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| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index 2897a73f81eb..4ab68a7a636a 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ * 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 @@ -951,6 +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 |