Changes for in kernel generated netlink attribute parsing functions
require our out of tree driver to use the deprecated forms of those
functions. Otherwise the message parsing will return -EINVAL because
NLA_F_NESTED is not set in the nla_type field.
Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8...@gmail.com>
---
acinclude.m4 | 3 +++
datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index a55c905..43d1576 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1072,6 +1072,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINUX_COMPAT], [
OVS_FIND_FIELD_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/genetlink.h], [genl_ops],
[policy],
[OVS_DEFINE([HAVE_GENL_OPS_POLICY])])
+ OVS_GREP_IFELSE([$KSRC/include/net/netlink.h],
+ [nla_parse_deprecated_strict],
+ [OVS_DEFINE([HAVE_NLA_PARSE_DEPRECATED_STRICT])])
if cmp -s datapath/linux/kcompat.h.new \
datapath/linux/kcompat.h >/dev/null 2>&1; then
diff --git a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h
b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h
index 34fc346..7c0d993 100644
--- a/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ static inline int nla_put_be64(struct sk_buff *skb, int
attrtype, __be64 value,
#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_NLA_PARSE_DEPRECATED_STRICT
+#define nla_parse_nested nla_parse_nested_deprecated
+#define nla_parse nla_parse_deprecated_strict
+#else
#ifndef HAVE_NETLINK_EXT_ACK
struct netlink_ext_ack;
@@ -164,6 +168,7 @@ static inline int rpl_nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int
maxtype,
}
#define nla_parse rpl_nla_parse
#endif
+#endif /* HAVE_NLA_PARSE_DEPRECATED_STRICT */
#ifndef HAVE_NLA_NEST_START_NOFLAG
static inline struct nlattr *rpl_nla_nest_start_noflag(struct sk_buff *skb,
--
1.8.3.1
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