Netlink container for interface address messages.

• unspecified = IFLA_UNSPEC
• interface_name = IFLA_IFNAME
• link_info = IFLA_LINKINFO
• link_info_kind = IFLA_INFO_KIND
• link_info_data = IFLA_INFO_DATA
• veth_peer_info = VETH_INFO_PEER
• network_namespace_fd = IFLA_NET_NS_FD

• new_link = RTM_NEWLINK
• delete_link = RTM_DELLINK
• get_link = RTM_GETLINK
• set_link = RTM_SETLINK

Interface address attributes.

• unspecified = IFA_UNSPEC
• address = IFA_ADDRESS
• local_address = IFA_LOCAL
• interface_name = IFA_LABEL
• broadcast_address = IFA_BROADCAST
• anycast_address = IFA_ANYCAST
• address_info = IFA_CACHEINFO
• multicast_address = IFA_MULTICAST
• flags = IFA_FLAGS

Interface address message types.

• get_address = RTM_GETADDR
• new_address = RTM_NEWADDR
• delete_address = RTM_DELADDR

Netlink message types.

• noop = NLMSG_NOOP
• error = NLMSG_ERROR
• done = NLMSG_DONE
• overrun = NLMSG_OVERRUN

Netlink message flags.

• request = NLM_F_REQUEST
• multipart = NLM_F_MULTI
• acknowledge = NLM_F_ACK
• echo = NLM_F_ECHO
• dump_inconsistent = NLM_F_DUMP_INTR
• dump_filtered = NLM_F_DUMP_FILTERED
• root = NLM_F_ROOT
• all_matching = NLM_F_MATCH
• atomic = NLM_F_ATOMIC
• dump = NLM_F_DUMP
• replace = NLM_F_REPLACE
• exclude = NLM_F_EXCL
• create = NLM_F_CREATE
• append = NLM_F_APPEND

Types

• using message_type = ifinfo_message
• using attr_type = ifinfo_message::attr_type

Methods

• skip(u16 n) -> void
• end(attr_type * attr) -> void
• begin(ifinfo_attribute type) -> attr_type *
• add(ifinfo_attribute type, const std::string & value) -> void
• add(ifinfo_attribute type, const void * data, u16 size) -> void
• write(socket & sock) -> void
• message() -> ifinfo_message &
• header() -> ifinfo_message_header &
• ~ifinfo_request()
• ifinfo_request()

Base classes

• public ifinfomsg

Types

• using message_type = ifinfo_message_type
• using attr_type = rtattributes< ifinfo_attribute >

Methods

• attributes(int len) -> iterator_pair< netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type > >

  Returns all attributes as traversable container.

• end() -> netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type >

  Returns iterator to the end of attributes.

• begin(int len) -> netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type >

  Returns iterator to the first attribute.

• routing_attributes() const -> const attr_type *

  Get route attributes.

• routing_attributes() -> attr_type *

  Get route attributes.

• change_mask(u32 rhs) -> void
• flags(u8 rhs) -> void
• index(int rhs) -> void
• type(message_type rhs) -> void
• family(socket_address_family rhs) -> void
• change_mask() const -> u32
• flags() const -> u8
• index() const -> int
• type() const -> message_type
• family() const -> socket_address_family

Netlink route attributes.

A

attribute enumeration

Base classes

• public rtattr

Types

• using attributes_type = A

  Attributes enumeration type.

Methods

• type(attributes_type rhs) -> void
• type() const -> attributes_type

  Attribute type (see rtnetlink(3)).

• length(u16 rhs) -> void
• length() const -> u16

  Attribute length.

• data(const void * ptr, u16 n) -> void
• template <class T>
data() -> T *

  Returns the pointer to the beginning of attribute data.

• next(int len) -> rtattributes *

  Returns the next attrubute.

• ok(int len) const -> bool

  Returns true, if the attrubute is valid (see rtnetlink(3).

Netlink interaface address message. A wrapper around ifaddrmsg system type (see rtnetlink(7)).

Base classes

• public ifaddrmsg

Types

• using attr_type = rtattributes< ifaddr_attribute >

  Route attribute type.

