From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
In nla_parse() we already set this, but it makes sense to
also do it in nla_validate() which already also sets the
bad attribute pointer.
CC: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/nlattr.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index e2e5b38394d5..33404745bec4 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -180,9 +180,13 @@ int nla_validate(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
int rem;
nla_for_each_attr(nla, head, len, rem) {
- int err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy, NULL);
+ static const char _msg[] = "Attribute failed policy validation";
+ const char *msg = _msg;
+ int err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy, &msg);
if (err < 0) {
+ if (extack)
+ extack->_msg = msg;
NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla);
return err;
}
--
2.14.4
