2 * NETLINK Netlink attributes
4 * Authors: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
5 * Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
8 #include <linux/export.h>
9 #include <linux/kernel.h>
10 #include <linux/errno.h>
11 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
12 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
13 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
14 #include <linux/string.h>
15 #include <linux/types.h>
16 #include <net/netlink.h>
18 static const u16 nla_attr_minlen[NLA_TYPE_MAX+1] = {
19 [NLA_U8] = sizeof(u8),
20 [NLA_U16] = sizeof(u16),
21 [NLA_U32] = sizeof(u32),
22 [NLA_U64] = sizeof(u64),
23 [NLA_MSECS] = sizeof(u64),
24 [NLA_NESTED] = NLA_HDRLEN,
25 [NLA_S8] = sizeof(s8),
26 [NLA_S16] = sizeof(s16),
27 [NLA_S32] = sizeof(s32),
28 [NLA_S64] = sizeof(s64),
31 static int validate_nla(const struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
32 const struct nla_policy *policy)
34 const struct nla_policy *pt;
35 int minlen = 0, attrlen = nla_len(nla), type = nla_type(nla);
37 if (type <= 0 || type > maxtype)
42 BUG_ON(pt->type > NLA_TYPE_MAX);
52 minlen = min_t(int, attrlen, pt->len + 1);
56 if (!minlen || memchr(nla_data(nla), '\0', minlen) == NULL)
65 char *buf = nla_data(nla);
67 if (buf[attrlen - 1] == '\0')
70 if (attrlen > pt->len)
76 if (pt->len && attrlen > pt->len)
80 case NLA_NESTED_COMPAT:
81 if (attrlen < pt->len)
83 if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len))
85 if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN)
87 nla = nla_data(nla) + NLA_ALIGN(pt->len);
88 if (attrlen < NLA_ALIGN(pt->len) + NLA_HDRLEN + nla_len(nla))
92 /* a nested attributes is allowed to be empty; if its not,
93 * it must have a size of at least NLA_HDRLEN.
100 else if (pt->type != NLA_UNSPEC)
101 minlen = nla_attr_minlen[pt->type];
103 if (attrlen < minlen)
111 * nla_validate - Validate a stream of attributes
112 * @head: head of attribute stream
113 * @len: length of attribute stream
114 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
115 * @policy: validation policy
117 * Validates all attributes in the specified attribute stream against the
118 * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
119 * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
121 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
123 int nla_validate(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
124 const struct nla_policy *policy)
126 const struct nlattr *nla;
129 nla_for_each_attr(nla, head, len, rem) {
130 err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy);
139 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_validate);
142 * nla_policy_len - Determin the max. length of a policy
143 * @policy: policy to use
144 * @n: number of policies
146 * Determines the max. length of the policy. It is currently used
147 * to allocated Netlink buffers roughly the size of the actual
150 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
153 nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *p, int n)
157 for (i = 0; i < n; i++, p++) {
159 len += nla_total_size(p->len);
160 else if (nla_attr_minlen[p->type])
161 len += nla_total_size(nla_attr_minlen[p->type]);
166 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_policy_len);
169 * nla_parse - Parse a stream of attributes into a tb buffer
170 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
171 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
172 * @head: head of attribute stream
173 * @len: length of attribute stream
174 * @policy: validation policy
176 * Parses a stream of attributes and stores a pointer to each attribute in
177 * the tb array accessible via the attribute type. Attributes with a type
178 * exceeding maxtype will be silently ignored for backwards compatibility
179 * reasons. policy may be set to NULL if no validation is required.
181 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
183 int nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int maxtype, const struct nlattr *head,
184 int len, const struct nla_policy *policy)
186 const struct nlattr *nla;
189 memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct nlattr *) * (maxtype + 1));
191 nla_for_each_attr(nla, head, len, rem) {
192 u16 type = nla_type(nla);
194 if (type > 0 && type <= maxtype) {
196 err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy);
201 tb[type] = (struct nlattr *)nla;
205 if (unlikely(rem > 0))
206 pr_warn_ratelimited("netlink: %d bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `%s'.\n",
213 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_parse);
216 * nla_find - Find a specific attribute in a stream of attributes
217 * @head: head of attribute stream
218 * @len: length of attribute stream
219 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
221 * Returns the first attribute in the stream matching the specified type.
223 struct nlattr *nla_find(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int attrtype)
225 const struct nlattr *nla;
228 nla_for_each_attr(nla, head, len, rem)
229 if (nla_type(nla) == attrtype)
230 return (struct nlattr *)nla;
234 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_find);
237 * nla_strlcpy - Copy string attribute payload into a sized buffer
238 * @dst: where to copy the string to
239 * @nla: attribute to copy the string from
240 * @dstsize: size of destination buffer
242 * Copies at most dstsize - 1 bytes into the destination buffer.
243 * The result is always a valid NUL-terminated string. Unlike
244 * strlcpy the destination buffer is always padded out.
246 * Returns the length of the source buffer.
