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21 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "netlink-protocol.h"
26 #include "openvswitch/ofpbuf.h"
28 #include "unaligned.h"
29 #include "openvswitch/vlog.h"
32 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(netlink
);
34 /* A single (bad) Netlink message can in theory dump out many, many log
35 * messages, so the burst size is set quite high here to avoid missing useful
36 * information. Also, at high logging levels we log *all* Netlink messages. */
37 static struct vlog_rate_limit rl
= VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(60, 600);
39 /* Returns the nlmsghdr at the head of 'msg'.
41 * 'msg' must be at least as large as a nlmsghdr. */
43 nl_msg_nlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf
*msg
)
45 return ofpbuf_at_assert(msg
, 0, NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
48 /* Returns the genlmsghdr just past 'msg''s nlmsghdr.
50 * Returns a null pointer if 'msg' is not large enough to contain an nlmsghdr
51 * and a genlmsghdr. */
53 nl_msg_genlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf
*msg
)
55 return ofpbuf_at(msg
, NLMSG_HDRLEN
, GENL_HDRLEN
);
58 /* If 'buffer' is a NLMSG_ERROR message, stores 0 in '*errorp' if it is an ACK
59 * message, otherwise a positive errno value, and returns true. If 'buffer' is
60 * not an NLMSG_ERROR message, returns false.
62 * 'msg' must be at least as large as a nlmsghdr. */
64 nl_msg_nlmsgerr(const struct ofpbuf
*msg
, int *errorp
)
66 if (nl_msg_nlmsghdr(msg
)->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_ERROR
) {
67 struct nlmsgerr
*err
= ofpbuf_at(msg
, NLMSG_HDRLEN
, sizeof *err
);
70 VLOG_ERR_RL(&rl
, "received invalid nlmsgerr (%"PRIu32
" bytes < %"PRIuSIZE
")",
71 msg
->size
, NLMSG_HDRLEN
+ sizeof *err
);
72 } else if (err
->error
<= 0 && err
->error
> INT_MIN
) {
84 /* Ensures that 'b' has room for at least 'size' bytes plus netlink padding at
85 * its tail end, reallocating and copying its data if necessary. */
87 nl_msg_reserve(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t size
)
89 ofpbuf_prealloc_tailroom(msg
, NLMSG_ALIGN(size
));
92 /* Puts a nlmsghdr at the beginning of 'msg', which must be initially empty.
93 * Uses the given 'type' and 'flags'. 'expected_payload' should be
94 * an estimate of the number of payload bytes to be supplied; if the size of
95 * the payload is unknown a value of 0 is acceptable.
97 * 'type' is ordinarily an enumerated value specific to the Netlink protocol
98 * (e.g. RTM_NEWLINK, for NETLINK_ROUTE protocol). For Generic Netlink, 'type'
99 * is the family number obtained via nl_lookup_genl_family().
101 * 'flags' is a bit-mask that indicates what kind of request is being made. It
102 * is often NLM_F_REQUEST indicating that a request is being made, commonly
103 * or'd with NLM_F_ACK to request an acknowledgement.
105 * Sets the new nlmsghdr's nlmsg_len, nlmsg_seq, and nlmsg_pid fields to 0 for
106 * now. Functions that send Netlink messages will fill these in just before
107 * sending the message.
109 * nl_msg_put_genlmsghdr() is more convenient for composing a Generic Netlink
112 nl_msg_put_nlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf
*msg
,
113 size_t expected_payload
, uint32_t type
, uint32_t flags
)
115 struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsghdr
;
117 ovs_assert(msg
->size
== 0);
119 nl_msg_reserve(msg
, NLMSG_HDRLEN
+ expected_payload
);
120 nlmsghdr
= nl_msg_put_uninit(msg
, NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
121 nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_len
= 0;
122 nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_type
= type
;
123 nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_flags
= flags
;
124 nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_seq
= 0;
125 nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_pid
= 0;
128 /* Puts a nlmsghdr and genlmsghdr at the beginning of 'msg', which must be
129 * initially empty. 'expected_payload' should be an estimate of the number of
130 * payload bytes to be supplied; if the size of the payload is unknown a value
131 * of 0 is acceptable.
133 * 'family' is the family number obtained via nl_lookup_genl_family().
135 * 'flags' is a bit-mask that indicates what kind of request is being made. It
136 * is often NLM_F_REQUEST indicating that a request is being made, commonly
137 * or'd with NLM_F_ACK to request an acknowledgement.
139 * 'cmd' is an enumerated value specific to the Generic Netlink family
140 * (e.g. CTRL_CMD_NEWFAMILY for the GENL_ID_CTRL family).
142 * 'version' is a version number specific to the family and command (often 1).
144 * Sets the new nlmsghdr's nlmsg_pid field to 0 for now. nl_sock_send() will
145 * fill it in just before sending the message.
147 * nl_msg_put_nlmsghdr() should be used to compose Netlink messages that are
148 * not Generic Netlink messages. */
150 nl_msg_put_genlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t expected_payload
,
151 int family
, uint32_t flags
, uint8_t cmd
, uint8_t version
)
153 struct genlmsghdr
*genlmsghdr
;
155 nl_msg_put_nlmsghdr(msg
, GENL_HDRLEN
+ expected_payload
, family
, flags
);
156 ovs_assert(msg
->size
== NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
157 genlmsghdr
= nl_msg_put_uninit(msg
, GENL_HDRLEN
);
158 genlmsghdr
->cmd
= cmd
;
159 genlmsghdr
->version
= version
;
160 genlmsghdr
->reserved
= 0;
163 /* Appends the 'size' bytes of data in 'p', plus Netlink padding if needed, to
164 * the tail end of 'msg'. Data in 'msg' is reallocated and copied if
167 nl_msg_put(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, const void *data
, size_t size
)
169 memcpy(nl_msg_put_uninit(msg
, size
), data
, size
);
172 /* Appends 'size' bytes of data, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the tail
173 * end of 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary. Returns a
174 * pointer to the first byte of the new data, which is left uninitialized. */
176 nl_msg_put_uninit(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t size
)
178 size_t pad
= PAD_SIZE(size
, NLMSG_ALIGNTO
);
179 char *p
= ofpbuf_put_uninit(msg
, size
+ pad
);
181 memset(p
+ size
, 0, pad
);
186 /* Prepends the 'size' bytes of data in 'p', plus Netlink padding if needed, to
187 * the head end of 'msg'. Data in 'msg' is reallocated and copied if
190 nl_msg_push(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, const void *data
, size_t size
)
192 memcpy(nl_msg_push_uninit(msg
, size
), data
, size
);
195 /* Prepends 'size' bytes of data, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the head
196 * end of 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary. Returns a
197 * pointer to the first byte of the new data, which is left uninitialized. */
199 nl_msg_push_uninit(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t size
)
201 size_t pad
= PAD_SIZE(size
, NLMSG_ALIGNTO
);
202 char *p
= ofpbuf_push_uninit(msg
, size
+ pad
);
204 memset(p
+ size
, 0, pad
);
209 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and room for 'size' bytes of
210 * data as its payload, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the tail end of
211 * 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to
212 * the first byte of data in the attribute, which is left uninitialized. */
214 nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, size_t size
)
216 size_t total_size
= NLA_HDRLEN
+ size
;
217 struct nlattr
* nla
= nl_msg_put_uninit(msg
, total_size
);
218 ovs_assert(!nl_attr_oversized(size
));
219 nla
->nla_len
= total_size
;
220 nla
->nla_type
= type
;
224 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and room for 'size' bytes of
225 * data as its payload, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the tail end of
226 * 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to
227 * the first byte of data in the attribute, which is zeroed. */
229 nl_msg_put_unspec_zero(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, size_t size
)
231 void *data
= nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, size
);
232 memset(data
, 0, size
);
236 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the 'size' bytes of
237 * 'data' as its payload, to the tail end of 'msg', reallocating and copying
238 * its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to the first byte of data in the
239 * attribute, which is left uninitialized. */
241 nl_msg_put_unspec(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
,
242 const void *data
, size_t size
)
246 ptr
= nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, size
);
247 nullable_memcpy(ptr
, data
, size
);
250 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and no payload to 'msg'.
251 * (Some Netlink protocols use the presence or absence of an attribute as a
254 nl_msg_put_flag(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
)
256 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, NULL
, 0);
259 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 8-bit 'value'
262 nl_msg_put_u8(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint8_t value
)
264 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
267 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit host
268 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
270 nl_msg_put_u16(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint16_t value
)
272 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
275 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit host
276 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
278 nl_msg_put_u32(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint32_t value
)
280 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
283 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit host
284 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
286 nl_msg_put_u64(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint64_t value
)
288 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
291 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit network
292 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
294 nl_msg_put_be16(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be16 value
)
296 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
299 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit network
300 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
302 nl_msg_put_be32(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be32 value
)
304 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
307 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit network
308 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
310 nl_msg_put_be64(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be64 value
)
312 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
315 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given IPv6
316 * address order 'value' to 'msg'. */
318 nl_msg_put_in6_addr(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
,
319 const struct in6_addr
*value
)
321 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, value
, sizeof *value
);
324 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given odp_port_t
325 * 'value' to 'msg'. */
327 nl_msg_put_odp_port(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, odp_port_t value
)
329 nl_msg_put_u32(msg
, type
, odp_to_u32(value
));
332 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' with the 'len' characters
333 * of 'value', followed by the null byte to 'msg'. */
335 nl_msg_put_string__(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, const char *value
,
338 char *data
= nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, len
+ 1);
340 memcpy(data
, value
, len
);
344 /* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given
345 * null-terminated string 'value' to 'msg'. */
347 nl_msg_put_string(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, const char *value
)
349 nl_msg_put_unspec(msg
, type
, value
, strlen(value
) + 1);
352 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and room for 'size' bytes
353 * of data as its payload, plus Netlink padding if needed, to the head end of
354 * 'msg', reallocating and copying its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to
355 * the first byte of data in the attribute, which is left uninitialized. */
357 nl_msg_push_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, size_t size
)
359 size_t total_size
= NLA_HDRLEN
+ size
;
360 struct nlattr
* nla
= nl_msg_push_uninit(msg
, total_size
);
361 ovs_assert(!nl_attr_oversized(size
));
362 nla
->nla_len
= total_size
;
363 nla
->nla_type
= type
;
367 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the 'size' bytes of
368 * 'data' as its payload, to the head end of 'msg', reallocating and copying
369 * its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to the first byte of data in the
370 * attribute, which is left uninitialized. */
372 nl_msg_push_unspec(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
,
373 const void *data
, size_t size
)
375 memcpy(nl_msg_push_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, size
), data
, size
);
378 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and no payload to 'msg'.
379 * (Some Netlink protocols use the presence or absence of an attribute as a
382 nl_msg_push_flag(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
)
384 nl_msg_push_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, 0);
387 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 8-bit 'value'
390 nl_msg_push_u8(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint8_t value
)
392 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
395 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit host
396 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
398 nl_msg_push_u16(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint16_t value
)
400 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
403 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit host
404 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
406 nl_msg_push_u32(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint32_t value
)
408 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
411 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit host
412 * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
414 nl_msg_push_u64(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, uint64_t value
)
416 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
419 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit
420 * network byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
422 nl_msg_push_be16(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be16 value
)
424 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
427 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit
428 * network byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
430 nl_msg_push_be32(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be32 value
)
432 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
435 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit
436 * network byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
438 nl_msg_push_be64(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, ovs_be64 value
)
440 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, &value
, sizeof value
);
443 /* Prepends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given
444 * null-terminated string 'value' to 'msg'. */
446 nl_msg_push_string(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
, const char *value
)
448 nl_msg_push_unspec(msg
, type
, value
, strlen(value
) + 1);
451 /* Adds the header for nested Netlink attributes to 'msg', with the specified
452 * 'type', and returns the header's offset within 'msg'. The caller should add
453 * the content for the nested Netlink attribute to 'msg' (e.g. using the other
454 * nl_msg_*() functions), and then pass the returned offset to
455 * nl_msg_end_nested() to finish up the nested attributes. */
457 nl_msg_start_nested(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, uint16_t type
)
459 size_t offset
= msg
->size
;
460 nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg
, type
, 0);
464 /* Finalizes a nested Netlink attribute in 'msg'. 'offset' should be the value
465 * returned by nl_msg_start_nested(). */
467 nl_msg_end_nested(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t offset
)
469 struct nlattr
*attr
= ofpbuf_at_assert(msg
, offset
, sizeof *attr
);
470 attr
->nla_len
= msg
->size
- offset
;
473 /* Cancel a nested Netlink attribute in 'msg'. 'offset' should be the value
474 * returned by nl_msg_start_nested(). */
476 nl_msg_cancel_nested(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t offset
)
481 /* Same as nls_msg_end_nested() when the nested Netlink contains non empty
482 * message. Otherwise, drop the nested message header from 'msg'.
