Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index ba25ca874c20..6a2ccf78a356 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ struct nlmsghdr
 
 #define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4
 #define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
-#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
+#define NLMSG_HDRLEN	 ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
+#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_HDRLEN))
 #define NLMSG_SPACE(len) NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_LENGTH(len))
 #define NLMSG_DATA(nlh)  ((void*)(((char*)nlh) + NLMSG_LENGTH(0)))
 #define NLMSG_NEXT(nlh,len)	 ((len) -= NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len), \
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ struct nlmsghdr
 #define NLMSG_DONE		0x3	/* End of a dump	*/
 #define NLMSG_OVERRUN		0x4	/* Data lost		*/
 
+#define NLMSG_MIN_TYPE		0x10	/* < 0x10: reserved control messages */
+
 struct nlmsgerr
 {
 	int		error;
@@ -108,6 +111,25 @@ enum {
 	NETLINK_CONNECTED,
 };
 
+/*
+ *  <------- NLA_HDRLEN ------> <-- NLA_ALIGN(payload)-->
+ * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
+ * |        Header       | Pad |     Payload       | Pad |
+ * |   (struct nlattr)   | ing |                   | ing |
+ * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
+ *  <-------------- nlattr->nla_len -------------->
+ */
+
+struct nlattr
+{
+	__u16           nla_len;
+	__u16           nla_type;
+};
+
+#define NLA_ALIGNTO		4
+#define NLA_ALIGN(len)		(((len) + NLA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ~(NLA_ALIGNTO - 1))
+#define NLA_HDRLEN		((int) NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlattr)))
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <linux/capability.h>