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* src: rename EXPORT_SYMBOL to EXPORT_SYMBOL_ALIASFlorian Westphal2015-11-241-7/+7
| | | | | | | Future symbols don't need backwards-compat aliases. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* src: rename existing functions to use the nftnl_ prefixPablo Neira Ayuso2015-09-071-27/+28
| | | | | | | | | So we can use the nft_* prefix anytime soon for our upcoming higher level library. After this patch, the nft_* symbols become an alias of the nftnl_* symbols. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* src: introduce nftnl_* aliases for all existing functionsPablo Neira Ayuso2015-09-021-7/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch introduces the nftnl_ symbols as aliases for the existing nft_ symbols through the EXPORT_SYMBOL(...) macro. We would like to use the nft_* prefix from our upcoming higher level library, meanwhile with this move we avoid that old binaries break because of missing symbol dependencies. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* src: add batch abstractionPablo Neira Ayuso2015-04-271-0/+162
This patch adds a new batch class to libnftnl, it basically generalizes what we already have. A batch is composed of one or more page objects. Every page may contain one or more netlink messages. batch * .------. .------. .------. | | | | | | | `----> | page |-->| page |-->...-->| page | | | | | | | `------' `------' `------' You can create a batch via: batch = nft_batch_alloc(...); This batch initially comes with one initial page. You can fetch a pointer to the next spare area in the current page to add a new netlink message to the batch. void *nft_batch_buffer(struct nft_batch *batch); Once you have added a netlink message, you have to call: nft_batch_update(batch); this internally updates the pointer to the next spare data area in the page. Every page has a limit threshold after which you start using the overrun area. page .------. | | | | . . page area | | | | |------|<--- limit | | | | overrun area | | '______'<--- real page size If we write over the limit, then the next call to nft_batch_update() results in a new empty page added to the batch. With careful page size and limit selection, we ensure that a netlink message always fit into the page, so we avoid the overhead of canceling the netlink message that doesn't fit in. Once your batch is complete, if you want to send it out to kernel-space, you can convert them to iovec via: nft_batch_iovec(batch, iov, iov_len); Then, after having sent the batch, you can release it via: nft_batch_free(batch); This class relies on the libmnl batching infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>