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 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)-----------------------+
24 * <---------------------- nlmsg_len(nlh) --------------------->
25 * <------ hdrlen ------> <- nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen) ->
26 * +----------------------+- - -+--------------------------------+
27 * | Family Header | Pad | Attributes |
28 * +----------------------+- - -+--------------------------------+
29 * nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen)---^
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
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
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
70 * nlmsg_report() report back to application?
72 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
73 * Attributes Interface
74 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)-----------------------------'
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 * Exceptions Based Attribute Construction:
106 * NLA_PUT(skb, type, len, data) add attribute to skb
107 * NLA_PUT_U8(skb, type, value) add u8 attribute to skb
108 * NLA_PUT_U16(skb, type, value) add u16 attribute to skb
109 * NLA_PUT_U32(skb, type, value) add u32 attribute to skb
110 * NLA_PUT_U64(skb, type, value) add u64 attribute to skb
111 * NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, type, str) add string attribute to skb
112 * NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, type) add flag attribute to skb
113 * NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, type, jiffies) add msecs attribute to skb
115 * The meaning of these functions is equal to their lower case
116 * variants but they jump to the label nla_put_failure in case
119 * Nested Attributes Construction:
120 * nla_nest_start(skb, type) start a nested attribute
121 * nla_nest_end(skb, nla) finalize a nested attribute
122 * nla_nest_compat_start(skb, type, start a nested compat attribute
124 * nla_nest_compat_end(skb, type) finalize a nested compat attribute
125 * nla_nest_cancel(skb, nla) cancel nested attribute construction
127 * Attribute Length Calculations:
128 * nla_attr_size(payload) length of attribute w/o padding
129 * nla_total_size(payload) length of attribute w/ padding
130 * nla_padlen(payload) length of padding
132 * Attribute Payload Access:
133 * nla_data(nla) head of attribute payload
134 * nla_len(nla) length of attribute payload
136 * Attribute Payload Access for Basic Types:
137 * nla_get_u8(nla) get payload for a u8 attribute
138 * nla_get_u16(nla) get payload for a u16 attribute
139 * nla_get_u32(nla) get payload for a u32 attribute
140 * nla_get_u64(nla) get payload for a u64 attribute
141 * nla_get_flag(nla) return 1 if flag is true
142 * nla_get_msecs(nla) get payload for a msecs attribute
145 * nla_memcpy(dest, nla, count) copy attribute into memory
146 * nla_memcmp(nla, data, size) compare attribute with memory area
147 * nla_strlcpy(dst, nla, size) copy attribute to a sized string
148 * nla_strcmp(nla, str) compare attribute with string
151 * nla_ok(nla, remaining) does nla fit into remaining bytes?
152 * nla_next(nla, remaining) get next netlink attribute
153 * nla_validate() validate a stream of attributes
154 * nla_validate_nested() validate a stream of nested attributes
155 * nla_find() find attribute in stream of attributes
156 * nla_find_nested() find attribute in nested attributes
157 * nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
158 * nla_parse_nested() parse nested attribuets
159 * nla_parse_nested_compat() parse nested compat attributes
160 * nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
161 * nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
162 *=========================================================================
166 * Standard attribute types to specify validation policy
184 #define NLA_TYPE_MAX (__NLA_TYPE_MAX - 1)
187 * struct nla_policy - attribute validation policy
188 * @type: Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC
189 * @len: Type specific length of payload
191 * Policies are defined as arrays of this struct, the array must be
192 * accessible by attribute type up to the highest identifier to be expected.
