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Release 4.12 include/uapi/linux/netlink.h

#ifndef _UAPI__LINUX_NETLINK_H

#define _UAPI__LINUX_NETLINK_H

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/socket.h> /* for __kernel_sa_family_t */
#include <linux/types.h>


#define NETLINK_ROUTE		0	
/* Routing/device hook                          */

#define NETLINK_UNUSED		1	
/* Unused number                                */

#define NETLINK_USERSOCK	2	
/* Reserved for user mode socket protocols      */

#define NETLINK_FIREWALL	3	
/* Unused number, formerly ip_queue             */

#define NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG	4	
/* socket monitoring                            */

#define NETLINK_NFLOG		5	
/* netfilter/iptables ULOG */

#define NETLINK_XFRM		6	
/* ipsec */

#define NETLINK_SELINUX		7	
/* SELinux event notifications */

#define NETLINK_ISCSI		8	
/* Open-iSCSI */

#define NETLINK_AUDIT		9	
/* auditing */

#define NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP	10	

#define NETLINK_CONNECTOR	11

#define NETLINK_NETFILTER	12	
/* netfilter subsystem */

#define NETLINK_IP6_FW		13

#define NETLINK_DNRTMSG		14	
/* DECnet routing messages */

#define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT	15	
/* Kernel messages to userspace */

#define NETLINK_GENERIC		16
/* leave room for NETLINK_DM (DM Events) */

#define NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT	18	
/* SCSI Transports */

#define NETLINK_ECRYPTFS	19

#define NETLINK_RDMA		20

#define NETLINK_CRYPTO		21	
/* Crypto layer */

#define NETLINK_SMC		22	
/* SMC monitoring */


#define NETLINK_INET_DIAG	NETLINK_SOCK_DIAG


#define MAX_LINKS 32		


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           */

/* 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)
 * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS: offset of the invalid attribute in the original
 *       message, counting from the beginning of the header (u32)
 * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE: arbitrary subsystem specific cookie to
 *      be used - in the success case - to identify a created
 *      object or operation or similar (binary)
 * @__NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX: number of attributes
 * @NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number
 */

enum nlmsgerr_attrs {
	
NLMSGERR_ATTR_UNUSED,
	
NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG,
	
NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS,
	
NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE,

	
__NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX,
	
NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX = __NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX - 1
};


#define NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP		1

#define NETLINK_DROP_MEMBERSHIP		2

#define NETLINK_PKTINFO			3

#define NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR		4

#define NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS		5
#ifndef __KERNEL__

#define NETLINK_RX_RING			6

#define NETLINK_TX_RING			7
#endif

#define NETLINK_LISTEN_ALL_NSID		8

#define NETLINK_LIST_MEMBERSHIPS	9

#define NETLINK_CAP_ACK			10

#define NETLINK_EXT_ACK			11


struct nl_pktinfo {
	
__u32	group;
};


struct nl_mmap_req {
	
unsigned int	nm_block_size;
	
unsigned int	nm_block_nr;
	
unsigned int	nm_frame_size;
	
unsigned int	nm_frame_nr;
};


struct nl_mmap_hdr {
	
unsigned int	nm_status;
	
unsigned int	nm_len;
	
__u32		nm_group;
	/* credentials */
	
__u32		nm_pid;
	
__u32		nm_uid;
	
__u32		nm_gid;
};

#ifndef __KERNEL__

enum nl_mmap_status {
	
NL_MMAP_STATUS_UNUSED,
	
NL_MMAP_STATUS_RESERVED,
	
NL_MMAP_STATUS_VALID,
	
NL_MMAP_STATUS_COPY,
	
NL_MMAP_STATUS_SKIP,
};


#define NL_MMAP_MSG_ALIGNMENT		NLMSG_ALIGNTO

#define NL_MMAP_MSG_ALIGN(sz)		__ALIGN_KERNEL(sz, NL_MMAP_MSG_ALIGNMENT)

#define NL_MMAP_HDRLEN			NL_MMAP_MSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nl_mmap_hdr))
#endif


#define NET_MAJOR 36		
/* Major 36 is reserved for networking                                          */

enum {
	
NETLINK_UNCONNECTED = 0,
	
NETLINK_CONNECTED,
};

/*
 *  <------- NLA_HDRLEN ------> <-- NLA_ALIGN(payload)-->
 * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
 * |        Header       | Pad |     Payload       | Pad |
 * |   (struct nlattr)   | ing |                   | ing |
 * +---------------------+- - -+- - - - - - - - - -+- - -+
 *  <-------------- nlattr->nla_len -------------->
 */


struct nlattr {
	
__u16           nla_len;
	
__u16           nla_type;
};

/*
 * nla_type (16 bits)
 * +---+---+-------------------------------+
 * | N | O | Attribute Type                |
 * +---+---+-------------------------------+
 * N := Carries nested attributes
 * O := Payload stored in network byte order
 *
 * Note: The N and O flag are mutually exclusive.
 */

#define NLA_F_NESTED		(1 << 15)

#define NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER	(1 << 14)

#define NLA_TYPE_MASK		~(NLA_F_NESTED | NLA_F_NET_BYTEORDER)


#define NLA_ALIGNTO		4

#define NLA_ALIGN(len)		(((len) + NLA_ALIGNTO - 1) & ~(NLA_ALIGNTO - 1))

#define NLA_HDRLEN		((int) NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlattr)))


#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_NETLINK_H */

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