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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 4acd7165e900..4d4a733f1e8d 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ enum {
NLA_BITFIELD32,
NLA_REJECT,
NLA_EXACT_LEN,
- NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN,
NLA_MIN_LEN,
__NLA_TYPE_MAX,
};
@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ enum nla_policy_validation {
NLA_VALIDATE_MAX,
NLA_VALIDATE_RANGE_PTR,
NLA_VALIDATE_FUNCTION,
+ NLA_VALIDATE_WARN_TOO_LONG,
};
/**
@@ -237,10 +237,10 @@ enum nla_policy_validation {
* just like "All other"
* NLA_BITFIELD32 Unused
* NLA_REJECT Unused
- * NLA_EXACT_LEN Attribute must have exactly this length, otherwise
- * it is rejected.
- * NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN Attribute should have exactly this length, a warning
- * is logged if it is longer, shorter is rejected.
+ * NLA_EXACT_LEN Attribute should have exactly this length, otherwise
+ * it is rejected or warned about, the latter happening
+ * if and only if the `validation_type' is set to
+ * NLA_VALIDATE_WARN_TOO_LONG.
* NLA_MIN_LEN Minimum length of attribute payload
* All other Minimum length of attribute payload
*
@@ -350,8 +350,9 @@ struct nla_policy {
};
#define NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(_len) { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN, .len = _len }
-#define NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN_WARN(_len) { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN, \
- .len = _len }
+#define NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN_WARN(_len) \
+ { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN, .len = _len, \
+ .validation_type = NLA_VALIDATE_WARN_TOO_LONG, }
#define NLA_POLICY_MIN_LEN(_len) { .type = NLA_MIN_LEN, .len = _len }
#define NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(ETH_ALEN)