[RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

Add a nested compat attribute type that can be used to convert
attributes that contain a structure to nested attributes in a
backwards compatible way.

The attribute looks like this:

struct {
        [ compat contents ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = total size,
                .rta_type       = type,
        } rta;
        struct old_structure struct;

        [ nested top-level attribute ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = nest size,
                .rta_type       = type,
        } nest_attr;

        [ optional 0 .. n nested attributes ]
        struct rtattr {
                .rta_len        = private attribute len,
                .rta_type       = private attribute typ,
        } nested_attr;
        struct nested_data data;
};

Since both userspace and kernel deal correctly with attributes that are
larger than expected old versions will just parse the compat part and
ignore the rest.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 06c0c5afabf0..c25d23ba6d5d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
+			       struct rtattr *rta, void **data, int len)
+{
+	if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) < len)
+		return -1;
+	*data = RTA_DATA(rta);
+
+	if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) >= RTA_ALIGN(len) + sizeof(struct rtattr)) {
+		rta = RTA_DATA(rta) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
+		return rtattr_parse_nested(tb, maxattr, rta);
+	}
+	memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct rtattr *) * maxattr);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct rtnl_link *rtnl_msg_handlers[NPROTO];
 
 static inline int rtm_msgindex(int msgtype)
@@ -1297,6 +1312,7 @@ void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rta_fill);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_strlcpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_parse);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_parse_nested_compat);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnetlink_put_metrics);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_trylock);