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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h12
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c4
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 1d5b10ae239..f08e870100f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ enum nfnetlink_groups {
struct nfattr
{
u_int16_t nfa_len;
- u_int16_t nfa_type;
+ u_int16_t nfa_type; /* we use 15 bits for the type, and the highest
+ * bit to indicate whether the payload is nested */
} __attribute__ ((packed));
-/* FIXME: Shamelessly copy and pasted from rtnetlink.h, it's time
- * to put this in a generic file */
+/* FIXME: Apart from NFNL_NFA_NESTED shamelessly copy and pasted from
+ * rtnetlink.h, it's time to put this in a generic file */
+
+#define NFNL_NFA_NEST 0x8000
+#define NFA_TYPE(attr) ((attr)->nfa_type & 0x7fff)
#define NFA_ALIGNTO 4
#define NFA_ALIGN(len) (((len) + NFA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ~(NFA_ALIGNTO - 1))
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ struct nfattr
#define NFA_PAYLOAD(nfa) ((int)((nfa)->nfa_len) - NFA_LENGTH(0))
#define NFA_NEST(skb, type) \
({ struct nfattr *__start = (struct nfattr *) (skb)->tail; \
- NFA_PUT(skb, type, 0, NULL); \
+ NFA_PUT(skb, (NFNL_NFA_NEST | type), 0, NULL); \
__start; })
#define NFA_NEST_END(skb, start) \
({ (start)->nfa_len = ((skb)->tail - (unsigned char *) (start)); \
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 1caaca06f69..4bc27a6334c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int nfattr_parse(struct nfattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct nfattr *nfa, int len)
memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct nfattr *) * maxattr);
while (NFA_OK(nfa, len)) {
- unsigned flavor = nfa->nfa_type;
+ unsigned flavor = NFA_TYPE(nfa);
if (flavor && flavor <= maxattr)
tb[flavor-1] = nfa;
nfa = NFA_NEXT(nfa, len);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ nfnetlink_check_attributes(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *subsys,
int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_ALIGN(min_len);
while (NFA_OK(attr, attrlen)) {
- unsigned flavor = attr->nfa_type;
+ unsigned flavor = NFA_TYPE(attr);
if (flavor) {
if (flavor > attr_count)
return -EINVAL;