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  1#ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  2#define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  3
  4#include <linux/genetlink.h>
  5#include <net/netlink.h>
  6#include <net/net_namespace.h>
  7
  8#define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)
  9
 10/**
 11 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
 12 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
 13 */
 14struct genl_multicast_group {
 15	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 16};
 17
 18struct genl_ops;
 19struct genl_info;
 20
 21/**
 22 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
 23 * @id: protocol family idenfitier
 24 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
 25 * @name: name of family
 26 * @version: protocol version
 27 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
 
 28 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
 29 *	namespaces and should be presented in all of them
 30 * @parallel_ops: operations can be called in parallel and aren't
 31 *	synchronized by the core genetlink code
 32 * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
 33 *	do additional, common, filtering and return an error
 34 * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
 35 *	undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
 36 * @mcast_bind: a socket bound to the given multicast group (which
 37 *	is given as the offset into the groups array)
 38 * @mcast_unbind: a socket was unbound from the given multicast group.
 39 *	Note that unbind() will not be called symmetrically if the
 40 *	generic netlink family is removed while there are still open
 41 *	sockets.
 42 * @attrbuf: buffer to store parsed attributes
 43 * @family_list: family list
 44 * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family (private)
 45 * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups (private)
 46 * @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family
 47 * @ops: the operations supported by this family (private)
 48 * @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family (private)
 
 49 */
 50struct genl_family {
 51	unsigned int		id;
 52	unsigned int		hdrsize;
 53	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 54	unsigned int		version;
 55	unsigned int		maxattr;
 56	bool			netnsok;
 57	bool			parallel_ops;
 
 58	int			(*pre_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 59					    struct sk_buff *skb,
 60					    struct genl_info *info);
 61	void			(*post_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 62					     struct sk_buff *skb,
 63					     struct genl_info *info);
 64	int			(*mcast_bind)(struct net *net, int group);
 65	void			(*mcast_unbind)(struct net *net, int group);
 66	struct nlattr **	attrbuf;	/* private */
 67	const struct genl_ops *	ops;		/* private */
 68	const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps; /* private */
 69	unsigned int		n_ops;		/* private */
 70	unsigned int		n_mcgrps;	/* private */
 71	unsigned int		mcgrp_offset;	/* private */
 72	struct list_head	family_list;	/* private */
 73	struct module		*module;
 74};
 75
 76/**
 77 * struct genl_info - receiving information
 78 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
 79 * @snd_portid: netlink portid of sender
 80 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
 81 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
 82 * @userhdr: user specific header
 83 * @attrs: netlink attributes
 84 * @_net: network namespace
 85 * @user_ptr: user pointers
 
 86 */
 87struct genl_info {
 88	u32			snd_seq;
 89	u32			snd_portid;
 90	struct nlmsghdr *	nlhdr;
 91	struct genlmsghdr *	genlhdr;
 92	void *			userhdr;
 93	struct nlattr **	attrs;
 94	possible_net_t		_net;
 95	void *			user_ptr[2];
 
 96};
 97
 98static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
 99{
100	return read_pnet(&info->_net);
101}
102
103static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
104{
105	write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
106}
107
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
108/**
109 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
110 * @cmd: command identifier
111 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
112 * @flags: flags
113 * @policy: attribute validation policy
114 * @doit: standard command callback
115 * @start: start callback for dumps
116 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
117 * @done: completion callback for dumps
118 * @ops_list: operations list
119 */
120struct genl_ops {
121	const struct nla_policy	*policy;
122	int		       (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
123				       struct genl_info *info);
124	int		       (*start)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
125	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
126					 struct netlink_callback *cb);
127	int		       (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
128	u8			cmd;
129	u8			internal_flags;
130	u8			flags;
 
