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+/*
+ * netlink/attr.h Netlink Attributes
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1
+ * of the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NETLINK_ATTR_H_
+#define NETLINK_ATTR_H_
+
+#include <netlink/netlink.h>
+#include <netlink/object.h>
+#include <netlink/addr.h>
+#include <netlink/data.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+struct nl_msg;
+
+/**
+ * @name Basic Attribute Data Types
+ * @{
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Basic attribute data types
+ *
+ * See \ref attr_datatypes for more details.
+ */
+enum {
+ NLA_UNSPEC, /**< Unspecified type, binary data chunk */
+ NLA_U8, /**< 8 bit integer */
+ NLA_U16, /**< 16 bit integer */
+ NLA_U32, /**< 32 bit integer */
+ NLA_U64, /**< 64 bit integer */
+ NLA_STRING, /**< NUL terminated character string */
+ NLA_FLAG, /**< Flag */
+ NLA_MSECS, /**< Micro seconds (64bit) */
+ NLA_NESTED, /**< Nested attributes */
+ __NLA_TYPE_MAX,
+};
+
+#define NLA_TYPE_MAX (__NLA_TYPE_MAX - 1)
+
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Attribute validation policy.
+ *
+ * See \ref attr_datatypes for more details.
+ */
+struct nla_policy {
+ /** Type of attribute or NLA_UNSPEC */
+ uint16_t type;
+
+ /** Minimal length of payload required */
+ uint16_t minlen;
+
+ /** Maximal length of payload allowed */
+ uint16_t maxlen;
+};
+
+/* Size calculations */
+extern int nla_attr_size(int payload);
+extern int nla_total_size(int payload);
+extern int nla_padlen(int payload);
+
+/* Attribute parsing */
+extern int nla_type(const struct nlattr *);
+extern void * nla_data(const struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_len(const struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *, int);
+extern struct nlattr * nla_next(const struct nlattr *, int *);
+extern int nla_parse(struct nlattr **, int, struct nlattr *,
+ int, struct nla_policy *);
+extern int nla_validate(struct nlattr *, int, int,
+ struct nla_policy *);
+extern struct nlattr * nla_find(struct nlattr *, int, int);
+
+/* Helper Functions */
+extern int nla_memcpy(void *, struct nlattr *, int);
+extern size_t nla_strlcpy(char *, const struct nlattr *, size_t);
+extern int nla_memcmp(const struct nlattr *, const void *, size_t);
+extern int nla_strcmp(const struct nlattr *, const char *);
+
+/* Unspecific attribute */
+extern struct nlattr * nla_reserve(struct nl_msg *, int, int);
+extern int nla_put(struct nl_msg *, int, int, const void *);
+extern int nla_put_data(struct nl_msg *, int, struct nl_data *);
+extern int nla_put_addr(struct nl_msg *, int, struct nl_addr *);
+
+/* Integer attribute */
+extern uint8_t nla_get_u8(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_u8(struct nl_msg *, int, uint8_t);
+extern uint16_t nla_get_u16(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_u16(struct nl_msg *, int, uint16_t);
+extern uint32_t nla_get_u32(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_u32(struct nl_msg *, int, uint32_t);
+extern uint64_t nla_get_u64(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_u64(struct nl_msg *, int, uint64_t);
+
+/* String attribute */
+extern char * nla_get_string(struct nlattr *);
+extern char * nla_strdup(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_string(struct nl_msg *, int, const char *);
+
+/* Flag attribute */
+extern int nla_get_flag(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_flag(struct nl_msg *, int);
+
+/* Msec attribute */
+extern unsigned long nla_get_msecs(struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_put_msecs(struct nl_msg *, int, unsigned long);
+
+/* Attribute nesting */
+extern int nla_put_nested(struct nl_msg *, int, struct nl_msg *);
+extern struct nlattr * nla_nest_start(struct nl_msg *, int);
+extern int nla_nest_end(struct nl_msg *, struct nlattr *);
+extern int nla_parse_nested(struct nlattr **, int, struct nlattr *,
+ struct nla_policy *);
+
+/**
+ * @name Attribute Construction (Exception Based)
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Add unspecific attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg attrlen Length of attribute payload.
+ * @arg data Head of attribute payload.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, attrlen, data) \
+ do { \
+ if (nla_put(msg, attrtype, attrlen, data) < 0) \
+ goto nla_put_failure; \
+ } while(0)
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Add atomic type attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg type Atomic type.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value Head of attribute payload.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_TYPE(msg, type, attrtype, value) \
+ do { \
+ type __tmp = value; \
+ NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, sizeof(type), &__tmp); \
+ } while(0)
+
+/**
+ * Add 8 bit integer attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value Numeric value.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_U8(msg, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(msg, uint8_t, attrtype, value)
+
+/**
+ * Add 16 bit integer attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value Numeric value.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_U16(msg, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(msg, uint16_t, attrtype, value)
+
+/**
+ * Add 32 bit integer attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value Numeric value.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_U32(msg, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(msg, uint32_t, attrtype, value)
+
+/**
+ * Add 64 bit integer attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value Numeric value.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_U64(msg, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT_TYPE(msg, uint64_t, attrtype, value)
+
+/**
+ * Add string attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg value NUL terminated character string.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_STRING(msg, attrtype, value) \
+ NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, strlen(value) + 1, value)
+
+/**
+ * Add flag attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_FLAG(msg, attrtype) \
+ NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, 0, NULL)
+
+/**
+ * Add msecs attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg msecs Numeric value in micro seconds.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_MSECS(msg, attrtype, msecs) \
+ NLA_PUT_U64(msg, attrtype, msecs)
+
+/**
+ * Add address attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg addr Abstract address object.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_ADDR(msg, attrtype, addr) \
+ NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, nl_addr_get_len(addr), \
+ nl_addr_get_binary_addr(addr))
+
+/**
+ * Add abstract data attribute to netlink message.
+ * @arg msg Netlink message.
+ * @arg attrtype Attribute type.
+ * @arg data Abstract data object.
+ */
+#define NLA_PUT_DATA(msg, attrtype, data) \
+ NLA_PUT(msg, attrtype, nl_data_get_size(data), \
+ nl_data_get(data))
+
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * @name Iterators
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Iterate over a stream of attributes
+ * @arg pos loop counter, set to current attribute
+ * @arg head head of attribute stream
+ * @arg len length of attribute stream
+ * @arg rem initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
+ */
+#define nla_for_each_attr(pos, head, len, rem) \
+ for (pos = head, rem = len; \
+ nla_ok(pos, rem); \
+ pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup attr
+ * Iterate over a stream of nested attributes
+ * @arg pos loop counter, set to current attribute
+ * @arg nla attribute containing the nested attributes
+ * @arg rem initialized to len, holds bytes currently remaining in stream
+ */
+#define nla_for_each_nested(pos, nla, rem) \
+ for (pos = nla_data(nla), rem = nla_len(nla); \
+ nla_ok(pos, rem); \
+ pos = nla_next(pos, &(rem)))
+
+/** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif