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1 #ifndef __NET_NETLINK_H
2 #define __NET_NETLINK_H
4 #include <linux/types.h>
5 #include <linux/netlink.h>
6 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
8 /* ========================================================================
9 * Netlink Messages and Attributes Interface (As Seen On TV)
10 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 * Messages Interface
12 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
14 * Message Format:
15 * <--- nlmsg_total_size(payload) --->
16 * <-- nlmsg_msg_size(payload) ->
17 * +----------+- - -+-------------+- - -+-------- - -
18 * | nlmsghdr | Pad | Payload | Pad | nlmsghdr
19 * +----------+- - -+-------------+- - -+-------- - -
20 * nlmsg_data(nlh)---^ ^
21 * nlmsg_next(nlh)-----------------------+
23 * Payload Format:
24 * <---------------------- nlmsg_len(nlh) --------------------->
25 * <------ hdrlen ------> <- nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen) ->
26 * +----------------------+- - -+--------------------------------+
27 * | Family Header | Pad | Attributes |
28 * +----------------------+- - -+--------------------------------+
29 * nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen)---^
31 * Data Structures:
32 * struct nlmsghdr netlink message header
34 * Message Construction:
35 * nlmsg_new() create a new netlink message
36 * nlmsg_put() add a netlink message to an skb
37 * nlmsg_put_answer() callback based nlmsg_put()
38 * nlmsg_end() finalize netlink message
39 * nlmsg_get_pos() return current position in message
40 * nlmsg_trim() trim part of message
41 * nlmsg_cancel() cancel message construction
42 * nlmsg_free() free a netlink message
44 * Message Sending:
45 * nlmsg_multicast() multicast message to several groups
46 * nlmsg_unicast() unicast a message to a single socket
47 * nlmsg_notify() send notification message
49 * Message Length Calculations:
50 * nlmsg_msg_size(payload) length of message w/o padding
51 * nlmsg_total_size(payload) length of message w/ padding
52 * nlmsg_padlen(payload) length of padding at tail
54 * Message Payload Access:
55 * nlmsg_data(nlh) head of message payload
56 * nlmsg_len(nlh) length of message payload
57 * nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen) head of attributes data
58 * nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen) length of attributes data
60 * Message Parsing:
61 * nlmsg_ok(nlh, remaining) does nlh fit into remaining bytes?
62 * nlmsg_next(nlh, remaining) get next netlink message
63 * nlmsg_parse() parse attributes of a message
64 * nlmsg_find_attr() find an attribute in a message
65 * nlmsg_for_each_msg() loop over all messages
66 * nlmsg_validate() validate netlink message incl. attrs
67 * nlmsg_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
69 * Misc:
70 * nlmsg_report() report back to application?
72 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
73 * Attributes Interface
74 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
76 * Attribute Format:
77 * <------- nla_total_size(payload) ------->
78 * <---- nla_attr_size(payload) ----->
79 * +----------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - +- - -+-------- - -
80 * | Header | Pad | Payload | Pad | Header
81 * +----------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - +- - -+-------- - -
82 * <- nla_len(nla) -> ^
83 * nla_data(nla)----^ |
84 * nla_next(nla)-----------------------------'
86 * Data Structures:
87 * struct nlattr netlink attribute header
89 * Attribute Construction:
90 * nla_reserve(skb, type, len) reserve room for an attribute
91 * nla_reserve_nohdr(skb, len) reserve room for an attribute w/o hdr
92 * nla_put(skb, type, len, data) add attribute to skb
93 * nla_put_nohdr(skb, len, data) add attribute w/o hdr
94 * nla_append(skb, len, data) append data to skb
96 * Attribute Construction for Basic Types:
97 * nla_put_u8(skb, type, value) add u8 attribute to skb
98 * nla_put_u16(skb, type, value) add u16 attribute to skb
99 * nla_put_u32(skb, type, value) add u32 attribute to skb
100 * nla_put_u64(skb, type, value) add u64 attribute to skb
101 * nla_put_string(skb, type, str) add string attribute to skb
102 * nla_put_flag(skb, type) add flag attribute to skb
103 * nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies) add msecs attribute to skb
105 * Nested Attributes Construction:
106 * nla_nest_start(skb, type) start a nested attribute
107 * nla_nest_end(skb, nla) finalize a nested attribute
108 * nla_nest_cancel(skb, nla) cancel nested attribute construction
110 * Attribute Length Calculations:
111 * nla_attr_size(payload) length of attribute w/o padding
112 * nla_total_size(payload) length of attribute w/ padding
113 * nla_padlen(payload) length of padding
115 * Attribute Payload Access:
116 * nla_data(nla) head of attribute payload
117 * nla_len(nla) length of attribute payload
119 * Attribute Payload Access for Basic Types:
120 * nla_get_u8(nla) get payload for a u8 attribute
121 * nla_get_u16(nla) get payload for a u16 attribute
122 * nla_get_u32(nla) get payload for a u32 attribute
123 * nla_get_u64(nla) get payload for a u64 attribute
124 * nla_get_flag(nla) return 1 if flag is true
125 * nla_get_msecs(nla) get payload for a msecs attribute
127 * Attribute Misc:
128 * nla_memcpy(dest, nla, count) copy attribute into memory
129 * nla_memcmp(nla, data, size) compare attribute with memory area
