2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index f9d2438e6437..96cd5b243d57 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -370,8 +370,8 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct net *net, int dp_ifindex,
         len = sizeof(struct ovs_header);
         len += nla_total_size(skb->len);
         len += nla_total_size(FLOW_BUFSIZE);
-        if (upcall_info->cmd == OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION)
-                len += nla_total_size(8);
+        if (upcall_info->userdata)
+                len += NLA_ALIGN(upcall_info->userdata->nla_len);
 
         user_skb = genlmsg_new(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (!user_skb) {
@@ -388,8 +388,9 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct net *net, int dp_ifindex,
         nla_nest_end(user_skb, nla);
 
         if (upcall_info->userdata)
-                nla_put_u64(user_skb, OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA,
-                            nla_get_u64(upcall_info->userdata));
+                __nla_put(user_skb, OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA,
+                          nla_len(upcall_info->userdata),
+                          nla_data(upcall_info->userdata));
 
         nla = __nla_reserve(user_skb, OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PACKET, skb->len);
 
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ static int validate_userspace(const struct nlattr *attr)
 {
         static const struct nla_policy userspace_policy[OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_MAX + 1] =   {
                 [OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID] = {.type = NLA_U32 },
-                [OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA] = {.type = NLA_U64 },
+                [OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA] = {.type = NLA_UNSPEC },
         };
         struct nlattr *a[OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_MAX + 1];
         int error;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
index 031dfbf37c93..9125ad5c5aeb 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ struct ovs_skb_cb {
  * struct dp_upcall - metadata to include with a packet to send to userspace
  * @cmd: One of %OVS_PACKET_CMD_*.
  * @key: Becomes %OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY.  Must be nonnull.
- * @userdata: If nonnull, its u64 value is extracted and passed to userspace as
+ * @userdata: If nonnull, its variable-length value is passed to userspace as
  * %OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA.
  * @pid: Netlink PID to which packet should be sent.  If @pid is 0 then no
  * packet is sent and the packet is accounted in the datapath's @n_lost