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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-27 18:35:03 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-03-27 18:35:03 -0700
commit5d80f8e5a9dc9c9a94d4aeaa567e219a808b8a4a (patch)
tree357258d77e2153ef7409926773655c5f8775a1f3 /lib
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (166 commits) Revert "ax25: zero length frame filtering in AX25" Revert "netrom: zero length frame filtering in NetRom" cfg80211: default CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY to n mac80211/iwlwifi: move virtual A-MDPU queue bookkeeping to iwlwifi mac80211: fix aggregation to not require queue stop mac80211: add skb length sanity checking mac80211: unify and fix TX aggregation start mac80211: clean up __ieee80211_tx args mac80211: rework the pending packets code mac80211: fix A-MPDU queue assignment mac80211: rewrite fragmentation iwlwifi: show current driver status in user readable format b43: Add BCM4307 PCI-ID cfg80211: fix locking in nl80211_set_wiphy mac80211: fix RX path ath5k: properly drop packets from ops->tx ar9170: single module build ath9k: fix dma mapping leak of rx buffer upon rmmod rt2x00: New USB ID for rt73usb ath5k: warn and correct rate for unknown hw rate indexes ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/nlattr.c27
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index 80009a24e21d..c4706eb98d3d 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -133,6 +133,32 @@ errout:
}
/**
+ * nla_policy_len - Determin the max. length of a policy
+ * @policy: policy to use
+ * @n: number of policies
+ *
+ * Determines the max. length of the policy. It is currently used
+ * to allocated Netlink buffers roughly the size of the actual
+ * message.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int
+nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *p, int n)
+{
+ int i, len = 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+ if (p->len)
+ len += nla_total_size(p->len);
+ else if (nla_attr_minlen[p->type])
+ len += nla_total_size(nla_attr_minlen[p->type]);
+ }
+
+ return len;
+}
+
+/**
* nla_parse - Parse a stream of attributes into a tb buffer
* @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
* @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
@@ -467,6 +493,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_append);
#endif
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_validate);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_policy_len);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_parse);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_find);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strlcpy);