2 * lib/nl.c Core Netlink Interface
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1
9 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
16 * @par 1) Connecting the socket
18 * // Bind and connect the socket to a protocol, NETLINK_ROUTE in this example.
19 * nl_connect(sk, NETLINK_ROUTE);
22 * @par 2) Sending data
24 * // The most rudimentary method is to use nl_sendto() simply pushing
25 * // a piece of data to the other netlink peer. This method is not
27 * const char buf[] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04 };
28 * nl_sendto(sk, buf, sizeof(buf));
30 * // A more comfortable interface is nl_send() taking a pointer to
31 * // a netlink message.
32 * struct nl_msg *msg = my_msg_builder();
33 * nl_send(sk, nlmsg_hdr(msg));
35 * // nl_sendmsg() provides additional control over the sendmsg() message
36 * // header in order to allow more specific addressing of multiple peers etc.
37 * struct msghdr hdr = { ... };
38 * nl_sendmsg(sk, nlmsg_hdr(msg), &hdr);
40 * // You're probably too lazy to fill out the netlink pid, sequence number
41 * // and message flags all the time. nl_send_auto_complete() automatically
42 * // extends your message header as needed with an appropriate sequence
43 * // number, the netlink pid stored in the netlink socket and the message
44 * // flags NLM_F_REQUEST and NLM_F_ACK (if not disabled in the socket)
45 * nl_send_auto_complete(sk, nlmsg_hdr(msg));
47 * // Simple protocols don't require the complex message construction interface
48 * // and may favour nl_send_simple() to easly send a bunch of payload
49 * // encapsulated in a netlink message header.
50 * nl_send_simple(sk, MY_MSG_TYPE, 0, buf, sizeof(buf));
53 * @par 3) Receiving data
55 * // nl_recv() receives a single message allocating a buffer for the message
56 * // content and gives back the pointer to you.
57 * struct sockaddr_nl peer;
59 * nl_recv(sk, &peer, &msg);
61 * // nl_recvmsgs() receives a bunch of messages until the callback system
62 * // orders it to state, usually after receving a compolete multi part
64 * nl_recvmsgs(sk, my_callback_configuration);
66 * // nl_recvmsgs_default() acts just like nl_recvmsg() but uses the callback
67 * // configuration stored in the socket.
68 * nl_recvmsgs_default(sk);
70 * // In case you want to wait for the ACK to be recieved that you requested
71 * // with your latest message, you can call nl_wait_for_ack()
72 * nl_wait_for_ack(sk);
77 * // Close the socket first to release kernel memory
84 #include <netlink-local.h>
85 #include <netlink/netlink.h>
86 #include <netlink/utils.h>
87 #include <netlink/handlers.h>
88 #include <netlink/msg.h>
89 #include <netlink/attr.h>
92 * @name Connection Management
97 * Create and connect netlink socket.
98 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
99 * @arg protocol Netlink protocol to use.
101 * Creates a netlink socket using the specified protocol, binds the socket
102 * and issues a connection attempt.
104 * @return 0 on success or a negative error code.
106 int nl_connect(struct nl_sock
*sk
, int protocol
)
111 sk
->s_fd
= socket(AF_NETLINK
, SOCK_RAW
, protocol
);
113 err
= -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
117 if (!(sk
->s_flags
& NL_SOCK_BUFSIZE_SET
)) {
118 err
= nl_socket_set_buffer_size(sk
, 0, 0);
123 err
= bind(sk
->s_fd
, (struct sockaddr
*) &sk
->s_local
,
124 sizeof(sk
->s_local
));
126 err
= -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
130 addrlen
= sizeof(sk
->s_local
);
131 err
= getsockname(sk
->s_fd
, (struct sockaddr
*) &sk
->s_local
,
134 err
= -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
138 if (addrlen
!= sizeof(sk
->s_local
)) {
143 if (sk
->s_local
.nl_family
!= AF_NETLINK
) {
144 err
= -NLE_AF_NOSUPPORT
;
148 sk
->s_proto
= protocol
;
159 * Close/Disconnect netlink socket.
160 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
162 void nl_close(struct nl_sock
*sk
)
180 * Send raw data over netlink socket.
181 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
182 * @arg buf Data buffer.
183 * @arg size Size of data buffer.
184 * @return Number of characters written on success or a negative error code.
186 int nl_sendto(struct nl_sock
*sk
, void *buf
, size_t size
)
190 ret
= sendto(sk
->s_fd
, buf
, size
, 0, (struct sockaddr
*)
191 &sk
->s_peer
, sizeof(sk
->s_peer
));
193 return -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
199 * Send netlink message with control over sendmsg() message header.