131};
132
133int __genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
134
135static inline int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
136{
137	family->module = THIS_MODULE;
138	return __genl_register_family(family);
139}
140
141/**
142 * genl_register_family_with_ops - register a generic netlink family with ops
143 * @family: generic netlink family
144 * @ops: operations to be registered
145 * @n_ops: number of elements to register
146 *
147 * Registers the specified family and operations from the specified table.
148 * Only one family may be registered with the same family name or identifier.
149 *
150 * The family id may equal GENL_ID_GENERATE causing an unique id to
151 * be automatically generated and assigned.
152 *
153 * Either a doit or dumpit callback must be specified for every registered
154 * operation or the function will fail. Only one operation structure per
155 * command identifier may be registered.
156 *
157 * See include/net/genetlink.h for more documenation on the operations
158 * structure.
159 *
160 * Return 0 on success or a negative error code.
161 */
162static inline int
163_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps(struct genl_family *family,
164				    const struct genl_ops *ops, size_t n_ops,
165				    const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps,
166				    size_t n_mcgrps)
167{
168	family->module = THIS_MODULE;
169	family->ops = ops;
170	family->n_ops = n_ops;
171	family->mcgrps = mcgrps;
172	family->n_mcgrps = n_mcgrps;
173	return __genl_register_family(family);
174}
175
176#define genl_register_family_with_ops(family, ops)			\
177	_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family),			\
178					    (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops),	\
179					    NULL, 0)
180#define genl_register_family_with_ops_groups(family, ops, grps)	\
181	_genl_register_family_with_ops_grps((family),			\
182					    (ops), ARRAY_SIZE(ops),	\
183					    (grps), ARRAY_SIZE(grps))
184
185int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family);
186void genl_notify(struct genl_family *family, struct sk_buff *skb,
187		 struct genl_info *info, u32 group, gfp_t flags);
188
189void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
190		  struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
191
192/**
193 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
194 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
195 * @family: generic netlink family
196 *
197 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
198 */
199static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
200					     struct genl_family *family)
201{
202	return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
203				   family->hdrsize -
204				   GENL_HDRLEN -
205				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
206}
207
208/**
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
209 * genlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a genetlink message
210 * @nlh: netlink message header
211 * @family: genetlink message family
212 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
213 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
214 * @policy: validation policy
215 * */
 
216static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
217				const struct genl_family *family,
218				struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
219				const struct nla_policy *policy)
 
220{
221	return nlmsg_parse(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb, maxtype,
222			   policy);
223}
224
225/**
226 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
227 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
228 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
229 * @family: generic netlink family
230 *
231 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
232 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
233 */
234static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
235					      void *user_hdr,
236					      struct genl_family *family)
237{
238	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
239}
240
241/**
242 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
243 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
244 * @info: receiver info
245 * @family: generic netlink family
246 * @flags: netlink message flags
247 * @cmd: generic netlink command
248 *
249 * Returns pointer to user specific header
250 */
251static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
252				      struct genl_info *info,
253				      struct genl_family *family,
254				      int flags, u8 cmd)
255{
256	return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, family,
257			   flags, cmd);
258}
259
260/**
261 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
262 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
263 * @hdr: user specific header
264 */
265static inline void genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
266{
267	nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
268}
269
270/**
271 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
272 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
273 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
274 */
275static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
276{
277	if (hdr)
278		nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
279}
280
281/**
282 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
283 * @family: the generic netlink family
284 * @net: the net namespace
285 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
286 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
287 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
288 * @flags: allocation flags
289 */
290static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(struct genl_family *family,
291					  struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
292					  u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
293{
294	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
295		return -EINVAL;
296	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
297	return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
298}
299
300/**
301 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
302 * @family: the generic netlink family
303 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
304 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
305 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
306 * @flags: allocation flags
307 */
308static inline int genlmsg_multicast(struct genl_family *family,
309				    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
310				    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
311{
312	return genlmsg_multicast_netns(family, &init_net, skb,
313				       portid, group, flags);
314}
315
316/**
317 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
318 * @family: the generic netlink family
319 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
320 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
321 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
322 * @flags: allocation flags
323 *
324 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
325 */
326int genlmsg_multicast_allns(struct genl_family *family,
327			    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
328			    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
329
330/**
331 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
332 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
333 * @portid: netlink portid of the destination socket
334 */
335static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid)
336{
337	return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid);
338}
339
340/**
341 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
342 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
343 * @info: receiver information
344 */
345static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
346{
347	return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_portid);
348}
349
350/**
351 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
352 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
353 */
354static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
355{
356	return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
357}
358
359/**
360 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
361 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
362 */
363static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
364{
365	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
366							NLMSG_HDRLEN);
367	return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
368}
369
370/**
371 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
372 * @payload: length of message payload
373 */
374static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
375{
376	return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
377}
378
379/**
380 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
381 * @payload: length of message payload
382 */
383static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
384{
385	return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
386}
387
388/**
389 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
390 * @payload: size of the message payload
391 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
392 */
393static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
394{
395	return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
396}
397
398/**
399 * genl_set_err - report error to genetlink broadcast listeners
400 * @family: the generic netlink family
401 * @net: the network namespace to report the error to
402 * @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
403 * @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
404 * 	(this is the offset of the multicast group in the groups array)
405 * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
406 *
407 * This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the
408 * NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option.
409 */
410static inline int genl_set_err(struct genl_family *family, struct net *net,
411			       u32 portid, u32 group, int code)
 
412{
413	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
414		return -EINVAL;
415	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
416	return netlink_set_err(net->genl_sock, portid, group, code);
417}
418
419static inline int genl_has_listeners(struct genl_family *family,
420				     struct net *net, unsigned int group)
421{
422	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
423		return -EINVAL;
424	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
425	return netlink_has_listeners(net->genl_sock, group);
426}
427#endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
v5.9
  1/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
  2#ifndef __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  3#define __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H
  4
  5#include <linux/genetlink.h>
  6#include <net/netlink.h>
  7#include <net/net_namespace.h>
  8
  9#define GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE (NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE - GENL_HDRLEN)
 10
 11/**
 12 * struct genl_multicast_group - generic netlink multicast group
 13 * @name: name of the multicast group, names are per-family
 14 */
 15struct genl_multicast_group {
 16	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 17};
 18
 19struct genl_ops;
 20struct genl_info;
 21
 22/**
 23 * struct genl_family - generic netlink family
 24 * @id: protocol family identifier (private)
 25 * @hdrsize: length of user specific header in bytes
 26 * @name: name of family
 27 * @version: protocol version
 28 * @maxattr: maximum number of attributes supported
 29 * @policy: netlink policy
 30 * @netnsok: set to true if the family can handle network
 31 *	namespaces and should be presented in all of them
 32 * @parallel_ops: operations can be called in parallel and aren't
 33 *	synchronized by the core genetlink code
 34 * @pre_doit: called before an operation's doit callback, it may
 35 *	do additional, common, filtering and return an error
 36 * @post_doit: called after an operation's doit callback, it may
 37 *	undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
 38 * @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family
 39 * @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 40 * @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family
 41 *	(private)
 42 * @ops: the operations supported by this family
 43 * @n_ops: number of operations supported by this family
 44 */
 45struct genl_family {
 46	int			id;		/* private */
 47	unsigned int		hdrsize;
 48	char			name[GENL_NAMSIZ];
 49	unsigned int		version;
 50	unsigned int		maxattr;
 51	bool			netnsok;
 52	bool			parallel_ops;
 53	const struct nla_policy *policy;
 54	int			(*pre_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 55					    struct sk_buff *skb,
 56					    struct genl_info *info);
 57	void			(*post_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
 58					     struct sk_buff *skb,
 59					     struct genl_info *info);
 60	const struct genl_ops *	ops;
 61	const struct genl_multicast_group *mcgrps;
 62	unsigned int		n_ops;
 63	unsigned int		n_mcgrps;
 
 
 
