* nlmsg_validate() validate netlink message incl. attrs
* nlmsg_for_each_attr() loop over all attributes
*
+ * Misc:
+ * nlmsg_report() report back to application?
+ *
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Attributes Interface
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
u16 minlen;
};
+/**
+ * struct nl_info - netlink source information
+ * @nlh: Netlink message header of original request
+ * @pid: Netlink PID of requesting application
+ */
+struct nl_info {
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+ u32 pid;
+};
+
extern void netlink_run_queue(struct sock *sk, unsigned int *qlen,
int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
struct nlmsghdr *, int *));
extern void netlink_queue_skip(struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ u32 pid, unsigned int group, int report,
+ gfp_t flags);
extern int nla_validate(struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
struct nla_policy *policy);
nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen), maxtype, policy);
}
+/**
+ * nlmsg_report - need to report back to application?
+ * @nlh: netlink message header
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if a report back to the application is requested.
+ */
+static inline int nlmsg_report(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+ return !!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO);
+}
+
/**
* nlmsg_for_each_attr - iterate over a stream of attributes
* @pos: loop counter, set to current attribute