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Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] netlink: add NLA_PAD definition

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Date: 2019-03-29 10:44:47
Also in: netfilter-devel

On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 02:37 +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
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The new generic netlink description infrastructure needs this new type
to describe padding attributes.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
 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
I guess this should also move to uapi/linux/netlink.h.

johannes
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