1RTNETLINK(3) Linux Programmer's Manual RTNETLINK(3)
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6 rtnetlink - macros to manipulate rtnetlink messages
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9 #include <asm/types.h>
10 #include <linux/netlink.h>
11 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
12 #include <sys/socket.h>
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14 rtnetlink_socket = socket(AF_NETLINK, int socket_type, NETLINK_ROUTE);
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16 int RTA_OK(struct rtattr *rta, int rtabuflen);
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18 void *RTA_DATA(struct rtattr *rta);
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20 unsigned int RTA_PAYLOAD(struct rtattr *rta);
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22 struct rtattr *RTA_NEXT(struct rtattr *rta, unsigned int rtabuflen);
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24 unsigned int RTA_LENGTH(unsigned int length);
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26 unsigned int RTA_SPACE(unsigned int length);
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29 All rtnetlink(7) messages consist of a netlink(7) message header and
30 appended attributes. The attributes should be only manipulated using
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33 RTA_OK(rta, attrlen) returns true if rta points to a valid routing
34 attribute; attrlen is the running length of the attribute buffer. When
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38 RTA_DATA(rta) returns a pointer to the start of this attribute's data.
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40 RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) returns the length of this attribute's data.
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42 RTA_NEXT(rta, attrlen) gets the next attribute after rta. Calling this
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46 RTA_LENGTH(len) returns the length which is required for len bytes of
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49 RTA_SPACE(len) returns the amount of space which will be needed in a
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53 These macros are non-standard Linux extensions.
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59 Creating a rtnetlink message to set the MTU of a device:
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62 struct nlmsghdr nh;
63 struct ifinfomsg if;
64 char attrbuf[512];
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68 unsigned int mtu = 1000;
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70 int rtnetlink_sk = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_ROUTE);
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73 req.nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
74 req.nh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
75 req.nh.nlmsg_type = RTML_NEWLINK;
76 req.if.ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
77 req.if.ifi_index = INTERFACE_INDEX;
78 req.if.ifi_change = 0xffffffff; /* ???*/
79 rta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *) &req) +
80 NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len));
81 rta->rta_type = IFLA_MTU;
82 rta->rta_len = sizeof(unsigned int);
83 req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.n.nlmsg_len) +
84 RTA_LENGTH(sizeof(mtu));
85 memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), &mtu, sizeof(mtu));
86 send(rtnetlink_sk, &req, req.n.nlmsg_len);
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92 This page is part of release 3.22 of the Linux man-pages project. A
93 description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
94 be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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98GNU 2008-08-08 RTNETLINK(3)