netdev - [RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:18:39 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [RTNETLINK]: Add nested compat attribute

This patch adds a new attribute type that can be used
to replace non-nested attributes that contain structures
by nested ones in a compatible way.

This can be used in cases like Peter's who is trying to
extend sch_prio, which currently uses a fixed structure
without any holes.

Switching to nested attributes makes sure that the next
person won't run into the same problem.

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