 64	unsigned int		mcgrp_offset;	/* private */
 
 65	struct module		*module;
 66};
 67
 68/**
 69 * struct genl_info - receiving information
 70 * @snd_seq: sending sequence number
 71 * @snd_portid: netlink portid of sender
 72 * @nlhdr: netlink message header
 73 * @genlhdr: generic netlink message header
 74 * @userhdr: user specific header
 75 * @attrs: netlink attributes
 76 * @_net: network namespace
 77 * @user_ptr: user pointers
 78 * @extack: extended ACK report struct
 79 */
 80struct genl_info {
 81	u32			snd_seq;
 82	u32			snd_portid;
 83	struct nlmsghdr *	nlhdr;
 84	struct genlmsghdr *	genlhdr;
 85	void *			userhdr;
 86	struct nlattr **	attrs;
 87	possible_net_t		_net;
 88	void *			user_ptr[2];
 89	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack;
 90};
 91
 92static inline struct net *genl_info_net(struct genl_info *info)
 93{
 94	return read_pnet(&info->_net);
 95}
 96
 97static inline void genl_info_net_set(struct genl_info *info, struct net *net)
 98{
 99	write_pnet(&info->_net, net);
100}
101
102#define GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, msg) NL_SET_ERR_MSG((info)->extack, msg)
103
104static inline int genl_err_attr(struct genl_info *info, int err,
105				const struct nlattr *attr)
106{
107	info->extack->bad_attr = attr;
108
109	return err;
110}
111
112enum genl_validate_flags {
113	GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT		= BIT(0),
114	GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP			= BIT(1),
115	GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP_STRICT		= BIT(2),
116};
117
118/**
119 * struct genl_info - info that is available during dumpit op call
120 * @family: generic netlink family - for internal genl code usage
121 * @ops: generic netlink ops - for internal genl code usage
122 * @attrs: netlink attributes
123 */
124struct genl_dumpit_info {
125	const struct genl_family *family;
126	const struct genl_ops *ops;
127	struct nlattr **attrs;
128};
129
130static inline const struct genl_dumpit_info *
131genl_dumpit_info(struct netlink_callback *cb)
132{
133	return cb->data;
134}
135
136/**
137 * struct genl_ops - generic netlink operations
138 * @cmd: command identifier
139 * @internal_flags: flags used by the family
140 * @flags: flags
141 * @validate: validation flags from enum genl_validate_flags
142 * @doit: standard command callback
143 * @start: start callback for dumps
144 * @dumpit: callback for dumpers
145 * @done: completion callback for dumps
 
146 */
147struct genl_ops {
 
148	int		       (*doit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
149				       struct genl_info *info);
150	int		       (*start)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
151	int		       (*dumpit)(struct sk_buff *skb,
152					 struct netlink_callback *cb);
153	int		       (*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
154	u8			cmd;
155	u8			internal_flags;
156	u8			flags;
157	u8			validate;
158};
159
160int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family);
161int genl_unregister_family(const struct genl_family *family);
162void genl_notify(const struct genl_family *family, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
163		 struct genl_info *info, u32 group, gfp_t flags);
164
165void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
166		  const struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd);
167
168/**
169 * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
170 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
 
171 *
172 * Returns pointer to netlink header.
173 */
174static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr)
 
175{
176	return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
 
177				   GENL_HDRLEN -
178				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
179}
180
181/**
182 * genlmsg_parse_deprecated - parse attributes of a genetlink message
183 * @nlh: netlink message header
184 * @family: genetlink message family
185 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
186 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
187 * @policy: validation policy
188 * @extack: extended ACK report struct
189 */
190static inline int genlmsg_parse_deprecated(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
191					   const struct genl_family *family,
192					   struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
193					   const struct nla_policy *policy,
194					   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
195{
196	return __nlmsg_parse(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb, maxtype,
197			     policy, NL_VALIDATE_LIBERAL, extack);
198}
199
200/**
201 * genlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a genetlink message
202 * @nlh: netlink message header
203 * @family: genetlink message family
204 * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
205 * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
206 * @policy: validation policy
207 * @extack: extended ACK report struct
208 */
209static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
210				const struct genl_family *family,
211				struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
212				const struct nla_policy *policy,
213				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
214{
215	return __nlmsg_parse(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb, maxtype,
216			     policy, NL_VALIDATE_STRICT, extack);
217}
218
219/**
220 * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
221 * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
222 * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
 
223 *
224 * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
225 * simpler to use with generic netlink.
226 */
227static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
228					      void *user_hdr)
 
