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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/netlink.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h index f87aaf28a649..82c41aeb4357 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h @@ -330,6 +330,17 @@ enum netlink_attribute_type { }; /** + * enum netlink_policy_byte_order - byte order of an integer attribute + * @NL_POLICY_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN: big endian (network byte order) + * + * Zero is left unassigned so that it keeps meaning host byte order, + * which is also what a missing byte order means. + */ +enum netlink_policy_byte_order { + NL_POLICY_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN = 1, +}; + +/** * enum netlink_policy_type_attr - policy type attributes * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_UNSPEC: unused * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_TYPE: type of the attribute, @@ -356,6 +367,8 @@ enum netlink_attribute_type { * bitfield32 type (U32) * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_MASK: mask of valid bits for unsigned integers (U64) * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_PAD: pad attribute for 64-bit alignment + * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_BYTE_ORDER: byte order of an integer attribute, + * &enum netlink_policy_byte_order, absent if host byte order (U32) * * @__NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_MAX: number of attributes * @NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number @@ -374,6 +387,7 @@ enum netlink_policy_type_attr { NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_BITFIELD32_MASK, NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_PAD, NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_MASK, + NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_BYTE_ORDER, /* keep last */ __NL_POLICY_TYPE_ATTR_MAX, |