nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
}
-/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit 'value'
- * to 'msg'. */
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit host
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
void
nl_msg_put_u16(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, uint16_t value)
{
nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
}
-/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit 'value'
- * to 'msg'. */
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit host
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
void
nl_msg_put_u32(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, uint32_t value)
{
nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
}
-/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit 'value'
- * to 'msg'. */
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit host
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
void
nl_msg_put_u64(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, uint64_t value)
{
nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
}
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 16-bit network
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
+void
+nl_msg_put_be16(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, ovs_be16 value)
+{
+ nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
+}
+
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 32-bit network
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
+void
+nl_msg_put_be32(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, ovs_be32 value)
+{
+ nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
+}
+
+/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given 64-bit network
+ * byte order 'value' to 'msg'. */
+void
+nl_msg_put_be64(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, ovs_be64 value)
+{
+ nl_msg_put_unspec(msg, type, &value, sizeof value);
+}
+
/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the given
* null-terminated string 'value' to 'msg'. */
void
\f
/* Attributes. */
+/* Returns the bits of 'nla->nla_type' that are significant for determining its
+ * type. */
+int
+nl_attr_type(const struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return nla->nla_type & NLA_TYPE_MASK;
+}
+
/* Returns the first byte in the payload of attribute 'nla'. */
const void *
nl_attr_get(const struct nlattr *nla)
return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, uint8_t);
}
-/* Returns the 16-bit value in 'nla''s payload.
+/* Returns the 16-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
*
* Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 2 bytes long. */
uint16_t
return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, uint16_t);
}
-/* Returns the 32-bit value in 'nla''s payload.
+/* Returns the 32-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
*
* Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 4 bytes long. */
uint32_t
return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, uint32_t);
}
-/* Returns the 64-bit value in 'nla''s payload.
+/* Returns the 64-bit host byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
*
* Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 8 bytes long. */
uint64_t
return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, uint64_t);
}
+/* Returns the 16-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
+ *
+ * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 2 bytes long. */
+ovs_be16
+nl_attr_get_be16(const struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, ovs_be16);
+}
+
+/* Returns the 32-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
+ *
+ * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 4 bytes long. */
+ovs_be32
+nl_attr_get_be32(const struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, ovs_be32);
+}
+
+/* Returns the 64-bit network byte order value in 'nla''s payload.
+ *
+ * Asserts that 'nla''s payload is at least 8 bytes long. */
+ovs_be64
+nl_attr_get_be64(const struct nlattr *nla)
+{
+ return NL_ATTR_GET_AS(nla, ovs_be64);
+}
+
/* Returns the null-terminated string value in 'nla''s payload.
*
* Asserts that 'nla''s payload contains a null-terminated string. */
if (aligned_len > (char*)tail - (char*)p) {
VLOG_DBG_RL(&rl, "%zu: attr %"PRIu16" aligned data len (%zu) "
"> bytes left (%tu)",
- offset, nla->nla_type, aligned_len,
+ offset, nl_attr_type(nla), aligned_len,
(char*)tail - (char*)p);
return false;
}
- type = nla->nla_type;
+ type = nl_attr_type(nla);
if (type < n_attrs && policy[type].type != NL_A_NO_ATTR) {
const struct nl_policy *e = &policy[type];
size_t min_len, max_len;