nla_policy Struct Reference

attribute validation policy More...

#include <attr.h>

Data Fields
uint16_t	type
	Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC.
uint16_t	minlen
	Minimal length of payload required to be available.
uint16_t	maxlen
	Maximal length of payload required to be available.

Detailed Description

Policies are defined as arrays of this struct, the array must be accessible by attribute type up to the highest identifier to be expected.

Example:

static struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
        [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
     [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING },
     [ATTR_BAZ] = { .minlen = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
};

Definition at line 73 of file attr.h.

Field Documentation

type

uint16_t nla_policy::type

Definition at line 75 of file attr.h.

minlen

uint16_t nla_policy::minlen

Definition at line 78 of file attr.h.

maxlen

uint16_t nla_policy::maxlen

Definition at line 81 of file attr.h.