/* * netlink/genl/mngt.h Generic Netlink Management * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 * of the License. * * Copyright (c) 2003-2012 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> */ #ifndef NETLINK_GENL_MNGT_H_ #define NETLINK_GENL_MNGT_H_ #include <netlink/netlink.h> #include <netlink/attr.h> #include <netlink/list.h> #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif struct nl_cache_ops; /** * @ingroup genl_mngt * @struct genl_info netlink/genl/mngt.h * * Informative structure passed on to message parser callbacks * * This structure is passed on to all message parser callbacks and contains * information about the sender of the message as well as pointers to all * relevant sections of the parsed message. * * @see genl_cmd::c_msg_parser */ struct genl_info { /** Socket address of sender */ struct sockaddr_nl * who; /** Pointer to Netlink message header */ struct nlmsghdr * nlh; /** Pointer to Generic Netlink message header */ struct genlmsghdr * genlhdr; /** Pointer to user header */ void * userhdr; /** Pointer to array of parsed attributes */ struct nlattr ** attrs; }; /** * @ingroup genl_mngt * @struct genl_cmd netlink/genl/mngt.h * * Definition of a Generic Netlink command. * * This structure is used to define the list of available commands on the * receiving side. * * @par Example: * @code * static struct genl_cmd foo_cmds[] = { * { * .c_id = FOO_CMD_NEW, * .c_name = "NEWFOO" , * .c_maxattr = FOO_ATTR_MAX, * .c_attr_policy = foo_policy, * .c_msg_parser = foo_msg_parser, * }, * { * .c_id = FOO_CMD_DEL, * .c_name = "DELFOO" , * }, * }; * * static struct genl_ops my_genl_ops = { * [...] * .o_cmds = foo_cmds, * .o_ncmds = ARRAY_SIZE(foo_cmds), * }; * @endcode */ struct genl_cmd { /** Numeric command identifier (required) */ int c_id; /** Human readable name (required) */ char * c_name; /** Maximum attribute identifier that the command is prepared to handle. */ int c_maxattr; /** Called whenever a message for this command is received */ int (*c_msg_parser)(struct nl_cache_ops *, struct genl_cmd *, struct genl_info *, void *); /** Attribute validation policy, enforced before the callback is called */ struct nla_policy * c_attr_policy; }; /** * @ingroup genl_mngt * @struct genl_ops netlink/genl/mngt.h * * Definition of a Generic Netlink family * * @par Example: * @code * static struct genl_cmd foo_cmds[] = { * [...] * }; * * static struct genl_ops my_genl_ops = { * .o_name = "foo", * .o_hdrsize = sizeof(struct my_hdr), * .o_cmds = foo_cmds, * .o_ncmds = ARRAY_SIZE(foo_cmds), * }; * * if ((err = genl_register_family(&my_genl_ops)) < 0) * // ERROR * @endcode * * @see genl_cmd */ struct genl_ops { /** Length of user header */ unsigned int o_hdrsize; /** Numeric identifier, automatically filled in by genl_ops_resolve() */ int o_id; /** Human readable name, used by genl_ops_resolve() to resolve numeric id */ char * o_name; /** * If registered via genl_register(), will point to the related * cache operations. */ struct nl_cache_ops * o_cache_ops; /** Optional array defining the available Generic Netlink commands */ struct genl_cmd * o_cmds; /** Number of elements in \c o_cmds array */ int o_ncmds; /** * @private * Used internally to link together all registered operations. */ struct nl_list_head o_list; }; extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_ops *); extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_ops *); extern int genl_handle_msg(struct nl_msg *, void *); extern int genl_register(struct nl_cache_ops *); extern void genl_unregister(struct nl_cache_ops *); extern int genl_ops_resolve(struct nl_sock *, struct genl_ops *); extern int genl_mngt_resolve(struct nl_sock *); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif