libnetlink: add more attribute functions
New functions to handle u8, u16, u32, u64 and string attribute types.
Use common code for all attribute wrappers.
diff --git a/include/libnetlink.h b/include/libnetlink.h
index 057f41d..c54c7f6 100644
--- a/include/libnetlink.h
+++ b/include/libnetlink.h
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@
extern int rtnl_send(struct rtnl_handle *rth, const void *buf, int);
extern int rtnl_send_check(struct rtnl_handle *rth, const void *buf, int);
+extern int addattr(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type);
+extern int addattr8(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u8 data);
+extern int addattr16(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u16 data);
extern int addattr32(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u32 data);
+extern int addattr64(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u64 data);
+extern int addattrstrz(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const char *data);
+
extern int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const void *data, int alen);
extern int addraw_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, const void *data, int len);
extern struct rtattr *addattr_nest(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type);
diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
index 7c29985..f7413b6 100644
--- a/lib/libnetlink.c
+++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
@@ -530,20 +530,34 @@
}
}
+int addattr(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type)
+{
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+int addattr8(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u8 data)
+{
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, &data, sizeof(__u8));
+}
+
+int addattr16(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u16 data)
+{
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, &data, sizeof(__u16));
+}
+
int addattr32(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u32 data)
{
- int len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
- struct rtattr *rta;
- if (NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + len > maxlen) {
- fprintf(stderr,"addattr32: Error! max allowed bound %d exceeded\n",maxlen);
- return -1;
- }
- rta = NLMSG_TAIL(n);
- rta->rta_type = type;
- rta->rta_len = len;
- memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), &data, 4);
- n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + len;
- return 0;
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, &data, sizeof(__u32));
+}
+
+int addattr64(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, __u64 data)
+{
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, &data, sizeof(__u64));
+}
+
+int addattrstrz(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const char *str)
+{
+ return addattr_l(n, maxlen, type, str, strlen(str)+1);
}
int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const void *data,