130 * nla_strlcpy(dst, nla, size) copy attribute to a sized string
131 * nla_strcmp(nla, str) compare attribute with string
133 * Attribute Parsing:
134 * nla_ok(nla, remaining) does nla fit into remaining bytes?
135 * nla_next(nla, remaining) get next netlink attribute
136 * nla_validate() validate a stream of attributes
137 * nla_validate_nested() validate a stream of nested attributes
138 * nla_find() find attribute in stream of attributes
139 * nla_find_nested() find attribute in nested attributes
140 * nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
141 * nla_parse_nested() parse nested attribuets
142 * nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
143 * nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
144 *=========================================================================
148 * Standard attribute types to specify validation policy
150 enum {
151 NLA_UNSPEC,
152 NLA_U8,
153 NLA_U16,
154 NLA_U32,
155 NLA_U64,
156 NLA_STRING,
157 NLA_FLAG,
158 NLA_MSECS,
159 NLA_NESTED,
160 NLA_NESTED_COMPAT,
161 NLA_NUL_STRING,
162 NLA_BINARY,
163 __NLA_TYPE_MAX,
166 #define NLA_TYPE_MAX (__NLA_TYPE_MAX - 1)
169 * struct nla_policy - attribute validation policy
170 * @type: Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC
171 * @len: Type specific length of payload
173 * Policies are defined as arrays of this struct, the array must be
174 * accessible by attribute type up to the highest identifier to be expected.
176 * Meaning of `len' field:
177 * NLA_STRING Maximum length of string
178 * NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
179 * NLA_FLAG Unused
180 * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
181 * NLA_NESTED Don't use `len' field -- length verification is
182 * done by checking len of nested header (or empty)
183 * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Minimum length of structure payload
184 * NLA_U8, NLA_U16,
185 * NLA_U32, NLA_U64,
186 * NLA_MSECS Leaving the length field zero will verify the
187 * given type fits, using it verifies minimum length
188 * just like "All other"
189 * All other Minimum length of attribute payload
191 * Example:
192 * static const struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] = {
193 * [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
194 * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
195 * [ATTR_BAZ] = { .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
196 * };
198 struct nla_policy {
199 u16 type;
200 u16 len;
204 * struct nl_info - netlink source information
205 * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
206 * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
208 struct nl_info {
209 struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
210 struct net *nl_net;
211 u32 pid;
214 extern int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
215 int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
216 struct nlmsghdr *));
217 extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
218 u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
219 gfp_t flags);
221 extern int nla_validate(const struct nlattr *head,
222 int len, int maxtype,
223 const struct nla_policy *policy);
224 extern int nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int maxtype,
225 const struct nlattr *head, int len,
226 const struct nla_policy *policy);
227 extern int nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *, int);
228 extern struct nlattr * nla_find(const struct nlattr *head,
229 int len, int attrtype);
230 extern size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
231 size_t dstsize);
232 extern int nla_memcpy(void *dest, const struct nlattr *src, int count);
233 extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const void *data,
234 size_t size);
235 extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const char *str);
236 extern struct nlattr * __nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
237 int attrlen);
238 extern void * __nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen);
239 extern struct nlattr * nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
240 int attrlen);
241 extern void * nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen);
242 extern void __nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
243 int attrlen, const void *data);
244 extern void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
245 const void *data);
246 extern int nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
247 int attrlen, const void *data);
248 extern int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
249 const void *data);
250 extern int nla_append(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
251 const void *data);
253 /**************************************************************************
254 * Netlink Messages
255 **************************************************************************/
258 * nlmsg_msg_size - length of netlink message not including padding
259 * @payload: length of message payload
261 static inline int nlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
263 return NLMSG_HDRLEN + payload;
267 * nlmsg_total_size - length of netlink message including padding
268 * @payload: length of message payload
270 static inline int nlmsg_total_size(int payload)
272 return NLMSG_ALIGN(nlmsg_msg_size(payload));
276 * nlmsg_padlen - length of padding at the message's tail
