linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] netfilter: nf

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Message-ID: <CAJ2a_DfCmbFmpTngFnXzYy07gvEzN5UhAhrE8Cd8PowevrLUNw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:31:16 +0200
From:   Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
To:     fw@...len.de
Cc:     pablo@...filter.org, kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, davem@...emloft.net,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, selinux <selinux@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] netfilter: nf_tables: add SECMARK support

> > +struct nft_secmark {
> > +     char ctx[NFT_SECMARK_CTX_MAXLEN];
> > +     int len;
> > +     u32 secid;
> > +};
>
> Can you change this to:
>
> struct nft_secmark {
>         u32 secid;
>         char *ctx;
> };

Does the nla_policy struct needs an update too? (regarding then .len member)

+static const struct nla_policy nft_secmark_policy[NFTA_SECMARK_MAX + 1] = {
+        [NFTA_SECMARK_CTX] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len =
NFT_SECMARK_CTX_MAXLEN },
+}

NFT_SECMARK_CTX_MAXLEN might be dropped then..