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0ad19a3f 1/*
2 * lxc: linux Container library
3 *
4 * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008
5 *
6 * Authors:
7 * Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano at fr.ibm.com>
8 *
9 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
11 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
12 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
13 *
14 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
17 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
18 *
19 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
20 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
21 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
22 */
23#ifndef __nl_h
24#define __nl_h
25
26/*
27 * Use this as a good size to allocate generic netlink messages
28 */
29#ifndef PAGE_SIZE
30#define PAGE_SIZE 4096
31#endif
32#define NLMSG_GOOD_SIZE (2*PAGE_SIZE)
33#define NLMSG_TAIL(nmsg) \
34 ((struct rtattr *) (((void *) (nmsg)) + NLMSG_ALIGN((nmsg)->nlmsg_len)))
35#define NLA_DATA(na) ((void *)((char*)(na) + NLA_HDRLEN))
36#define NLA_NEXT_ATTR(attr) ((void *)((char *)attr) + NLA_ALIGN(attr->nla_len))
37
38/*
39 * struct nl_handler : the handler for netlink sockets, this structure
40 * is used all along the netlink socket life cycle to specify the
41 * netlink socket to be used.
42 *
43 * @fd: the file descriptor of the netlink socket
44 * @seq: the sequence number of the netlink messages
45 * @local: the bind address
46 * @peer: the peer address
47 */
48struct nl_handler {
49 int fd;
50 int seq;
51 struct sockaddr_nl local;
52 struct sockaddr_nl peer;
53};
54
55/*
56 * struct nlmsg : the netlink message structure, it consists just
57 * on a definition for a nlmsghdr. This message is to be used to
58 * be allocated with netlink_alloc.
59 * @nlmsghdr : a pointer to a netlink message header, this field
60 * _must_ be always the first field of this structure
61 */
62struct nlmsg {
63 struct nlmsghdr nlmsghdr;
64};
65
66/*
67 * netlink_open : open a netlink socket, the function will
68 * fill the handler with the right value
69 *
70 * @handler: a netlink handler to be used all along the netlink
71 * socket life cycle
72 * @protocol: specify the protocol to be used when opening the
73 * netlink socket
74 *
75 * Return 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
76 */
77int netlink_open(struct nl_handler *handler, int protocol);
78
79/*
80 * netlink_close : close a netlink socket, after this call,
81 * the handler is no longer valid
82 *
83 * @handler: a handler to the netlink socket
84 *
85 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
86 */
87int netlink_close(struct nl_handler *handler);
88
89/*
90 * netlink_rcv : receive a netlink message from the kernel.
91 * It is up to the caller to manage the allocation of the
92 * netlink message
93 *
94 * @handler: a handler to the netlink socket
95 * @nlmsg: a netlink message
96 *
97 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
98 */
99int netlink_rcv(struct nl_handler *handler, struct nlmsg *nlmsg);
100
101/*
102 * netlink_send: send a netlink message to the kernel. It is up
103 * to the caller to manage the allocate of the netlink message
104 *
105 * @handler: a handler to the netlink socket
106 * @nlmsg: a netlink message
107 *
108 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
109 */
110int netlink_send(struct nl_handler *handler, struct nlmsg *nlmsg);
111
112/*
113 * netlink_transaction: send a request to the kernel and read the response.
114 * This is useful for transactional protocol. It is up to the caller
115 * to manage the allocation of the netlink message.
116 *
117 * @handler: a handler to a opened netlink socket
118 * @request: a netlink message pointer containing the request
119 * @answer: a netlink message pointer to receive the result
120 *
121 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
122 */
123int netlink_transaction(struct nl_handler *handler,
124 struct nlmsg *request, struct nlmsg *anwser);
125
126/*
127 * nla_put_string: copy a null terminated string to a netlink message
128 * attribute
129 *
130 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be filled
131 * @attr: the attribute name of the string
132 * @string: a null terminated string to be copied to the netlink message
133 *
134 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
135 */
136int nla_put_string(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, int attr, const char *string);
137
138/*
139 * nla_put_buffer: copy a buffer with a specified size to a netlink
140 * message attribute
141 *
142 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be filled
143 * @attr: the attribute name of the string
144 * @data: a pointer to a buffer
145 * @size: the size of the buffer
146 *
147 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
148 */
149int nla_put_buffer(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, int attr,
150 const void *data, size_t size);
151
152/*
153 * nla_put_u32: copy an integer to a netlink message attribute
154 *
155 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be filled
156 * @attr: the attribute name of the integer
157 * @string: an integer to be copied to the netlink message
158 *
159 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
160 */
161int nla_put_u32(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, int attr, int value);
162
163/*
164 * nla_put_attr: add an attribute name to a netlink
165 *
166 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be filled
167 * @attr: the attribute name of the integer
168 *
169 * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
170 */
171int nla_put_attr(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, int attr);
172
173/*
174 * nla_begin_nested: begin the nesting attribute
175 *
176 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be filled
177 * @attr: the netsted attribute name
178 *
179 * Returns current nested pointer to be reused
180 * to nla_end_nested.
181 */
182struct rtattr *nla_begin_nested(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, int attr);
183
184/*
185 * nla_end_nested: end the nesting attribute
186 *
187 * @nlmsg: the netlink message
188 * @nested: the nested pointer
189 *
190 * Returns the current
191 */
192void nla_end_nested(struct nlmsg *nlmsg, struct rtattr *attr);
193
194/*
195 * nlmsg_allocate : allocate a netlink message. The netlink format message
196 * is a header, a padding, a payload and a padding again.
197 * When a netlink message is allocated, the size specify the
198 * payload we want. So the real size of the allocated message
199 * is sizeof(header) + sizeof(padding) + payloadsize + sizeof(padding),
200 * in other words, the function will allocate more than specified. When
201 * the buffer is allocated, the content is zeroed.
202 * The function will also fill the field nlmsg_len with computed size.
203 * If the allocation must be for the specified size, just use malloc.
204 *
205 * @size: the size of the payload to be allocated
206 *
207 * Returns a pointer to the newly allocated netlink message, NULL otherwise
208 */
209struct nlmsg *nlmsg_alloc(size_t size);
210
211/*
212 * nlmsg_free : free a previously allocate message
213 *
214 * @nlmsg: the netlink message to be freed
215 */
216void nlmsg_free(struct nlmsg *nlmsg);
217
218/*
219 * nlmsg_data : returns a pointer to the data contained in the netlink message
220 *
221 * @nlmsg : the netlink message to get the data
222 *
223 * Returns a pointer to the netlink data or NULL if there is no data
224 */
225void *nlmsg_data(struct nlmsg *nlmsg);
226
227
228#endif