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-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h4
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c18
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 8ea1fc1ed1c7..cb35625d001e 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ struct genl_small_ops {
* @cmd: command identifier
* @internal_flags: flags used by the family
* @flags: flags
+ * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
+ * @policy: netlink policy (takes precedence over family policy)
* @doit: standard command callback
* @start: start callback for dumps
* @dumpit: callback for dumpers
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ struct genl_ops {
int (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct netlink_callback *cb);
int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
+ const struct nla_policy *policy;
+ unsigned int maxattr;
u8 cmd;
u8 internal_flags;
u8 flags;
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 286a3b3f928e..c3673d84d8b5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ static void genl_op_from_full(const struct genl_family *family,
unsigned int i, struct genl_ops *op)
{
*op = family->ops[i];
+
+ if (!op->maxattr)
+ op->maxattr = family->maxattr;
+ if (!op->policy)
+ op->policy = family->policy;
}
static int genl_get_cmd_full(u8 cmd, const struct genl_family *family,
@@ -142,6 +147,9 @@ static void genl_op_from_small(const struct genl_family *family,
op->internal_flags = family->small_ops[i].internal_flags;
op->flags = family->small_ops[i].flags;
op->validate = family->small_ops[i].validate;
+
+ op->maxattr = family->maxattr;
+ op->policy = family->policy;
}
static int genl_get_cmd_small(u8 cmd, const struct genl_family *family,
@@ -529,16 +537,16 @@ genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(const struct genl_family *family,
struct nlattr **attrbuf;
int err;
- if (!family->maxattr)
+ if (!ops->maxattr)
return NULL;
- attrbuf = kmalloc_array(family->maxattr + 1,
+ attrbuf = kmalloc_array(ops->maxattr + 1,
sizeof(struct nlattr *), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!attrbuf)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- err = __nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, attrbuf, family->maxattr,
- family->policy, validate, extack);
+ err = __nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, attrbuf, ops->maxattr, ops->policy,
+ validate, extack);
if (err) {
kfree(attrbuf);
return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -845,7 +853,7 @@ static int ctrl_fill_info(const struct genl_family *family, u32 portid, u32 seq,
op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP;
if (op.doit)
op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DO;
- if (family->policy)
+ if (op.policy)
op_flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_HASPOL;
nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, i + 1);