1 #ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
2 #define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
4 #include <linux/genetlink.h>
5 #include <net/netlink.h>
6 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
9 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
10 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
11 * @id: multicast group ID, assigned by the core, to use with
12 * genlmsg_multicast().
13 * @list: list entry for linking
14 * @family: pointer to family, need not be set before registering
16 struct genl_multicast_group
{
17 struct genl_family
*family
; /* private */
18 struct list_head list
; /* private */
19 char name
[GENL_NAMSIZ
];
24 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
25 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
26 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
27 * @name: name of family
28 * @version: protocol version
29 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
30 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
31 * namespaces and should be presented in all of them
32 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
33 * @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
34 * @family_list: family list
35 * @mcast_groups: multicast groups list
40 char name
[GENL_NAMSIZ
];
44 struct nlattr
** attrbuf
; /* private */
45 struct list_head ops_list
; /* private */
46 struct list_head family_list
; /* private */
47 struct list_head mcast_groups
; /* private */
51 * struct genl_info - receiving information
52 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
53 * @snd_pid: netlink pid of sender
54 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
55 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
56 * @userhdr: user specific header
57 * @attrs: netlink attributes
62 struct nlmsghdr
* nlhdr
;
63 struct genlmsghdr
* genlhdr
;
65 struct nlattr
** attrs
;
71 static inline struct net
*genl_info_net(struct genl_info
*info
)
73 return read_pnet(&info
->_net
);
76 static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info
*info
, struct net
*net
)
78 write_pnet(&info
->_net
, net
);
82 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
83 * @cmd: command identifier
85 * @policy: attribute validation policy
86 * @doit: standard command callback
87 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
88 * @done: completion callback for dumps
89 * @ops_list: operations list
94 const struct nla_policy
*policy
;
95 int (*doit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
96 struct genl_info
*info
);
97 int (*dumpit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
98 struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
99 int (*done
)(struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
100 struct list_head ops_list
;
103 extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
104 extern int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family
*family
,
105 struct genl_ops
*ops
, size_t n_ops
);
106 extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
107 extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
108 extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
109 extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family
*family
,
110 struct genl_multicast_group
*grp
);
111 extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family
*family
,
112 struct genl_multicast_group
*grp
);
115 * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
116 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
117 * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
118 * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
119 * @family: generic netlink family
120 * @flags netlink message flags
121 * @cmd: generic netlink command
123 * Returns pointer to user specific header
125 static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
, u32 seq
,
126 struct genl_family
*family
, int flags
, u8 cmd
)
128 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
129 struct genlmsghdr
*hdr
;
131 nlh
= nlmsg_put(skb
, pid
, seq
, family
->id
, GENL_HDRLEN
+
132 family
->hdrsize
, flags
);
136 hdr
= nlmsg_data(nlh
);
138 hdr
->version
= family
->version
;
141 return (char *) hdr
+ GENL_HDRLEN
;
145 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
146 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
147 * @info: receiver info
148 * @family: generic netlink family
149 * @flags: netlink message flags
150 * @cmd: generic netlink command
152 * Returns pointer to user specific header
154 static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
155 struct genl_info
*info
,
156 struct genl_family
*family
,
159 return genlmsg_put(skb
, info
->snd_pid
, info
->snd_seq
, family
,
164 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
165 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
166 * @hdr: user specific header
168 static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
170 return nlmsg_end(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
174 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
175 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
176 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
178 static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
180 nlmsg_cancel(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
184 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
185 * @net: the net namespace
186 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
187 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
188 * @group: multicast group id
189 * @flags: allocation flags
191 static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct net
*net
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
192 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
194 return nlmsg_multicast(net
->genl_sock
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
198 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
199 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
200 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
201 * @group: multicast group id
202 * @flags: allocation flags
204 static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
205 unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
207 return genlmsg_multicast_netns(&init_net
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
211 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
212 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
213 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
214 * @group: multicast group id
215 * @flags: allocation flags
217 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
219 int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
220 unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
);
223 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
224 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
225 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
227 static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net
*net
, struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
)
229 return nlmsg_unicast(net
->genl_sock
, skb
, pid
);
233 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
234 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
235 * @info: receiver information
237 static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct genl_info
*info
)
239 return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info
), skb
, info
->snd_pid
);
243 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
244 * @gnlh: genetlink messsage header
246 static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
248 return ((unsigned char *) gnlh
+ GENL_HDRLEN
);
252 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
253 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
255 static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
257 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
= (struct nlmsghdr
*)((unsigned char *)gnlh
-
259 return (nlh
->nlmsg_len
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
263 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
264 * @payload: length of message payload
266 static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload
)
268 return GENL_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
272 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
273 * @payload: length of message payload
275 static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload
)
277 return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload
));
281 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
282 * @payload: size of the message payload
283 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
285 static inline struct sk_buff
*genlmsg_new(size_t payload
, gfp_t flags
)
287 return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload
), flags
);
291 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */