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17 #ifndef RTNETLINK_LINK_H
18 #define RTNETLINK_LINK_H 1
22 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
24 #include "openvswitch/types.h"
29 /* These functions are Linux specific, so they should be used directly only by
30 * Linux-specific code. */
32 /* A digested version of an rtnetlink_link message sent down by the kernel to
33 * indicate that a network device's status (link or address) has been changed.
35 struct rtnetlink_change {
36 /* Copied from struct nlmsghdr. */
37 int nlmsg_type; /* e.g. RTM_NEWLINK, RTM_DELLINK. */
39 /* Common attributes. */
40 int if_index; /* Index of network device. */
41 const char *ifname; /* Name of network device. */
43 /* Network device link status. */
44 int master_ifindex; /* Ifindex of datapath master (0 if none). */
45 int mtu; /* Current MTU. */
47 unsigned int ifi_flags; /* Flags of network device. */
49 /* Network device address status. */
50 /* xxx To be added when needed. */
53 /* Function called to report that a netdev has changed. 'change' describes the
54 * specific change. It may be null if the buffer of change information
55 * overflowed, in which case the function must assume that every device may
56 * have changed. 'aux' is as specified in the call to
57 * rtnetlink_notifier_register(). */
59 void rtnetlink_notify_func(const struct rtnetlink_change *change,
62 bool rtnetlink_type_is_rtnlgrp_link(uint16_t type);
63 bool rtnetlink_type_is_rtnlgrp_addr(uint16_t type);
64 bool rtnetlink_parse(struct ofpbuf *buf, struct rtnetlink_change *change);
66 rtnetlink_notifier_create(rtnetlink_notify_func *, void *aux);
67 void rtnetlink_notifier_destroy(struct nln_notifier *);
68 void rtnetlink_run(void);
69 void rtnetlink_wait(void);
70 #endif /* rtnetlink.h */