diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy_rs.rs b/drivers/net/dummy_rs.rs
index 708e029efbef51..28dbfc4f84da94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dummy_rs.rs
+++ b/drivers/net/dummy_rs.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #![no_std]
 #![feature(allocator_api, global_asm)]
 
-use kernel::prelude::*;
+use kernel::{net::netlink::{NlAttrVec, NlExtAck}, prelude::*};
 use kernel::net::prelude::*;
 use kernel::net::device;
 
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ fn setup(dev: &mut NetDevice<DummyRsDev>) {
     dev.set_mtu(0, 0);
 }
 
+fn validate(tb: &NlAttrVec, data: &NlAttrVec, ext_ack: &NlExtAck) -> KernelResult<()> {
+    if let Some(addr) = tb.get(kernel::bindings::IFLA_ADDRESS) {
+        if addr.nla_len() != kernel::binding::ETH_ALEN {
+            return Err(0)
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 rtnl_link_ops! {
     kind: b"dummy_rs",
     type: DummyRsDev,
@@ -79,7 +88,8 @@ impl KernelModule for RustNetDummy {
             pr_info!("Rust Network Dummy with {} pseudo devices\n", numdummies.read(&lock));
         }
 
-        let dev = NetDevice::new(DummyRsDev, kernel::cstr!("dummyrs%d"), kernel::net::device::NetNameAssingType::Enum, 1, 1)?;
+        let mut dev = NetDevice::new(DummyRsDev, kernel::cstr!("dummyrs%d"), kernel::net::device::NetNameAssingType::Enum, 1, 1)?;
+        dev.set_rtnl_ops( unsafe { &dummy_rs_rtnl_link_ops });
 
         if let Err(e) = dev.register() {
             pr_warn!("could not register: {}", e.to_kernel_errno());
@@ -122,9 +132,8 @@ impl NetDeviceAdapter for DummyRsDev {
 
     fn setup(dev: &mut NetDevice<Self>) {
         pr_info!("called netdev_setup");
-        //dev.rtnl_link_ops = unsafe { &dummy_rs_rtnl_link_ops as *const kernel::bindings::rtnl_link_ops as *mut _ };
-        dev.set_rtnl_ops( unsafe { &dummy_rs_rtnl_link_ops });
-
+        setup(dev);
+        //dev.set_rtnl_ops( unsafe { &dummy_rs_rtnl_link_ops });
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/generate_rust_analyzer.sh b/rust/generate_rust_analyzer.sh
index 1b4129b4727690..1b8a7300da6d70 100755
--- a/rust/generate_rust_analyzer.sh
+++ b/rust/generate_rust_analyzer.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function generate_crate() {
     module=$2
     member=${3:-"true"}
     cfg=${4:-$(generate_cfgs)}
-    deps=${5:-'[{"crate":0,"name":"core"},{"crate":2,"name":"alloc"},{"crate":3,"name":"kernel"}]'}
+    deps=${5:-'[{"crate":0,"name":"core"},{"crate":2,"name":"alloc"},{"crate":4,"name":"kernel"}]'}
     extra=${EXTRA:-""}
 
     echo "{
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ function generate_kernel() {
     generate_crate "alloc" "${lib_src}/alloc/src/lib.rs" "false" "[]" \
         '[{"crate":0,"name":"core"},{"crate":1,"name":"compiler_builtins"}]'
     echo ","
-    EXTRA=$dylib_and_extra generate_crate "kernel" "${srctree}/rust/kernel/lib.rs" "true" "$(generate_cfgs)" \
-        '[{"crate":0,"name":"core"},{"crate":2,"name":"alloc"}]'
-    echo ","
     echo '{
         "display_name":"module",
         "root_module":"'${srctree}'/rust/module.rs",
@@ -54,7 +51,10 @@ function generate_kernel() {
         "deps": [],
         "cfg": []
     },'
-    generate_crate "module" "${srctree}/rust/module.rs"
+    EXTRA=$dylib_and_extra generate_crate "kernel" "${srctree}/rust/kernel/lib.rs" "true" "$(generate_cfgs)" \
+        '[{"crate":0,"name":"core"},{"crate":2,"name":"alloc"},{"crate":3,"name":"module"}]'
+    #echo ","
+    #generate_crate "module" "${srctree}/rust/module.rs"
     echo ","
 }
 
diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/device.rs b/rust/kernel/net/device.rs
index 9c978ce5532464..a8060bf4ff0b04 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/net/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/device.rs
@@ -76,21 +76,26 @@ unsafe impl<T: NetDeviceAdapter> Sync for NetDevice<T> {}
 
