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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() finanlize 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 attribtue 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
95 * Attribute Construction for Basic Types:
96 * nla_put_u8(skb, type, value) add u8 attribute to skb
97 * nla_put_u16(skb, type, value) add u16 attribute to skb
98 * nla_put_u32(skb, type, value) add u32 attribute to skb
99 * nla_put_u64(skb, type, value) add u64 attribute to skb
100 * nla_put_string(skb, type, str) add string attribute to skb
101 * nla_put_flag(skb, type) add flag attribute to skb
102 * nla_put_msecs(skb, type, jiffies) add msecs attribute to skb
104 * Exceptions Based Attribute Construction:
105 * NLA_PUT(skb, type, len, data) add attribute to skb
106 * NLA_PUT_U8(skb, type, value) add u8 attribute to skb
107 * NLA_PUT_U16(skb, type, value) add u16 attribute to skb
108 * NLA_PUT_U32(skb, type, value) add u32 attribute to skb
109 * NLA_PUT_U64(skb, type, value) add u64 attribute to skb
110 * NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, type, str) add string attribute to skb
111 * NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, type) add flag attribute to skb
112 * NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, type, jiffies) add msecs attribute to skb
114 * The meaning of these functions is equal to their lower case
115 * variants but they jump to the label nla_put_failure in case
116 * of a failure.
118 * Nested Attributes Construction:
119 * nla_nest_start(skb, type) start a nested attribute
120 * nla_nest_end(skb, nla) finalize a nested attribute
121 * nla_nest_compat_start(skb, type, start a nested compat attribute
122 * len, data)
123 * nla_nest_compat_end(skb, type) finalize a nested compat attribute
124 * nla_nest_cancel(skb, nla) cancel nested attribute construction
126 * Attribute Length Calculations:
127 * nla_attr_size(payload) length of attribute w/o padding
128 * nla_total_size(payload) length of attribute w/ padding
129 * nla_padlen(payload) length of padding
131 * Attribute Payload Access:
132 * nla_data(nla) head of attribute payload
133 * nla_len(nla) length of attribute payload
135 * Attribute Payload Access for Basic Types:
136 * nla_get_u8(nla) get payload for a u8 attribute
137 * nla_get_u16(nla) get payload for a u16 attribute
138 * nla_get_u32(nla) get payload for a u32 attribute
139 * nla_get_u64(nla) get payload for a u64 attribute
140 * nla_get_flag(nla) return 1 if flag is true
141 * nla_get_msecs(nla) get payload for a msecs attribute
143 * Attribute Misc:
144 * nla_memcpy(dest, nla, count) copy attribute into memory
145 * nla_memcmp(nla, data, size) compare attribute with memory area
146 * nla_strlcpy(dst, nla, size) copy attribute to a sized string
147 * nla_strcmp(nla, str) compare attribute with string
149 * Attribute Parsing:
150 * nla_ok(nla, remaining) does nla fit into remaining bytes?
151 * nla_next(nla, remaining) get next netlink attribute
152 * nla_validate() validate a stream of attributes
153 * nla_validate_nested() validate a stream of nested attributes
154 * nla_find() find attribute in stream of attributes
155 * nla_find_nested() find attribute in nested attributes
156 * nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
157 * nla_parse_nested() parse nested attribuets
158 * nla_parse_nested_compat() parse nested compat attributes
159 * nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
160 * nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
161 *=========================================================================
165 * Standard attribute types to specify validation policy
167 enum {
168 NLA_UNSPEC,
169 NLA_U8,
170 NLA_U16,
171 NLA_U32,
172 NLA_U64,
173 NLA_STRING,
174 NLA_FLAG,
175 NLA_MSECS,
176 NLA_NESTED,
177 NLA_NESTED_COMPAT,
178 NLA_NUL_STRING,
179 NLA_BINARY,
180 __NLA_TYPE_MAX,
183 #define NLA_TYPE_MAX (__NLA_TYPE_MAX - 1)
186 * struct nla_policy - attribute validation policy
187 * @type: Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC
188 * @len: Type specific length of payload
190 * Policies are defined as arrays of this struct, the array must be
191 * accessible by attribute type up to the highest identifier to be expected.
