netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] netlink: rename nl80211_validate_nested() to nla_validate

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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:07:58 +0100 (CET)
From:   Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] netlink: rename nl80211_validate_nested() to
 nla_validate_nested()

Function nl80211_validate_nested() is not specific to nl80211, it's
a counterpart to nla_validate_nested_deprecated() with strict validation.
For consistency with other validation and parse functions, rename it to
nla_validate_nested().

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
---
 include/net/netlink.h  | 8 ++++----
 net/wireless/nl80211.c | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index b140c8f1be22..56c365dc6dc7 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
+ * __nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
  * @start: container attribute
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
  * @policy: validation policy
@@ -1758,9 +1758,9 @@ static inline int __nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
 }
 
 static inline int
-nl80211_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
-			const struct nla_policy *policy,
-			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
+		    const struct nla_policy *policy,
+		    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	return __nla_validate_nested(start, maxtype, policy,
 				     NL_VALIDATE_STRICT, extack);
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index da5262b2298b..fa3526592c51 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -12900,8 +12900,7 @@ static int nl80211_vendor_check_policy(const struct wiphy_vendor_command *vcmd,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	return nl80211_validate_nested(attr, vcmd->maxattr, vcmd->policy,
-				       extack);
+	return nla_validate_nested(attr, vcmd->maxattr, vcmd->policy, extack);
 }
 
 static int nl80211_vendor_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
-- 
2.24.0