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diff --git a/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_shared.c b/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_shared.c
index 729e08d5a..fd00c23af 100644
--- a/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_shared.c
+++ b/src/libhydra/plugins/kernel_netlink/kernel_netlink_shared.c
@@ -304,3 +304,24 @@ void netlink_add_attribute(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, int rta_type, chunk_t data,
memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data.ptr, data.len);
hdr->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(hdr->nlmsg_len) + rta->rta_len;
}
+
+/**
+ * Described in header.
+ */
+void* netlink_reserve(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, int buflen, int type, int len)
+{
+ struct rtattr *rta;
+
+ if (NLMSG_ALIGN(hdr->nlmsg_len) + RTA_LENGTH(len) > buflen)
+ {
+ DBG1(DBG_KNL, "unable to add attribute, buffer too small");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ rta = ((void*)hdr) + NLMSG_ALIGN(hdr->nlmsg_len);
+ rta->rta_type = type;
+ rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(len);
+ hdr->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(hdr->nlmsg_len) + rta->rta_len;
+
+ return RTA_DATA(rta);
+}