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diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index b318b0a9f6c3..318b1ded3833 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ enum {
NLA_S64,
NLA_BITFIELD32,
NLA_REJECT,
+ NLA_EXACT_LEN,
+ NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN,
__NLA_TYPE_MAX,
};
@@ -211,6 +213,10 @@ enum {
* just like "All other"
* NLA_BITFIELD32 Unused
* NLA_REJECT Unused
+ * NLA_EXACT_LEN Attribute must have exactly this length, otherwise
+ * it is rejected.
+ * NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN Attribute should have exactly this length, a warning
+ * is logged if it is longer, shorter is rejected.
* All other Minimum length of attribute payload
*
* Meaning of `validation_data' field:
@@ -236,6 +242,13 @@ struct nla_policy {
void *validation_data;
};
+#define NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(_len) { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN, .len = _len }
+#define NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN_WARN(_len) { .type = NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN, \
+ .len = _len }
+
+#define NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(ETH_ALEN)
+#define NLA_POLICY_ETH_ADDR_COMPAT NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN_WARN(ETH_ALEN)
+
/**
* struct nl_info - netlink source information
* @nlh: Netlink message header of original request