Controller

Functions
int	genl_ctrl_resolve (struct nl_sock *sk, const char *name)
	Resolve generic netlink family name to its identifier.
int	genl_ctrl_resolve_grp (struct nl_sock *sk, const char *family_name, const char *grp_name)
Cache Management
int	genl_ctrl_alloc_cache (struct nl_sock *sock, struct nl_cache **result)
struct genl_family *	genl_ctrl_search (struct nl_cache *cache, int id)
	Look up generic netlink family by id in the provided cache.
Resolver
struct genl_family *	genl_ctrl_search_by_name (struct nl_cache *cache, const char *name)
	Look up generic netlink family by family name in the provided cache.

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Function Documentation

struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search	(	struct nl_cache *	cache,
		int	id
	)		[read]

Parameters:

cache	Generic netlink family cache.
id	Family identifier.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified identifier. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:

Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 198 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search_by_name	(	struct nl_cache *	cache,
		const char *	name
	)		[read]

Parameters:

cache	Generic netlink family cache.
name	Family name.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified name. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:

Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 232 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

Referenced by genl_ctrl_resolve().

int genl_ctrl_resolve	(	struct nl_sock *	sk,
		const char *	name
	)

Parameters:

sk	Netlink socket.
name	Name of generic netlink family

Resolves the generic netlink family name to its identifer and returns it.

Returns:

A positive identifier or a negative error code.

Definition at line 262 of file ctrl.c.

References genl_ctrl_search_by_name(), and nl_cache_free().