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| author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-11-22 14:05:46 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-11-22 14:05:46 -0500 |
| commit | 515db09338704a6ad7d27b5f1e33820d3052edd2 (patch) | |
| tree | 74f915531710303397d34069b325c2be7a5ac93c /include/net/netlink.h | |
| parent | 30be52e44fd4276d768efffb55d424fb682e6505 (diff) | |
| parent | cfcfc9eca2bcbd26a8e206baeb005b055dbf8e37 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-debugfs.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-rx.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-scan.c
drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-tx.c
include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index 98c185441be..cb1f3504687 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -192,8 +192,15 @@ enum { * NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL) * NLA_FLAG Unused * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload - * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Exact length of structure payload - * All other Exact length of attribute payload + * NLA_NESTED Don't use `len' field -- length verification is + * done by checking len of nested header (or empty) + * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Minimum length of structure payload + * NLA_U8, NLA_U16, + * NLA_U32, NLA_U64, + * NLA_MSECS Leaving the length field zero will verify the + * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length + * just like "All other" + * All other Minimum length of attribute payload * * Example: * static const struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] = { |