{
size_t total_size = NLA_HDRLEN + size;
struct nlattr* nla = nl_msg_push_uninit(msg, total_size);
- ovs_assert(NLA_ALIGN(total_size) <= UINT16_MAX);
+ ovs_assert(!nl_attr_oversized(size));
nla->nla_len = total_size;
nla->nla_type = type;
return nla + 1;
msg->size = 0;
return NULL;
}
+
+/* Returns true if a Netlink attribute with a payload that is 'payload_size'
+ * bytes long would be oversized, that is, if it's not possible to create an
+ * nlattr of that size because its size wouldn't fit in the 16-bit nla_len
+ * field. */
+bool
+nl_attr_oversized(size_t payload_size)
+{
+ return NL_ATTR_SIZE(payload_size) > UINT16_MAX;
+}
\f
/* Attributes. */