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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c33
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
index 4719434278b2..49f514119bdb 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ static uint16_t nla_attr_minlen[NLA_TYPE_MAX+1] = {
[NLA_FLAG] = 0,
};
-static int nla_len(const struct nlattr *nla)
-{
- return nla->nla_len - NLA_HDRLEN;
-}
-
static struct nlattr *nla_next(const struct nlattr *nla, int *remaining)
{
int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
@@ -46,11 +41,6 @@ static int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
nla->nla_len <= remaining;
}
-static void *nla_data(const struct nlattr *nla)
-{
- return (char *) nla + NLA_HDRLEN;
-}
-
static int nla_type(const struct nlattr *nla)
{
return nla->nla_type & NLA_TYPE_MASK;
@@ -114,8 +104,8 @@ static inline int nlmsg_len(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
* @see nla_validate
* @return 0 on success or a negative error code.
*/
-static int nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *head, int len,
- struct nla_policy *policy)
+int nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *head, int len,
+ struct nla_policy *policy)
{
struct nlattr *nla;
int rem, err;
@@ -146,6 +136,25 @@ errout:
return err;
}
+/**
+ * Create attribute index based on nested attribute
+ * @arg tb Index array to be filled (maxtype+1 elements).
+ * @arg maxtype Maximum attribute type expected and accepted.
+ * @arg nla Nested Attribute.
+ * @arg policy Attribute validation policy.
+ *
+ * Feeds the stream of attributes nested into the specified attribute
+ * to nla_parse().
+ *
+ * @see nla_parse
+ * @return 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla,
+ struct nla_policy *policy)
+{
+ return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), policy);
+}
+
/* dump netlink extended ack error message */
int nla_dump_errormsg(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
{