From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/4] netlink: add NLA_PAD definition Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 02:37:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20180207013713.2432-2-pablo@netfilter.org> References: <20180207013713.2432-1-pablo@netfilter.org> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180207013713.2432-1-pablo@netfilter.org> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org The new generic netlink description infrastructure needs this new type to describe padding attributes. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/net/netlink.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index 0c154f98e987..76e850ead593 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ enum { NLA_S32, NLA_S64, NLA_BITFIELD32, + NLA_PAD, __NLA_TYPE_MAX, }; @@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ enum { * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length * just like "All other" * NLA_BITFIELD32 A 32-bit bitmap/bitselector attribute + * NLA_PAD Empty attribute to align next attribute to 64-bits * All other Minimum length of attribute payload * * Example: -- 2.11.0