netdev - [RFC PATCH v2] diag: warn about missing first netlink attribute

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Date:	Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:31:05 +0100
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	tgraf@...g.ch
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2] diag: warn about missing first netlink attribute

The first netlink attribute (value 0) must always be defined as none/unspec.
This is correctly done in inet_diag.h, but other diag interfaces are wrong.

Because we cannot change an existing API, I add a comment to point the mistake
and avoid to propagate it in a new diag API in the future.

CC: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
---

v2: just warn about the missing attribute

If patch is approved, I will submit it when the net-next tree opens.

 include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h | 1 +
 include/uapi/linux/packet_diag.h  | 1 +
 include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h    | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
index 4e31db4eea41..f2159d30d1f5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct netlink_diag_ring {
 };
 
 enum {
+	/* NETLINK_DIAG_NONE, standard nl API requires this attribute!  */
 	NETLINK_DIAG_MEMINFO,
 	NETLINK_DIAG_GROUPS,
 	NETLINK_DIAG_RX_RING,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/packet_diag.h b/include/uapi/linux/packet_diag.h
index b2cc0cd9c4d9..d08c63f3dd6f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/packet_diag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/packet_diag.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct packet_diag_msg {
 };
 
 enum {
+	/* PACKET_DIAG_NONE, standard nl API requires this attribute!  */
 	PACKET_DIAG_INFO,
 	PACKET_DIAG_MCLIST,
 	PACKET_DIAG_RX_RING,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h b/include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h
index b9e2a6a7446f..1eb0b8dd1830 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct unix_diag_msg {
 };
 
 enum {
+	/* UNIX_DIAG_NONE, standard nl API requires this attribute!  */
 	UNIX_DIAG_NAME,
 	UNIX_DIAG_VFS,
 	UNIX_DIAG_PEER,
-- 
1.8.4.1

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