rtnl_link_info_ops Struct Reference

Link info operations.

#include <info-api.h>

Data Fields
char *	io_name
	Name of operations, must match name on kernel side.
int	io_refcnt
	Reference count (internal, do not use)
int(*	io_alloc )(struct rtnl_link *)
	Called to assign an info type to a link.
int(*	io_parse )(struct rtnl_link *, struct nlattr *, struct nlattr *)
	Called to parse the link info attribute.
int(*	io_dump [NL_DUMP_MAX+1])(struct rtnl_link *, struct nl_dump_params *, int)
	Called when the link object is dumped.
int(*	io_clone )(struct rtnl_link *, struct rtnl_link *)
	Called when a link object is cloned.
int(*	io_put_attrs )(struct nl_msg *, struct rtnl_link *)
	Called when construction a link netlink message.
void(*	io_free )(struct rtnl_link *)
	Called to release all resources previously allocated in either io_alloc() or io_parse().
struct rtnl_link_info_ops *	io_next

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Detailed Description

Definition at line 26 of file info-api.h.

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Field Documentation

int(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_alloc)(struct rtnl_link *)

Has to allocate enough resources to hold attributes. Can use link->l_info to store a pointer.

Definition at line 37 of file info-api.h.

Referenced by rtnl_link_set_info_type().

int(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_parse)(struct rtnl_link *, struct nlattr *, struct nlattr *)

Must parse the attribute and assign all values to the link.

Definition at line 42 of file info-api.h.

int(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_dump[NL_DUMP_MAX+1])(struct rtnl_link *, struct nl_dump_params *, int)

Must dump the info type specific attributes.

Definition at line 48 of file info-api.h.

int(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_clone)(struct rtnl_link *, struct rtnl_link *)

Must clone all info type specific attributes.

Definition at line 53 of file info-api.h.

int(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_put_attrs)(struct nl_msg *, struct rtnl_link *)

Must append all info type specific attributes to the message.

Definition at line 57 of file info-api.h.

void(* rtnl_link_info_ops::io_free)(struct rtnl_link *)

Definition at line 61 of file info-api.h.