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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2010-03-19 14:55:32 +0100
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2010-03-19 14:55:32 +0100
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initial libmnl import
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+/*
+ * (C) 2008-2010 by Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
+ *
+ * This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
+ */
+
+#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+struct mnl_socket {
+ int fd;
+ struct sockaddr_nl addr;
+};
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_get_fd - obtain file descriptor from netlink socket
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ *
+ * This function returns the file descriptor of a given netlink socket.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_get_fd(const struct mnl_socket *nl)
+{
+ return nl->fd;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_get_portid - obtain Netlink PortID from netlink socket
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ *
+ * This function returns the Netlink PortID of a given netlink socket.
+ * It's a common mistake to assume that this PortID equals the process ID
+ * which is not always true. This is the case if you open more than one
+ * socket that is binded to the same Netlink subsystem.
+ */
+unsigned int mnl_socket_get_portid(const struct mnl_socket *nl)
+{
+ return nl->addr.nl_pid;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_open - open a netlink socket
+ * @unit: the netlink socket unit (see NETLINK_* constants)
+ *
+ * On error, it returns -1 and errno is appropriately set. Otherwise, it
+ * returns a valid pointer to the mnl_socket structure.
+ */
+struct mnl_socket *mnl_socket_open(int unit)
+{
+ struct mnl_socket *nl;
+
+ nl = calloc(sizeof(struct mnl_socket), 1);
+ if (nl == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ nl->fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, unit);
+ if (nl->fd == -1)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return nl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_bind - bind netlink socket
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @groups: the group of message you're interested in
+ * @pid: the port ID you want to use (use zero for automatic selection)
+ *
+ * On error, this function returns -1 and errno is appropriately set. On
+ * success, 0 is returned.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_bind(struct mnl_socket *nl, int groups, int pid)
+{
+ int ret;
+ socklen_t addr_len;
+
+ nl->addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+ nl->addr.nl_groups = groups;
+
+ ret = bind(nl->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &nl->addr, sizeof (nl->addr));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ addr_len = sizeof(nl->addr);
+ ret = getsockname(nl->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &nl->addr, &addr_len);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (addr_len != sizeof(nl->addr)) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (nl->addr.nl_family != AF_NETLINK) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_sendto - send a netlink message of a certain size
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @buf: buffer containing the netlink message to be sent
+ * @bufsiz: number of bytes in the buffer that you want to send
+ *
+ * On error, it returns -1 and errno is appropriately set. Otherwise, it
+ * returns the number of bytes sent.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_sendto(struct mnl_socket *nl, const void *buf, int len)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_nl snl = {
+ .nl_family = AF_NETLINK
+ };
+ return sendto(nl->fd, buf, len, 0,
+ (struct sockaddr *) &snl, sizeof(snl));
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_sendmsg - send a netlink message of a certain size
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @msg: pointer to struct msghdr (must be initialized appropriately)
+ * @flags: flags passed to sendmsg()
+ *
+ * On error, it returns -1 and errno is appropriately set. Otherwise, it
+ * returns the number of bytes sent.
+ */
+int
+mnl_socket_sendmsg(struct mnl_socket *nl, struct msghdr *msg, int flags)
+{
+ return sendmsg(nl->fd, msg, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_recvfrom - receive a netlink message
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @buf: buffer that you want to use to store the netlink message
+ * @bufsiz: size of the buffer passed to store the netlink message
+ *
+ * On error, it returns -1 and errno is appropriately set. If errno is set
+ * to ENOSPC, it means that the buffer that you have passed to store the
+ * netlink message is small so you have received a truncated message. Make
+ * sure your program set a buffer big enough to store the netlink message.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_recvfrom(struct mnl_socket *nl, void *buf, int bufsiz)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct sockaddr_nl addr;
+ struct iovec iov = {
+ .iov_base = buf,
+ .iov_len = bufsiz,
+ };
+ struct msghdr msg = {
+ .msg_name = (void *)&addr,
+ .msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl),
+ .msg_iov = &iov,
+ .msg_iovlen = 1,
+ .msg_control = NULL,
+ .msg_controllen = 0,
+ .msg_flags = 0,
+ };
+ ret = recvmsg(nl->fd, &msg, 0);
+ if (ret == -1)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC) {
+ errno = ENOSPC;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (msg.msg_namelen != sizeof(struct sockaddr_nl)) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_recvmsg- receive a netlink message
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @msg: pointer to struct msghdr (must be initialized appropriately)
+ * @flags: flags passed to recvmsg()
+ *
+ * On error, this function returns -1 and errno is appropriately set.
+ * On sucess, this function returns the number of bytes received.
+ */
+int
+mnl_socket_recvmsg(const struct mnl_socket *nl, struct msghdr *msg, int flags)
+{
+ return recvmsg(nl->fd, msg, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_close - close a given netlink socket
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ *
+ * On error, this function returns -1 and errno is appropriately set.
+ * On success, it returns 0.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_close(struct mnl_socket *nl)
+{
+ int ret = close(nl->fd);
+ free(nl);
+ nl = NULL;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_setsockopt - set Netlink socket option
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @type: type of Netlink socket options
+ * @buf: the buffer that contains the data about this option
+ * @len: the size of the buffer passed
+ *
+ * This function allows you to set some Netlink socket option. As of writing
+ * this, the existing options are:
+ *
+ * #define NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP 1
+ * #define NETLINK_DROP_MEMBERSHIP 2
+ * #define NETLINK_PKTINFO 3
+ * #define NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR 4
+ * #define NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS 5
+ *
+ * In the early days, Netlink only supported 32 groups expressed in a
+ * 32-bits mask. However, since 2.6.14, Netlink may have up to 2^32 multicast
+ * groups but you have to use setsockopt() with NETLINK_ADD_MEMBERSHIP to
+ * join a given multicast group. This function internally calls setsockopt()
+ * to join a given netlink multicast group. You can still use mnl_bind()
+ * and the 32-bit mask to join a set of Netlink multicast groups.
+ *
+ * On error, this function returns -1 and errno is appropriately set.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_setsockopt(struct mnl_socket *nl, int type,
+ void *buf, socklen_t len)
+{
+ return setsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, type, buf, len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mnl_socket_getsockopt - get a Netlink socket option
+ * @nl: netlink socket obtained via mnl_socket_open()
+ * @type: type of Netlink socket options
+ * @buf: pointer to the buffer to store the value of this option
+ * @len: size of the information written in the buffer
+ *
+ * On error, this function returns -1 and errno is appropriately set.
+ */
+int mnl_socket_getsockopt(struct mnl_socket *nl, int type,
+ void *buf, socklen_t *len)
+{
+ return getsockopt(nl->fd, SOL_NETLINK, type, buf, len);
+}