 impl<T: NetDeviceAdapter> NetDevice<T> {
     pub fn new(priv_data: T, format_name: CStr<'static>, name_assign_type: NetNameAssingType, txqs: u32, rxqs: u32) -> KernelResult<Self> {
+        let _lock = RtnlLock::lock();
+        // Lock is hold
+        let dev = unsafe { Self::new_locked(priv_data, format_name, name_assign_type, txqs, rxqs) };
+        dev
+    }
+
+    pub unsafe fn new_locked(priv_data: T, format_name: CStr<'static>, name_assign_type: NetNameAssingType, txqs: u32, rxqs: u32) -> KernelResult<Self> {
         // TODO: check for {t,r}xqs bigger 0
         let size = mem::size_of::<T>() as i32;
 
         // Safety: TODO
-        let ptr = unsafe { bindings::alloc_netdev_mqs(size, format_name.as_ptr() as _, name_assign_type as u8, Some(setup_netdev_callback::<T>), txqs, rxqs) };
+        let ptr = bindings::alloc_netdev_mqs(size, format_name.as_ptr() as _, name_assign_type as u8, Some(setup_netdev_callback::<T>), txqs, rxqs);
         if ptr.is_null() {
             return Err(Error::ENOMEM);
         }
 
         if size != 0 {
             // Safety: T is valid and dest is created by alloc_netdev_mqs
-            unsafe {
-                let dest = rust_helper_netdev_priv(ptr) as *mut T;
-                ptr::write(dest, priv_data);
-            }
+            let dest = rust_helper_netdev_priv(ptr) as *mut T;
+            ptr::write(dest, priv_data);
         }
 
         Ok(Self {
diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/net/mod.rs
index 19cf4a44f708f9..9c26f3845d6370 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/net/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pub mod device;
 pub mod ethtool;
 pub mod rtnl;
+pub mod netlink;
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use module::rtnl_link_ops;
diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..255adad608c24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+use core::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+
+use crate::{bindings, linked_list::Wrapper};
+use crate::{c_types, CStr};
+use crate::error::{Error, KernelResult};
+use crate::sync::Lock;
+use crate::user_ptr::{UserSlicePtr, UserSlicePtrReader, UserSlicePtrWriter};
+
+use super::device::{NetDeviceAdapter, NetDevice};
+
+
+/*#[repr(C)]
+pub struct NlAttr {
+    nla_len: u16,
+    nla_type: u16,
+}*/
+pub struct NlAttr(*const bindings::nlattr);
+
+impl NlAttr {
+    pub fn is_null(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_null()
+    }
+
+    pub fn nla_len(&self) -> u16 {
+        if self.is_null() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        // NO-PANIC: self is valid and not null
+        let nlattr = self.0.as_ref().unwrap();
+        nlattr.nla_len - bindings::NLA_HDRLEN
+    }
+
+    /// Constructs a new [`struct nlattr`] wrapper.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The pointer `ptr` must be non-null and valid for the lifetime of the object.
+    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const bindings::nlattr) -> Self {
+        Self(ptr)
+    }
+    /*pub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const bindings::nlattr) -> &'static mut Self {
+        (ptr as *mut NlAttr).as_mut().unwrap()
+    }*/
+}
+
+pub struct NlExtAck(*const bindings::netlink_ext_ack);
+
+impl NlExtAck {
+    /// Constructs a new [`struct netlink_ext_ack`] wrapper.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The pointer `ptr` must be non-null and valid for the lifetime of the object.
+    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const bindings::netlink_ext_ack) -> Self {
+        Self(ptr)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct NlAttrVec<'a>(&'a mut [NlAttr]);
+
+impl<'a> NlAttrVec<'a> {
+    pub fn get(&self, offset: u32) -> Option<NlAttr> {
+        if offset > bindings::__IFLA_MAX {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let nlattr = self.0[offset as usize];
+        if nlattr.is_null() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(nlattr)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Constructs a new [`struct nlattr[]`] wrapper.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// The pointer `ptr` must be non-null and valid for the lifetime of the object.
+    /// The pointer `ptr` must be valid for the size of `__IFLA_MAX` * `mem::size_of<NlAttr>`
+    pub unsafe fn from_ptr(ptr: *const bindings::nlattr) -> Self {
+        // TODO: is this correct?
+        Self(core::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(ptr as *mut NlAttr, bindings::__IFLA_MAX as usize))
+    }
+}
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