200 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
201 * @arg msg Netlink message to be sent.
202 * @arg hdr Sendmsg() message header.
203 * @return Number of characters sent on sucess or a negative error code.
205 int nl_sendmsg(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct nl_msg
*msg
, struct msghdr
*hdr
)
211 .iov_base
= (void *) nlmsg_hdr(msg
),
212 .iov_len
= nlmsg_hdr(msg
)->nlmsg_len
,
218 nlmsg_set_src(msg
, &sk
->s_local
);
221 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_MSG_OUT
])
222 if (nl_cb_call(cb
, NL_CB_MSG_OUT
, msg
) != NL_OK
)
225 ret
= sendmsg(sk
->s_fd
, hdr
, 0);
227 return -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
234 * Send netlink message.
235 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
236 * @arg msg Netlink message to be sent.
238 * @return Number of characters sent on success or a negative error code.
240 int nl_send(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct nl_msg
*msg
)
242 struct sockaddr_nl
*dst
;
245 struct msghdr hdr
= {
246 .msg_name
= (void *) &sk
->s_peer
,
247 .msg_namelen
= sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl
),
250 /* Overwrite destination if specified in the message itself, defaults
251 * to the peer address of the socket.
253 dst
= nlmsg_get_dst(msg
);
254 if (dst
->nl_family
== AF_NETLINK
)
257 /* Add credentials if present. */
258 creds
= nlmsg_get_creds(msg
);
260 char buf
[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred
))];
261 struct cmsghdr
*cmsg
;
263 hdr
.msg_control
= buf
;
264 hdr
.msg_controllen
= sizeof(buf
);
266 cmsg
= CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&hdr
);
267 cmsg
->cmsg_level
= SOL_SOCKET
;
268 cmsg
->cmsg_type
= SCM_CREDENTIALS
;
269 cmsg
->cmsg_len
= CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct ucred
));
270 memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg
), creds
, sizeof(struct ucred
));
273 return nl_sendmsg(sk
, msg
, &hdr
);
277 * Send netlink message and check & extend header values as needed.
278 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
279 * @arg msg Netlink message to be sent.
281 * Checks the netlink message \c nlh for completness and extends it
282 * as required before sending it out. Checked fields include pid,
283 * sequence nr, and flags.
286 * @return Number of characters sent or a negative error code.
288 int nl_send_auto_complete(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct nl_msg
*msg
)
290 struct nlmsghdr
*nlh
;
291 struct nl_cb
*cb
= sk
->s_cb
;
293 nlh
= nlmsg_hdr(msg
);
294 if (nlh
->nlmsg_pid
== 0)
295 nlh
->nlmsg_pid
= sk
->s_local
.nl_pid
;
297 if (nlh
->nlmsg_seq
== 0)
298 nlh
->nlmsg_seq
= sk
->s_seq_next
++;
300 if (msg
->nm_protocol
== -1)
301 msg
->nm_protocol
= sk
->s_proto
;
303 nlh
->nlmsg_flags
|= NLM_F_REQUEST
;
305 if (!(sk
->s_flags
& NL_NO_AUTO_ACK
))
306 nlh
->nlmsg_flags
|= NLM_F_ACK
;
309 return cb
->cb_send_ow(sk
, msg
);
311 return nl_send(sk
, msg
);
315 * Send simple netlink message using nl_send_auto_complete()
316 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
317 * @arg type Netlink message type.
318 * @arg flags Netlink message flags.
319 * @arg buf Data buffer.
320 * @arg size Size of data buffer.
322 * Builds a netlink message with the specified type and flags and
323 * appends the specified data as payload to the message.
325 * @see nl_send_auto_complete()
326 * @return Number of characters sent on success or a negative error code.
328 int nl_send_simple(struct nl_sock
*sk
, int type
, int flags
, void *buf
,
334 msg
= nlmsg_alloc_simple(type
, flags
);
339 err
= nlmsg_append(msg
, buf
, size
, NLMSG_ALIGNTO
);
345 err
= nl_send_auto_complete(sk
, msg
);
360 * Receive data from netlink socket
361 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
362 * @arg nla Destination pointer for peer's netlink address.
363 * @arg buf Destination pointer for message content.
364 * @arg creds Destination pointer for credentials.
366 * Receives a netlink message, allocates a buffer in \c *buf and
367 * stores the message content. The peer's netlink address is stored
368 * in \c *nla. The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer allocated
369 * in \c *buf if a positive value is returned. Interruped system calls
370 * are handled by repeating the read. The input buffer size is determined
371 * by peeking before the actual read is done.
373 * A non-blocking sockets causes the function to return immediately with
374 * a return value of 0 if no data is available.
376 * @return Number of octets read, 0 on EOF or a negative error code.
378 int nl_recv(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct sockaddr_nl
*nla
,
379 unsigned char **buf
, struct ucred
**creds
)
383 static int page_size
= 0;
385 struct msghdr msg
= {
386 .msg_name
= (void *) nla
,
387 .msg_namelen
= sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl
),
394 struct cmsghdr
*cmsg
;
396 if (sk
->s_flags
& NL_MSG_PEEK
)
400 page_size
= getpagesize();
402 iov
.iov_len
= page_size
;
403 iov
.iov_base
= *buf
= malloc(iov
.iov_len
);
405 if (sk
->s_flags
& NL_SOCK_PASSCRED
) {
406 msg
.msg_controllen
= CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred
));
407 msg
.msg_control
= calloc(1, msg
.msg_controllen
);
411 n
= recvmsg(sk
->s_fd
, &msg
, flags
);
415 if (errno
== EINTR
) {
416 NL_DBG(3, "recvmsg() returned EINTR, retrying\n");
418 } else if (errno
== EAGAIN
) {
419 NL_DBG(3, "recvmsg() returned EAGAIN, aborting\n");
422 free(msg
.msg_control
);
424 return -nl_syserr2nlerr(errno
);
428 if (iov
.iov_len
< n
||
429 msg
.msg_flags
& MSG_TRUNC
) {
430 /* Provided buffer is not long enough, enlarge it
433 iov
.iov_base
= *buf
= realloc(*buf
, iov
.iov_len
);
435 } else if (msg
.msg_flags
& MSG_CTRUNC
) {
436 msg
.msg_controllen
*= 2;
437 msg
.msg_control
= realloc(msg
.msg_control
, msg
.msg_controllen
);
439 } else if (flags
!= 0) {
440 /* Buffer is big enough, do the actual reading */
445 if (msg
.msg_namelen
!= sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl
)) {
446 free(msg
.msg_control
);
451 for (cmsg
= CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg
); cmsg
; cmsg
= CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg
, cmsg
)) {
452 if (cmsg
->cmsg_level
== SOL_SOCKET
&&
453 cmsg
->cmsg_type
== SCM_CREDENTIALS
) {
454 *creds
= calloc(1, sizeof(struct ucred
));
455 memcpy(*creds
, CMSG_DATA(cmsg
), sizeof(struct ucred
));
460 free(msg
.msg_control
);
464 free(msg
.msg_control
);
469 #define NL_CB_CALL(cb, type, msg) \
471 err = nl_cb_call(cb, type, msg); \
485 static int recvmsgs(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct nl_cb
*cb
)
487 int n
, err
= 0, multipart
= 0;
488 unsigned char *buf
= NULL
;
489 struct nlmsghdr
*hdr
;
490 struct sockaddr_nl nla
= {0};
491 struct nl_msg
*msg
= NULL
;
492 struct ucred
*creds
= NULL
;
495 NL_DBG(3, "Attempting to read from %p\n", sk
);
497 n
= cb
->cb_recv_ow(sk
, &nla
, &buf
, &creds
);
499 n
= nl_recv(sk
, &nla
, &buf
, &creds
);
504 NL_DBG(3, "recvmsgs(%p): Read %d bytes\n", sk
, n
);
506 hdr
= (struct nlmsghdr
*) buf
;
507 while (nlmsg_ok(hdr
, n
)) {
508 NL_DBG(3, "recgmsgs(%p): Processing valid message...\n", sk
);
511 msg
= nlmsg_convert(hdr
);
517 nlmsg_set_proto(msg
, sk
->s_proto
);
518 nlmsg_set_src(msg
, &nla
);
520 nlmsg_set_creds(msg
, creds
);
522 /* Raw callback is the first, it gives the most control
523 * to the user and he can do his very own parsing. */
524 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_MSG_IN
])
525 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_MSG_IN
, msg
);
527 /* Sequence number checking. The check may be done by
528 * the user, otherwise a very simple check is applied
529 * enforcing strict ordering */
530 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_SEQ_CHECK
])
531 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_SEQ_CHECK
, msg
);
532 else if (hdr
->nlmsg_seq
!= sk
->s_seq_expect
) {
533 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_INVALID
])
534 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_INVALID
, msg
);
536 err
= -NLE_SEQ_MISMATCH
;
541 if (hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_DONE
||
542 hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_ERROR
||
543 hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_NOOP
||
