Hi!
The Netfilter project presents libmnl-1.0.0
libmnl is a minimalistic user-space library oriented to Netlink
developers. There are a lot of common tasks in parsing, validating,
constructing of both the Netlink header and TLVs that are repetitive and
easy to get wrong. This library aims to provide simple helpers that
allows you to re-use code and to avoid re-inventing the wheel.
This library is released under LGPLv2+.
Features:
* Small: the shared library requires around 45KB for an x86-based computer.
* Simple: this library avoids complexity and elaborated abstractions
that tend to hide Netlink details.
* Easy to use: the library simplifies the work for Netlink-wise
developers. It provides functions to make socket handling, message
building, validating, parsing and sequence tracking, easier.
* Easy to re-use: you can use the library to build your own abstraction
layer on top of this library.
* Decoupling: the interdependency of the main bricks that compose the
library is reduced, i.e. the library provides many helpers, but the
programmer is not forced to use them.
More info at:
http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/
Doxygen documentation at:
http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/doxygen/
You can download it via FTP at:
ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/libmnl
Enjoy!
Cristian RodrÃguez (1):
src: implement both GCC visibility support and export script
Jan Engelhardt (36):
build: just use autoreconf
build: do not abuse AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE for autoconf options
build: automake options should be in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
build: use subdir-objects and CC_C_O
build: run autoupdate
build: rebuild .pc files when configure status changed
build: resolve compiler warnings
build: remove unneeded -dynamic -ldl -nostartfiles flags
build: default to not build static libraries
Add .gitignore files
build: fix disable_static functionality
src: avoid using deprecated unspecified argument lists
src: add const qualifiers
src: remove redundant casts
socket: remove statement with no effect
doc: documentation updates
include: consistent usage of "extern"
attr: string functions should take char *
callback: mnl_cb_run should use a void *
socket: use more appropriate types for mnl_socket_bind
include: add cplusplus guards for extern
nlmsg: use bool return type for yes-no functions
attr: rename str_null from NULL away
examples: remove redundant casts
build: remove -fPIC flag
build: remove statements without obvious effect
socket: constify a struct sockaddr_nl
nlmsg: use bool for mnl_nlmsg_ok()
attr: remove redundant check for NULL
include: use C++ headers in C++ mode
attr: avoid multiple definition of hidden variable
socket: propagate sendto/recvmsg's return types
Update .gitignore
build: tag function headers rather than decls as exported
ld: add some more precautionary CFLAGS
nlmsg: remove unused function mnl_nlmsg_aligned_size()
Jozsef Kadlecsik (2):
fix for mnl_attr_for_each_nested()
fix mnl_attr_parse()
Pablo Neira Ayuso (75):
initial libmnl import
fix leak in mnl_socket_open()
remove libnfnetlink stuff from autogen.sh
finish API documentation
fix mnl_cb_run() and mnl_cb_run2() return value logic
add COPYING file
use `unsigned int' for number of bytes and array size in callback API
partially revert previous commit
fix mnl_socket_bind() to support the selection of the netlink portID
constify several mnl_socket_* parameters and use size_t instead of int
use C99 types uintXX_t instead of POSIX u_intXX_t
check portid of received messages in examples
revert abcaad6b65ed368c13c353ed71619332f76d9c2a
add validation infrastructure and rework attribute parsing
check source of the netlink message and fix sequence tracking logic
remove mnl_align() as it's been replaced by MNL_ALIGN()
rename mnl_attr_type_invalid() by mnl_attr_type_ok()
remove bogus checking in mnl_attr_validate() and mnl_attr_validate2()
add -Wextra to spot more errors in compilation
fix warning in compilation due to different signess
rename mnl_attr_type_ok() by mnl_attr_type_valid() for consistency
rename msg.c to nlmsg.c
rename mnl_nlmsg_payload_size() to mnl_nlmsg_get_payload_len() for consistency
x
more consistency name issues: rename get_data*() to get_payload*()
add new README file
review documentation on netlink attribute helpers
improve documentation of netlink message helpers
remove bogus casting in mnl_nlmsg_get_payload_tail()
remove mnl_nlmsg_get_len() function
minor update in README (library is around 30KB here, not 20KB)
update socket helper documentation
add mnl_nlmsg_fprintf() function for debugging purposes
review data types for input parameters of mnl_attr_*() functions
use size_t to indicate the buffer size in mnl_cb_run*()
remove redudant alignment in mnl_nlmsg_size()
fix warning in mnl_cb_run2()
add -Wextra -Wall for example files
fix lots of compilation warnings in example files
remove references to 'generic' in header file
add rtnl-route-add.c to examples
add helpers to nest attributes
add licensing terms of example files
add nf-queue.c example file for nfnetlink_queue
statify function in nf-queue.c example
change errno values for mnl_cb_run[2]()
relax mnl_attr_type_valid() checkings and change errno value
fix rtnl-link-dump3.c
add nfct-event example
nlmsg: use size_t instead of int for several input parameters
socket: remove mnl_socket_sendmsg() and mnl_socket_recvmsg()
examples: fix rtnl-set-link
examples: fix byte-order in nfct-event
build: add notice on how to update library API version
skip PortID and sequence checking if zero
add missing .gitignore file to m4/ directory
examples: put examples files into specific directories
doxygen documentation
add quote from Thoureau to documentation
src: define MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE to 8192UL
doc: git tree update (now at netfilter.org) and fix listing in doxygen
examples: add nflog example
nlmsg: rework mnl_nlmsg_fprintf
Merge branch 'master' of git://dev.medozas.de/libmnl
license: change licensing terms from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
nlmsg: remove unexisting mnl_nlmsg_total_size
add libmnl.map file to src/Makefile.am
attr: add mnl_attr_nest_cancel()
header: add MNL_ARRAY_SIZE(x)
callback: use of inline in mnl_cb_run*() function
attr: add put function that allows to check buffer size
header: use getpagesize() for MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE
header: missing parenthesis in MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE definition
nlmsg: add new message batching infrastructure
build: 1.0.0 release
