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diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 60e7137f840d..8d2a8924705c 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -62,15 +62,22 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
return __netlink_kernel_create(net, unit, THIS_MODULE, cfg);
}
+/* this can be increased when necessary - don't expose to userland */
+#define NETLINK_MAX_COOKIE_LEN 20
+
/**
* struct netlink_ext_ack - netlink extended ACK report struct
* @_msg: message string to report - don't access directly, use
* %NL_SET_ERR_MSG
* @bad_attr: attribute with error
+ * @cookie: cookie data to return to userspace (for success)
+ * @cookie_len: actual cookie data length
*/
struct netlink_ext_ack {
const char *_msg;
const struct nlattr *bad_attr;
+ u8 cookie[NETLINK_MAX_COOKIE_LEN];
+ u8 cookie_len;
};
/* Always use this macro, this allows later putting the