[NETLINK]: attr: add nested compat attribute type
Add a nested compat attribute type that can be used to convert
attributes that contain a structure to nested attributes in a
backwards compatible way.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/netlink/attr.c b/net/netlink/attr.c
index c591212..e4d7bed 100644
--- a/net/netlink/attr.c
+++ b/net/netlink/attr.c
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
return -ERANGE;
break;
+ case NLA_NESTED_COMPAT:
+ if (attrlen < pt->len)
+ return -ERANGE;
+ if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len))
+ break;
+ if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN)
+ return -ERANGE;
+ nla = nla_data(nla) + NLA_ALIGN(pt->len);
+ if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN + nla_len(nla))
+ return -ERANGE;
+ break;
default:
if (pt->len)
minlen = pt->len;