484 * Return true if the nested message has been dropped. */
486 nl_msg_end_non_empty_nested(struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t offset
)
488 nl_msg_end_nested(msg
, offset
);
490 struct nlattr
*attr
= ofpbuf_at_assert(msg
, offset
, sizeof *attr
);
491 if (!nl_attr_get_size(attr
)) {
492 nl_msg_cancel_nested(msg
, offset
);
499 /* Appends a nested Netlink attribute of the given 'type', with the 'size'
500 * bytes of content starting at 'data', to 'msg'. */
502 nl_msg_put_nested(struct ofpbuf
*msg
,
503 uint16_t type
, const void *data
, size_t size
)
505 size_t offset
= nl_msg_start_nested(msg
, type
);
506 nl_msg_put(msg
, data
, size
);
507 nl_msg_end_nested(msg
, offset
);
510 /* If 'buffer' begins with a valid "struct nlmsghdr", pulls the header and its
511 * payload off 'buffer', stores header and payload in 'msg->data' and
512 * 'msg->size', and returns a pointer to the header.
514 * If 'buffer' does not begin with a "struct nlmsghdr" or begins with one that
515 * is invalid, returns NULL and clears 'buffer' and 'msg'. */
517 nl_msg_next(struct ofpbuf
*buffer
, struct ofpbuf
*msg
)
519 if (buffer
->size
>= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr
)) {
520 struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsghdr
= nl_msg_nlmsghdr(buffer
);
521 size_t len
= nlmsghdr
->nlmsg_len
;
522 if (len
>= sizeof *nlmsghdr
&& len
<= buffer
->size
) {
523 ofpbuf_use_const(msg
, nlmsghdr
, len
);
524 ofpbuf_pull(buffer
, len
);
529 ofpbuf_clear(buffer
);
535 /* Returns true if a Netlink attribute with a payload that is 'payload_size'
536 * bytes long would be oversized, that is, if it's not possible to create an
537 * nlattr of that size because its size wouldn't fit in the 16-bit nla_len
540 nl_attr_oversized(size_t payload_size
)
542 return payload_size
> UINT16_MAX
- NLA_HDRLEN
;
547 /* Returns the bits of 'nla->nla_type' that are significant for determining its
550 nl_attr_type(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
552 return nla
->nla_type
& NLA_TYPE_MASK
;
555 /* Returns the first byte in the payload of attribute 'nla'. */
557 nl_attr_get(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
559 ovs_assert(nla
->nla_len
>= NLA_HDRLEN
);
563 /* Returns the number of bytes in the payload of attribute 'nla'. */
565 nl_attr_get_size(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
567 ovs_assert(nla
->nla_len
>= NLA_HDRLEN
);
568 return nla
->nla_len
- NLA_HDRLEN
;
571 /* Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 'size' bytes long, and returns the
572 * first byte of the payload. */
574 nl_attr_get_unspec(const struct nlattr
*nla
, size_t size
)
576 ovs_assert(nla
->nla_len
>= NLA_HDRLEN
+ size
);
580 /* Returns true if 'nla' is nonnull. (Some Netlink protocols use the presence
581 * or absence of an attribute as a Boolean flag.) */
583 nl_attr_get_flag(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
588 #define NL_ATTR_GET_AS(NLA, TYPE) \
589 (*(TYPE*) nl_attr_get_unspec(nla, sizeof(TYPE)))
591 /* Returns the 8-bit value in 'nla''s payload.
