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() finalize 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_cancel(skb, nla) cancel nested attribute construction
124 * Attribute Length Calculations:
125 * nla_attr_size(payload) length of attribute w/o padding
126 * nla_total_size(payload) length of attribute w/ padding
127 * nla_padlen(payload) length of padding
129 * Attribute Payload Access:
130 * nla_data(nla) head of attribute payload
131 * nla_len(nla) length of attribute payload
133 * Attribute Payload Access for Basic Types:
134 * nla_get_u8(nla) get payload for a u8 attribute
135 * nla_get_u16(nla) get payload for a u16 attribute
136 * nla_get_u32(nla) get payload for a u32 attribute
137 * nla_get_u64(nla) get payload for a u64 attribute
138 * nla_get_flag(nla) return 1 if flag is true
139 * nla_get_msecs(nla) get payload for a msecs attribute
142 * nla_memcpy(dest, nla, count) copy attribute into memory
143 * nla_memcmp(nla, data, size) compare attribute with memory area
144 * nla_strlcpy(dst, nla, size) copy attribute to a sized string
145 * nla_strcmp(nla, str) compare attribute with string
148 * nla_ok(nla, remaining) does nla fit into remaining bytes?
149 * nla_next(nla, remaining) get next netlink attribute
150 * nla_validate() validate a stream of attributes
151 * nla_validate_nested() validate a stream of nested attributes
152 * nla_find() find attribute in stream of attributes
153 * nla_find_nested() find attribute in nested attributes
154 * nla_parse() parse and validate stream of attrs
155 * nla_parse_nested() parse nested attribuets
156 * nla_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
157 * nla_for_each_nested() loop over the nested attributes
158 *=========================================================================
162 * Standard attribute types to specify validation policy
180 #define NLA_TYPE_MAX (__NLA_TYPE_MAX - 1)
183 * struct nla_policy - attribute validation policy
184 * @type: Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC
185 * @len: Type specific length of payload
187 * Policies are defined as arrays of this struct, the array must be
188 * accessible by attribute type up to the highest identifier to be expected.
190 * Meaning of `len' field:
191 * NLA_STRING Maximum length of string
192 * NLA_NUL_STRING Maximum length of string (excluding NUL)
194 * NLA_BINARY Maximum length of attribute payload
195 * NLA_NESTED_COMPAT Exact length of structure payload
196 * All other Exact length of attribute payload
199 * static const struct nla_policy my_policy[ATTR_MAX+1] = {
200 * [ATTR_FOO] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
201 * [ATTR_BAR] = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = BARSIZ },
202 * [ATTR_BAZ] = { .len = sizeof(struct mystruct) },
211 * struct nl_info - netlink source information
212 * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
213 * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
216 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
221 extern int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
222 int (*cb
)(struct sk_buff
*,
224 extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
225 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, int report
,
228 extern int nla_validate(const struct nlattr
*head
,
229 int len
, int maxtype
,
230 const struct nla_policy
*policy
);
231 extern int nla_parse(struct nlattr
**tb
, int maxtype
,
232 const struct nlattr
*head
, int len
,
233 const struct nla_policy
*policy
);
234 extern int nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy
*, int);
235 extern struct nlattr
* nla_find(const struct nlattr
*head
,
236 int len
, int attrtype
);
237 extern size_t nla_strlcpy(char *dst
, const struct nlattr
*nla
,
239 extern int nla_memcpy(void *dest
, const struct nlattr
*src
, int count
);
240 extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const void *data
,
242 extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr
*nla
, const char *str
);
243 extern struct nlattr
* __nla_reserve(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
245 extern void * __nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
);
246 extern struct nlattr
* nla_reserve(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
248 extern void * nla_reserve_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
);
249 extern void __nla_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
250 int attrlen
, const void *data
);
251 extern void __nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
253 extern int nla_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
254 int attrlen
, const void *data
);
255 extern int nla_put_nohdr(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
257 extern int nla_append(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrlen
,
260 /**************************************************************************
262 **************************************************************************/
265 * nlmsg_msg_size - length of netlink message not including padding
266 * @payload: length of message payload
268 static inline int nlmsg_msg_size(int payload
)
270 return NLMSG_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
274 * nlmsg_total_size - length of netlink message including padding
275 * @payload: length of message payload
277 static inline int nlmsg_total_size(int payload
)
279 return NLMSG_ALIGN(nlmsg_msg_size(payload
));
283 * nlmsg_padlen - length of padding at the message's tail
284 * @payload: length of message payload
286 static inline int nlmsg_padlen(int payload
)
288 return nlmsg_total_size(payload
) - nlmsg_msg_size(payload
);
292 * nlmsg_data - head of message payload
293 * @nlh: netlink message header
295 static inline void *nlmsg_data(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
297 return (unsigned char *) nlh
+ NLMSG_HDRLEN
;
301 * nlmsg_len - length of message payload
302 * @nlh: netlink message header
304 static inline int nlmsg_len(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
306 return nlh
->nlmsg_len
- NLMSG_HDRLEN
;
310 * nlmsg_attrdata - head of attributes data
311 * @nlh: netlink message header
312 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
314 static inline struct nlattr
*nlmsg_attrdata(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
,
317 unsigned char *data
= nlmsg_data(nlh
);
318 return (struct nlattr
*) (data
+ NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen
));
322 * nlmsg_attrlen - length of attributes data
323 * @nlh: netlink message header
324 * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
326 static inline int nlmsg_attrlen(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int hdrlen
)
328 return nlmsg_len(nlh
) - NLMSG_ALIGN(hdrlen
);
332 * nlmsg_ok - check if the netlink message fits into the remaining bytes
333 * @nlh: netlink message header
334 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
336 static inline int nlmsg_ok(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
, int remaining
)
338 return (remaining
>= (int) sizeof(struct nlmsghdr
) &&
339 nlh
->nlmsg_len
>= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr
) &&
340 nlh
->nlmsg_len
<= remaining
);
344 * nlmsg_next - next netlink message in message stream
345 * @nlh: netlink message header
346 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in message stream
348 * Returns the next netlink message in the message stream and
349 * decrements remaining by the size of the current message.
351 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*
352 nlmsg_next(const 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(const 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(const 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(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
,
405 int hdrlen
, int maxtype
,
406 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
408 if (nlh
->nlmsg_len
< nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen
))
411 return nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh
, hdrlen
),
412 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh
, hdrlen
), maxtype
, policy
);
416 * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
417 * @nlh: netlink message header
419 * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
421 static inline int nlmsg_report(const struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
423 return !!(nlh
->nlmsg_flags
& NLM_F_ECHO
);
427 * nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
428 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
429 * @nlh: netlink message header
430 * @hdrlen: length of familiy specific header
431 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
433 #define nlmsg_for_each_attr(pos, nlh, hdrlen, rem) \
434 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen), \
435 nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), rem)
438 /* FIXME: Enable once all users have been converted */
441 * __nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
442 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
443 * @pid: netlink process id
444 * @seq: sequence number of message
445 * @type: message type
446 * @payload: length of message payload
447 * @flags: message flags
449 * The caller is responsible to ensure that the skb provides enough
450 * tailroom for both the netlink header and payload.
452 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
,
453 u32 seq
, int type
, int payload
,
456 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
458 nlh
= (struct nlmsghdr
*) skb_put(skb
, nlmsg_total_size(payload
));
459 nlh
->nlmsg_type
= type
;
460 nlh
->nlmsg_len
= nlmsg_msg_size(payload
);
461 nlh
->nlmsg_flags
= flags
;
462 nlh
->nlmsg_pid
= pid
;
463 nlh
->nlmsg_seq
= seq
;
465 memset((unsigned char *) nlmsg_data(nlh
) + payload
, 0,
466 nlmsg_padlen(payload
));
473 * nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
474 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
475 * @pid: netlink process id
476 * @seq: sequence number of message
477 * @type: message type
478 * @payload: length of message payload
479 * @flags: message flags
481 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
482 * the message header and payload.
484 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
, u32 seq
,
485 int type
, int payload
, int flags
)
487 if (unlikely(skb_tailroom(skb
) < nlmsg_total_size(payload
)))
490 return __nlmsg_put(skb
, pid
, seq
, type
, payload
, flags
);
494 * nlmsg_put_answer - Add a new callback based netlink message to an skb
495 * @skb: socket buffer to store message in
496 * @cb: netlink callback
497 * @type: message type
498 * @payload: length of message payload
499 * @flags: message flags
501 * Returns NULL if the tailroom of the skb is insufficient to store
502 * the message header and payload.
504 static inline struct nlmsghdr
*nlmsg_put_answer(struct sk_buff
*skb
,
505 struct netlink_callback
*cb
,
506 int type
, int payload
,
509 return nlmsg_put(skb
, NETLINK_CB(cb
->skb
).pid
, cb
->nlh
->nlmsg_seq
,
510 type
, payload
, flags
);
514 * nlmsg_new - Allocate a new netlink message
515 * @payload: size of the message payload
516 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
518 * Use NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE if the size of the payload isn't known
519 * and a good default is needed.
521 static inline struct sk_buff
*nlmsg_new(size_t payload
, gfp_t flags
)
523 return alloc_skb(nlmsg_total_size(payload
), flags
);
527 * nlmsg_end - Finalize a netlink message
528 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
529 * @nlh: netlink message header
531 * Corrects the netlink message header to include the appeneded
532 * attributes. Only necessary if attributes have been added to
535 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
537 static inline int nlmsg_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
539 nlh
->nlmsg_len
= skb_tail_pointer(skb
) - (unsigned char *)nlh
;
545 * nlmsg_get_pos - return current position in netlink message
546 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
548 * Returns a pointer to the current tail of the message.
550 static inline void *nlmsg_get_pos(struct sk_buff
*skb
)
552 return skb_tail_pointer(skb
);
556 * nlmsg_trim - Trim message to a mark
557 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
558 * @mark: mark to trim to
560 * Trims the message to the provided mark.
562 static inline void nlmsg_trim(struct sk_buff
*skb
, const void *mark
)
565 skb_trim(skb
, (unsigned char *) mark
- skb
->data
);
569 * nlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a netlink message
570 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
571 * @nlh: netlink message header
573 * Removes the complete netlink message including all
574 * attributes from the socket buffer again.
576 static inline void nlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
578 nlmsg_trim(skb
, nlh
);
582 * nlmsg_free - free a netlink message
583 * @skb: socket buffer of netlink message
585 static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff
*skb
)
591 * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
592 * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
593 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
594 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
595 * @group: multicast group id
596 * @flags: allocation flags
598 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
,
599 u32 pid
, unsigned int group
, gfp_t flags
)
603 NETLINK_CB(skb
).dst_group
= group
;
605 err
= netlink_broadcast(sk
, skb
, pid
, group
, flags
);
613 * nlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
614 * @sk: netlink socket to spread message to
615 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
616 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
618 static inline int nlmsg_unicast(struct sock
*sk
, struct sk_buff
*skb
, u32 pid
)
622 err
= netlink_unicast(sk
, skb
, pid
, MSG_DONTWAIT
);
630 * nlmsg_for_each_msg - iterate over a stream of messages
631 * @pos: loop counter, set to current message
632 * @head: head of message stream
633 * @len: length of message stream
634 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
636 #define nlmsg_for_each_msg(pos, head, len, rem) \
637 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
638 nlmsg_ok(pos, rem); \
639 pos = nlmsg_next(pos, &(rem)))
642 * nl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
643 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
644 * @nlh: netlink message header to write the flag to
646 * This function checks if the sequence (generation) number changed during dump
647 * and if it did, advertises it in the netlink message header.
649 * The correct way to use it is to set cb->seq to the generation counter when
650 * all locks for dumping have been acquired, and then call this function for
651 * each message that is generated.
653 * Note that due to initialisation concerns, 0 is an invalid sequence number
654 * and must not be used by code that uses this functionality.
657 nl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback
*cb
,
658 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
)
660 if (cb
->prev_seq
&& cb
->seq
!= cb
->prev_seq
)
661 nlh
->nlmsg_flags
|= NLM_F_DUMP_INTR
;
662 cb
->prev_seq
= cb
->seq
;
665 /**************************************************************************
667 **************************************************************************/
670 * nla_attr_size - length of attribute not including padding
671 * @payload: length of payload
673 static inline int nla_attr_size(int payload
)
675 return NLA_HDRLEN
+ payload
;
679 * nla_total_size - total length of attribute including padding
680 * @payload: length of payload
682 static inline int nla_total_size(int payload
)
684 return NLA_ALIGN(nla_attr_size(payload
));
688 * nla_padlen - length of padding at the tail of attribute
689 * @payload: length of payload
691 static inline int nla_padlen(int payload
)
693 return nla_total_size(payload
) - nla_attr_size(payload
);
697 * nla_type - attribute type
698 * @nla: netlink attribute
700 static inline int nla_type(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
702 return nla
->nla_type
& NLA_TYPE_MASK
;
706 * nla_data - head of payload
707 * @nla: netlink attribute
709 static inline void *nla_data(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
711 return (char *) nla
+ NLA_HDRLEN
;
715 * nla_len - length of payload
716 * @nla: netlink attribute
718 static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
720 return nla
->nla_len
- NLA_HDRLEN
;
724 * nla_ok - check if the netlink attribute fits into the remaining bytes
725 * @nla: netlink attribute
726 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
728 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr
*nla
, int remaining
)
730 return remaining
>= (int) sizeof(*nla
) &&
731 nla
->nla_len
>= sizeof(*nla
) &&
732 nla
->nla_len
<= remaining
;
736 * nla_next - next netlink attribute in attribute stream
737 * @nla: netlink attribute
738 * @remaining: number of bytes remaining in attribute stream
740 * Returns the next netlink attribute in the attribute stream and
741 * decrements remaining by the size of the current attribute.
743 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_next(const struct nlattr
*nla
, int *remaining
)
745 int totlen
= NLA_ALIGN(nla
->nla_len
);
747 *remaining
-= totlen
;
748 return (struct nlattr
*) ((char *) nla
+ totlen
);
752 * nla_find_nested - find attribute in a set of nested attributes
753 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
754 * @attrtype: type of attribute to look for
756 * Returns the first attribute which matches the specified type.
758 static inline struct nlattr
*
759 nla_find_nested(const struct nlattr
*nla
, int attrtype
)
761 return nla_find(nla_data(nla
), nla_len(nla
), attrtype
);
765 * nla_parse_nested - parse nested attributes
766 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
767 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
768 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
769 * @policy: validation policy
773 static inline int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr
*tb
[], int maxtype
,
774 const struct nlattr
*nla
,
775 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
777 return nla_parse(tb
, maxtype
, nla_data(nla
), nla_len(nla
), policy
);
781 * nla_put_u8 - Add a u8 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
782 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
783 * @attrtype: attribute type
784 * @value: numeric value
786 static inline int nla_put_u8(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u8 value
)
788 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u8
), &value
);
792 * nla_put_u16 - Add a u16 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
793 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
794 * @attrtype: attribute type
795 * @value: numeric value
797 static inline int nla_put_u16(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u16 value
)
799 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u16
), &value
);
803 * nla_put_u32 - Add a u32 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
804 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
805 * @attrtype: attribute type
806 * @value: numeric value
808 static inline int nla_put_u32(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u32 value
)
810 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u32
), &value
);
814 * nla_put_64 - Add a u64 netlink attribute to a socket buffer
815 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
816 * @attrtype: attribute type
817 * @value: numeric value
819 static inline int nla_put_u64(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
, u64 value
)
821 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u64
), &value
);
825 * nla_put_string - Add a string netlink attribute to a socket buffer
826 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
827 * @attrtype: attribute type
828 * @str: NUL terminated string
830 static inline int nla_put_string(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
833 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, strlen(str
) + 1, str
);
837 * nla_put_flag - Add a flag netlink attribute to a socket buffer
838 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
839 * @attrtype: attribute type
841 static inline int nla_put_flag(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
)
843 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, 0, NULL
);
847 * nla_put_msecs - Add a msecs netlink attribute to a socket buffer
848 * @skb: socket buffer to add attribute to
849 * @attrtype: attribute type
850 * @jiffies: number of msecs in jiffies
852 static inline int nla_put_msecs(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
,
853 unsigned long jiffies
)
855 u64 tmp
= jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies
);
856 return nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, sizeof(u64
), &tmp
);
859 #define NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) \
861 if (unlikely(nla_put(skb, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0)) \
862 goto nla_put_failure; \
865 #define NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, type, attrtype, value) \
867 type __tmp = value; \
868 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, sizeof(type), &__tmp); \
871 #define NLA_PUT_U8(skb, attrtype, value) \
872 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u8, attrtype, value)
874 #define NLA_PUT_U16(skb, attrtype, value) \
875 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u16, attrtype, value)
877 #define NLA_PUT_LE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
878 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __le16, attrtype, value)
880 #define NLA_PUT_BE16(skb, attrtype, value) \
881 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be16, attrtype, value)
883 #define NLA_PUT_NET16(skb, attrtype, value) \
884 NLA_PUT_BE16(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value)
886 #define NLA_PUT_U32(skb, attrtype, value) \
887 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u32, attrtype, value)
889 #define NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype, value) \
890 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be32, attrtype, value)
892 #define NLA_PUT_NET32(skb, attrtype, value) \
893 NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value)
895 #define NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, value) \
896 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, u64, attrtype, value)
898 #define NLA_PUT_BE64(skb, attrtype, value) \
899 NLA_PUT_TYPE(skb, __be64, attrtype, value)
901 #define NLA_PUT_NET64(skb, attrtype, value) \
902 NLA_PUT_BE64(skb, attrtype | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER, value)
904 #define NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, attrtype, value) \
905 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, strlen(value) + 1, value)
907 #define NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, attrtype) \
908 NLA_PUT(skb, attrtype, 0, NULL)
910 #define NLA_PUT_MSECS(skb, attrtype, jiffies) \
911 NLA_PUT_U64(skb, attrtype, jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies))
914 * nla_get_u32 - return payload of u32 attribute
915 * @nla: u32 netlink attribute
917 static inline u32
nla_get_u32(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
919 return *(u32
*) nla_data(nla
);
923 * nla_get_be32 - return payload of __be32 attribute
924 * @nla: __be32 netlink attribute
926 static inline __be32
nla_get_be32(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
928 return *(__be32
*) nla_data(nla
);
932 * nla_get_u16 - return payload of u16 attribute
933 * @nla: u16 netlink attribute
935 static inline u16
nla_get_u16(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
937 return *(u16
*) nla_data(nla
);
941 * nla_get_be16 - return payload of __be16 attribute
942 * @nla: __be16 netlink attribute
944 static inline __be16
nla_get_be16(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
946 return *(__be16
*) nla_data(nla
);
950 * nla_get_le16 - return payload of __le16 attribute
951 * @nla: __le16 netlink attribute
953 static inline __le16
nla_get_le16(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
955 return *(__le16
*) nla_data(nla
);
959 * nla_get_u8 - return payload of u8 attribute
960 * @nla: u8 netlink attribute
962 static inline u8
nla_get_u8(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
964 return *(u8
*) nla_data(nla
);
968 * nla_get_u64 - return payload of u64 attribute
969 * @nla: u64 netlink attribute
971 static inline u64
nla_get_u64(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
975 nla_memcpy(&tmp
, nla
, sizeof(tmp
));
981 * nla_get_be64 - return payload of __be64 attribute
982 * @nla: __be64 netlink attribute
984 static inline __be64
nla_get_be64(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
988 nla_memcpy(&tmp
, nla
, sizeof(tmp
));
994 * nla_get_flag - return payload of flag attribute
995 * @nla: flag netlink attribute
997 static inline int nla_get_flag(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
1003 * nla_get_msecs - return payload of msecs attribute
1004 * @nla: msecs netlink attribute
1006 * Returns the number of milliseconds in jiffies.
1008 static inline unsigned long nla_get_msecs(const struct nlattr
*nla
)
1010 u64 msecs
= nla_get_u64(nla
);
1012 return msecs_to_jiffies((unsigned long) msecs
);
1016 * nla_nest_start - Start a new level of nested attributes
1017 * @skb: socket buffer to add attributes to
1018 * @attrtype: attribute type of container
1020 * Returns the container attribute
1022 static inline struct nlattr
*nla_nest_start(struct sk_buff
*skb
, int attrtype
)
1024 struct nlattr
*start
= (struct nlattr
*)skb_tail_pointer(skb
);
1026 if (nla_put(skb
, attrtype
, 0, NULL
) < 0)
1033 * nla_nest_end - Finalize nesting of attributes
1034 * @skb: socket buffer the attributes are stored in
1035 * @start: container attribute
1037 * Corrects the container attribute header to include the all
1038 * appeneded attributes.
1040 * Returns the total data length of the skb.
1042 static inline int nla_nest_end(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlattr
*start
)
1044 start
->nla_len
= skb_tail_pointer(skb
) - (unsigned char *)start
;
1049 * nla_nest_cancel - Cancel nesting of attributes
1050 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
1051 * @start: container attribute
1053 * Removes the container attribute and including all nested
1054 * attributes. Returns -EMSGSIZE
1056 static inline void nla_nest_cancel(struct sk_buff
*skb
, struct nlattr
*start
)
1058 nlmsg_trim(skb
, start
);
1062 * nla_validate_nested - Validate a stream of nested attributes
1063 * @start: container attribute
1064 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
1065 * @policy: validation policy
1067 * Validates all attributes in the nested attribute stream against the
1068 * specified policy. Attributes with a type exceeding maxtype will be
1069 * ignored. See documenation of struct nla_policy for more details.
1071 * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
1073 static inline int nla_validate_nested(const struct nlattr
*start
, int maxtype
,
1074 const struct nla_policy
*policy
)
1076 return nla_validate(nla_data(start
), nla_len(start
), maxtype
, policy
);
1080 * nla_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
1081 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1082 * @head: head of attribute stream
1083 * @len: length of attribute stream
1084 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1086 #define nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
1087 for (pos = head, rem = len; \
1089 pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
1092 * nla_for_each_nested - iterate over nested attributes
1093 * @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute
1094 * @nla: attribute containing the nested attributes
1095 * @rem: initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
1097 #define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
1098 nla_for_each_attr(pos, nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla), rem)