tools/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
tools/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 7892 bytes
- Lines
- 253
- Domain
- Support Tooling And Documentation
- Bucket
- tools
- Inferred role
- Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/kernel.hlinux/socket.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct sockaddr_nlstruct nlmsghdrstruct nlmsgerrstruct nl_pktinfostruct nl_mmap_reqstruct nl_mmap_hdrstruct nlattrstruct nla_bitfield32enum nlmsgerr_attrsenum nl_mmap_status
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 {
__u32 nlmsg_len; /* Length of message including header */
__u16 nlmsg_type; /* Message content */
__u16 nlmsg_flags; /* Additional flags */
__u32 nlmsg_seq; /* Sequence number */
__u32 nlmsg_pid; /* Sending process port ID */
};
/* 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 /* Echo this request */
#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 */
/* 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_LENGTH(0)))
#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()
*/
/*
* followed by TLVs defined in enum nlmsgerr_attrs
* if NETLINK_EXT_ACK was set
*/
};
/**
* enum nlmsgerr_attrs - nlmsgerr attributes
* @NLMSGERR_ATTR_UNUSED: unused
* @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG: error message string (string)
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/kernel.h`, `linux/socket.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct sockaddr_nl`, `struct nlmsghdr`, `struct nlmsgerr`, `struct nl_pktinfo`, `struct nl_mmap_req`, `struct nl_mmap_hdr`, `struct nlattr`, `struct nla_bitfield32`, `enum nlmsgerr_attrs`, `enum nl_mmap_status`.
- Atlas domain: Support Tooling And Documentation / tools.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.