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20 /* Netlink message helpers.
22 * Netlink is a datagram-based network protocol primarily for communication
23 * between user processes and the kernel, and mainly on Linux. Netlink is
24 * specified in RFC 3549, "Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol".
26 * Netlink is not suitable for use in physical networks of heterogeneous
27 * machines because host byte order is used throughout.
29 * This header file defines helper functions for working with Netlink messages.
30 * For Netlink protocol definitions, see netlink-protocol.h. For
31 * Linux-specific definitions for Netlink sockets, see netlink-socket.h.
37 #include "netlink-protocol.h"
38 #include "openvswitch/types.h"
43 /* Accessing headers and data. */
44 struct nlmsghdr *nl_msg_nlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf *);
45 struct genlmsghdr *nl_msg_genlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf *);
46 bool nl_msg_nlmsgerr(const struct ofpbuf *, int *error);
47 void nl_msg_reserve(struct ofpbuf *, size_t);
49 /* Appending and prepending headers and raw data. */
50 void nl_msg_put_nlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf *, size_t expected_payload,
51 uint32_t type, uint32_t flags);
52 void nl_msg_put_genlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf *, size_t expected_payload,
53 int family, uint32_t flags,
54 uint8_t cmd, uint8_t version);
55 void nl_msg_put(struct ofpbuf *, const void *, size_t);
56 void *nl_msg_put_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, size_t);
57 void nl_msg_push(struct ofpbuf *, const void *, size_t);
58 void *nl_msg_push_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, size_t);
60 /* Appending attributes. */
61 void *nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, size_t);
62 void nl_msg_put_unspec(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const void *, size_t);
63 void nl_msg_put_flag(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type);
64 void nl_msg_put_u8(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint8_t value);
65 void nl_msg_put_u16(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint16_t value);
66 void nl_msg_put_u32(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint32_t value);
67 void nl_msg_put_u64(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint64_t value);
68 void nl_msg_put_be16(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be16 value);
69 void nl_msg_put_be32(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be32 value);
70 void nl_msg_put_be64(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be64 value);
71 void nl_msg_put_string(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const char *value);
73 size_t nl_msg_start_nested(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type);
74 void nl_msg_end_nested(struct ofpbuf *, size_t offset);
75 void nl_msg_put_nested(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type,
76 const void *data, size_t size);
78 /* Prepending attributes. */
79 void *nl_msg_push_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, size_t);
80 void nl_msg_push_unspec(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const void *, size_t);
81 void nl_msg_push_flag(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type);
82 void nl_msg_push_u8(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint8_t value);
83 void nl_msg_push_u16(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint16_t value);
84 void nl_msg_push_u32(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint32_t value);
85 void nl_msg_push_u64(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint64_t value);
86 void nl_msg_push_be16(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be16 value);
87 void nl_msg_push_be32(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be32 value);
88 void nl_msg_push_be64(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, ovs_be64 value);
89 void nl_msg_push_string(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const char *value);
91 /* Separating buffers into individual messages. */
92 struct nlmsghdr *nl_msg_next(struct ofpbuf *buffer, struct ofpbuf *msg);
94 /* Netlink attribute types. */
101 NL_A_BE16 = NL_A_U16,
103 NL_A_BE32 = NL_A_U32,
105 NL_A_BE64 = NL_A_U64,
112 /* Netlink attribute iteration. */
113 static inline struct nlattr *
114 nl_attr_next(const struct nlattr *nla)
116 return (void *) ((uint8_t *) nla + NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len));
120 nl_attr_is_valid(const struct nlattr *nla, size_t maxlen)
122 return (maxlen >= sizeof *nla
123 && nla->nla_len >= sizeof *nla
124 && NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len) <= maxlen);
127 /* This macro is careful to check for attributes with bad lengths. */
128 #define NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH(ITER, LEFT, ATTRS, ATTRS_LEN) \
129 for ((ITER) = (ATTRS), (LEFT) = (ATTRS_LEN); \
130 nl_attr_is_valid(ITER, LEFT); \
131 (LEFT) -= NLA_ALIGN((ITER)->nla_len), (ITER) = nl_attr_next(ITER))
134 /* This macro does not check for attributes with bad lengths. It should only
135 * be used with messages from trusted sources or with messages that have
136 * already been validated (e.g. with NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH). */
137 #define NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE(ITER, LEFT, ATTRS, ATTRS_LEN) \
138 for ((ITER) = (ATTRS), (LEFT) = (ATTRS_LEN); \
140 (LEFT) -= NLA_ALIGN((ITER)->nla_len), (ITER) = nl_attr_next(ITER))
142 /* These variants are convenient for iterating nested attributes. */
143 #define NL_NESTED_FOR_EACH(ITER, LEFT, A) \
144 NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH(ITER, LEFT, nl_attr_get(A), nl_attr_get_size(A))
145 #define NL_NESTED_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE(ITER, LEFT, A) \
146 NL_ATTR_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE(ITER, LEFT, nl_attr_get(A), nl_attr_get_size(A))
148 /* Netlink attribute parsing. */
149 int nl_attr_type(const struct nlattr *);
150 const void *nl_attr_get(const struct nlattr *);
151 size_t nl_attr_get_size(const struct nlattr *);
152 const void *nl_attr_get_unspec(const struct nlattr *, size_t size);
153 bool nl_attr_get_flag(const struct nlattr *);
154 uint8_t nl_attr_get_u8(const struct nlattr *);
155 uint16_t nl_attr_get_u16(const struct nlattr *);
156 uint32_t nl_attr_get_u32(const struct nlattr *);
157 uint64_t nl_attr_get_u64(const struct nlattr *);
158 ovs_be16 nl_attr_get_be16(const struct nlattr *);
159 ovs_be32 nl_attr_get_be32(const struct nlattr *);
160 ovs_be64 nl_attr_get_be64(const struct nlattr *);
161 const char *nl_attr_get_string(const struct nlattr *);
162 void nl_attr_get_nested(const struct nlattr *, struct ofpbuf *);
164 /* Netlink attribute policy.
166 * Specifies how to parse a single attribute from a Netlink message payload.
170 enum nl_attr_type type;
171 size_t min_len, max_len;
175 bool nl_policy_parse(const struct ofpbuf *, size_t offset,
176 const struct nl_policy[],
177 struct nlattr *[], size_t n_attrs);
178 bool nl_parse_nested(const struct nlattr *, const struct nl_policy[],
179 struct nlattr *[], size_t n_attrs);
181 const struct nlattr *nl_attr_find(const struct ofpbuf *, size_t hdr_len,
183 const struct nlattr *nl_attr_find_nested(const struct nlattr *, uint16_t type);
184 const struct nlattr *nl_attr_find__(const struct nlattr *attrs, size_t size,
187 #endif /* netlink.h */