544 hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_OVERRUN
) {
545 /* We can't check for !NLM_F_MULTI since some netlink
546 * users in the kernel are broken. */
548 NL_DBG(3, "recvmsgs(%p): Increased expected " \
549 "sequence number to %d\n",
550 sk
, sk
->s_seq_expect
);
553 if (hdr
->nlmsg_flags
& NLM_F_MULTI
)
556 /* Other side wishes to see an ack for this message */
557 if (hdr
->nlmsg_flags
& NLM_F_ACK
) {
558 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_SEND_ACK
])
559 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_SEND_ACK
, msg
);
561 /* FIXME: implement */
565 /* messages terminates a multpart message, this is
566 * usually the end of a message and therefore we slip
567 * out of the loop by default. the user may overrule
568 * this action by skipping this packet. */
569 if (hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_DONE
) {
571 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_FINISH
])
572 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_FINISH
, msg
);
575 /* Message to be ignored, the default action is to
576 * skip this message if no callback is specified. The
577 * user may overrule this action by returning
579 else if (hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_NOOP
) {
580 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_SKIPPED
])
581 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_SKIPPED
, msg
);
586 /* Data got lost, report back to user. The default action is to
587 * quit parsing. The user may overrule this action by retuning
588 * NL_SKIP or NL_PROCEED (dangerous) */
589 else if (hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_OVERRUN
) {
590 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_OVERRUN
])
591 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_OVERRUN
, msg
);
593 err
= -NLE_MSG_OVERFLOW
;
598 /* Message carries a nlmsgerr */
599 else if (hdr
->nlmsg_type
== NLMSG_ERROR
) {
600 struct nlmsgerr
*e
= nlmsg_data(hdr
);
602 if (hdr
->nlmsg_len
< nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*e
))) {
603 /* Truncated error message, the default action
604 * is to stop parsing. The user may overrule
605 * this action by returning NL_SKIP or
606 * NL_PROCEED (dangerous) */
607 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_INVALID
])
608 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_INVALID
, msg
);
610 err
= -NLE_MSG_TRUNC
;
613 } else if (e
->error
) {
614 /* Error message reported back from kernel. */
616 err
= cb
->cb_err(&nla
, e
,
620 else if (err
== NL_SKIP
)
622 else if (err
== NL_STOP
) {
623 err
= -nl_syserr2nlerr(e
->error
);
627 err
= -nl_syserr2nlerr(e
->error
);
630 } else if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_ACK
])
631 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_ACK
, msg
);
633 /* Valid message (not checking for MULTIPART bit to
634 * get along with broken kernels. NL_SKIP has no
636 if (cb
->cb_set
[NL_CB_VALID
])
637 NL_CB_CALL(cb
, NL_CB_VALID
, msg
);
641 hdr
= nlmsg_next(hdr
, &n
);
652 /* Multipart message not yet complete, continue reading */
653 goto continue_reading
;
666 * Receive a set of messages from a netlink socket.
667 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
668 * @arg cb set of callbacks to control behaviour.
670 * Repeatedly calls nl_recv() or the respective replacement if provided
671 * by the application (see nl_cb_overwrite_recv()) and parses the
672 * received data as netlink messages. Stops reading if one of the
673 * callbacks returns NL_STOP or nl_recv returns either 0 or a negative error code.
675 * A non-blocking sockets causes the function to return immediately if
676 * no data is available.
678 * @return 0 on success or a negative error code from nl_recv().
680 int nl_recvmsgs(struct nl_sock
*sk
, struct nl_cb
*cb
)
682 if (cb
->cb_recvmsgs_ow
)
683 return cb
->cb_recvmsgs_ow(sk
, cb
);
685 return recvmsgs(sk
, cb
);
689 static int ack_wait_handler(struct nl_msg
*msg
, void *arg
)
696 * @arg sk Netlink socket.
697 * @pre The netlink socket must be in blocking state.
699 * Waits until an ACK is received for the latest not yet acknowledged
702 int nl_wait_for_ack(struct nl_sock
*sk
)
707 cb
= nl_cb_clone(sk
->s_cb
);
711 nl_cb_set(cb
, NL_CB_ACK
, NL_CB_CUSTOM
, ack_wait_handler
, NULL
);
712 err
= nl_recvmsgs(sk
, cb
);
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