From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
---
include/net/genetlink.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 6850c7b1a3a6..4a25c341244c 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -183,6 +183,25 @@ static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
policy, extack);
}
+/**
+ * genlmsg_parse_strict - strictly parse attributes of a genetlink message
+ * @nlh: netlink message header
+ * @family: genetlink message family
+ * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
+ * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
+ * @extack: extended ACK report struct
+ */
+static inline int genlmsg_parse_strict(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+ const struct genl_family *family,
+ struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
+ const struct nla_policy *policy,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ return nlmsg_parse_strict(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb,
+ maxtype, policy, extack);
+}
+
/**
* genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise
if not
* @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
--
2.17.2
