2 * Copyright (C) 2008 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
8 * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
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11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
12 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
13 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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 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.
59 * @param dest target destination address
60 * @return next hop address, NULL if unreachable
62 host_t
* (*get_nexthop
)(kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*dest
);
65 * Get the interface name of a local address.
67 * @param host address to get interface name from
68 * @return allocated interface name, or NULL if not found
70 char* (*get_interface
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*host
);
73 * Creates an enumerator over all local addresses.
75 * This function blocks an internal cached address list until the
76 * enumerator gets destroyed.
77 * The hosts are read-only, do not modify of free.
79 * @param include_down_ifaces TRUE to enumerate addresses from down interfaces
80 * @param include_virtual_ips TRUE to enumerate virtual ip addresses
81 * @return enumerator over host_t's
83 enumerator_t
*(*create_address_enumerator
) (kernel_net_t
*this,
84 bool include_down_ifaces
, bool include_virtual_ips
);
87 * Add a virtual IP to an interface.
89 * Virtual IPs are attached to an interface. If an IP is added multiple
90 * times, the IP is refcounted and not removed until del_ip() was called
91 * as many times as add_ip().
92 * The virtual IP is attached to the interface where the iface_ip is found.
94 * @param virtual_ip virtual ip address to assign
95 * @param iface_ip IP of an interface to attach virtual IP
96 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
98 status_t (*add_ip
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*virtual_ip
,
102 * Remove a virtual IP from an interface.
104 * The kernel interface uses refcounting, see add_ip().
106 * @param virtual_ip virtual ip address to assign
107 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
109 status_t (*del_ip
) (kernel_net_t
*this, host_t
*virtual_ip
);
114 * @param dst_net destination net
115 * @param prefixlen destination net prefix length
116 * @param gateway gateway for this route
117 * @param src_ip sourc ip of the route
118 * @param if_name name of the interface the route is bound to
119 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
120 * ALREADY_DONE if the route already exists
122 status_t (*add_route
) (kernel_net_t
*this, chunk_t dst_net
,
123 u_int8_t prefixlen
, host_t
*gateway
, host_t
*src_ip
,
129 * @param dst_net destination net
130 * @param prefixlen destination net prefix length
131 * @param gateway gateway for this route
132 * @param src_ip sourc ip of the route
133 * @param if_name name of the interface the route is bound to
134 * @return SUCCESS if operation completed
136 status_t (*del_route
) (kernel_net_t
*this, chunk_t dst_net
,
137 u_int8_t prefixlen
, host_t
*gateway
, host_t
*src_ip
,
141 * Destroy the implementation.
143 void (*destroy
) (kernel_net_t
*this);
147 * Helper function to (un-)register net kernel interfaces from plugin features.
149 * This function is a plugin_feature_callback_t and can be used with the
150 * PLUGIN_CALLBACK macro to register an net kernel interface constructor.
152 * @param plugin plugin registering the kernel interface
153 * @param feature associated plugin feature
154 * @param reg TRUE to register, FALSE to unregister
155 * @param data data passed to callback, an kernel_net_constructor_t
157 bool kernel_net_register(plugin_t
*plugin
, plugin_feature_t
*feature
,
158 bool reg
, void *data
);
160 #endif /** KERNEL_NET_H_ @}*/