194 * Meaning of `len' field:
195 * NLA_STRING Maximum length of string
196 * NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
198 * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
199 * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Exact length of structure payload
200 * All other Exact length of attribute payload
203 * static struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] __read_mostly = {
204 * [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
205 * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
206 * [ATTR_BAZ] = { .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
215 * struct nl_info - netlink source information
216 * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
217 * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
220 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
225 extern int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
226 int (*cb
)(struct sk_buff
*,
228 extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
229 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, int report
,
232 extern int nla_validate(struct nlattr
*head
, int len
, int maxtype
,
233 const struct nla_policy
*policy
);
234 extern int nla_parse(struct nlattr
*tb
[], int maxtype
,
235 struct nlattr
*head
, int len
,
236 const struct nla_policy
*policy
);
237 extern struct nlattr
* nla_find(struct nlattr
*head
, int len
, int attrtype
);
238 extern size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst
, const struct nlattr
*nla
,
240 extern int nla_memcpy(void *dest
, struct nlattr
*src
, int count
);
241 extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const void *data
,
243 extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const char *str
);
244 extern struct nlattr
* __nla_reserve(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
246 extern void * __nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
);
247 extern struct nlattr
* nla_reserve(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
249 extern void * nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
);
250 extern void __nla_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
251 int attrlen
, const void *data
);
252 extern void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
254 extern int nla_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
255 int attrlen
, const void *data
);
256 extern int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
258 extern int nla_append(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
261 /**************************************************************************
263 **************************************************************************/
266 * nlmsg_msg_size - length of netlink message not including padding
267 * @payload: length of message payload
269 static inline int nlmsg_msg_size(int payload
)
271 return NLMSG_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
275 * nlmsg_total_size - length of netlink message including padding
276 * @payload: length of message payload
278 static inline int nlmsg_total_size(int payload
)
280 return NLMSG_ALIGN(nlmsg_msg_size(payload
));
284 * nlmsg_padlen - length of padding at the message's tail
285 * @payload: length of message payload
287 static inline int nlmsg_padlen(int payload
)
289 return nlmsg_total_size(payload
) - nlmsg_msg_size(payload
);
293 * nlmsg_data - head of message payload
294 * @nlh: netlink messsage header
296 static inline void *nlmsg_data(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
298 return (unsigned char *) nlh
+ NLMSG_HDRLEN
;
302 * nlmsg_len - length of message payload
303 * @nlh: netlink message header
305 static inline int nlmsg_len(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
307 return nlh
->nlmsg_len
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
;
311 * nlmsg_attrdata - head of attributes data
312 * @nlh: netlink message header
313 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
315 static inline struct nlattr
*nlmsg_attrdata(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
,
318 unsigned char *data
= nlmsg_data(nlh
);
319 return (struct nlattr
*) (data
+ NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen
));
323 * nlmsg_attrlen - length of attributes data
324 * @nlh: netlink message header
325 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
327 static inline int nlmsg_attrlen(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int hdrlen
)
329 return nlmsg_len(nlh
) - NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen
);
333 * nlmsg_ok - check if the netlink message fits into the remaining bytes
334 * @nlh: netlink message header
335 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
337 static inline int nlmsg_ok(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int remaining
)
339 return (remaining
>= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr
) &&
340 nlh
->nlmsg_len
>= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr
) &&
341 nlh
->nlmsg_len
<= remaining
);
345 * nlmsg_next - next netlink message in message stream
346 * @nlh: netlink message header
347 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
349 * Returns the next netlink message in the message stream and
350 * decrements remaining by the size of the current message.
352 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsg_next(struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int *remaining
)
354 int totlen
= NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh
->nlmsg_len
);
356 *remaining
-= totlen
;
358 return (struct nlmsghdr
*) ((unsigned char *) nlh
+ totlen
);
362 * nlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a netlink message
363 * @nlh: netlink message header
364 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
365 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
366 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
367 * @policy: validation policy
371 static inline int nlmsg_parse(struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int hdrlen
,
372 struct nlattr
*tb
[], int maxtype
,
373 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
375 if (nlh
->nlmsg_len
< nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen
))
378 return nla_parse(tb
, maxtype
, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh
, hdrlen
),
379 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh
, hdrlen
), policy
);
383 * nlmsg_find_attr - find a specific attribute in a netlink message
384 * @nlh: netlink message header
385 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
386 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
388 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
390 static inline struct nlattr
*nlmsg_find_attr(struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
,
391 int hdrlen
, int attrtype
)
393 return nla_find(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh
, hdrlen
),
394 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh
, hdrlen
), attrtype
);
398 * nlmsg_validate - validate a netlink message including attributes
399 * @nlh: netlinket message header
400 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
401 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
402 * @policy: validation policy
404 static inline int nlmsg_validate(struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int hdrlen
, int maxtype
,
405 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
407 if (nlh
->nlmsg_len
< nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen
))
410 return nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh
, hdrlen
),
411 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh
, hdrlen
), maxtype
, policy
);
415 * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
416 * @nlh: netlink message header
418 * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
420 static inline int nlmsg_report(struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
422 return !!(nlh
->nlmsg_flags
& NLM_F_ECHO
);
426 * nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
427 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
428 * @nlh: netlink message header
429 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
430 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
432 #define nlmsg_for_each_attr(pos, nlh, hdrlen, rem) \
433 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen), \
434 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), rem)
437 /* FIXME: Enable once all users have been converted */
440 * __nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
441 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
442 * @pid: netlink process id
443 * @seq: sequence number of message
444 * @type: message type
445 * @payload: length of message payload
446 * @flags: message flags
448 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
449 * tailroom for both the netlink header and payload.
