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>
8 #define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)
11 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
12 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
13 * @id: multicast group ID, assigned by the core, to use with
14 * genlmsg_multicast().
15 * @list: list entry for linking
16 * @family: pointer to family, need not be set before registering
18 struct genl_multicast_group {
19 struct genl_family *family; /* private */
20 struct list_head list; /* private */
21 char name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
29 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
30 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
31 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
32 * @name: name of family
33 * @version: protocol version
34 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
35 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
36 * namespaces and should be presented in all of them
37 * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
38 * do additional, common, filtering and return an error
39 * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
40 * undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
41 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
42 * @ops_list: list of all assigned operations
43 * @family_list: family list
44 * @mcast_groups: multicast groups list
49 char name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
54 int (*pre_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
56 struct genl_info *info);
57 void (*post_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
59 struct genl_info *info);
60 struct nlattr ** attrbuf; /* private */
61 struct list_head ops_list; /* private */
62 struct list_head family_list; /* private */
63 struct list_head mcast_groups; /* private */
67 * struct genl_info - receiving information
68 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
69 * @snd_portid: netlink portid of sender
70 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
71 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
72 * @userhdr: user specific header
73 * @attrs: netlink attributes
74 * @_net: network namespace
75 * @user_ptr: user pointers
80 struct nlmsghdr * nlhdr;
81 struct genlmsghdr * genlhdr;
83 struct nlattr ** attrs;
90 static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
92 return read_pnet(&info->_net);
95 static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
97 write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
101 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
102 * @cmd: command identifier
103 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
105 * @policy: attribute validation policy
106 * @doit: standard command callback
107 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
108 * @done: completion callback for dumps
109 * @ops_list: operations list
115 const struct nla_policy *policy;
116 int (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
117 struct genl_info *info);
118 int (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
119 struct netlink_callback *cb);
120 int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
121 struct list_head ops_list;
124 extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
125 extern int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family *family,
126 struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops);
127 extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
128 extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
129 extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
130 extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
131 struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
132 extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
133 struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
134 extern void genl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 portid,
135 u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
137 void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
138 struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
141 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
142 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
143 * @family: generic netlink family
145 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
147 static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
148 struct genl_family *family)
150 return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
157 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
158 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
159 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
160 * @family: generic netlink family
162 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
163 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
165 static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
167 struct genl_family *family)
169 nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
173 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
174 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
175 * @info: receiver info
176 * @family: generic netlink family
177 * @flags: netlink message flags
178 * @cmd: generic netlink command
180 * Returns pointer to user specific header
182 static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
183 struct genl_info *info,
184 struct genl_family *family,
187 return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, family,
192 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
193 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
194 * @hdr: user specific header
196 static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
198 return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
202 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
203 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
204 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
206 static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
209 nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
213 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
214 * @net: the net namespace
215 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
216 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
217 * @group: multicast group id
218 * @flags: allocation flags
220 static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
221 u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
223 return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
227 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
228 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
229 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
230 * @group: multicast group id
231 * @flags: allocation flags
233 static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
234 unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
236 return genlmsg_multicast_netns(&init_net, skb, portid, group, flags);
240 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
241 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
242 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
243 * @group: multicast group id
244 * @flags: allocation flags
246 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
248 int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
249 unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
252 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
253 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
254 * @portid: netlink portid of the destination socket
256 static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid)
258 return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid);
262 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
263 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
264 * @info: receiver information
266 static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
268 return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_portid);
272 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
273 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
275 static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
277 return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
281 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
282 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
284 static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
286 struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
288 return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
292 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
293 * @payload: length of message payload
295 static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
297 return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
301 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
302 * @payload: length of message payload
304 static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
306 return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
310 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
311 * @payload: size of the message payload
312 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
314 static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
316 return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
320 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */