[RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

Add a nested compat attribute type that can be used to convert
attributes that contain a structure to nested attributes in a
backwards compatible way.

The attribute looks like this:

struct {
        [ compat contents ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = total size,
                .rta_type       = type,
        } rta;
        struct old_structure struct;

        [ nested top-level attribute ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = nest size,
                .rta_type       = type,
        } nest_attr;

        [ optional 0 .. n nested attributes ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = private attribute len,
                .rta_type       = private attribute typ,
        } nested_attr;
        struct nested_data data;
};

Since both userspace and kernel deal correctly with attributes that are
larger than expected old versions will just parse the compat part and
ignore the rest.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 612785848532..6731e7f4cc0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -570,6 +570,8 @@ static __inline__ int rtattr_strcmp(const struct rtattr *rta, const char *str)
 }
 
 extern int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len);
+extern int rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
+                                      struct rtattr *rta, void **data, int len);
 
 #define rtattr_parse_nested(tb, max, rta) \
         rtattr_parse((tb), (max), RTA_DATA((rta)), RTA_PAYLOAD((rta)))
@@ -638,6 +640,18 @@ extern void __rta_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, const voi
 ({      (start)->rta_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)(start); \
         (skb)->len; })
 
+#define RTA_NEST_COMPAT(skb, type, attrlen, data) \
+({      struct rtattr *__start = (struct rtattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb); \
+        RTA_PUT(skb, type, attrlen, data); \
+        RTA_NEST(skb, type); \
+        __start; })
+
+#define RTA_NEST_COMPAT_END(skb, start) \
+({      struct rtattr *__nest = (void *)(start) + NLMSG_ALIGN((start)->rta_len); \
+        (start)->rta_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)(start); \
+        RTA_NEST_END(skb, __nest); \
+        (skb)->len; })
+
 #define RTA_NEST_CANCEL(skb, start) \
 ({      if (start) \
                 skb_trim(skb, (unsigned char *) (start) - (skb)->data); \