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RTNETLINK(3)               Linux Programmer's Manual              RTNETLINK(3)

NAME
       rtnetlink - macros to manipulate rtnetlink messages
SYNOPSIS
       #include <asm/types.h>
       #include <linux/netlink.h>
       #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
       #include <sys/socket.h>
       rtnetlink_socket = socket(AF_NETLINK, int socket_type, NETLINK_ROUTE);
       int RTA_OK(struct rtattr *rta, int rtabuflen);
       void *RTA_DATA(struct rtattr *rta);
       unsigned int RTA_PAYLOAD(struct rtattr *rta);
       struct rtattr *RTA_NEXT(struct rtattr *rta, unsigned int rtabuflen);
       unsigned int RTA_LENGTH(unsigned int length);
       unsigned int RTA_SPACE(unsigned int length);
DESCRIPTION
       All  rtnetlink(7)  messages  consist of a netlink(7) message header and
       appended attributes.  The attributes should be manipulated  only  using
       the macros provided here.
       RTA_OK(rta,  attrlen)  returns  true  if  rta points to a valid routing
       attribute; attrlen is the running length of the attribute buffer.  When
       not  true then you must assume there are no more attributes in the mes-
       sage, even if attrlen is nonzero.
       RTA_DATA(rta) returns a pointer to the start of this attribute's data.
       RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) returns the length of this attribute's data.
       RTA_NEXT(rta, attrlen) gets the next attribute after rta.  Calling this
       macro will update attrlen.  You should use RTA_OK to check the validity
       of the returned pointer.
       RTA_LENGTH(len) returns the length which is required for len  bytes  of
       data plus the header.
       RTA_SPACE(len)  returns  the  amount of space which will be needed in a
       message with len bytes of data.
CONFORMING TO
       These macros are nonstandard Linux extensions.
BUGS
       This manual page is incomplete.
EXAMPLE
       Creating a rtnetlink message to set the MTU of a device:
           #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
           ...
           struct {
               struct nlmsghdr  nh;
               struct ifinfomsg if;
               char             attrbuf[512];
           } req;
           struct rtattr *rta;
           unsigned int mtu = 1000;
           int rtnetlink_sk = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_ROUTE);
           memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
           req.nh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
           req.nh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
           req.nh.nlmsg_type = RTM_NEWLINK;
           req.if.ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
           req.if.ifi_index = INTERFACE_INDEX;
           req.if.ifi_change = 0xffffffff; /* ??? */
           rta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *) &req) +
                                    NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len));
           rta->rta_type = IFLA_MTU;
           rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(sizeof(unsigned int));
           req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(req.nh.nlmsg_len) +
                                         RTA_LENGTH(sizeof(mtu));
           memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), &mtu, sizeof(mtu));
           send(rtnetlink_sk, &req, req.nh.nlmsg_len);
SEE ALSO
       netlink(3), netlink(7), rtnetlink(7)
COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                               2012-03-24                      RTNETLINK(3)