1 #ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
2 #define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
4 #include <linux/genetlink.h>
5 #include <net/netlink.h>
8 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
9 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
10 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
11 * @name: name of family
12 * @version: protocol version
13 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
14 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
15 * @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
16 * @family_list: family list
22 char name
[GENL_NAMSIZ
];
25 struct nlattr
** attrbuf
; /* private */
26 struct list_head ops_list
; /* private */
27 struct list_head family_list
; /* private */
31 * struct genl_info - receiving information
32 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
33 * @snd_pid: netlink pid of sender
34 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
35 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
36 * @userhdr: user specific header
37 * @attrs: netlink attributes
43 struct nlmsghdr
* nlhdr
;
44 struct genlmsghdr
* genlhdr
;
46 struct nlattr
** attrs
;
50 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
51 * @cmd: command identifier
53 * @policy: attribute validation policy
54 * @doit: standard command callback
55 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
56 * @done: completion callback for dumps
57 * @ops_list: operations list
63 const struct nla_policy
*policy
;
64 int (*doit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
65 struct genl_info
*info
);
66 int (*dumpit
)(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
67 struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
68 int (*done
)(struct netlink_callback
*cb
);
69 struct list_head ops_list
;
72 extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
73 extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family
*family
);
74 extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
75 extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family
*, struct genl_ops
*ops
);
77 extern struct sock
*genl_sock
;
80 * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
81 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
82 * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
83 * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
84 * @family: generic netlink family
85 * @flags netlink message flags
86 * @cmd: generic netlink command
88 * Returns pointer to user specific header
90 static inline void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
, u32 seq
,
91 struct genl_family
*family
, int flags
, u8 cmd
)
94 struct genlmsghdr
*hdr
;
96 nlh
= nlmsg_put(skb
, pid
, seq
, family
->id
, GENL_HDRLEN
+
97 family
->hdrsize
, flags
);
101 hdr
= nlmsg_data(nlh
);
103 hdr
->version
= family
->version
;
106 return (char *) hdr
+ GENL_HDRLEN
;
110 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
111 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
112 * @info: receiver info
113 * @family: generic netlink family
114 * @flags: netlink message flags
115 * @cmd: generic netlink command
117 * Returns pointer to user specific header
119 static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
120 struct genl_info
*info
,
121 struct genl_family
*family
,
124 return genlmsg_put(skb
, info
->snd_pid
, info
->snd_seq
, family
,
129 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
130 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
131 * @hdr: user specific header
133 static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
135 return nlmsg_end(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
139 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
140 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
141 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
143 static inline int genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, void *hdr
)
145 return nlmsg_cancel(skb
, hdr
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
149 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
150 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
151 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
152 * @group: multicast group id
153 * @flags: allocation flags
155 static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
156 unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
158 return nlmsg_multicast(genl_sock
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
162 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
163 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
164 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
166 static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
)
168 return nlmsg_unicast(genl_sock
, skb
, pid
);
172 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
173 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
174 * @info: receiver information
176 static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct genl_info
*info
)
178 return genlmsg_unicast(skb
, info
->snd_pid
);
182 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
183 * @gnlh: genetlink messsage header
185 static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
187 return ((unsigned char *) gnlh
+ GENL_HDRLEN
);
191 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
192 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
194 static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr
*gnlh
)
196 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
= (struct nlmsghdr
*)((unsigned char *)gnlh
-
198 return (nlh
->nlmsg_len
- GENL_HDRLEN
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
);
202 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
203 * @payload: length of message payload
205 static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload
)
207 return GENL_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
211 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
212 * @payload: length of message payload
214 static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload
)
216 return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload
));
220 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
221 * @payload: size of the message payload
222 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
224 static inline struct sk_buff
*genlmsg_new(size_t payload
, gfp_t flags
)
226 return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload
), flags
);
230 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */