netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] netlink: extended ACK reporting

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Date:   Sat, 8 Apr 2017 16:14:39 -0400
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pablo@...filter.org, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>, jiri@...nulli.us,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] netlink: extended ACK reporting

On 4/8/17 1:48 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
> index f3946a27bd07..d1564557d645 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
> @@ -101,6 +101,29 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
>  struct nlmsgerr {
>  	int		error;
>  	struct nlmsghdr msg;
> +	/*
> +	 * followed by the message contents unless NETLINK_CAP_ACK was set,
> +	 * message length is aligned with NLMSG_ALIGN()
> +	 */
> +	/*
> +	 * followed by TLVs defined in enum nlmsgerr_attrs
> +	 * if NETLINK_EXT_ACK was set
> +	 */
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * enum nlmsgerr_attrs - netlink error message attributes
> + * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_UNUSED: unused
> + * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG: error message string (string)
> + * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS: error offset in the original message (u32)
> + * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_ATTR: top-level attribute that caused the error
> + *	(or is missing, u16)
> + */
> +enum nlmsgerr_attrs {
> +	NLMSGERR_ATTR_UNUSED,
> +	NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG,
> +	NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS,
> +	NLMSGERR_ATTR_ATTR,


can you add __NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX and
#define NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX (__NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX - 1)