1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
index cf2b7ae2b9d8..a75fc8e27cd6 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.h
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ struct nft_cmp_fast_expr {
         u8                      len;
 };
 
+/* Calculate the mask for the nft_cmp_fast expression. On big endian the
+ * mask needs to include the *upper* bytes when interpreting that data as
+ * something smaller than the full u32, therefore a cpu_to_le32 is done.
+ */
+static inline u32 nft_cmp_fast_mask(unsigned int len)
+{
+        return cpu_to_le32(~0U >> (FIELD_SIZEOF(struct nft_cmp_fast_expr,
+                                                data) * BITS_PER_BYTE - len));
+}
+
 extern const struct nft_expr_ops nft_cmp_fast_ops;
 
 int nft_cmp_module_init(void);