The following commit has been merged in the batman-adv/next branch: commit 4778e0be16c291ba6d9d55eeff3a6764fc84a071 Author: Jiri Pirko jiri@resnulli.us Date: Fri Jul 27 06:28:52 2012 +0000

netlink: add signed types

Signed types might be needed in NL communication from time to time (I need s32 in team driver), so add them.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko jiri@resnulli.us Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h index 785f37a..09175d5 100644 --- a/include/net/netlink.h +++ b/include/net/netlink.h @@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ * nla_put_u16(skb, type, value) add u16 attribute to skb * nla_put_u32(skb, type, value) add u32 attribute to skb * nla_put_u64(skb, type, value) add u64 attribute to skb + * nla_put_s8(skb, type, value) add s8 attribute to skb + * nla_put_s16(skb, type, value) add s16 attribute to skb + * nla_put_s32(skb, type, value) add s32 attribute to skb + * nla_put_s64(skb, type, value) add s64 attribute to skb * nla_put_string(skb, type, str) add string attribute to skb * nla_put_flag(skb, type) add flag attribute to skb * nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies) add msecs attribute to skb @@ -121,6 +125,10 @@ * nla_get_u16(nla) get payload for a u16 attribute * nla_get_u32(nla) get payload for a u32 attribute * nla_get_u64(nla) get payload for a u64 attribute + * nla_get_s8(nla) get payload for a s8 attribute + * nla_get_s16(nla) get payload for a s16 attribute + * nla_get_s32(nla) get payload for a s32 attribute + * nla_get_s64(nla) get payload for a s64 attribute * nla_get_flag(nla) return 1 if flag is true * nla_get_msecs(nla) get payload for a msecs attribute * @@ -160,6 +168,10 @@ enum { NLA_NESTED_COMPAT, NLA_NUL_STRING, NLA_BINARY, + NLA_S8, + NLA_S16, + NLA_S32, + NLA_S64, __NLA_TYPE_MAX, };

@@ -183,6 +195,8 @@ enum { * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Minimum length of structure payload * NLA_U8, NLA_U16, * NLA_U32, NLA_U64, + * NLA_S8, NLA_S16, + * NLA_S32, NLA_S64, * NLA_MSECS Leaving the length field zero will verify the * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length * just like "All other" @@ -879,6 +893,50 @@ static inline int nla_put_le64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le64 value) }

/** + * nla_put_s8 - Add a s8 netlink attribute to a socket buffer + * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to + * @attrtype: attribute type + * @value: numeric value + */ +static inline int nla_put_s8(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s8 value) +{ + return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s8), &value); +} + +/** + * nla_put_s16 - Add a s16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer + * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to + * @attrtype: attribute type + * @value: numeric value + */ +static inline int nla_put_s16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s16 value) +{ + return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s16), &value); +} + +/** + * nla_put_s32 - Add a s32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer + * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to + * @attrtype: attribute type + * @value: numeric value + */ +static inline int nla_put_s32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s32 value) +{ + return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s32), &value); +} + +/** + * nla_put_s64 - Add a s64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer + * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to + * @attrtype: attribute type + * @value: numeric value + */ +static inline int nla_put_s64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, s64 value) +{ + return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(s64), &value); +} + +/** * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to * @attrtype: attribute type @@ -994,6 +1052,46 @@ static inline __be64 nla_get_be64(const struct nlattr *nla) }

/** + * nla_get_s32 - return payload of s32 attribute + * @nla: s32 netlink attribute + */ +static inline s32 nla_get_s32(const struct nlattr *nla) +{ + return *(s32 *) nla_data(nla); +} + +/** + * nla_get_s16 - return payload of s16 attribute + * @nla: s16 netlink attribute + */ +static inline s16 nla_get_s16(const struct nlattr *nla) +{ + return *(s16 *) nla_data(nla); +} + +/** + * nla_get_s8 - return payload of s8 attribute + * @nla: s8 netlink attribute + */ +static inline s8 nla_get_s8(const struct nlattr *nla) +{ + return *(s8 *) nla_data(nla); +} + +/** + * nla_get_s64 - return payload of s64 attribute + * @nla: s64 netlink attribute + */ +static inline s64 nla_get_s64(const struct nlattr *nla) +{ + s64 tmp; + + nla_memcpy(&tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp)); + + return tmp; +} + +/** * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute * @nla: flag netlink attribute */