277 * @payload: length of message payload
279 static inline int nlmsg_padlen(int payload)
281 return nlmsg_total_size(payload) - nlmsg_msg_size(payload);
285 * nlmsg_data - head of message payload
286 * @nlh: netlink message header
288 static inline void *nlmsg_data(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
290 return (unsigned char *) nlh + NLMSG_HDRLEN;
294 * nlmsg_len - length of message payload
295 * @nlh: netlink message header
297 static inline int nlmsg_len(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
299 return nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_HDRLEN;
303 * nlmsg_attrdata - head of attributes data
304 * @nlh: netlink message header
305 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
307 static inline struct nlattr *nlmsg_attrdata(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
308 int hdrlen)
310 unsigned char *data = nlmsg_data(nlh);
311 return (struct nlattr *) (data + NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen));
315 * nlmsg_attrlen - length of attributes data
316 * @nlh: netlink message header
317 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
319 static inline int nlmsg_attrlen(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen)
321 return nlmsg_len(nlh) - NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen);
325 * nlmsg_ok - check if the netlink message fits into the remaining bytes
326 * @nlh: netlink message header
327 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
329 static inline int nlmsg_ok(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int remaining)
331 return (remaining >= (int) sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) &&
332 nlh->nlmsg_len >= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) &&
333 nlh->nlmsg_len <= remaining);
337 * nlmsg_next - next netlink message in message stream
338 * @nlh: netlink message header
339 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
341 * Returns the next netlink message in the message stream and
342 * decrements remaining by the size of the current message.
344 static inline struct nlmsghdr *
345 nlmsg_next(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *remaining)
347 int totlen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
349 *remaining -= totlen;
351 return (struct nlmsghdr *) ((unsigned char *) nlh + totlen);
355 * nlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a netlink message
356 * @nlh: netlink message header
357 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
358 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
359 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
360 * @policy: validation policy
362 * See nla_parse()
364 static inline int nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
365 struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
366 const struct nla_policy *policy)
368 if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
369 return -EINVAL;
371 return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
372 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), policy);
376 * nlmsg_find_attr - find a specific attribute in a netlink message
377 * @nlh: netlink message header
378 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
379 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
381 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
383 static inline struct nlattr *nlmsg_find_attr(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
384 int hdrlen, int attrtype)
386 return nla_find(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
387 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), attrtype);
391 * nlmsg_validate - validate a netlink message including attributes
392 * @nlh: netlinket message header
393 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
394 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
395 * @policy: validation policy
397 static inline int nlmsg_validate(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
398 int hdrlen, int maxtype,
399 const struct nla_policy *policy)
401 if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
402 return -EINVAL;
404 return nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
405 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), maxtype, policy);
409 * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
410 * @nlh: netlink message header
412 * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
414 static inline int nlmsg_report(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
416 return !!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO);
420 * nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
421 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
422 * @nlh: netlink message header
423 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
424 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
426 #define nlmsg_for_each_attr(pos, nlh, hdrlen, rem) \
427 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen), \
428 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), rem)
431 * nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
432 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
433 * @pid: netlink process id
434 * @seq: sequence number of message
435 * @type: message type
436 * @payload: length of message payload
437 * @flags: message flags
439 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
440 * the message header and payload.
442 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
443 int type, int payload, int flags)
445 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < nlmsg_total_size(payload)))
446 return NULL;
448 return __nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, payload, flags);
452 * nlmsg_put_answer - Add a new callback based netlink message to an skb
453 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
454 * @cb: netlink callback
455 * @type: message type
456 * @payload: length of message payload
457 * @flags: message flags
459 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
460 * the message header and payload.
462 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff *skb,
463 struct netlink_callback *cb,
464 int type, int payload,
465 int flags)
467 return nlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
468 type, payload, flags);
472 * nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
473 * @payload: size of the message payload
474 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
476 * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
477 * and a good default is needed.
479 static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
481 return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
485 * nlmsg_end - Finalize a netlink message
486 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
487 * @nlh: netlink message header
489 * Corrects the netlink message header to include the appeneded
490 * attributes. Only necessary if attributes have been added to
491 * the message.
493 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
495 static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
497 nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)nlh;
499 return skb->len;
503 * nlmsg_get_pos - return current position in netlink message
504 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
506 * Returns a pointer to the current tail of the message.
508 static inline void *nlmsg_get_pos(struct sk_buff *skb)
510 return skb_tail_pointer(skb);
514 * nlmsg_trim - Trim message to a mark
515 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
516 * @mark: mark to trim to
518 * Trims the message to the provided mark.
520 static inline void nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, const void *mark)
522 if (mark)
523 skb_trim(skb, (unsigned char *) mark - skb->data);
527 * nlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a netlink message
528 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
529 * @nlh: netlink message header
531 * Removes the complete netlink message including all
532 * attributes from the socket buffer again.
534 static inline void nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
536 nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
540 * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
541 * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
543 static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
545 kfree_skb(skb);
549 * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
550 * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
551 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
552 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
553 * @group: multicast group id
554 * @flags: allocation flags
556 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
557 u32 pid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
559 int err;
561 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
563 err = netlink_broadcast(sk, skb, pid, group, flags);
564 if (err > 0)
565 err = 0;
567 return err;
571 * nlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
572 * @sk: netlink socket to spread message to
573 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
574 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
576 static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
578 int err;
580 err = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
581 if (err > 0)
582 err = 0;
584 return err;
588 * nlmsg_for_each_msg - iterate over a stream of messages
589 * @pos: loop counter, set to current message
590 * @head: head of message stream
591 * @len: length of message stream
592 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
594 #define nlmsg_for_each_msg(pos, head, len, rem) \
595 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
596 nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
597 pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
600 * nl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
601 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
602 * @nlh: netlink message header to write the flag to
604 * This function checks if the sequence (generation) number changed during dump
605 * and if it did, advertises it in the netlink message header.
607 * The correct way to use it is to set cb->seq to the generation counter when
608 * all locks for dumping have been acquired, and then call this function for
609 * each message that is generated.
611 * Note that due to initialisation concerns, 0 is an invalid sequence number
612 * and must not be used by code that uses this functionality.
614 static inline void
615 nl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
616 struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
618 if (cb->prev_seq && cb->seq != cb->prev_seq)
619 nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_DUMP_INTR;
620 cb->prev_seq = cb->seq;
623 /**************************************************************************
624 * Netlink Attributes
625 **************************************************************************/
628 * nla_attr_size - length of attribute not including padding
629 * @payload: length of payload
631 static inline int nla_attr_size(int payload)
633 return NLA_HDRLEN + payload;
637 * nla_total_size - total length of attribute including padding
638 * @payload: length of payload
640 static inline int nla_total_size(int payload)
642 return NLA_ALIGN(nla_attr_size(payload));
646 * nla_padlen - length of padding at the tail of attribute
647 * @payload: length of payload
649 static inline int nla_padlen(int payload)
651 return nla_total_size(payload) - nla_attr_size(payload);
655 * nla_type - attribute type
656 * @nla: netlink attribute
658 static inline int nla_type(const struct nlattr *nla)
660 return nla->nla_type & NLA_TYPE_MASK;
664 * nla_data - head of payload
665 * @nla: netlink attribute
667 static inline void *nla_data(const struct nlattr *nla)
669 return (char *) nla + NLA_HDRLEN;
673 * nla_len - length of payload
674 * @nla: netlink attribute
676 static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr *nla)
678 return nla->nla_len - NLA_HDRLEN;
682 * nla_ok - check if the netlink attribute fits into the remaining bytes
683 * @nla: netlink attribute
684 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
686 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
688 return remaining >= (int) sizeof(*nla) &&
689 nla->nla_len >= sizeof(*nla) &&
690 nla->nla_len <= remaining;
694 * nla_next - next netlink attribute in attribute stream
695 * @nla: netlink attribute
696 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
698 * Returns the next netlink attribute in the attribute stream and
699 * decrements remaining by the size of the current attribute.
701 static inline struct nlattr *nla_next(const struct nlattr *nla, int *remaining)
703 int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
705 *remaining -= totlen;
706 return (struct nlattr *) ((char *) nla + totlen);
710 * nla_find_nested - find attribute in a set of nested attributes
711 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
712 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
714 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
716 static inline struct nlattr *
717 nla_find_nested(const struct nlattr *nla, int attrtype)
719 return nla_find(nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), attrtype);
723 * nla_parse_nested - parse nested attributes
724 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
725 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
726 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
727 * @policy: validation policy
729 * See nla_parse()
731 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
732 const struct nlattr *nla,
733 const struct nla_policy *policy)
735 return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), policy);
739 * nla_put_u8 - Add a u8 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
740 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
741 * @attrtype: attribute type
742 * @value: numeric value
744 static inline int nla_put_u8(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u8 value)
746 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u8), &value);
750 * nla_put_u16 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
751 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
752 * @attrtype: attribute type
753 * @value: numeric value
755 static inline int nla_put_u16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u16 value)
757 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u16), &value);
761 * nla_put_be16 - Add a __be16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
762 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
763 * @attrtype: attribute type
764 * @value: numeric value
766 static inline int nla_put_be16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be16 value)
768 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be16), &value);
772 * nla_put_net16 - Add 16-bit network byte order netlink attribute to a socket buffer
773 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
774 * @attrtype: attribute type
775 * @value: numeric value
777 static inline int nla_put_net16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be16 value)
779 return nla_put_be16(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value);
783 * nla_put_le16 - Add a __le16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
784 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
785 * @attrtype: attribute type
786 * @value: numeric value
788 static inline int nla_put_le16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le16 value)
790 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__le16), &value);
794 * nla_put_u32 - Add a u32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
795 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
796 * @attrtype: attribute type
797 * @value: numeric value
799 static inline int nla_put_u32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u32 value)
801 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u32), &value);
805 * nla_put_be32 - Add a __be32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
806 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
807 * @attrtype: attribute type
808 * @value: numeric value
810 static inline int nla_put_be32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be32 value)
812 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be32), &value);
816 * nla_put_net32 - Add 32-bit network byte order netlink attribute to a socket buffer
817 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
818 * @attrtype: attribute type
819 * @value: numeric value
821 static inline int nla_put_net32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be32 value)
823 return nla_put_be32(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value);
827 * nla_put_le32 - Add a __le32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
828 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
829 * @attrtype: attribute type
830 * @value: numeric value
832 static inline int nla_put_le32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le32 value)
834 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__le32), &value);
838 * nla_put_u64 - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
839 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
840 * @attrtype: attribute type
841 * @value: numeric value
843 static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u64 value)
845 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &value);
849 * nla_put_be64 - Add a __be64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
850 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
851 * @attrtype: attribute type
852 * @value: numeric value
854 static inline int nla_put_be64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value)
856 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__be64), &value);
860 * nla_put_net64 - Add 64-bit network byte order netlink attribute to a socket buffer
861 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
862 * @attrtype: attribute type
863 * @value: numeric value
865 static inline int nla_put_net64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __be64 value)
867 return nla_put_be64(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value);
871 * nla_put_le64 - Add a __le64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
872 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
873 * @attrtype: attribute type
874 * @value: numeric value
876 static inline int nla_put_le64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, __le64 value)
878 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(__le64), &value);
882 * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer
883 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
884 * @attrtype: attribute type
885 * @str: NUL terminated string
887 static inline int nla_put_string(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
888 const char *str)
890 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, strlen(str) + 1, str);
894 * nla_put_flag - Add a flag netlink attribute to a socket buffer
895 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
896 * @attrtype: attribute type
898 static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
900 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL);
904 * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
905 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
906 * @attrtype: attribute type
907 * @jiffies: number of msecs in jiffies
909 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
910 unsigned long jiffies)
912 u64 tmp = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
913 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp);
917 * nla_get_u32 - return payload of u32 attribute
918 * @nla: u32 netlink attribute
920 static inline u32 nla_get_u32(const struct nlattr *nla)
922 return *(u32 *) nla_data(nla);
926 * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
927 * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
929 static inline __be32 nla_get_be32(const struct nlattr *nla)
931 return *(__be32 *) nla_data(nla);
935 * nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
936 * @nla: u16 netlink attribute
938 static inline u16 nla_get_u16(const struct nlattr *nla)
940 return *(u16 *) nla_data(nla);
944 * nla_get_be16 - return payload of __be16 attribute
945 * @nla: __be16 netlink attribute
947 static inline __be16 nla_get_be16(const struct nlattr *nla)
949 return *(__be16 *) nla_data(nla);
953 * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
954 * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
956 static inline __le16 nla_get_le16(const struct nlattr *nla)
958 return *(__le16 *) nla_data(nla);
962 * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
963 * @nla: u8 netlink attribute
965 static inline u8 nla_get_u8(const struct nlattr *nla)
967 return *(u8 *) nla_data(nla);
971 * nla_get_u64 - return payload of u64 attribute
972 * @nla: u64 netlink attribute
974 static inline u64 nla_get_u64(const struct nlattr *nla)
976 u64 tmp;
978 nla_memcpy(&tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
980 return tmp;
984 * nla_get_be64 - return payload of __be64 attribute
985 * @nla: __be64 netlink attribute
987 static inline __be64 nla_get_be64(const struct nlattr *nla)
989 __be64 tmp;
991 nla_memcpy(&tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
993 return tmp;
997 * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute
998 * @nla: flag netlink attribute
1000 static inline int nla_get_flag(const struct nlattr *nla)
1002 return !!nla;
1006 * nla_get_msecs - return payload of msecs attribute
1007 * @nla: msecs netlink attribute
1009 * Returns the number of milliseconds in jiffies.
1011 static inline unsigned long nla_get_msecs(const struct nlattr *nla)
1013 u64 msecs = nla_get_u64(nla);
1015 return msecs_to_jiffies((unsigned long) msecs);
1019 * nla_nest_start - Start a new level of nested attributes
1020 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1021 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1023 * Returns the container attribute
1025 static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
1027 struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
1029 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL) < 0)
1030 return NULL;
1032 return start;
1036 * nla_nest_end - Finalize nesting of attributes
1037 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1038 * @start: container attribute
1040 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1041 * appeneded attributes.
1043 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1045 static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1047 start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
1048 return skb->len;
1052 * nla_nest_cancel - Cancel nesting of attributes
1053 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
1054 * @start: container attribute
1056 * Removes the container attribute and including all nested
1057 * attributes. Returns -EMSGSIZE
1059 static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1061 nlmsg_trim(skb, start);
1065 * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
1066 * @start: container attribute
1067 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
1068 * @policy: validation policy
1070 * Validates all attributes in the nested attribute stream against the
1071 * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
1072 * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
1074 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
1076 static inline int nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
1077 const struct nla_policy *policy)
1079 return nla_validate(nla_data(start), nla_len(start), maxtype, policy);
1083 * nla_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
1084 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1085 * @head: head of attribute stream
1086 * @len: length of attribute stream
1087 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1089 #define nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
1090 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
1091 nla_ok(pos, rem); \
1092 pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
1095 * nla_for_each_nested - iterate over nested attributes
1096 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1097 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
1098 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1100 #define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
1101 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem)
1103 #endif