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
;
72 static inline struct net
*genl_info_net(struct genl_info
*info
)
77 static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info
*info
, struct net
*net
)
82 static inline struct net
*genl_info_net(struct genl_info
*info
)
87 static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info
*info
, struct net
*net
)
93 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
94 * @cmd: command identifier
96 * @policy: attribute validation policy
97 * @doit: standard command callback
98 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
99 * @done: completion callback for dumps
100 * @ops_list: operations list
105 const struct nla_policy
*policy
;
106 int (*doit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
107 struct genl_info
*info
);
108 int (*dumpit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
109 struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
110 int (*done
)(struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
111 struct list_head ops_list
;
114 extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
115 extern int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family
*family
,
116 struct genl_ops
*ops
, size_t n_ops
);
117 extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
118 extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
119 extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
120 extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family
*family
,
121 struct genl_multicast_group
*grp
);
122 extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family
*family
,
123 struct genl_multicast_group
*grp
);
126 * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
127 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
128 * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
129 * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
130 * @family: generic netlink family
131 * @flags netlink message flags
132 * @cmd: generic netlink command
134 * Returns pointer to user specific header
136 static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
, u32 seq
,
137 struct genl_family
*family
, int flags
, u8 cmd
)
139 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
140 struct genlmsghdr
*hdr
;
142 nlh
= nlmsg_put(skb
, pid
, seq
, family
->id
, GENL_HDRLEN
+
143 family
->hdrsize
, flags
);
147 hdr
= nlmsg_data(nlh
);
149 hdr
->version
= family
->version
;
152 return (char *) hdr
+ GENL_HDRLEN
;
156 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
157 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
158 * @info: receiver info
159 * @family: generic netlink family
160 * @flags: netlink message flags
161 * @cmd: generic netlink command
163 * Returns pointer to user specific header
165 static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
166 struct genl_info
*info
,
167 struct genl_family
*family
,
170 return genlmsg_put(skb
, info
->snd_pid
, info
->snd_seq
, family
,
175 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
176 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
177 * @hdr: user specific header
179 static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
181 return nlmsg_end(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
185 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
186 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
187 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
189 static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
191 nlmsg_cancel(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
195 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
196 * @net: the net namespace
197 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
198 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
199 * @group: multicast group id
200 * @flags: allocation flags
202 static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct net
*net
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
203 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
205 return nlmsg_multicast(net
->genl_sock
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
209 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
210 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
211 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
212 * @group: multicast group id
213 * @flags: allocation flags
215 static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
216 unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
218 return genlmsg_multicast_netns(&init_net
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
222 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
223 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
224 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
225 * @group: multicast group id
226 * @flags: allocation flags
228 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
230 int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
231 unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
);
234 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
235 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
236 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
238 static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net
*net
, struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
)
240 return nlmsg_unicast(net
->genl_sock
, skb
, pid
);
244 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
245 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
246 * @info: receiver information
248 static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct genl_info
*info
)
250 return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info
), skb
, info
->snd_pid
);
254 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
255 * @gnlh: genetlink messsage header
257 static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
259 return ((unsigned char *) gnlh
+ GENL_HDRLEN
);
263 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
264 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
266 static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
268 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
= (struct nlmsghdr
*)((unsigned char *)gnlh
-
270 return (nlh
->nlmsg_len
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
274 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
275 * @payload: length of message payload
277 static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload
)
279 return GENL_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
283 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
284 * @payload: length of message payload
286 static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload
)
288 return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload
));
292 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
293 * @payload: size of the message payload
294 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
296 static inline struct sk_buff
*genlmsg_new(size_t payload
, gfp_t flags
)
298 return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload
), flags
);
302 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */