On Wed, 2018-02-07 at 02:37 +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> The new generic netlink description infrastructure needs this new type
> to describe padding attributes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/net/netlink.h | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
> index 0c154f98e987..76e850ead593 100644
> --- a/include/net/netlink.h
> +++ b/include/net/netlink.h
> @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ enum {
> NLA_S32,
> NLA_S64,
> NLA_BITFIELD32,
> + NLA_PAD,
> __NLA_TYPE_MAX,
> };
>
> @@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ enum {
> * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length
> * just like "All other"
> * NLA_BITFIELD32 A 32-bit bitmap/bitselector attribute
> + * NLA_PAD Empty attribute to align next attribute to 64-bits
I guess this should also move to uapi/linux/netlink.h.
johannes
