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diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nla.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nla.c
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+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nla.c
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+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/drbd_genl_api.h>
+#include "drbd_nla.h"
+
+static int drbd_nla_check_mandatory(int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+	struct nlattr *head = nla_data(nla);
+	int len = nla_len(nla);
+	int rem;
+
+	/*
+	 * validate_nla (called from nla_parse_nested) ignores attributes
+	 * beyond maxtype, and does not understand the DRBD_GENLA_F_MANDATORY flag.
+	 * In order to have it validate attributes with the DRBD_GENLA_F_MANDATORY
+	 * flag set also, check and remove that flag before calling
+	 * nla_parse_nested.
+	 */
+
+	nla_for_each_attr(nla, head, len, rem) {
+		if (nla->nla_type & DRBD_GENLA_F_MANDATORY) {
+			nla->nla_type &= ~DRBD_GENLA_F_MANDATORY;
+			if (nla_type(nla) > maxtype)
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int drbd_nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla,
+			  const struct nla_policy *policy)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = drbd_nla_check_mandatory(maxtype, nla);
+	if (!err)
+		err = nla_parse_nested(tb, maxtype, nla, policy);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+struct nlattr *drbd_nla_find_nested(int maxtype, struct nlattr *nla, int attrtype)
+{
+	int err;
+	/*
+	 * If any nested attribute has the DRBD_GENLA_F_MANDATORY flag set and
+	 * we don't know about that attribute, reject all the nested
+	 * attributes.
+	 */
+	err = drbd_nla_check_mandatory(maxtype, nla);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return nla_find_nested(nla, attrtype);
+}