nl_common.hxx File Reference

#include <array>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>
#include <type_traits>
#include <utility>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/neighbour.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>

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Namespaces
namespace	llmx
namespace	llmx::rtaco

Concepts
concept	llmx::rtaco::IsEnumeration
concept	llmx::rtaco::IsNetlinkEvent

Functions
constexpr auto	llmx::rtaco::trim_string (std::string_view sv) -> std::string
	Remove trailing NUL characters and return an owning string.
template<size_t N>
constexpr auto	llmx::rtaco::trim_string (const std::array< char, N > &arr) -> std::string
	Remove trailing NULs from a fixed-size char array and return a string.
auto	llmx::rtaco::extract_ifname (const nlmsghdr &header) -> std::string
	Extract the interface name from a netlink header.
auto	llmx::rtaco::attribute_string (const rtattr &attr) -> std::string
	Convert an rtattr payload to a trimmed std::string.
auto	llmx::rtaco::attribute_address (const rtattr &attr, uint8_t family) -> std::string
	Convert an rtattr payload to a text representation of an IP address.
auto	llmx::rtaco::attribute_uint32 (const rtattr &attr) -> uint32_t
	Read a uint32_t value from an rtattr payload.
auto	llmx::rtaco::attribute_hwaddr (const rtattr &attr) -> std::string
	Format a hardware address (MAC) from an rtattr payload as a string.
template<typename MsgT>
const MsgT *	llmx::rtaco::get_msg_payload (const nlmsghdr &header)
	Get a typed pointer to the message payload in a netlink header.
template<typename MsgT, typename Fn>
void	llmx::rtaco::for_each_attr (const nlmsghdr &header, const MsgT *info, Fn &&fn)
	Iterate over rtattr attributes for a given message payload.
auto	llmx::rtaco::type_to_string (IsNetlinkEvent auto &&type) noexcept -> std::string_view
	Convert a netlink message or event type to a readable name.
auto	llmx::rtaco::family_to_string (uint8_t family) noexcept -> std::string_view
	Convert an address family constant to a human-readable name.
auto	llmx::rtaco::protocol_to_string (uint8_t protocol) noexcept -> std::string_view
	Convert a protocol identifier to a readable name.
auto	llmx::rtaco::route_type_to_string (uint8_t route_type) noexcept -> std::string_view
	Convert a route type constant to a string.