2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 8a6150a3f4c7..eddb50289d6d 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ extern int		nla_validate(struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
 extern int              nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
                                   struct nlattr *head, int len,
                                   const struct nla_policy *policy);
+extern int              nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *, int);
 extern struct nlattr *  nla_find(struct nlattr *head, int len, int attrtype);
 extern size_t           nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
                                     size_t dstsize);
diff --git a/net/netlink/attr.c b/net/netlink/attr.c
index 56c3ce7fe29a..ae32c573df00 100644
--- a/net/netlink/attr.c
+++ b/net/netlink/attr.c
@@ -133,6 +133,32 @@ errout:
 }
 
 /**
+ * nla_policy_len - Determin the max. length of a policy
+ * @policy: policy to use
+ * @n: number of policies
+ *
+ * Determines the max. length of the policy.  It is currently used
+ * to allocated Netlink buffers roughly the size of the actual
+ * message.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
+ */
+int
+nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *p, int n)
+{
+        int i, len = 0;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                if (p->len)
+                        len += nla_total_size(p->len);
+                else if (nla_attr_minlen[p->type])
+                        len += nla_total_size(nla_attr_minlen[p->type]);
+        }
+
+        return len;
+}
+
+/**
  * nla_parse - Parse a stream of attributes into a tb buffer
  * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
@@ -456,6 +482,7 @@ int nla_append(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_validate);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_policy_len);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_parse);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_find);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strlcpy);