248 size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla, size_t dstsize)
250 size_t srclen = nla_len(nla);
251 char *src = nla_data(nla);
253 if (srclen > 0 && src[srclen - 1] == '\0')
257 size_t len = (srclen >= dstsize) ? dstsize - 1 : srclen;
259 memset(dst, 0, dstsize);
260 memcpy(dst, src, len);
265 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strlcpy);
268 * nla_memcpy - Copy a netlink attribute into another memory area
269 * @dest: where to copy to memcpy
270 * @src: netlink attribute to copy from
271 * @count: size of the destination area
273 * Note: The number of bytes copied is limited by the length of
274 * attribute's payload. memcpy
276 * Returns the number of bytes copied.
278 int nla_memcpy(void *dest, const struct nlattr *src, int count)
280 int minlen = min_t(int, count, nla_len(src));
282 memcpy(dest, nla_data(src), minlen);
286 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_memcpy);
289 * nla_memcmp - Compare an attribute with sized memory area
290 * @nla: netlink attribute
292 * @size: size of memory area
294 int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const void *data,
297 int d = nla_len(nla) - size;
300 d = memcmp(nla_data(nla), data, size);
304 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_memcmp);
307 * nla_strcmp - Compare a string attribute against a string
308 * @nla: netlink string attribute
309 * @str: another string
311 int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const char *str)
313 int len = strlen(str);
314 char *buf = nla_data(nla);
315 int attrlen = nla_len(nla);
318 if (attrlen > 0 && buf[attrlen - 1] == '\0')
323 d = memcmp(nla_data(nla), str, len);
327 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_strcmp);
331 * __nla_reserve - reserve room for attribute on the skb
332 * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
333 * @attrtype: attribute type
334 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
336 * Adds a netlink attribute header to a socket buffer and reserves
337 * room for the payload but does not copy it.
339 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
340 * tailroom for the attribute header and payload.
342 struct nlattr *__nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
346 nla = (struct nlattr *) skb_put(skb, nla_total_size(attrlen));
347 nla->nla_type = attrtype;
348 nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(attrlen);
350 memset((unsigned char *) nla + nla->nla_len, 0, nla_padlen(attrlen));
354 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve);
357 * __nla_reserve_nohdr - reserve room for attribute without header
358 * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
359 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
361 * Reserves room for attribute payload without a header.
363 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
364 * tailroom for the payload.
366 void *__nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen)
370 start = skb_put(skb, NLA_ALIGN(attrlen));
371 memset(start, 0, NLA_ALIGN(attrlen));
375 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_reserve_nohdr);
378 * nla_reserve - reserve room for attribute on the skb
379 * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
380 * @attrtype: attribute type
381 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
383 * Adds a netlink attribute header to a socket buffer and reserves
384 * room for the payload but does not copy it.
386 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
387 * the attribute header and payload.
389 struct nlattr *nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen)
391 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < nla_total_size(attrlen)))
394 return __nla_reserve(skb, attrtype, attrlen);
396 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve);
399 * nla_reserve_nohdr - reserve room for attribute without header
400 * @skb: socket buffer to reserve room on
401 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
403 * Reserves room for attribute payload without a header.
405 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
406 * the attribute payload.
408 void *nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen)
410 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < NLA_ALIGN(attrlen)))
413 return __nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, attrlen);
415 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_reserve_nohdr);
418 * __nla_put - Add a netlink attribute to a socket buffer
419 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
420 * @attrtype: attribute type
421 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
422 * @data: head of attribute payload
424 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
425 * tailroom for the attribute header and payload.
427 void __nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen,
432 nla = __nla_reserve(skb, attrtype, attrlen);
433 memcpy(nla_data(nla), data, attrlen);
435 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put);
438 * __nla_put_nohdr - Add a netlink attribute without header
439 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
440 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
441 * @data: head of attribute payload
443 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
444 * tailroom for the attribute payload.
446 void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
450 start = __nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, attrlen);
451 memcpy(start, data, attrlen);
453 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put_nohdr);
456 * nla_put - Add a netlink attribute to a socket buffer
457 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
458 * @attrtype: attribute type
459 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
460 * @data: head of attribute payload
462 * Returns -EMSGSIZE if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
463 * the attribute header and payload.
465 int nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, const void *data)
467 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < nla_total_size(attrlen)))
470 __nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data);
473 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put);
476 * nla_put_nohdr - Add a netlink attribute without header
477 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
478 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
479 * @data: head of attribute payload
481 * Returns -EMSGSIZE if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
482 * the attribute payload.
484 int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
486 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < NLA_ALIGN(attrlen)))
489 __nla_put_nohdr(skb, attrlen, data);
492 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_put_nohdr);
495 * nla_append - Add a netlink attribute without header or padding
496 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
497 * @attrlen: length of attribute payload
498 * @data: head of attribute payload
500 * Returns -EMSGSIZE if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
501 * the attribute payload.
503 int nla_append(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen, const void *data)
505 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < NLA_ALIGN(attrlen)))
508 memcpy(skb_put(skb, attrlen), data, attrlen);
511 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nla_append);