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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netlink.h | 33 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h index da14ab61f363..8d2a8924705c 100644 --- a/include/linux/netlink.h +++ b/include/linux/netlink.h @@ -62,11 +62,42 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, struct netlink_kernel_cfg *cfg) return __netlink_kernel_create(net, unit, THIS_MODULE, cfg); } +/* this can be increased when necessary - don't expose to userland */ +#define NETLINK_MAX_COOKIE_LEN 20 + +/** + * struct netlink_ext_ack - netlink extended ACK report struct + * @_msg: message string to report - don't access directly, use + * %NL_SET_ERR_MSG + * @bad_attr: attribute with error + * @cookie: cookie data to return to userspace (for success) + * @cookie_len: actual cookie data length + */ +struct netlink_ext_ack { + const char *_msg; + const struct nlattr *bad_attr; + u8 cookie[NETLINK_MAX_COOKIE_LEN]; + u8 cookie_len; +}; + +/* Always use this macro, this allows later putting the + * message into a separate section or such for things + * like translation or listing all possible messages. + * Currently string formatting is not supported (due + * to the lack of an output buffer.) + */ +#define NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, msg) do { \ + static const char _msg[] = (msg); \ + \ + (extack)->_msg = _msg; \ +} while (0) + extern void netlink_kernel_release(struct sock *sk); extern int __netlink_change_ngroups(struct sock *sk, unsigned int groups); extern int netlink_change_ngroups(struct sock *sk, unsigned int groups); extern void __netlink_clear_multicast_users(struct sock *sk, unsigned int group); -extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err); +extern void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err, + const struct netlink_ext_ack *extack); extern int netlink_has_listeners(struct sock *sk, unsigned int group); extern int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 portid, int nonblock); |