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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
2
3name: nlctrl
4protocol: genetlink-legacy
5uapi-header: linux/genetlink.h
6
7doc: |
8 genetlink meta-family that exposes information about all genetlink
9 families registered in the kernel (including itself).
10
11definitions:
12 -
13 name: op-flags
14 type: flags
15 enum-name:
16 entries:
17 - admin-perm
18 - cmd-cap-do
19 - cmd-cap-dump
20 - cmd-cap-haspol
21 - uns-admin-perm
22 -
23 name: attr-type
24 enum-name: netlink-attribute-type
25 type: enum
26 entries:
27 - invalid
28 - flag
29 - u8
30 - u16
31 - u32
32 - u64
33 - s8
34 - s16
35 - s32
36 - s64
37 - binary
38 - string
39 - nul-string
40 - nested
41 - nested-array
42 - bitfield32
43 - sint
44 - uint
45
46attribute-sets:
47 -
48 name: ctrl-attrs
49 name-prefix: ctrl-attr-
50 attributes:
51 -
52 name: family-id
53 type: u16
54 -
55 name: family-name
56 type: string
57 -
58 name: version
59 type: u32
60 -
61 name: hdrsize
62 type: u32
63 -
64 name: maxattr
65 type: u32
66 -
67 name: ops
68 type: indexed-array
69 sub-type: nest
70 nested-attributes: op-attrs
71 -
72 name: mcast-groups
73 type: indexed-array
74 sub-type: nest
75 nested-attributes: mcast-group-attrs
76 -
77 name: policy
78 type: nest-type-value
79 type-value: [ policy-id, attr-id ]
80 nested-attributes: policy-attrs
81 -
82 name: op-policy
83 type: nest-type-value
84 type-value: [ op-id ]
85 nested-attributes: op-policy-attrs
86 -
87 name: op
88 type: u32
89 -
90 name: mcast-group-attrs
91 name-prefix: ctrl-attr-mcast-grp-
92 enum-name:
93 attributes:
94 -
95 name: name
96 type: string
97 -
98 name: id
99 type: u32
100 -
101 name: op-attrs
102 name-prefix: ctrl-attr-op-
103 enum-name:
104 attributes:
105 -
106 name: id
107 type: u32
108 -
109 name: flags
110 type: u32
111 enum: op-flags
112 enum-as-flags: true
113 -
114 name: policy-attrs
115 name-prefix: nl-policy-type-attr-
116 enum-name:
117 attributes:
118 -
119 name: type
120 type: u32
121 enum: attr-type
122 -
123 name: min-value-s
124 type: s64
125 -
126 name: max-value-s
127 type: s64
128 -
129 name: min-value-u
130 type: u64
131 -
132 name: max-value-u
133 type: u64
134 -
135 name: min-length
136 type: u32
137 -
138 name: max-length
139 type: u32
140 -
141 name: policy-idx
142 type: u32
143 -
144 name: policy-maxtype
145 type: u32
146 -
147 name: bitfield32-mask
148 type: u32
149 -
150 name: mask
151 type: u64
152 -
153 name: pad
154 type: pad
155 -
156 name: op-policy-attrs
157 name-prefix: ctrl-attr-policy-
158 enum-name:
159 attributes:
160 -
161 name: do
162 type: u32
163 -
164 name: dump
165 type: u32
166
167operations:
168 enum-model: directional
169 name-prefix: ctrl-cmd-
170 list:
171 -
172 name: getfamily
173 doc: Get / dump genetlink families
174 attribute-set: ctrl-attrs
175 do:
176 request:
177 value: 3
178 attributes:
179 - family-name
180 reply: &all-attrs
181 value: 1
182 attributes:
183 - family-id
184 - family-name
185 - hdrsize
186 - maxattr
187 - mcast-groups
188 - ops
189 - version
190 dump:
191 reply: *all-attrs
192 -
193 name: getpolicy
194 doc: Get / dump genetlink policies
195 attribute-set: ctrl-attrs
196 dump:
197 request:
198 value: 10
199 attributes:
200 - family-name
201 - family-id
202 - op
203 reply:
204 value: 10
205 attributes:
206 - family-id
207 - op-policy
208 - policy