * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
+ * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
+ */
+#define nla_for_each_nested_type(pos, type, nla, rem) \
+ nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
+ if (nla_type(pos) == type)
+
+/**
* nla_is_last - Test if attribute is last in stream
* @nla: attribute to test
* @rem: bytes remaining in stream