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];
53 int (*pre_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
55 struct genl_info *info);
56 void (*post_doit)(struct genl_ops *ops,
58 struct genl_info *info);
59 struct nlattr ** attrbuf; /* private */
60 struct list_head ops_list; /* private */
61 struct list_head family_list; /* private */
62 struct list_head mcast_groups; /* private */
66 * struct genl_info - receiving information
67 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
68 * @snd_pid: netlink pid of sender
69 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
70 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
71 * @userhdr: user specific header
72 * @attrs: netlink attributes
73 * @_net: network namespace
74 * @user_ptr: user pointers
79 struct nlmsghdr * nlhdr;
80 struct genlmsghdr * genlhdr;
82 struct nlattr ** attrs;
89 static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
91 return read_pnet(&info->_net);
94 static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
96 write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
100 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
101 * @cmd: command identifier
102 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
104 * @policy: attribute validation policy
105 * @doit: standard command callback
106 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
107 * @done: completion callback for dumps
108 * @ops_list: operations list
114 const struct nla_policy *policy;
115 int (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
116 struct genl_info *info);
117 int (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
118 struct netlink_callback *cb);
119 int (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
120 struct list_head ops_list;
123 extern int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
124 extern int genl_register_family_with_ops(struct genl_family *family,
125 struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops);
126 extern int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
127 extern int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
128 extern int genl_unregister_ops(struct genl_family *, struct genl_ops *ops);
129 extern int genl_register_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
130 struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
131 extern void genl_unregister_mc_group(struct genl_family *family,
132 struct genl_multicast_group *grp);
133 extern void genl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid,
134 u32 group, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, gfp_t flags);
136 void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
137 struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
140 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
141 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
142 * @family: generic netlink family
144 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
146 static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
147 struct genl_family *family)
149 return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
156 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
157 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
158 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
159 * @family: generic netlink family
161 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
162 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
164 static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
166 struct genl_family *family)
168 nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
172 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
173 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
174 * @info: receiver info
175 * @family: generic netlink family
176 * @flags: netlink message flags
177 * @cmd: generic netlink command
179 * Returns pointer to user specific header
181 static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
182 struct genl_info *info,
183 struct genl_family *family,
186 return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_pid, info->snd_seq, family,
191 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
192 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
193 * @hdr: user specific header
195 static inline int genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
197 return nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
201 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
202 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
203 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
205 static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
208 nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
212 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
213 * @net: the net namespace
214 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
215 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
216 * @group: multicast group id
217 * @flags: allocation flags
219 static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
220 u32 pid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
222 return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, pid, group, flags);
226 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
227 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
228 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
229 * @group: multicast group id
230 * @flags: allocation flags
232 static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
233 unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
235 return genlmsg_multicast_netns(&init_net, skb, pid, group, flags);
239 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
240 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
241 * @pid: own netlink pid to avoid sending to yourself
242 * @group: multicast group id
243 * @flags: allocation flags
245 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
247 int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
248 unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
251 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
252 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
253 * @pid: netlink pid of the destination socket
255 static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid)
257 return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, pid);
261 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
262 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
263 * @info: receiver information
265 static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
267 return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_pid);
271 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
272 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
274 static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
276 return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
280 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
281 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
283 static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
285 struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
287 return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
291 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
292 * @payload: length of message payload
294 static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
296 return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
300 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
301 * @payload: length of message payload
303 static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
305 return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
309 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
310 * @payload: size of the message payload
311 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
313 static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
315 return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
319 #endif /* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */