1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/if_addr.h b/include/linux/if_addr.h
index dbe8f6120a40..d557e4ce9b6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_addr.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_addr.h
@@ -52,4 +52,10 @@ struct ifa_cacheinfo
         __u32   tstamp; /* updated timestamp, hundredths of seconds */
 };
 
+/* backwards compatibility for userspace */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#define IFA_RTA(r)  ((struct rtattr*)(((char*)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg))))
+#define IFA_PAYLOAD(n) NLMSG_PAYLOAD(n,sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg))
+#endif
+
 #endif