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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/genetlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/genetlink.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h index 3d08e67b3cfc..9f97f73615b6 100644 --- a/include/net/genetlink.h +++ b/include/net/genetlink.h @@ -41,13 +41,21 @@ struct genl_info; * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups * @resv_start_op: first operation for which reserved fields of the header - * can be validated, new families should leave this field at zero + * can be validated and policies are required (see below); + * new families should leave this field at zero * @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family * (private) * @ops: the operations supported by this family * @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family * @small_ops: the small-struct operations supported by this family * @n_small_ops: number of small-struct operations supported by this family + * + * Attribute policies (the combination of @policy and @maxattr fields) + * can be attached at the family level or at the operation level. + * If both are present the per-operation policy takes precedence. + * For operations before @resv_start_op lack of policy means that the core + * will perform no attribute parsing or validation. For newer operations + * if policy is not provided core will reject all TLV attributes. */ struct genl_family { int id; /* private */ |