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+#ifndef __LIBGENL_H__
+#define __LIBGENL_H__
+
+#include "libnetlink.h"
+
+#define GENL_REQUEST(_req, _hdrsiz, _bufsiz) \
+struct { \
+ struct nlmsghdr n; \
+ struct genlmsghdr g; \
+ char buf[NLMSG_ALIGN(_hdrsiz) + (_bufsiz)]; \
+} _req
+
+#define GENL_INITIALIZER(_family, _hdrsiz, _ver, _cmd, _flags) \
+ { \
+ .n = { \
+ .nlmsg_type = (_family), \
+ .nlmsg_flags = (_flags), \
+ .nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(GENL_HDRLEN + (_hdrsiz)), \
+ }, \
+ .g = { \
+ .cmd = (_cmd), \
+ .version = (_ver), \
+ }, \
+ }
+
+extern int genl_resolve_family(struct rtnl_handle *grth, const char *family);
+
+#endif /* __LIBGENL_H__ */
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+/*
+ * libgenl.c GENL library
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/genetlink.h>
+#include "libgenl.h"
+
+static int genl_parse_getfamily(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+ struct rtattr *tb[CTRL_ATTR_MAX + 1];
+ struct genlmsghdr *ghdr = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
+ int len = nlh->nlmsg_len;
+ struct rtattr *attrs;
+
+ if (nlh->nlmsg_type != GENL_ID_CTRL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Not a controller message, nlmsg_len=%d "
+ "nlmsg_type=0x%x\n", nlh->nlmsg_len, nlh->nlmsg_type);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ len -= NLMSG_LENGTH(GENL_HDRLEN);
+
+ if (len < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "wrong controller message len %d\n", len);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (ghdr->cmd != CTRL_CMD_NEWFAMILY) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Unknown controller command %d\n", ghdr->cmd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ attrs = (struct rtattr *) ((char *) ghdr + GENL_HDRLEN);
+ parse_rtattr(tb, CTRL_ATTR_MAX, attrs, len);
+
+ if (tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID] == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Missing family id TLV\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return rta_getattr_u16(tb[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_ID]);
+}
+
+int genl_resolve_family(struct rtnl_handle *grth, const char *family)
+{
+ GENL_REQUEST(req, 0, 1024)
+ = GENL_INITIALIZER(GENL_ID_CTRL, 0,
+ 0, CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY, NLM_F_REQUEST);
+
+ addattr_l(&req.n, 1024, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME,
+ family, strlen(family) + 1);
+
+ if (rtnl_talk(grth, &req.n, 0, 0, &req.n) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error talking to the kernel\n");
+ return -2;
+ }
+
+ return genl_parse_getfamily(&req.n);
+}
+