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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netlink.h24
-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h7
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/netlink.h6
3 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index bda1c385cffb..d51e041d2242 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg)
* %NL_SET_ERR_MSG
* @bad_attr: attribute with error
* @policy: policy for a bad attribute
+ * @miss_type: attribute type which was missing
+ * @miss_nest: nest missing an attribute (%NULL if missing top level attr)
* @cookie: cookie data to return to userspace (for success)
* @cookie_len: actual cookie data length
*/
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ struct netlink_ext_ack {
const char *_msg;
const struct nlattr *bad_attr;
const struct nla_policy *policy;
+ const struct nlattr *miss_nest;
+ u16 miss_type;
u8 cookie[NETLINK_MAX_COOKIE_LEN];
u8 cookie_len;
};
@@ -126,6 +130,26 @@ struct netlink_ext_ack {
#define NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr, msg) \
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR_POL(extack, attr, NULL, msg)
+#define NL_SET_ERR_ATTR_MISS(extack, nest, type) do { \
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *__extack = (extack); \
+ \
+ if (__extack) { \
+ __extack->miss_nest = (nest); \
+ __extack->miss_type = (type); \
+ } \
+} while (0)
+
+#define NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(extack, nest, tb, type) ({ \
+ struct nlattr **__tb = (tb); \
+ u32 __attr = (type); \
+ int __retval; \
+ \
+ __retval = !__tb[__attr]; \
+ if (__retval) \
+ NL_SET_ERR_ATTR_MISS((extack), (nest), __attr); \
+ __retval; \
+})
+
static inline void nl_set_extack_cookie_u64(struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
u64 cookie)
{
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index a4827b5e1e07..8f780170e2f8 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
#define GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, msg) NL_SET_ERR_MSG((info)->extack, msg)
+/* Report that a root attribute is missing */
+#define GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, attr) ({ \
+ struct genl_info *__info = (info); \
+ \
+ NL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(__info->extack, NULL, __info->attrs, (attr)); \
+})
+
enum genl_validate_flags {
GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT = BIT(0),
GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP = BIT(1),
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
index e0ab261ceca2..e0689dbd2cde 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ struct nlmsgerr {
* be used - in the success case - to identify a created
* object or operation or similar (binary)
* @NLMSGERR_ATTR_POLICY: policy for a rejected attribute
+ * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_TYPE: type of a missing required attribute,
+ * %NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_NEST will not be present if the attribute was
+ * missing at the message level
+ * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_NEST: offset of the nest where attribute was missing
* @__NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX: number of attributes
* @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number
*/
@@ -149,6 +153,8 @@ enum nlmsgerr_attrs {
NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS,
NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE,
NLMSGERR_ATTR_POLICY,
+ NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_TYPE,
+ NLMSGERR_ATTR_MISS_NEST,
__NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX,
NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX = __NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX - 1