[IPv4]: FIB configuration using struct fib_config

Introduces struct fib_config replacing the ugly struct kern_rta
prone to ordering issues. Avoids creating faked netlink messages
for auto generated routes or requests via ioctl.

A new interface net/nexthop.h is added to help navigate through
nexthop configuration arrays.

A new struct nl_info will be used to carry the necessary netlink
information to be used for notifications later on.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index bf593eb59e1b..47044da167c5 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -192,6 +192,16 @@ struct nla_policy {
         u16             minlen;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct nl_info - netlink source information
+ * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
+ * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
+ */
+struct nl_info {
+        struct nlmsghdr         *nlh;
+        u32                     pid;
+};
+
 extern void             netlink_run_queue(struct sock *sk, unsigned int *qlen,
                                           int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
                                                     struct nlmsghdr *, int *));