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VILLASnode/server/include/if.h
2014-07-14 11:49:44 +00:00

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/** Interface related functions
*
* These functions are used to manage a network interface.
* Most of them make use of Linux-specific APIs.
*
* @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
* @copyright 2014, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
* @file
*/
#ifndef _IF_H_
#define _IF_H_
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#define IF_NAME_MAX IFNAMSIZ /**< Maximum length of an interface name */
#define IF_IRQ_MAX 3 /**< Maxmimal number of IRQs of an interface */
/** Interface data structure */
struct interface {
/** The index used by the kernel to reference this interface */
int index;
/** How many nodes use this interface for outgoing packets */
int refcnt;
/** Human readable name of this interface */
char name[IF_NAME_MAX];
/** List of IRQs of the NIC */
char irqs[IF_IRQ_MAX];
/** Linked list pointer */
struct interface *next;
};
/** Get outgoing interface.
*
* Does a lookup in the kernel routing table to determine
* the interface which sends the data to a certain socket
* address.
*
* @param sa A destination address for outgoing packets
* @return The interface index
*/
int if_getegress(struct sockaddr_in *sa);
/** Get all IRQs for this interface.
*
* Only MSI IRQs are determined by looking at:
* /sys/class/net/{ifname}/device/msi_irqs/
*
* @param i A pointer to the interface structure
* @return
* - 0 on success
* - otherwise an error occured
*/
int if_getirqs(struct interface *i);
/** Change the SMP affinity of NIC interrupts.
*
* @param i A pointer to the interface structure
* @param affinity A mask specifying which cores should handle this interrupt.
* @return
* - 0 on success
* - otherwise an error occured
*/
int if_setaffinity(struct interface *i, int affinity);
/** Search list of interface for a index.
*
* @param index The interface index to search for
* @param interfaces A linked list of all interfaces
* @return A pointer to the node or NULL if not found
*/
struct interface* if_lookup_index(int index, struct interface *interfaces);
#endif /* _IF_H_ */