/*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* are Linux-specific. For Netlink protocol definitions, see
* netlink-protocol.h. For helper functions for working with Netlink messages,
* see netlink.h.
+ *
+ *
+ * Thread-safety
+ * =============
+ *
+ * Only a single thread may use a given nl_sock or nl_dump at one time.
*/
#include <stdbool.h>
int nl_sock_leave_mcgroup(struct nl_sock *, unsigned int multicast_group);
int nl_sock_send(struct nl_sock *, const struct ofpbuf *, bool wait);
+int nl_sock_send_seq(struct nl_sock *, const struct ofpbuf *,
+ uint32_t nlmsg_seq, 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 **replyp);
void nl_sock_transact_multiple(struct nl_sock *,
struct nl_transaction **, size_t n);
+/* Transactions without an allocated socket. */
+int nl_transact(int protocol, const struct ofpbuf *request,
+ struct ofpbuf **replyp);
+void nl_transact_multiple(int protocol, struct nl_transaction **, size_t n);
+
/* Table dumping. */
struct nl_dump {
struct nl_sock *sock; /* Socket being dumped. */
int status; /* 0=OK, EOF=done, or positive errno value. */
};
-void nl_dump_start(struct nl_dump *, struct nl_sock *,
+void nl_dump_start(struct nl_dump *, int protocol,
const struct ofpbuf *request);
bool nl_dump_next(struct nl_dump *, struct ofpbuf *reply);
int nl_dump_done(struct nl_dump *);