Functions

Controller
[Management]

Functions

int genl_ctrl_resolve (struct nl_sock *sk, const char *name)
 Resolve generic netlink family name to its identifier.
int genl_ctrl_resolve_grp (struct nl_sock *sk, const char *family_name, const char *grp_name)

Cache Management



int genl_ctrl_alloc_cache (struct nl_sock *sock, struct nl_cache **result)
struct genl_family * genl_ctrl_search (struct nl_cache *cache, int id)
 Look up generic netlink family by id in the provided cache.

Resolver



struct genl_family * genl_ctrl_search_by_name (struct nl_cache *cache, const char *name)
 Look up generic netlink family by family name in the provided cache.

Function Documentation

struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search ( struct nl_cache *  cache,
int  id 
) [read]

Look up generic netlink family by id in the provided cache.

Parameters:
cache Generic netlink family cache.
id Family identifier.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified identifier. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:
Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 198 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

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struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search_by_name ( struct nl_cache *  cache,
const char *  name 
) [read]

Look up generic netlink family by family name in the provided cache.

Parameters:
cache Generic netlink family cache.
name Family name.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified name. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:
Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 232 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

Referenced by genl_ctrl_resolve().

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int genl_ctrl_resolve ( struct nl_sock *  sk,
const char *  name 
)

Resolve generic netlink family name to its identifier.

Parameters:
sk Netlink socket.
name Name of generic netlink family

Resolves the generic netlink family name to its identifer and returns it.

Returns:
A positive identifier or a negative error code.

Definition at line 262 of file ctrl.c.

References genl_ctrl_search_by_name(), and nl_cache_free().

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