Methods

• attributes(int len) -> iterator_pair< netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type > >

  Returns all attributes as traversable container.

• end() -> netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type >

  Returns iterator to the end of attributes.

• begin(int len) -> netlink_attribute_iterator< attr_type >

  Returns iterator to the first attribute.

• routing_attributes() const -> const attr_type *

  Get route attributes.

• routing_attributes() -> attr_type *

  Get route attributes.

• index(int rhs) -> void

  Set address index.

• index() const -> int

  Get address index.

• scope() const -> unsigned char

  Get address scope.

• flags() const -> unsigned char

  Get address flags.

• prefix() const -> int

  Get address prefix.

• family(socket_address_family rhs) -> void

  Set address family.

• family() const -> socket_address_family

  Get address family.

Base classes

• public sys::netlink_header

Types

• using message_type = ifinfo_message_type

Methods

• type(message_type rhs) -> void
• type() const -> message_type
• payload_length() const -> int
• message() const -> const ifinfo_message *

  Returns pointer to message payload.

• message() -> ifinfo_message *

  Returns pointer to message payload.

Container for netlink messages.

Types

• using iterator = netlink_message_iterator< T >

  Message iterator type.

• using size_type = int

  Message length type.

• using value_type = T

  Message header type.

Methods

• length() const -> int

  Netlink message length.

• end() -> iterator

  Returns the pointer to the end of message sequence.

• begin() -> iterator

  Returns the pointer to the beginning of message sequence.

• read(socket & sock) -> void

  Read netlink message sequence from socket sock.

• header() -> netlink_header &
• header() const -> const netlink_header &
• ~netlink_container()
• netlink_container()

Netlink message header. A wrapper around nlmsghdr system type (see netlink(7)).

Base classes

• public nlmsghdr

Derived classes

• sys::ifaddr_message_header
• sys::ifinfo_message_header

Methods

• template <class T>
tail() -> T *
• template <class T>
message() const -> const T *
• template <class T>
message() -> T *
• template <class T>
messages(int len) -> iterator_pair< netlink_message_iterator< T > >

  Returns all messages as traversable container.

• template <class T>
end() -> netlink_message_iterator< T >

  Returns iterator to the end of messages.

• template <class T>
begin(int len) -> netlink_message_iterator< T >

  Returns iterator to the first message.

• payload_length(int len) const -> int

  Returns message payload length.

• next(int len) -> netlink_header *

  Returns the next header in multipart message.

• ok(u32 len) const -> bool

  Returns true, if the message is valid (see netlink(3)).

• overrun() const -> bool

  Returns true, if message data was lost due to buffer overrun.

• error() const -> bool

  Returns true, if message is an error.

• done() const -> bool

  Returns true, if message is the last part of multipart message.

• noop() const -> bool

  Returns true, if message type is to be ignored.

• port() const -> u32

  Sender port identifier.

• increment_sequence() -> u32

  Message sequence number.

• sequence() const -> u32

  Message sequence number.

• flags(netlink_message_flags rhs) -> void

  Set additional flags.

• flags(u16 rhs) -> void

  Set additional flags.

• flags() const -> u16

  Additional flags.

• type() const -> netlink_message_type

  Payload type.

• length(u32 rhs) -> void

  Set the length of the message with header.

• length() const -> u32

  Length of message with header.

Netlink interface address message header. A wrapper around nlmsghdr for ifaddrmsg netlink messages (see rtnetlink(7)).

Base classes

• public sys::netlink_header

Methods

• type() -> netlink_message_type

  Payload type.

• type(ifaddr_message_type rhs) -> void

  Set message type.

• payload_length() const -> int

  Returns message payload length.

• message() const -> const ifaddr_message *

  Returns pointer to message payload.

• message() -> ifaddr_message *

  Returns pointer to message payload.

• get_address() const -> bool

  Returns true, if the message contains address.

• delete_address() const -> bool

  Returns true, if the message contains address that was deleted.

• new_address() const -> bool

  Returns true, if the message contains address that was added.

Base classes

• public std::true_type

Print attribute name for debugging.

Returns attribute name.