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Netlink is * specified in RFC 3549, "Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol". * * Netlink is not suitable for use in physical networks of heterogeneous * machines because host byte order is used throughout. */ #include #include #include struct ofpbuf; struct nl_sock; struct nlattr; /* Netlink sockets. */ int nl_sock_create(int protocol, int multicast_group, size_t so_sndbuf, size_t so_rcvbuf, struct nl_sock **); void nl_sock_destroy(struct nl_sock *); int nl_sock_send(struct nl_sock *, const struct ofpbuf *, bool wait); int nl_sock_sendv(struct nl_sock *sock, const struct iovec iov[], size_t n_iov, bool wait); int nl_sock_recv(struct nl_sock *, struct ofpbuf **, bool wait); int nl_sock_transact(struct nl_sock *, const struct ofpbuf *request, struct ofpbuf **reply); int nl_sock_fd(const struct nl_sock *); /* Netlink messages. */ /* Accessing headers and data. */ struct nlmsghdr *nl_msg_nlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf *); struct genlmsghdr *nl_msg_genlmsghdr(const struct ofpbuf *); bool nl_msg_nlmsgerr(const struct ofpbuf *, int *error); void nl_msg_reserve(struct ofpbuf *, size_t); /* Appending headers and raw data. */ void nl_msg_put_nlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf *, struct nl_sock *, size_t expected_payload, uint32_t type, uint32_t flags); void nl_msg_put_genlmsghdr(struct ofpbuf *, struct nl_sock *, size_t expected_payload, int family, uint32_t flags, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t version); void nl_msg_put(struct ofpbuf *, const void *, size_t); void *nl_msg_put_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, size_t); /* Appending attributes. */ void *nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, size_t); void nl_msg_put_unspec(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const void *, size_t); void nl_msg_put_flag(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type); void nl_msg_put_u8(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint8_t value); void nl_msg_put_u16(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint16_t value); void nl_msg_put_u32(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint32_t value); void nl_msg_put_u64(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, uint64_t value); void nl_msg_put_string(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, const char *value); void nl_msg_put_nested(struct ofpbuf *, uint16_t type, struct ofpbuf *); /* Netlink attribute types. */ enum nl_attr_type { NL_A_NO_ATTR = 0, NL_A_UNSPEC, NL_A_U8, NL_A_U16, NL_A_U32, NL_A_U64, NL_A_STRING, NL_A_FLAG, NL_A_NESTED, N_NL_ATTR_TYPES }; /* Netlink attribute parsing. */ const void* nl_attr_get(const struct nlattr *); size_t nl_attr_get_size(const struct nlattr *); const void* nl_attr_get_unspec(const struct nlattr *, size_t size); bool nl_attr_get_flag(const struct nlattr *); uint8_t nl_attr_get_u8(const struct nlattr *); uint16_t nl_attr_get_u16(const struct nlattr *); uint32_t nl_attr_get_u32(const struct nlattr *); uint64_t nl_attr_get_u64(const struct nlattr *); const char *nl_attr_get_string(const struct nlattr *); /* Netlink attribute policy. * * Specifies how to parse a single attribute from a Netlink message payload. * * See Nl_policy for example. */ struct nl_policy { enum nl_attr_type type; size_t min_len, max_len; bool optional; }; bool nl_policy_parse(const struct ofpbuf *, const struct nl_policy[], struct nlattr *[], size_t n_attrs); /* Miscellaneous. */ int nl_lookup_genl_family(const char *name, int *number); #endif /* netlink.h */