4 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 074215a59d19..113b483b6ee8 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@
  *               padattr)		add s64 attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_string(skb, type, str)	add string attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_flag(skb, type)		add flag attribute to skb
- *   nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies)	add msecs attribute to skb
+ *   nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies,
+ *                 padattr)		add msecs attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_in_addr(skb, type, addr)	add IPv4 address attribute to skb
  *   nla_put_in6_addr(skb, type, addr)	add IPv6 address attribute to skb
  *
@@ -965,16 +966,18 @@ static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
 }
 
 /**
- * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
+ * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a skb and align it
  * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
  * @attrtype: attribute type
  * @njiffies: number of jiffies to convert to msecs
+ * @padattr: attribute type for the padding
  */
 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
-				unsigned long njiffies)
+				unsigned long njiffies, int padattr)
 {
 	u64 tmp = jiffies_to_msecs(njiffies);
-	return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp);
+
+	return nla_put_64bit(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp, padattr);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
index 347ef22a964e..3386a99e0397 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/l2tp.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ enum {
 	L2TP_ATTR_IP6_DADDR,		/* struct in6_addr */
 	L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX,	/* u8 */
 	L2TP_ATTR_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX,	/* u8 */
+	L2TP_ATTR_PAD,
 	__L2TP_ATTR_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
index 788655bfa0f3..bd99a8d80f36 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ enum {
 	NDTPA_LOCKTIME,			/* u64, msecs */
 	NDTPA_QUEUE_LENBYTES,		/* u32 */
 	NDTPA_MCAST_REPROBES,		/* u32 */
+	NDTPA_PAD,
 	__NDTPA_MAX
 };
 #define NDTPA_MAX (__NDTPA_MAX - 1)
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ enum {
 	NDTA_PARMS,			/* nested TLV NDTPA_* */
 	NDTA_STATS,			/* struct ndt_stats, read-only */
 	NDTA_GC_INTERVAL,		/* u64, msecs */
+	NDTA_PAD,
 	__NDTA_MAX
 };
 #define NDTA_MAX (__NDTA_MAX - 1)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h b/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
index 93533926035c..80ad90d0cfc2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tcp_metrics.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum {
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_FOPEN_COOKIE,		/* binary */
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV4,		/* u32 */
 	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV6,		/* binary */
+	TCP_METRICS_ATTR_PAD,
 
 	__TCP_METRICS_ATTR_MAX,
 };