593 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 1 byte long. */
595 nl_attr_get_u8(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
597 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, uint8_t);
600 /* Returns the 16-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
602 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 2 bytes long. */
604 nl_attr_get_u16(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
606 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, uint16_t);
609 /* Returns the 32-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
611 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 4 bytes long. */
613 nl_attr_get_u32(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
615 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, uint32_t);
618 /* Returns the 64-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
620 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 8 bytes long. */
622 nl_attr_get_u64(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
624 const ovs_32aligned_u64
*x
= nl_attr_get_unspec(nla
, sizeof *x
);
625 return get_32aligned_u64(x
);
628 /* Returns the 16-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
630 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 2 bytes long. */
632 nl_attr_get_be16(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
634 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, ovs_be16
);
637 /* Returns the 32-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
639 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 4 bytes long. */
641 nl_attr_get_be32(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
643 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, ovs_be32
);
646 /* Returns the 64-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
648 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 8 bytes long. */
650 nl_attr_get_be64(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
652 const ovs_32aligned_be64
*x
= nl_attr_get_unspec(nla
, sizeof *x
);
653 return get_32aligned_be64(x
);
656 /* Returns the IPv6 address value in 'nla''s payload.
658 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 16 bytes long. */
660 nl_attr_get_in6_addr(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
662 return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla
, struct in6_addr
);
665 /* Returns the 32-bit odp_port_t value in 'nla''s payload.
667 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 4 bytes long. */
669 nl_attr_get_odp_port(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
671 return u32_to_odp(nl_attr_get_u32(nla
));
674 /* Returns the null-terminated string value in 'nla''s payload.
676 * Asserts that 'nla''s payload contains a null-terminated string. */
678 nl_attr_get_string(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
680 ovs_assert(nla
->nla_len
> NLA_HDRLEN
);
681 ovs_assert(memchr(nl_attr_get(nla
), '\0', nla
->nla_len
- NLA_HDRLEN
));
682 return nl_attr_get(nla
);
685 /* Initializes 'nested' to the payload of 'nla'. */
687 nl_attr_get_nested(const struct nlattr
*nla
, struct ofpbuf
*nested
)
689 ofpbuf_use_const(nested
, nl_attr_get(nla
), nl_attr_get_size(nla
));
692 /* Default minimum payload size for each type of attribute. */
694 min_attr_len(enum nl_attr_type type
)
697 case NL_A_NO_ATTR
: return 0;
698 case NL_A_UNSPEC
: return 0;
699 case NL_A_U8
: return 1;
700 case NL_A_U16
: return 2;
701 case NL_A_U32
: return 4;
702 case NL_A_U64
: return 8;
703 case NL_A_STRING
: return 1;
704 case NL_A_FLAG
: return 0;
705 case NL_A_IPV6
: return 16;
706 case NL_A_NESTED
: return 0;
707 case N_NL_ATTR_TYPES
: default: OVS_NOT_REACHED();
711 /* Default maximum payload size for each type of attribute. */
713 max_attr_len(enum nl_attr_type type
)
716 case NL_A_NO_ATTR
: return SIZE_MAX
;
717 case NL_A_UNSPEC
: return SIZE_MAX
;
718 case NL_A_U8
: return 1;
719 case NL_A_U16
: return 2;
720 case NL_A_U32
: return 4;
721 case NL_A_U64
: return 8;
722 case NL_A_STRING
: return SIZE_MAX
;
723 case NL_A_FLAG
: return SIZE_MAX
;
724 case NL_A_IPV6
: return 16;
725 case NL_A_NESTED
: return SIZE_MAX
;
726 case N_NL_ATTR_TYPES
: default: OVS_NOT_REACHED();
731 nl_attr_validate(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const struct nl_policy
*policy
)
733 uint16_t type
= nl_attr_type(nla
);
738 if (policy
->type
== NL_A_NO_ATTR
) {
742 /* Figure out min and max length. */
743 min_len
= policy
->min_len
;
745 min_len
= min_attr_len(policy
->type
);
747 max_len
= policy
->max_len
;
749 max_len
= max_attr_len(policy
->type
);
753 len
= nl_attr_get_size(nla
);
754 if (len
< min_len
|| len
> max_len
) {
755 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "attr %"PRIu16
" length %"PRIuSIZE
" not in "
756 "allowed range %"PRIuSIZE
"...%"PRIuSIZE
, type
, len
, min_len
, max_len
);
760 /* Strings must be null terminated and must not have embedded nulls. */
761 if (policy
->type
== NL_A_STRING
) {
762 if (((char *) nla
)[nla
->nla_len
- 1]) {
763 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "attr %"PRIu16
" lacks null at end", type
);
766 if (memchr(nla
+ 1, '\0', len
- 1) != NULL
) {
767 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "attr %"PRIu16
" has bad length", type
);
775 /* Parses the 'msg' starting at the given 'nla_offset' as a sequence of Netlink
776 * attributes. 'policy[i]', for 0 <= i < n_attrs, specifies how the attribute
777 * with nla_type == i is parsed; a pointer to attribute i is stored in
778 * attrs[i]. Returns true if successful, false on failure.
