openvswitch/lib/rtnetlink.h

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2015 Nicira, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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 */

#ifndef RTNETLINK_LINK_H
#define RTNETLINK_LINK_H 1

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>

#include "openvswitch/types.h"

struct ofpbuf;
struct nln_notifier;

/* These functions are Linux specific, so they should be used directly only by
 * Linux-specific code. */

/* A digested version of an rtnetlink_link message sent down by the kernel to
 * indicate that a network device's status (link or address) has been changed.
 */
struct rtnetlink_change {
    /* Copied from struct nlmsghdr. */
    int nlmsg_type;             /* e.g. RTM_NEWLINK, RTM_DELLINK. */

    /* Common attributes. */
    int if_index;               /* Index of network device. */
    const char *ifname;         /* Name of network device. */

    /* Network device link status. */
    int master_ifindex;         /* Ifindex of datapath master (0 if none). */
    int mtu;                    /* Current MTU. */
    struct eth_addr mac;
    unsigned int ifi_flags;     /* Flags of network device. */

    /* Network device address status. */
    /* xxx To be added when needed. */
};

/* Function called to report that a netdev has changed.  'change' describes the
 * specific change.  It may be null if the buffer of change information
 * overflowed, in which case the function must assume that every device may
 * have changed.  'aux' is as specified in the call to
 * rtnetlink_notifier_register().  */
typedef
void rtnetlink_notify_func(const struct rtnetlink_change *change,
                           void *aux);

bool rtnetlink_type_is_rtnlgrp_link(uint16_t type);
bool rtnetlink_type_is_rtnlgrp_addr(uint16_t type);
bool rtnetlink_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, struct rtnetlink_change *change);
struct nln_notifier *
rtnetlink_notifier_create(rtnetlink_notify_func *, void *aux);
void rtnetlink_notifier_destroy(struct nln_notifier *);
void rtnetlink_run(void);
void rtnetlink_wait(void);
#endif /* rtnetlink.h */