include/uapi/linux/netlink.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
Extension
.h
Size
12459 bytes
Lines
384
Domain
Core OS
Bucket
Core Kernel Interface
Inferred role
Core OS: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

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Annotated Snippet

struct sockaddr_nl {
	__kernel_sa_family_t	nl_family;	/* AF_NETLINK	*/
	unsigned short	nl_pad;		/* zero		*/
	__u32		nl_pid;		/* port ID	*/
       	__u32		nl_groups;	/* multicast groups mask */
};

/**
 * struct nlmsghdr - fixed format metadata header of Netlink messages
 * @nlmsg_len:   Length of message including header
 * @nlmsg_type:  Message content type
 * @nlmsg_flags: Additional flags
 * @nlmsg_seq:   Sequence number
 * @nlmsg_pid:   Sending process port ID
 */
struct nlmsghdr {
	__u32		nlmsg_len;
	__u16		nlmsg_type;
	__u16		nlmsg_flags;
	__u32		nlmsg_seq;
	__u32		nlmsg_pid;
};

/* Flags values */

#define NLM_F_REQUEST		0x01	/* It is request message. 	*/
#define NLM_F_MULTI		0x02	/* Multipart message, terminated by NLMSG_DONE */
#define NLM_F_ACK		0x04	/* Reply with ack, with zero or error code */
#define NLM_F_ECHO		0x08	/* Receive resulting notifications */
#define NLM_F_DUMP_INTR		0x10	/* Dump was inconsistent due to sequence change */
#define NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED	0x20	/* Dump was filtered as requested */

/* Modifiers to GET request */
#define NLM_F_ROOT	0x100	/* specify tree	root	*/
#define NLM_F_MATCH	0x200	/* return all matching	*/
#define NLM_F_ATOMIC	0x400	/* atomic GET		*/
#define NLM_F_DUMP	(NLM_F_ROOT|NLM_F_MATCH)

/* Modifiers to NEW request */
#define NLM_F_REPLACE	0x100	/* Override existing		*/
#define NLM_F_EXCL	0x200	/* Do not touch, if it exists	*/
#define NLM_F_CREATE	0x400	/* Create, if it does not exist	*/
#define NLM_F_APPEND	0x800	/* Add to end of list		*/

/* Modifiers to DELETE request */
#define NLM_F_NONREC	0x100	/* Do not delete recursively	*/
#define NLM_F_BULK	0x200	/* Delete multiple objects	*/

/* Flags for ACK message */
#define NLM_F_CAPPED	0x100	/* request was capped */
#define NLM_F_ACK_TLVS	0x200	/* extended ACK TVLs were included */

/*
   4.4BSD ADD		NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_EXCL
   4.4BSD CHANGE	NLM_F_REPLACE

   True CHANGE		NLM_F_CREATE|NLM_F_REPLACE
   Append		NLM_F_CREATE
   Check		NLM_F_EXCL
 */

#define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4U
#define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
#define NLMSG_HDRLEN	 ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len) + NLMSG_HDRLEN)
#define NLMSG_SPACE(len) NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_LENGTH(len))
#define NLMSG_DATA(nlh)  ((void *)(((char *)nlh) + NLMSG_HDRLEN))
#define NLMSG_NEXT(nlh,len)	 ((len) -= NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len), \
				  (struct nlmsghdr *)(((char *)(nlh)) + \
				  NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len)))
#define NLMSG_OK(nlh,len) ((len) >= (int)sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) && \
			   (nlh)->nlmsg_len >= sizeof(struct nlmsghdr) && \
			   (nlh)->nlmsg_len <= (len))
#define NLMSG_PAYLOAD(nlh,len) ((nlh)->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_SPACE((len)))

#define NLMSG_NOOP		0x1	/* Nothing.		*/
#define NLMSG_ERROR		0x2	/* Error		*/
#define NLMSG_DONE		0x3	/* End of a dump	*/
#define NLMSG_OVERRUN		0x4	/* Data lost		*/

#define NLMSG_MIN_TYPE		0x10	/* < 0x10: reserved control messages */

struct nlmsgerr {
	int		error;
	struct nlmsghdr msg;
	/*
	 * followed by the message contents unless NETLINK_CAP_ACK was set
	 * or the ACK indicates success (error == 0)
	 * message length is aligned with NLMSG_ALIGN()
	 */

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