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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
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Merging upstream version 6.7.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+++ b/man3/rtnetlink.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" $Id: rtnetlink.3,v 1.2 1999/05/18 10:35:10 freitag Exp $
.\"
-.TH rtnetlink 3 2023-07-15 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH rtnetlink 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
rtnetlink \- macros to manipulate rtnetlink messages
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ Standard C library
.B #include <linux/netlink.h>
.B #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
.B #include <sys/socket.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "rtnetlink_socket = socket(AF_NETLINK, int " socket_type \
", NETLINK_ROUTE);"
-.PP
+.P
.BI "int RTA_OK(struct rtattr *" rta ", int " rtabuflen );
-.PP
+.P
.BI "void *RTA_DATA(struct rtattr *" rta );
.BI "unsigned int RTA_PAYLOAD(struct rtattr *" rta );
-.PP
+.P
.BI "struct rtattr *RTA_NEXT(struct rtattr *" rta \
", unsigned int " rtabuflen );
-.PP
+.P
.BI "unsigned int RTA_LENGTH(unsigned int " length );
.BI "unsigned int RTA_SPACE(unsigned int "length );
.fi
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ messages consist of a
.BR netlink (7)
message header and appended attributes.
The attributes should be manipulated only using the macros provided here.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_OK( rta ", " attrlen )
returns true if
.I rta
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ When not true then you must assume there are no more attributes in the
message, even if
.I attrlen
is nonzero.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_DATA( rta )
returns a pointer to the start of this attribute's data.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_PAYLOAD( rta )
returns the length of this attribute's data.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_NEXT( rta ", " attrlen )
gets the next attribute after
.IR rta .
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ Calling this macro will update
You should use
.B RTA_OK
to check the validity of the returned pointer.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_LENGTH( len )
returns the length which is required for
.I len
bytes of data plus the header.
-.PP
+.P
.BI RTA_SPACE( len )
returns the amount of space which will be needed in a message with
.I len
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ This manual page is incomplete.
.SH EXAMPLES
.\" FIXME . ? would be better to use libnetlink in the EXAMPLE code here
Creating a rtnetlink message to set the MTU of a device:
-.PP
+.P
.in +4n
.EX
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>