193 * Meaning of `len' field:
194 * NLA_STRING Maximum length of string
195 * NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
196 * NLA_FLAG Unused
197 * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
198 * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Exact length of structure payload
199 * All other Exact length of attribute payload
201 * Example:
202 * static struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
203 * [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
204 * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
205 * [ATTR_BAZ] = { .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
206 * };
208 struct nla_policy {
209 u16 type;
210 u16 len;
214 * struct nl_info - netlink source information
215 * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
216 * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
218 struct nl_info {
219 struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
220 u32 pid;
223 extern void netlink_run_queue(struct sock *sk, unsigned int *qlen,
224 int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
225 struct nlmsghdr *));
226 extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
227 u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
228 gfp_t flags);
230 extern int nla_validate(struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
231 const struct nla_policy *policy);
232 extern int nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
233 struct nlattr *head, int len,
234 const struct nla_policy *policy);
235 extern struct nlattr * nla_find(struct nlattr *head, int len, int attrtype);
236 extern size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst, const struct nlattr *nla,
237 size_t dstsize);
238 extern int nla_memcpy(void *dest, struct nlattr *src, int count);
239 extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const void *data,
240 size_t size);
241 extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const char *str);
242 extern struct nlattr * __nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
243 int attrlen);
244 extern void * __nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen);
245 extern struct nlattr * nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
246 int attrlen);
247 extern void * nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen);
248 extern void __nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
249 int attrlen, const void *data);
250 extern void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
251 const void *data);
252 extern int nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
253 int attrlen, const void *data);
254 extern int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
255 const void *data);
257 /**************************************************************************
258 * Netlink Messages
259 **************************************************************************/
262 * nlmsg_msg_size - length of netlink message not including padding
263 * @payload: length of message payload
265 static inline int nlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
267 return NLMSG_HDRLEN + payload;
271 * nlmsg_total_size - length of netlink message including padding
272 * @payload: length of message payload
274 static inline int nlmsg_total_size(int payload)
276 return NLMSG_ALIGN(nlmsg_msg_size(payload));
280 * nlmsg_padlen - length of padding at the message's tail
281 * @payload: length of message payload
283 static inline int nlmsg_padlen(int payload)
285 return nlmsg_total_size(payload) - nlmsg_msg_size(payload);
289 * nlmsg_data - head of message payload
290 * @nlh: netlink messsage header
292 static inline void *nlmsg_data(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
294 return (unsigned char *) nlh + NLMSG_HDRLEN;
298 * nlmsg_len - length of message payload
299 * @nlh: netlink message header
301 static inline int nlmsg_len(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
303 return nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_HDRLEN;
307 * nlmsg_attrdata - head of attributes data
308 * @nlh: netlink message header
309 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
311 static inline struct nlattr *nlmsg_attrdata(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
312 int hdrlen)
314 unsigned char *data = nlmsg_data(nlh);
315 return (struct nlattr *) (data + NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen));
319 * nlmsg_attrlen - length of attributes data
320 * @nlh: netlink message header
321 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
323 static inline int nlmsg_attrlen(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen)
325 return nlmsg_len(nlh) - NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen);
329 * nlmsg_ok - check if the netlink message fits into the remaining bytes
330 * @nlh: netlink message header
331 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
333 static inline int nlmsg_ok(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int remaining)
335 return (remaining >= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) &&
336 nlh->nlmsg_len >= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) &&
337 nlh->nlmsg_len <= remaining);
341 * nlmsg_next - next netlink message in message stream
342 * @nlh: netlink message header
343 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
345 * Returns the next netlink message in the message stream and
346 * decrements remaining by the size of the current message.
