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[linux-2.6/mini2440.git] / include / net / netlink.h
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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 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
117 * of a failure.
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
123 * len, data)
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
144 * Attribute Misc:
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
150 * Attribute Parsing:
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
168 enum {
169 NLA_UNSPEC,
170 NLA_U8,
171 NLA_U16,
172 NLA_U32,
173 NLA_U64,
174 NLA_STRING,
175 NLA_FLAG,
176 NLA_MSECS,
177 NLA_NESTED,
178 NLA_NESTED_COMPAT,
179 NLA_NUL_STRING,
180 NLA_BINARY,
181 __NLA_TYPE_MAX,
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)
197 * NLA_FLAG Unused
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
202 * Example:
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) },
207 * };
209 struct nla_policy {
210 u16 type;
211 u16 len;
215 * struct nl_info - netlink source information
216 * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
217 * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
219 struct nl_info {
220 struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
221 struct net *nl_net;
222 u32 pid;
225 extern int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
226 int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
227 struct nlmsghdr *));
228 extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
229 u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
230 gfp_t flags);
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,
239 size_t dstsize);
240 extern int nla_memcpy(void *dest, struct nlattr *src, int count);
241 extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const void *data,
242 size_t size);
243 extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *nla, const char *str);
244 extern struct nlattr * __nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
245 int attrlen);
246 extern void * __nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen);
247 extern struct nlattr * nla_reserve(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
248 int attrlen);
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,
253 const void *data);
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,
257 const void *data);
258 extern int nla_append(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrlen,
259 const void *data);
261 /**************************************************************************
262 * Netlink Messages
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,
316 int hdrlen)
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
369 * See nla_parse()
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))
376 return -EINVAL;
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))
408 return -EINVAL;
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)
436 #if 0
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,
453 int flags)
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));
467 return nlh;
469 #endif
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)))
487 return NULL;
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,
506 int flags)
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
532 * the message.
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;
540 return skb->len;
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. Returns -1.
561 static inline int nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, const void *mark)
563 if (mark)
564 skb_trim(skb, (unsigned char *) mark - skb->data);
566 return -1;
570 * nlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a netlink message
571 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
572 * @nlh: netlink message header
574 * Removes the complete netlink message including all
575 * attributes from the socket buffer again. Returns -1.
577 static inline int nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
579 return nlmsg_trim(skb, nlh);
583 * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
584 * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
586 static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
588 kfree_skb(skb);
592 * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
593 * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
594 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
595 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
596 * @group: multicast group id
597 * @flags: allocation flags
599 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
600 u32 pid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
602 int err;
604 NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
606 err = netlink_broadcast(sk, skb, pid, group, flags);
607 if (err > 0)
608 err = 0;
610 return err;
614 * nlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
615 * @sk: netlink socket to spread message to
616 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
617 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
619 static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
621 int err;
623 err = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, pid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
624 if (err > 0)
625 err = 0;
627 return err;
631 * nlmsg_for_each_msg - iterate over a stream of messages
632 * @pos: loop counter, set to current message
633 * @head: head of message stream
634 * @len: length of message stream
635 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
637 #define nlmsg_for_each_msg(pos, head, len, rem) \
638 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
639 nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
640 pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
642 /**************************************************************************
643 * Netlink Attributes
644 **************************************************************************/
647 * nla_attr_size - length of attribute not including padding
648 * @payload: length of payload
650 static inline int nla_attr_size(int payload)
652 return NLA_HDRLEN + payload;
656 * nla_total_size - total length of attribute including padding
657 * @payload: length of payload
659 static inline int nla_total_size(int payload)
661 return NLA_ALIGN(nla_attr_size(payload));
665 * nla_padlen - length of padding at the tail of attribute
666 * @payload: length of payload
668 static inline int nla_padlen(int payload)
670 return nla_total_size(payload) - nla_attr_size(payload);
674 * nla_type - attribute type
675 * @nla: netlink attribute
677 static inline int nla_type(const struct nlattr *nla)
679 return nla->nla_type & NLA_TYPE_MASK;
683 * nla_data - head of payload
684 * @nla: netlink attribute
686 static inline void *nla_data(const struct nlattr *nla)
688 return (char *) nla + NLA_HDRLEN;
692 * nla_len - length of payload
693 * @nla: netlink attribute
695 static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr *nla)
697 return nla->nla_len - NLA_HDRLEN;
701 * nla_ok - check if the netlink attribute fits into the remaining bytes
702 * @nla: netlink attribute
703 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
705 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
707 return remaining >= sizeof(*nla) &&
708 nla->nla_len >= sizeof(*nla) &&
709 nla->nla_len <= remaining;
713 * nla_next - next netlink attribute in attribute stream
714 * @nla: netlink attribute
715 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
717 * Returns the next netlink attribute in the attribute stream and
718 * decrements remaining by the size of the current attribute.
720 static inline struct nlattr *nla_next(const struct nlattr *nla, int *remaining)
722 int totlen = NLA_ALIGN(nla->nla_len);
724 *remaining -= totlen;
725 return (struct nlattr *) ((char *) nla + totlen);
729 * nla_find_nested - find attribute in a set of nested attributes
730 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
731 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
733 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
735 static inline struct nlattr *nla_find_nested(struct nlattr *nla, int attrtype)
737 return nla_find(nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), attrtype);
741 * nla_parse_nested - parse nested attributes
742 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
743 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
744 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
745 * @policy: validation policy
747 * See nla_parse()
749 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
750 struct nlattr *nla,
751 const struct nla_policy *policy)
753 return nla_parse(tb, maxtype, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), policy);
757 * nla_parse_nested_compat - parse nested compat attributes
758 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
759 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
760 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
761 * @data: pointer to point to contained structure
762 * @len: length of contained structure
763 * @policy: validation policy
765 * Parse a nested compat attribute. The compat attribute contains a structure
766 * and optionally a set of nested attributes. On success the data pointer
767 * points to the nested data and tb contains the parsed attributes
768 * (see nla_parse).
770 static inline int __nla_parse_nested_compat(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
771 struct nlattr *nla,
772 const struct nla_policy *policy,
773 int len)
775 if (nla_len(nla) < len)
776 return -1;
777 if (nla_len(nla) >= NLA_ALIGN(len) + sizeof(struct nlattr))
778 return nla_parse_nested(tb, maxtype,
779 nla_data(nla) + NLA_ALIGN(len),
780 policy);
781 memset(tb, 0, sizeof(struct nlattr *) * (maxtype + 1));
782 return 0;
785 #define nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, data, len) \
786 ({ data = nla_len(nla) >= len ? nla_data(nla) : NULL; \
787 __nla_parse_nested_compat(tb, maxtype, nla, policy, len); })
789 * nla_put_u8 - Add a u8 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
790 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
791 * @attrtype: attribute type
792 * @value: numeric value
794 static inline int nla_put_u8(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u8 value)
796 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u8), &value);
800 * nla_put_u16 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
801 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
802 * @attrtype: attribute type
803 * @value: numeric value
805 static inline int nla_put_u16(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u16 value)
807 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u16), &value);
811 * nla_put_u32 - Add a u32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
812 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
813 * @attrtype: attribute type
814 * @value: numeric value
816 static inline int nla_put_u32(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u32 value)
818 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u32), &value);
822 * nla_put_64 - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
823 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
824 * @attrtype: attribute type
825 * @value: numeric value
827 static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, u64 value)
829 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &value);
833 * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer
834 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
835 * @attrtype: attribute type
836 * @str: NUL terminated string
838 static inline int nla_put_string(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
839 const char *str)
841 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, strlen(str) + 1, str);
845 * nla_put_flag - Add a flag netlink attribute to a socket buffer
846 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
847 * @attrtype: attribute type
849 static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
851 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL);
855 * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
856 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
857 * @attrtype: attribute type
858 * @jiffies: number of msecs in jiffies
860 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype,
861 unsigned long jiffies)
863 u64 tmp = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
864 return nla_put(skb, attrtype, sizeof(u64), &tmp);
867 #define NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) \
868 do { \
869 if (unlikely(nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0)) \
870 goto nla_put_failure; \
871 } while(0)
873 #define NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, type, attrtype, value) \
874 do { \
875 type __tmp = value; \
876 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, sizeof(type), &__tmp); \
877 } while(0)
879 #define NLA_PUT_U8(skb, attrtype, value) \
880 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u8, attrtype, value)
882 #define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \
883 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value)
885 #define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
886 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
888 #define NLA_PUT_BE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
889 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be16, attrtype, value)
891 #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
892 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
894 #define NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype, value) \
895 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be32, attrtype, value)
897 #define NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, value) \
898 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u64, attrtype, value)
900 #define NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, attrtype, value) \
901 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, strlen(value) + 1, value)
903 #define NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, attrtype) \
904 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL)
906 #define NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, attrtype, jiffies) \
907 NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies))
910 * nla_get_u32 - return payload of u32 attribute
911 * @nla: u32 netlink attribute
913 static inline u32 nla_get_u32(struct nlattr *nla)
915 return *(u32 *) nla_data(nla);
919 * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
920 * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
922 static inline __be32 nla_get_be32(struct nlattr *nla)
924 return *(__be32 *) nla_data(nla);
928 * nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
929 * @nla: u16 netlink attribute
931 static inline u16 nla_get_u16(struct nlattr *nla)
933 return *(u16 *) nla_data(nla);
937 * nla_get_be16 - return payload of __be16 attribute
938 * @nla: __be16 netlink attribute
940 static inline __be16 nla_get_be16(struct nlattr *nla)
942 return *(__be16 *) nla_data(nla);
946 * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
947 * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
949 static inline __le16 nla_get_le16(struct nlattr *nla)
951 return *(__le16 *) nla_data(nla);
955 * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
956 * @nla: u8 netlink attribute
958 static inline u8 nla_get_u8(struct nlattr *nla)
960 return *(u8 *) nla_data(nla);
964 * nla_get_u64 - return payload of u64 attribute
965 * @nla: u64 netlink attribute
967 static inline u64 nla_get_u64(struct nlattr *nla)
969 u64 tmp;
971 nla_memcpy(&tmp, nla, sizeof(tmp));
973 return tmp;
977 * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute
978 * @nla: flag netlink attribute
980 static inline int nla_get_flag(struct nlattr *nla)
982 return !!nla;
986 * nla_get_msecs - return payload of msecs attribute
987 * @nla: msecs netlink attribute
989 * Returns the number of milliseconds in jiffies.
991 static inline unsigned long nla_get_msecs(struct nlattr *nla)
993 u64 msecs = nla_get_u64(nla);
995 return msecs_to_jiffies((unsigned long) msecs);
999 * nla_nest_start - Start a new level of nested attributes
1000 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1001 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1003 * Returns the container attribute
1005 static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype)
1007 struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
1009 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL) < 0)
1010 return NULL;
1012 return start;
1016 * nla_nest_end - Finalize nesting of attributes
1017 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1018 * @start: container attribute
1020 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1021 * appeneded attributes.
1023 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1025 static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1027 start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
1028 return skb->len;
1032 * nla_nest_compat_start - Start a new level of nested compat attributes
1033 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1034 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1035 * @attrlen: length of structure
1036 * @data: pointer to structure
1038 * Start a nested compat attribute that contains both a structure and
1039 * a set of nested attributes.
1041 * Returns the container attribute
1043 static inline struct nlattr *nla_nest_compat_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
1044 int attrtype, int attrlen,
1045 const void *data)
1047 struct nlattr *start = (struct nlattr *)skb_tail_pointer(skb);
1049 if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0)
1050 return NULL;
1051 if (nla_nest_start(skb, attrtype) == NULL) {
1052 nlmsg_trim(skb, start);
1053 return NULL;
1055 return start;
1059 * nla_nest_compat_end - Finalize nesting of compat attributes
1060 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1061 * @start: container attribute
1063 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1064 * appeneded attributes.
1066 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1068 static inline int nla_nest_compat_end(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1070 struct nlattr *nest = (void *)start + NLMSG_ALIGN(start->nla_len);
1072 start->nla_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - (unsigned char *)start;
1073 return nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
1077 * nla_nest_cancel - Cancel nesting of attributes
1078 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
1079 * @start: container attribute
1081 * Removes the container attribute and including all nested
1082 * attributes. Returns -1.
1084 static inline int nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlattr *start)
1086 return nlmsg_trim(skb, start);
1090 * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
1091 * @start: container attribute
1092 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
1093 * @policy: validation policy
1095 * Validates all attributes in the nested attribute stream against the
1096 * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
1097 * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
1099 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
1101 static inline int nla_validate_nested(struct nlattr *start, int maxtype,
1102 const struct nla_policy *policy)
1104 return nla_validate(nla_data(start), nla_len(start), maxtype, policy);
1108 * nla_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
1109 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1110 * @head: head of attribute stream
1111 * @len: length of attribute stream
1112 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1114 #define nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
1115 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
1116 nla_ok(pos, rem); \
1117 pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
1120 * nla_for_each_nested - iterate over nested attributes
1121 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1122 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
1123 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1125 #define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
1126 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem)
1128 #endif