libnetlink - A library for accessing the netlink service
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <libnetlink.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
int rtnl_open(struct rtnl_handle *rth, unsigned subscriptions)
int rtnl_wilddump_request(struct rtnl_handle *rth, int family, int type)
int rtnl_send(struct rtnl_handle *rth, char *buf, int len)
int rtnl_dump_request(struct rtnl_handle *rth, int type, void *req, int len)
int rtnl_dump_filter(struct rtnl_handle *rth,
int (*filter)(struct sockaddr_nl *, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *),
void *arg1,
int (*junk)(struct sockaddr_nl *,struct nlmsghdr *n, void *),
void *arg2)
int rtnl_talk(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl, struct nlmsghdr *n, pid_t peer,
unsigned groups, struct nlmsghdr *answer,
int (*junk)(struct sockaddr_nl *,struct nlmsghdr *n, void *),
void *jarg)
int rtnl_listen(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl,
int (*handler)(struct sockaddr_nl *, struct rtnl_ctrl_data *,
struct nlmsghdr *n, void *),
void *jarg)
int rtnl_from_file(FILE *rtnl,
int (*handler)(struct sockaddr_nl *,struct nlmsghdr *n, void *),
void *jarg)
int addattr32(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u32 data)
int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, void *data, int alen)
int rta_addattr32(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type, __u32 data)
int rta_addattr_l(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type, void *data, int alen)
libnetlink provides a higher level interface to
rtnetlink(7). The read
functions return 0 on success and a negative errno on failure. The send
functions return the amount of data sent, or -1 on error.
- rtnl_open
- Open a rtnetlink socket and save the state into the
rth handle. This handle is passed to all subsequent calls.
subscriptions is a bitmap of the rtnetlink multicast groups the
socket will be a member of.
- rtnl_wilddump_request
- Request a full dump of the type database for
family addresses. type is a rtnetlink message type.
- rtnl_dump_request
- Request a full dump of the type data buffer into
buf with maximum length of len. type is a rtnetlink
message type.
- rtnl_dump_filter
- Receive netlink data after a request and filter it. The
filter callback checks if the received message is wanted. It gets
the source address of the message, the message itself and arg1 as
arguments. 0 as return means that the filter passed, a negative value is
returned by rtnl_dump_filter in case of error. NULL for
filter means to not use a filter. junk is used to filter
messages not destined to the local socket. Only one message bundle is
received. If there is a message pending, this function does not block.
- rtnl_listen
- Receive netlink data after a request and pass it to
handler. handler is a callback that gets the message source
address, anscillary data, the message itself, and the jarg cookie
as arguments. It will get called for all received messages. Only one
message bundle is received. If there is a message pending this function
does not block.
- rtnl_from_file
- Works like rtnl_listen, but reads a netlink message
bundle from the file file and passes the messages to handler
for parsing. The file should contain raw data as received from a rtnetlink
socket.
The following functions are useful to construct custom rtnetlink messages. For
simple database dumping with filtering it is better to use the higher level
functions above. See
rtnetlink(3) and
netlink(3) on how to
generate a rtnetlink message. The following utility functions require a
continuous buffer that already contains a netlink message header and a
rtnetlink request.
- rtnl_send
- Send the rtnetlink message in buf of length
len to handle rth.
- addattr32
- Add a __u32 attribute of type type and with value
data to netlink message n, which is part of a buffer of
length maxlen.
- addattr_l
- Add a variable length attribute of type type and
with value data and alen length to netlink message n,
which is part of a buffer of length maxlen. data is copied.
- rta_addattr32
- Initialize the rtnetlink attribute rta with a __u32
data value.
- rta_addattr32
- Initialize the rtnetlink attribute rta with a
variable length data value.
This library is meant for internal use, use libmnl for new programs.
The functions sometimes use fprintf and exit when a fatal error occurs. This
library should be named librtnetlink.
netlink/rtnetlink was designed and written by Alexey Kuznetsov. Andi Kleen wrote
the man page.
netlink(7),
rtnetlink(7)
/usr/include/linux/rtnetlink.h