451 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
452 u32 seq
, int type
, int payload
,
455 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
457 nlh
= (struct nlmsghdr
*) skb_put(skb
, nlmsg_total_size(payload
));
458 nlh
->nlmsg_type
= type
;
459 nlh
->nlmsg_len
= nlmsg_msg_size(payload
);
460 nlh
->nlmsg_flags
= flags
;
461 nlh
->nlmsg_pid
= pid
;
462 nlh
->nlmsg_seq
= seq
;
464 memset((unsigned char *) nlmsg_data(nlh
) + payload
, 0,
465 nlmsg_padlen(payload
));
472 * nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
473 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
474 * @pid: netlink process id
475 * @seq: sequence number of message
476 * @type: message type
477 * @payload: length of message payload
478 * @flags: message flags
480 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
481 * the message header and payload.
483 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
, u32 seq
,
484 int type
, int payload
, int flags
)
486 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb
) < nlmsg_total_size(payload
)))
489 return __nlmsg_put(skb
, pid
, seq
, type
, payload
, flags
);
493 * nlmsg_put_answer - Add a new callback based netlink message to an skb
494 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
495 * @cb: netlink callback
496 * @type: message type
497 * @payload: length of message payload
498 * @flags: message flags
500 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
501 * the message header and payload.
503 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
504 struct netlink_callback
*cb
,
505 int type
, int payload
,
508 return nlmsg_put(skb
, NETLINK_CB(cb
->skb
).pid
, cb
->nlh
->nlmsg_seq
,
509 type
, payload
, flags
);
513 * nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
514 * @payload: size of the message payload
515 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
517 * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
518 * and a good default is needed.
520 static inline struct sk_buff
*nlmsg_new(size_t payload
, gfp_t flags
)
522 return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload
), flags
);
526 * nlmsg_end - Finalize a netlink message
527 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
528 * @nlh: netlink message header
530 * Corrects the netlink message header to include the appeneded
531 * attributes. Only necessary if attributes have been added to
534 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
536 static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
538 nlh
->nlmsg_len
= skb_tail_pointer(skb
) - (unsigned char *)nlh
;
544 * nlmsg_get_pos - return current position in netlink message
545 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
547 * Returns a pointer to the current tail of the message.
549 static inline void *nlmsg_get_pos(struct sk_buff
*skb
)
551 return skb_tail_pointer(skb
);
555 * nlmsg_trim - Trim message to a mark
556 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
557 * @mark: mark to trim to
559 * Trims the message to the provided mark.
561 static inline void nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff
*skb
, const void *mark
)
564 skb_trim(skb
, (unsigned char *) mark
- skb
->data
);
568 * nlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a netlink message
569 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
570 * @nlh: netlink message header
572 * Removes the complete netlink message including all
573 * attributes from the socket buffer again.
575 static inline void nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
577 nlmsg_trim(skb
, nlh
);
581 * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
582 * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
584 static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff
*skb
)
590 * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
591 * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
592 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
593 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
594 * @group: multicast group id
595 * @flags: allocation flags
597 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
598 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
602 NETLINK_CB(skb
).dst_group
= group
;
604 err
= netlink_broadcast(sk
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
612 * nlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
613 * @sk: netlink socket to spread message to
614 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
615 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
617 static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
)
621 err
= netlink_unicast(sk
, skb
, pid
, MSG_DONTWAIT
);
629 * nlmsg_for_each_msg - iterate over a stream of messages
630 * @pos: loop counter, set to current message
631 * @head: head of message stream
632 * @len: length of message stream
633 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
635 #define nlmsg_for_each_msg(pos, head, len, rem) \
636 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
637 nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
638 pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
640 /**************************************************************************
642 **************************************************************************/
645 * nla_attr_size - length of attribute not including padding
646 * @payload: length of payload
648 static inline int nla_attr_size(int payload
)
650 return NLA_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
654 * nla_total_size - total length of attribute including padding
655 * @payload: length of payload
657 static inline int nla_total_size(int payload
)
659 return NLA_ALIGN(nla_attr_size(payload
));
663 * nla_padlen - length of padding at the tail of attribute
664 * @payload: length of payload
666 static inline int nla_padlen(int payload
)
668 return nla_total_size(payload
) - nla_attr_size(payload
);
672 * nla_type - attribute type
673 * @nla: netlink attribute
675 static inline int nla_type(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
677 return nla
->nla_type
& NLA_TYPE_MASK
;
681 * nla_data - head of payload
682 * @nla: netlink attribute
684 static inline void *nla_data(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
686 return (char *) nla
+ NLA_HDRLEN
;
690 * nla_len - length of payload
691 * @nla: netlink attribute
693 static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
695 return nla
->nla_len
- NLA_HDRLEN
;
699 * nla_ok - check if the netlink attribute fits into the remaining bytes
700 * @nla: netlink attribute
701 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
703 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr
*nla
, int remaining
)
705 return remaining
>= sizeof(*nla
) &&
706 nla
->nla_len
>= sizeof(*nla
) &&
707 nla
->nla_len
<= remaining
;
711 * nla_next - next netlink attribute in attribute stream
712 * @nla: netlink attribute
713 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
715 * Returns the next netlink attribute in the attribute stream and
716 * decrements remaining by the size of the current attribute.
718 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_next(const struct nlattr
*nla
, int *remaining
)
720 int totlen
= NLA_ALIGN(nla
->nla_len
);
722 *remaining
-= totlen
;
723 return (struct nlattr
*) ((char *) nla
+ totlen
);
727 * nla_find_nested - find attribute in a set of nested attributes
728 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
729 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
731 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
733 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_find_nested(struct nlattr
*nla
, int attrtype
)
735 return nla_find(nla_data(nla
), nla_len(nla
), attrtype
);
739 * nla_parse_nested - parse nested attributes
740 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
741 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
742 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
743 * @policy: validation policy
747 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr
*tb
[], int maxtype
,
749 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
751 return nla_parse(tb
, maxtype
, nla_data(nla
), nla_len(nla
), policy
);
755 * nla_parse_nested_compat - parse nested compat attributes
756 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
757 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
758 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
759 * @data: pointer to point to contained structure
760 * @len: length of contained structure
761 * @policy: validation policy
763 * Parse a nested compat attribute. The compat attribute contains a structure
764 * and optionally a set of nested attributes. On success the data pointer
765 * points to the nested data and tb contains the parsed attributes
768 static inline int __nla_parse_nested_compat(struct nlattr
*tb
[], int maxtype
,
770 const struct nla_policy
*policy
,
773 int nested_len
= nla_len(nla
) - NLA_ALIGN(len
);
777 if (nested_len
>= nla_attr_size(0))
778 return nla_parse(tb
, maxtype
, nla_data(nla
) + NLA_ALIGN(len
),
780 memset(tb
, 0, sizeof(struct nlattr
*) * (maxtype
+ 1));
784 #define nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, data, len) \
785 ({ data = nla_len(nla) >= len ? nla_data(nla) : NULL; \
786 __nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, len); })
788 * nla_put_u8 - Add a u8 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
789 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
790 * @attrtype: attribute type
791 * @value: numeric value
793 static inline int nla_put_u8(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u8 value
)
795 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u8
), &value
);
799 * nla_put_u16 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
800 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
801 * @attrtype: attribute type
802 * @value: numeric value
804 static inline int nla_put_u16(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u16 value
)
806 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u16
), &value
);
810 * nla_put_u32 - Add a u32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
811 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
812 * @attrtype: attribute type
813 * @value: numeric value
815 static inline int nla_put_u32(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u32 value
)
817 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u32
), &value
);
821 * nla_put_64 - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
822 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
823 * @attrtype: attribute type
824 * @value: numeric value
826 static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u64 value
)
828 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u64
), &value
);
832 * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer
833 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
834 * @attrtype: attribute type
835 * @str: NUL terminated string
837 static inline int nla_put_string(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
840 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, strlen(str
) + 1, str
);
844 * nla_put_flag - Add a flag netlink attribute to a socket buffer
845 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
846 * @attrtype: attribute type
848 static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
)
850 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, 0, NULL
);
854 * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
855 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
856 * @attrtype: attribute type
857 * @jiffies: number of msecs in jiffies
859 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
860 unsigned long jiffies
)
862 u64 tmp
= jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies
);
863 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u64
), &tmp
);
866 #define NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) \
868 if (unlikely(nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0)) \
869 goto nla_put_failure; \
872 #define NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, type, attrtype, value) \
874 type __tmp = value; \
875 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, sizeof(type), &__tmp); \
878 #define NLA_PUT_U8(skb, attrtype, value) \
879 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u8, attrtype, value)
881 #define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \
882 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value)
884 #define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
885 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
887 #define NLA_PUT_BE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
888 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be16, attrtype, value)
890 #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
891 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
893 #define NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype, value) \
894 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be32, attrtype, value)
896 #define NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, value) \
897 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u64, attrtype, value)
899 #define NLA_PUT_BE64(skb, attrtype, value) \
900 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be64, attrtype, value)
902 #define NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, attrtype, value) \
903 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, strlen(value) + 1, value)
905 #define NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, attrtype) \
906 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL)
908 #define NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, attrtype, jiffies) \
909 NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies))
912 * nla_get_u32 - return payload of u32 attribute
913 * @nla: u32 netlink attribute
915 static inline u32
nla_get_u32(struct nlattr
*nla
)
917 return *(u32
*) nla_data(nla
);
921 * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
922 * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
924 static inline __be32
nla_get_be32(struct nlattr
*nla
)
926 return *(__be32
*) nla_data(nla
);
930 * nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
931 * @nla: u16 netlink attribute
933 static inline u16
nla_get_u16(struct nlattr
*nla
)
935 return *(u16
*) nla_data(nla
);
939 * nla_get_be16 - return payload of __be16 attribute
940 * @nla: __be16 netlink attribute
942 static inline __be16
nla_get_be16(struct nlattr
*nla
)
944 return *(__be16
*) nla_data(nla
);
948 * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
949 * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
951 static inline __le16
nla_get_le16(struct nlattr
*nla
)
953 return *(__le16
*) nla_data(nla
);
957 * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
958 * @nla: u8 netlink attribute
960 static inline u8
nla_get_u8(struct nlattr
*nla
)
962 return *(u8
*) nla_data(nla
);
966 * nla_get_u64 - return payload of u64 attribute
967 * @nla: u64 netlink attribute
969 static inline u64
nla_get_u64(struct nlattr
*nla
)
973 nla_memcpy(&tmp
, nla
, sizeof(tmp
));
979 * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute
980 * @nla: flag netlink attribute
982 static inline int nla_get_flag(struct nlattr
*nla
)
988 * nla_get_msecs - return payload of msecs attribute
989 * @nla: msecs netlink attribute
991 * Returns the number of milliseconds in jiffies.
993 static inline unsigned long nla_get_msecs(struct nlattr
*nla
)
995 u64 msecs
= nla_get_u64(nla
);
997 return msecs_to_jiffies((unsigned long) msecs
);
1001 * nla_nest_start - Start a new level of nested attributes
1002 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1003 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1005 * Returns the container attribute
1007 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
)
1009 struct nlattr
*start
= (struct nlattr
*)skb_tail_pointer(skb
);
1011 if (nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, 0, NULL
) < 0)
1018 * nla_nest_end - Finalize nesting of attributes
1019 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1020 * @start: container attribute
1022 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1023 * appeneded attributes.
1025 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1027 static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlattr
*start
)
1029 start
->nla_len
= skb_tail_pointer(skb
) - (unsigned char *)start
;
1034 * nla_nest_compat_start - Start a new level of nested compat attributes
1035 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1036 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1037 * @attrlen: length of structure
1038 * @data: pointer to structure
1040 * Start a nested compat attribute that contains both a structure and
1041 * a set of nested attributes.
1043 * Returns the container attribute
1045 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_nest_compat_start(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
1046 int attrtype
, int attrlen
,
1049 struct nlattr
*start
= (struct nlattr
*)skb_tail_pointer(skb
);
1051 if (nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, attrlen
, data
) < 0)
1053 if (nla_nest_start(skb
, attrtype
) == NULL
) {
1054 nlmsg_trim(skb
, start
);
1061 * nla_nest_compat_end - Finalize nesting of compat attributes
1062 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1063 * @start: container attribute
1065 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1066 * appeneded attributes.
1068 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1070 static inline int nla_nest_compat_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlattr
*start
)
1072 struct nlattr
*nest
= (void *)start
+ NLMSG_ALIGN(start
->nla_len
);
1074 start
->nla_len
= skb_tail_pointer(skb
) - (unsigned char *)start
;
1075 return nla_nest_end(skb
, nest
);
1079 * nla_nest_cancel - Cancel nesting of attributes
1080 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
1081 * @start: container attribute
1083 * Removes the container attribute and including all nested
1084 * attributes. Returns -EMSGSIZE
1086 static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlattr
*start
)
1088 nlmsg_trim(skb
, start
);
1092 * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
1093 * @start: container attribute
1094 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
1095 * @policy: validation policy
1097 * Validates all attributes in the nested attribute stream against the
1098 * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
1099 * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
1101 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
1103 static inline int nla_validate_nested(struct nlattr
*start
, int maxtype
,
1104 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
1106 return nla_validate(nla_data(start
), nla_len(start
), maxtype
, policy
);
1110 * nla_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
1111 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1112 * @head: head of attribute stream
1113 * @len: length of attribute stream
1114 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1116 #define nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
1117 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
1119 pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
1122 * nla_for_each_nested - iterate over nested attributes
1123 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1124 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
1125 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1127 #define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
1128 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem)