netdev - [PATCH net-next 0/4] libnl: enhance API to ease 64bit alignment for attribute

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:57:31 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, tgraf@...g.ch, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/4] libnl: enhance API to ease 64bit alignment for attribute

Here is a proposal to add more helpers in the libnetlink to manage 64-bit
alignment issues.
Note that this series was only tested on x86.

The first patch is a fix (bug seen by code review only unless I've missed
something).
The second patch adds helpers and uses it for IFLA_STATS64.
The last two patches use the new API to align mcast stats.

We could also add helpers for nla_put_u64() and its variants.

 include/net/netlink.h          |  10 +++-
 include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h |   1 +
 lib/nlattr.c                   | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/core/rtnetlink.c           |   9 +---
 net/ipv4/ipmr.c                |   4 +-
 net/ipv6/ip6mr.c               |   4 +-
 6 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Comments are welcomed,
Regards,
Nicolas