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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Tobias Brunner
 * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * for more details.
 *
 * $Id: kernel_netlink_shared.h 4350 2008-09-18 15:16:43Z tobias $
 */

#ifndef KERNEL_NETLINK_SHARED_H_
#define KERNEL_NETLINK_SHARED_H_

#include <library.h>

#define NETLINK_BUFFER_SIZE 1024

typedef struct netlink_socket_t netlink_socket_t;

/**
 * Wrapper around a netlink socket.
 */
struct netlink_socket_t {

	/**
	 * Send a netlink message and wait for a reply.
	 * 
	 * @param	in		netlink message to send
	 * @param	out 	received netlink message
	 * @param	out_len	length of the received message
	 */
	status_t (*send)(netlink_socket_t *this, struct nlmsghdr *in, struct nlmsghdr **out, size_t *out_len);
	
	/**
	 * Send a netlink message and wait for its acknowledge.
	 * 
	 * @param	in		netlink message to send
	 */
	status_t (*send_ack)(netlink_socket_t *this, struct nlmsghdr *in);
	
	/**
	 * Destroy the socket.
	 */
	void (*destroy)(netlink_socket_t *this);
};

/**
 * Create a netlink_socket_t object.
 * 
 * @param	protocol	protocol type (e.g. NETLINK_XFRM or NETLINK_ROUTE)
 */
netlink_socket_t *netlink_socket_create(int protocol);

/**
 * Creates an rtattr and adds it to the given netlink message.
 * 
 * @param	hdr			netlink message
 * @param	rta_type	type of the rtattr
 * @param	data		data to add to the rtattr
 * @param	buflen		length of the netlink message buffer
 */
void netlink_add_attribute(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, int rta_type, chunk_t data, size_t buflen);

#endif /* KERNEL_NETLINK_SHARED_H_ */