348 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_next(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *remaining)
350 int totlen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
352 *remaining -= totlen;
354 return (struct nlmsghdr *) ((unsigned char *) nlh + totlen);
358 * nlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a netlink message
359 * @nlh: netlink message header
360 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
361 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
362 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
363 * @policy: validation policy
365 * See nla_parse()
367 static inline int nlmsg_parse(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
368 struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
369 const struct nla_policy *policy)
371 if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
372 return -EINVAL;
374 return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
375 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), policy);
379 * nlmsg_find_attr - find a specific attribute in a netlink message
380 * @nlh: netlink message header
381 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
382 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
384 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
386 static inline struct nlattr *nlmsg_find_attr(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
387 int hdrlen, int attrtype)
389 return nla_find(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
390 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), attrtype);
394 * nlmsg_validate - validate a netlink message including attributes
395 * @nlh: netlinket message header
396 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
397 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
398 * @policy: validation policy
400 static inline int nlmsg_validate(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen, int maxtype,
401 const struct nla_policy *policy)
403 if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
404 return -EINVAL;
406 return nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
407 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), maxtype, policy);
411 * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
412 * @nlh: netlink message header
414 * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
416 static inline int nlmsg_report(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
418 return !!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO);
422 * nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
423 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
424 * @nlh: netlink message header
425 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
426 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
428 #define nlmsg_for_each_attr(pos, nlh, hdrlen, rem) \
429 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen), \
430 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), rem)
432 #if 0
433 /* FIXME: Enable once all users have been converted */
436 * __nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
437 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
438 * @pid: netlink process id
439 * @seq: sequence number of message
440 * @type: message type
441 * @payload: length of message payload
442 * @flags: message flags
444 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
445 * tailroom for both the netlink header and payload.
447 static inline struct nlmsghdr *__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
448 u32 seq, int type, int payload,
449 int flags)
451 struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
453 nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *) skb_put(skb, nlmsg_total_size(payload));
454 nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
455 nlh->nlmsg_len = nlmsg_msg_size(payload);
456 nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
457 nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
458 nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
460 memset((unsigned char *) nlmsg_data(nlh) + payload, 0,
461 nlmsg_padlen(payload));
463 return nlh;
465 #endif
468 * nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
469 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
470 * @pid: netlink process id
471 * @seq: sequence number of message
472 * @type: message type
473 * @payload: length of message payload
474 * @flags: message flags
476 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
477 * the message header and payload.
479 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
480 int type, int payload, int flags)
482 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb) < nlmsg_total_size(payload)))
483 return NULL;
485 return __nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, payload, flags);
489 * nlmsg_put_answer - Add a new callback based netlink message to an skb
490 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
491 * @cb: netlink callback
492 * @type: message type
493 * @payload: length of message payload
494 * @flags: message flags
496 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
497 * the message header and payload.
499 static inline struct nlmsghdr *nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff *skb,
500 struct netlink_callback *cb,
501 int type, int payload,
502 int flags)
504 return nlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
505 type, payload, flags);
509 * nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
510 * @payload: size of the message payload
511 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
513 * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
514 * and a good default is needed.
516 static inline struct sk_buff *nlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
518 return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
522 * nlmsg_end - Finalize a netlink message
523 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
524 * @nlh: netlink message header
526 * Corrects the netlink message header to include the appeneded
527 * attributes. Only necessary if attributes have been added to
528 * the message.
530 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
532 static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
534 nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)nlh;
536 return skb->len;
540 * nlmsg_get_pos - return current position in netlink message
541 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
543 * Returns a pointer to the current tail of the message.
545 static inline void *nlmsg_get_pos(struct sk_buff *skb)
547 return skb_tail_pointer(skb);
551 * nlmsg_trim - Trim message to a mark
552 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
553 * @mark: mark to trim to
555 * Trims the message to the provided mark. Returns -1.
557 static inline int nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, const void *mark)
559 if (mark)
560 skb_trim(skb, (unsigned char *) mark - skb->data);
562 return -1;
566 * nlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a netlink message
567 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
568 * @nlh: netlink message header
570 * Removes the complete netlink message including all
571 * attributes from the socket buffer again. Returns -1.
573 static inline int nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
575 return nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
579 * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
580 * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
582 static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
584 kfree_skb(skb);
588 * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
589 * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
590 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
591 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
592 * @group: multicast group id
593 * @flags: allocation flags
595 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
596 u32 pid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
598 int err;
600 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
602 err = netlink_broadcast(sk, skb, pid, group, flags);
603 if (err > 0)
604 err = 0;
606 return err;
610 * nlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
611 * @sk: netlink socket to spread message to
612 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
613 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
615 static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
617 int err;
619 err = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
620 if (err > 0)
621 err = 0;
623 return err;
627 * nlmsg_for_each_msg - iterate over a stream of messages
628 * @pos: loop counter, set to current message
629 * @head: head of message stream
630 * @len: length of message stream
631 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
633 #define nlmsg_for_each_msg(pos, head, len, rem) \
634 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
635 nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
636 pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
638 /**************************************************************************
639 * Netlink Attributes
640 **************************************************************************/
643 * nla_attr_size - length of attribute not including padding
644 * @payload: length of payload
646 static inline int nla_attr_size(int payload)
648 return NLA_HDRLEN + payload;
652 * nla_total_size - total length of attribute including padding
653 * @payload: length of payload
655 static inline int nla_total_size(int payload)
657 return NLA_ALIGN(nla_attr_size(payload));
661 * nla_padlen - length of padding at the tail of attribute
662 * @payload: length of payload
664 static inline int nla_padlen(int payload)
666 return nla_total_size(payload) - nla_attr_size(payload);
670 * nla_data - head of payload
671 * @nla: netlink attribute
673 static inline void *nla_data(const struct nlattr *nla)
675 return (char *) nla + NLA_HDRLEN;
679 * nla_len - length of payload
680 * @nla: netlink attribute
682 static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr *nla)
684 return nla->nla_len - NLA_HDRLEN;
688 * nla_ok - check if the netlink attribute fits into the remaining bytes
689 * @nla: netlink attribute
690 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
692 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
694 return remaining >= sizeof(*nla) &&
695 nla->nla_len >= sizeof(*nla) &&
696 nla->nla_len <= remaining;
700 * nla_next - next netlink attribte in attribute stream
701 * @nla: netlink attribute
702 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
704 * Returns the next netlink attribute in the attribute stream and
705 * decrements remaining by the size of the current attribute.
707 static inline struct nlattr *nla_next(const struct nlattr *nla, int *remaining)
709 int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
711 *remaining -= totlen;
712 return (struct nlattr *) ((char *) nla + totlen);
716 * nla_find_nested - find attribute in a set of nested attributes
717 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
718 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
720 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
722 static inline struct nlattr *nla_find_nested(struct nlattr *nla, int attrtype)
724 return nla_find(nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), attrtype);
728 * nla_parse_nested - parse nested attributes
729 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
730 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
731 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
732 * @policy: validation policy
734 * See nla_parse()
736 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
737 struct nlattr *nla,
738 const struct nla_policy *policy)
740 return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), policy);
744 * nla_parse_nested_compat - parse nested compat attributes
745 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
746 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
747 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
748 * @data: pointer to point to contained structure
749 * @len: length of contained structure
750 * @policy: validation policy
752 * Parse a nested compat attribute. The compat attribute contains a structure
753 * and optionally a set of nested attributes. On success the data pointer
754 * points to the nested data and tb contains the parsed attributes
755 * (see nla_parse).
757 static inline int __nla_parse_nested_compat(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
758 struct nlattr *nla,
759 const struct nla_policy *policy,
760 int len)
762 if (nla_len(nla) < len)
763 return -1;
764 if (nla_len(nla) >= NLA_ALIGN(len) + sizeof(struct nlattr))
765 return nla_parse_nested(tb, maxtype,
766 nla_data(nla) + NLA_ALIGN(len),
767 policy);
768 memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct nlattr *) * (maxtype + 1));
769 return 0;
772 #define nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, data, len) \
773 ({ data = nla_len(nla) >= len ? nla_data(nla) : NULL; \
774 __nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, len); })
776 * nla_put_u8 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
777 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
778 * @attrtype: attribute type
779 * @value: numeric value
781 static inline int nla_put_u8(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u8 value)
783 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u8), &value);
787 * nla_put_u16 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
788 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
789 * @attrtype: attribute type
790 * @value: numeric value
792 static inline int nla_put_u16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u16 value)
794 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u16), &value);
798 * nla_put_u32 - Add a u32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
799 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
800 * @attrtype: attribute type
801 * @value: numeric value
803 static inline int nla_put_u32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u32 value)
805 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u32), &value);
809 * nla_put_64 - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
810 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
811 * @attrtype: attribute type
812 * @value: numeric value
814 static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u64 value)
816 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &value);
820 * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer
821 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
822 * @attrtype: attribute type
823 * @str: NUL terminated string
825 static inline int nla_put_string(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
826 const char *str)
828 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, strlen(str) + 1, str);
832 * nla_put_flag - Add a flag netlink attribute to a socket buffer
833 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
834 * @attrtype: attribute type
836 static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
838 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL);
842 * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
843 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
844 * @attrtype: attribute type
845 * @jiffies: number of msecs in jiffies
847 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
848 unsigned long jiffies)
850 u64 tmp = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
851 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp);
854 #define NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) \
855 do { \
856 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0) \
857 goto nla_put_failure; \
858 } while(0)
860 #define NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, type, attrtype, value) \
861 do { \
862 type __tmp = value; \
863 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, sizeof(type), &__tmp); \
864 } while(0)
866 #define NLA_PUT_U8(skb, attrtype, value) \
867 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u8, attrtype, value)
869 #define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \
870 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value)
872 #define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
873 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
875 #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
876 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
878 #define NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype, value) \
879 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be32, attrtype, value)
881 #define NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, value) \
882 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u64, attrtype, value)
884 #define NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, attrtype, value) \
885 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, strlen(value) + 1, value)
887 #define NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, attrtype) \
888 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL)
890 #define NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, attrtype, jiffies) \
891 NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies))
894 * nla_get_u32 - return payload of u32 attribute
895 * @nla: u32 netlink attribute
897 static inline u32 nla_get_u32(struct nlattr *nla)
899 return *(u32 *) nla_data(nla);
903 * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
904 * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
906 static inline __be32 nla_get_be32(struct nlattr *nla)
908 return *(__be32 *) nla_data(nla);
912 * nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
913 * @nla: u16 netlink attribute
915 static inline u16 nla_get_u16(struct nlattr *nla)
917 return *(u16 *) nla_data(nla);
921 * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
922 * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
924 static inline __le16 nla_get_le16(struct nlattr *nla)
926 return *(__le16 *) nla_data(nla);
930 * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
931 * @nla: u8 netlink attribute
933 static inline u8 nla_get_u8(struct nlattr *nla)
935 return *(u8 *) nla_data(nla);
939 * nla_get_u64 - return payload of u64 attribute
940 * @nla: u64 netlink attribute
942 static inline u64 nla_get_u64(struct nlattr *nla)
944 u64 tmp;
946 nla_memcpy(&tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
948 return tmp;
952 * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute
953 * @nla: flag netlink attribute
955 static inline int nla_get_flag(struct nlattr *nla)
957 return !!nla;
961 * nla_get_msecs - return payload of msecs attribute
962 * @nla: msecs netlink attribute
964 * Returns the number of milliseconds in jiffies.
966 static inline unsigned long nla_get_msecs(struct nlattr *nla)
968 u64 msecs = nla_get_u64(nla);
970 return msecs_to_jiffies((unsigned long) msecs);
974 * nla_nest_start - Start a new level of nested attributes
975 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
976 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
978 * Returns the container attribute
980 static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
982 struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
984 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL) < 0)
985 return NULL;
987 return start;
991 * nla_nest_end - Finalize nesting of attributes
992 * @skb: socket buffer the attribtues are stored in
993 * @start: container attribute
995 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
996 * appeneded attributes.
998 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1000 static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1002 start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
1003 return skb->len;
1007 * nla_nest_compat_start - Start a new level of nested compat attributes
1008 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1009 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1010 * @attrlen: length of structure
1011 * @data: pointer to structure
1013 * Start a nested compat attribute that contains both a structure and
1014 * a set of nested attributes.
1016 * Returns the container attribute
1018 static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_compat_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
1019 int attrtype, int attrlen,
1020 const void *data)
1022 struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
1024 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0)
1025 return NULL;
1026 if (nla_nest_start(skb, attrtype) == NULL) {
1027 nlmsg_trim(skb, start);
1028 return NULL;
1030 return start;
1034 * nla_nest_compat_end - Finalize nesting of compat attributes
1035 * @skb: socket buffer the attribtues are stored in
1036 * @start: container attribute
1038 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1039 * appeneded attributes.
1041 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1043 static inline int nla_nest_compat_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1045 struct nlattr *nest = (void *)start + NLMSG_ALIGN(start->nla_len);
1047 start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
1048 return nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
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 -1.
1059 static inline int nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1061 return 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(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