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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
index 0b46ef8f0b4c..017ccf75890c 100644
--- a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@ struct uverbs_attr_spec {
u8 type;
/*
- * Support extending attributes by length, validate all
- * unknown size == zero
+ * Support extending attributes by length. Allow the user to provide
+ * more bytes than ptr.len, but check that everything after is zero'd
+ * by the user.
*/
- u8 min_sz_or_zero:1;
+ u8 zero_trailing:1;
/*
* Valid only for PTR_IN. Allocate and copy the data inside
* the parser
@@ -200,13 +201,26 @@ struct uverbs_object_tree_def {
* =======================================
*/
-/* Use in the _type parameter for attribute specifications */
-#define UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE(_type) \
- .u.ptr.min_len = sizeof(_type), .u.ptr.len = sizeof(_type)
-#define UVERBS_ATTR_STRUCT(_type, _last) \
- .u.ptr.min_len = ((uintptr_t)(&((_type *)0)->_last + 1)), .u.ptr.len = sizeof(_type)
#define UVERBS_ATTR_SIZE(_min_len, _len) \
.u.ptr.min_len = _min_len, .u.ptr.len = _len
+
+/*
+ * Specifies a uapi structure that cannot be extended. The user must always
+ * supply the whole structure and nothing more. The structure must be declared
+ * in a header under include/uapi/rdma.
+ */
+#define UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE(_type) \
+ .u.ptr.min_len = sizeof(_type), .u.ptr.len = sizeof(_type)
+/*
+ * Specifies a uapi structure where the user must provide at least up to
+ * member 'last'. Anything after last and up until the end of the structure
+ * can be non-zero, anything longer than the end of the structure must be
+ * zero. The structure must be declared in a header under include/uapi/rdma.
+ */
+#define UVERBS_ATTR_STRUCT(_type, _last) \
+ .zero_trailing = 1, \
+ UVERBS_ATTR_SIZE(((uintptr_t)(&((_type *)0)->_last + 1)), \
+ sizeof(_type))
/*
* Specifies at least min_len bytes must be passed in, but the amount can be
* larger, up to the protocol maximum size. No check for zeroing is done.
@@ -216,7 +230,6 @@ struct uverbs_object_tree_def {
/* Must be used in the '...' of any UVERBS_ATTR */
#define UA_ALLOC_AND_COPY .alloc_and_copy = 1
#define UA_MANDATORY .mandatory = 1
-#define UA_MIN_SZ_OR_ZERO .min_sz_or_zero = 1
#define UA_OPTIONAL .mandatory = 0
#define UVERBS_ATTR_IDR(_attr_id, _idr_type, _access, ...) \