780 * If the Netlink attributes in 'msg' follow a Netlink header and a Generic
781 * Netlink header, then 'nla_offset' should be NLMSG_HDRLEN + GENL_HDRLEN. */
783 nl_policy_parse(const struct ofpbuf
*msg
, size_t nla_offset
,
784 const struct nl_policy policy
[],
785 struct nlattr
*attrs
[], size_t n_attrs
)
791 memset(attrs
, 0, n_attrs
* sizeof *attrs
);
793 if (msg
->size
< nla_offset
) {
794 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "missing headers in nl_policy_parse");
798 NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH (nla
, left
, ofpbuf_at(msg
, nla_offset
, 0),
799 msg
->size
- nla_offset
)
801 uint16_t type
= nl_attr_type(nla
);
802 if (type
< n_attrs
&& policy
[type
].type
!= NL_A_NO_ATTR
) {
803 const struct nl_policy
*e
= &policy
[type
];
804 if (!nl_attr_validate(nla
, e
)) {
808 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "duplicate attr %"PRIu16
, type
);
814 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "attributes followed by garbage");
818 for (i
= 0; i
< n_attrs
; i
++) {
819 const struct nl_policy
*e
= &policy
[i
];
820 if (!e
->optional
&& e
->type
!= NL_A_NO_ATTR
&& !attrs
[i
]) {
821 VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl
, "required attr %"PRIuSIZE
" missing", i
);
828 /* Parses the Netlink attributes within 'nla'. 'policy[i]', for 0 <= i <
829 * n_attrs, specifies how the attribute with nla_type == i is parsed; a pointer
830 * to attribute i is stored in attrs[i]. Returns true if successful, false on
833 nl_parse_nested(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const struct nl_policy policy
[],
834 struct nlattr
*attrs
[], size_t n_attrs
)
838 nl_attr_get_nested(nla
, &buf
);
839 return nl_policy_parse(&buf
, 0, policy
, attrs
, n_attrs
);
842 const struct nlattr
*
843 nl_attr_find__(const struct nlattr
*attrs
, size_t size
, uint16_t type
)
845 const struct nlattr
*nla
;
848 NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH (nla
, left
, attrs
, size
) {
849 if (nl_attr_type(nla
) == type
) {
856 /* Returns the first Netlink attribute within 'buf' with the specified 'type',
857 * skipping a header of 'hdr_len' bytes at the beginning of 'buf'.
859 * This function does not validate the attribute's length. */
860 const struct nlattr
*
861 nl_attr_find(const struct ofpbuf
*buf
, size_t hdr_len
, uint16_t type
)
863 return nl_attr_find__(ofpbuf_at(buf
, hdr_len
, 0), buf
->size
- hdr_len
,
867 /* Returns the first Netlink attribute within 'nla' with the specified
870 * This function does not validate the attribute's length. */
871 const struct nlattr
*
872 nl_attr_find_nested(const struct nlattr
*nla
, uint16_t type
)
874 return nl_attr_find__(nl_attr_get(nla
), nl_attr_get_size(nla
), type
);