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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netlink.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index e015ffbed819..29e0db940382 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ * nla_nest_start(skb, type) start a nested attribute * nla_nest_end(skb, nla) finalize a nested attribute * nla_nest_cancel(skb, nla) cancel nested attribute construction + * nla_put_empty_nest(skb, type) create an empty nest * * Attribute Length Calculations: * nla_attr_size(payload) length of attribute w/o padding @@ -2241,6 +2242,20 @@ static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start) } /** + * nla_put_empty_nest - Create an empty nest + * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in + * @attrtype: attribute type of the container + * + * This function is a helper for creating empty nests. + * + * Returns: 0 when successful or -EMSGSIZE on failure. + */ +static inline int nla_put_empty_nest(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype) +{ + return nla_nest_start(skb, attrtype) ? 0 : -EMSGSIZE; +} + +/** * __nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes * @start: container attribute * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected |