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-rw-r--r--include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h22
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index 9eaaa7884586..decb9a095ae7 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ int nft_validate_data_load(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, enum nft_registers reg,
const struct nft_data *data,
enum nft_data_types type);
+
+/**
+ * struct nft_userdata - user defined data associated with an object
+ *
+ * @len: length of the data
+ * @data: content
+ *
+ * The presence of user data is indicated in an object specific fashion,
+ * so a length of zero can't occur and the value "len" indicates data
+ * of length len + 1.
+ */
+struct nft_userdata {
+ u8 len;
+ unsigned char data[0];
+};
+
/**
* struct nft_set_elem - generic representation of set elements
*
@@ -380,7 +396,7 @@ static inline void *nft_expr_priv(const struct nft_expr *expr)
* @handle: rule handle
* @genmask: generation mask
* @dlen: length of expression data
- * @ulen: length of user data (used for comments)
+ * @udata: user data is appended to the rule
* @data: expression data
*/
struct nft_rule {
@@ -388,7 +404,7 @@ struct nft_rule {
u64 handle:42,
genmask:2,
dlen:12,
- ulen:8;
+ udata:1;
unsigned char data[]
__attribute__((aligned(__alignof__(struct nft_expr))));
};
@@ -476,7 +492,7 @@ static inline struct nft_expr *nft_expr_last(const struct nft_rule *rule)
return (struct nft_expr *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
}
-static inline void *nft_userdata(const struct nft_rule *rule)
+static inline struct nft_userdata *nft_userdata(const struct nft_rule *rule)
{
return (void *)&rule->data[rule->dlen];
}