2 * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Tobias Brunner
3 * Copyright (C) 2007 Martin Willi
4 * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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18 * @defgroup kernel_net kernel_net
25 typedef struct kernel_net_t kernel_net_t
;
27 #include <utils/enumerator.h>
28 #include <utils/host.h>
29 #include <plugins/plugin.h>
32 * Interface to the network subsystem of the kernel.
34 * The kernel network interface handles the communication with the kernel
35 * for interface and IP address management.
40 * Get our outgoing source address for a destination.
42 * Does a route lookup to get the source address used to reach dest.
43 * The returned host is allocated and must be destroyed.
44 * An optional src address can be used to check if a route is available
45 * for the given source to dest.
47 * @param dest target destination address
48 * @param src source address to check, or NULL
49 * @return outgoing source address, NULL if unreachable
51 host_t
* (*get_source_addr
)(kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*dest
, host_t
*src
);
54 * Get the next hop for a destination.
56 * Does a route lookup to get the next hop used to reach dest.
57 * The returned host is allocated and must be destroyed.
58 * An optional src address can be used to check if a route is available
59 * for the given source to dest.
61 * @param dest target destination address
62 * @param src source address to check, or NULL
63 * @return next hop address, NULL if unreachable
65 host_t
* (*get_nexthop
)(kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*dest
, host_t
*src
);
68 * Get the interface name of a local address.
70 * @param host address to get interface name from
71 * @param name allocated interface name (optional)
72 * @return TRUE if interface found and usable
74 bool (*get_interface
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*host
, char **name
);
77 * Creates an enumerator over all local addresses.
79 * This function blocks an internal cached address list until the
80 * enumerator gets destroyed.
81 * The hosts are read-only, do not modify of free.
83 * @param include_down_ifaces TRUE to enumerate addresses from down interfaces
84 * @param include_virtual_ips TRUE to enumerate virtual IP addresses
85 * @param include_loopback TRUE to enumerate addresses on loopback interfaces
86 * @return enumerator over host_t's
88 enumerator_t
*(*create_address_enumerator
) (kernel_net_t
*this,
89 bool include_down_ifaces
, bool include_virtual_ips
,
90 bool include_loopback
);
93 * Add a virtual IP to an interface.
95 * Virtual IPs are attached to an interface. If an IP is added multiple
96 * times, the IP is refcounted and not removed until del_ip() was called
97 * as many times as add_ip().
98 * The virtual IP is attached to the interface where the iface_ip is found.
100 * @param virtual_ip virtual ip address to assign
101 * @param iface_ip IP of an interface to attach virtual IP
102 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
104 status_t (*add_ip
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*virtual_ip
,
108 * Remove a virtual IP from an interface.
110 * The kernel interface uses refcounting, see add_ip().
112 * @param virtual_ip virtual ip address to assign
113 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
115 status_t (*del_ip
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*virtual_ip
);
120 * @param dst_net destination net
121 * @param prefixlen destination net prefix length
122 * @param gateway gateway for this route
123 * @param src_ip sourc ip of the route
124 * @param if_name name of the interface the route is bound to
125 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
126 * ALREADY_DONE if the route already exists
128 status_t (*add_route
) (kernel_net_t
*this, chunk_t dst_net
,
129 u_int8_t prefixlen
, host_t
*gateway
, host_t
*src_ip
,
135 * @param dst_net destination net
136 * @param prefixlen destination net prefix length
137 * @param gateway gateway for this route
138 * @param src_ip sourc ip of the route
139 * @param if_name name of the interface the route is bound to
140 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
142 status_t (*del_route
) (kernel_net_t
*this, chunk_t dst_net
,
143 u_int8_t prefixlen
, host_t
*gateway
, host_t
*src_ip
,
147 * Destroy the implementation.
149 void (*destroy
) (kernel_net_t
*this);
153 * Helper function to (un-)register net kernel interfaces from plugin features.
155 * This function is a plugin_feature_callback_t and can be used with the
156 * PLUGIN_CALLBACK macro to register an net kernel interface constructor.
158 * @param plugin plugin registering the kernel interface
159 * @param feature associated plugin feature
160 * @param reg TRUE to register, FALSE to unregister
161 * @param data data passed to callback, an kernel_net_constructor_t
163 bool kernel_net_register(plugin_t
*plugin
, plugin_feature_t
*feature
,
164 bool reg
, void *data
);
166 #endif /** KERNEL_NET_H_ @}*/