229{
230	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr));
231}
232
233/**
234 * genlmsg_put_reply - Add generic netlink header to a reply message
235 * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
236 * @info: receiver info
237 * @family: generic netlink family
238 * @flags: netlink message flags
239 * @cmd: generic netlink command
240 *
241 * Returns pointer to user specific header
242 */
243static inline void *genlmsg_put_reply(struct sk_buff *skb,
244				      struct genl_info *info,
245				      const struct genl_family *family,
246				      int flags, u8 cmd)
247{
248	return genlmsg_put(skb, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, family,
249			   flags, cmd);
250}
251
252/**
253 * genlmsg_end - Finalize a generic netlink message
254 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
255 * @hdr: user specific header
256 */
257static inline void genlmsg_end(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
258{
259	nlmsg_end(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
260}
261
262/**
263 * genlmsg_cancel - Cancel construction of a generic netlink message
264 * @skb: socket buffer the message is stored in
265 * @hdr: generic netlink message header
266 */
267static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
268{
269	if (hdr)
270		nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
271}
272
273/**
274 * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
275 * @family: the generic netlink family
276 * @net: the net namespace
277 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
278 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
279 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
280 * @flags: allocation flags
281 */
282static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(const struct genl_family *family,
283					  struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
284					  u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
285{
286	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
287		return -EINVAL;
288	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
289	return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
290}
291
292/**
293 * genlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message to the default netns
294 * @family: the generic netlink family
295 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
296 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
297 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
298 * @flags: allocation flags
299 */
300static inline int genlmsg_multicast(const struct genl_family *family,
301				    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
302				    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
303{
304	return genlmsg_multicast_netns(family, &init_net, skb,
305				       portid, group, flags);
306}
307
308/**
309 * genlmsg_multicast_allns - multicast a netlink message to all net namespaces
310 * @family: the generic netlink family
311 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
312 * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
313 * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
314 * @flags: allocation flags
315 *
316 * This function must hold the RTNL or rcu_read_lock().
317 */
318int genlmsg_multicast_allns(const struct genl_family *family,
319			    struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid,
320			    unsigned int group, gfp_t flags);
321
322/**
323 * genlmsg_unicast - unicast a netlink message
324 * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
325 * @portid: netlink portid of the destination socket
326 */
327static inline int genlmsg_unicast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid)
328{
329	return nlmsg_unicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid);
330}
331
332/**
333 * genlmsg_reply - reply to a request
334 * @skb: netlink message to be sent back
335 * @info: receiver information
336 */
337static inline int genlmsg_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
338{
339	return genlmsg_unicast(genl_info_net(info), skb, info->snd_portid);
340}
341
342/**
343 * gennlmsg_data - head of message payload
344 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
345 */
346static inline void *genlmsg_data(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
347{
348	return ((unsigned char *) gnlh + GENL_HDRLEN);
349}
350
351/**
352 * genlmsg_len - length of message payload
353 * @gnlh: genetlink message header
354 */
355static inline int genlmsg_len(const struct genlmsghdr *gnlh)
356{
357	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)gnlh -
358							NLMSG_HDRLEN);
359	return (nlh->nlmsg_len - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
360}
361
362/**
363 * genlmsg_msg_size - length of genetlink message not including padding
364 * @payload: length of message payload
365 */
366static inline int genlmsg_msg_size(int payload)
367{
368	return GENL_HDRLEN + payload;
369}
370
371/**
372 * genlmsg_total_size - length of genetlink message including padding
373 * @payload: length of message payload
374 */
375static inline int genlmsg_total_size(int payload)
376{
377	return NLMSG_ALIGN(genlmsg_msg_size(payload));
378}
379
380/**
381 * genlmsg_new - Allocate a new generic netlink message
382 * @payload: size of the message payload
383 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
384 */
385static inline struct sk_buff *genlmsg_new(size_t payload, gfp_t flags)
386{
387	return nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(payload), flags);
388}
389
390/**
391 * genl_set_err - report error to genetlink broadcast listeners
392 * @family: the generic netlink family
393 * @net: the network namespace to report the error to
394 * @portid: the PORTID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
395 * @group: the broadcast group that will notice the error
396 * 	(this is the offset of the multicast group in the groups array)
397 * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
398 *
399 * This function returns the number of broadcast listeners that have set the
400 * NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option.
401 */
402static inline int genl_set_err(const struct genl_family *family,
403			       struct net *net, u32 portid,
404			       u32 group, int code)
405{
406	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
407		return -EINVAL;
408	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
409	return netlink_set_err(net->genl_sock, portid, group, code);
410}
411
412static inline int genl_has_listeners(const struct genl_family *family,
413				     struct net *net, unsigned int group)
414{
415	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
416		return -EINVAL;
417	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
418	return netlink_has_listeners(net->genl_sock, group);
419}
420#endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */