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VILLASnode/server/include/if.h

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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>
#include "list.h"
#define IF_NAME_MAX IFNAMSIZ /**< Maximum length of an interface name */
#define IF_IRQ_MAX 3 /**< Maxmimal number of IRQs of an interface */
#ifndef SO_MARK
#define SO_MARK 36 /**< Workaround: add missing constant for OPAL-RT Redhawk target */
#endif
struct socket;
/** 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 of associated sockets */
struct list sockets;
};
/** Add a new interface to the global list and lookup name, irqs...
*
* @param index The interface index of the OS
* @retval >0 Success. A pointer to the new interface.
* @retval 0 Error. The creation failed.
*/
struct interface * if_create(int index);
/** Destroy interface by freeing dynamically allocated memory.
*
* @param i A pointer to the interface structure.
*/
void if_destroy(struct interface *i);
/** Start interface.
*
* This setups traffic controls queue discs, network emulation and
* maps interface IRQs according to affinity.
*
* @param i A pointer to the interface structure.
* @param affinity Set the IRQ affinity of this interface.
* @retval 0 Success. Everything went well.
* @retval <0 Error. Something went wrong.
*/
int if_start(struct interface *i, int affinity);
/** Stop interface
*
* This resets traffic qdiscs ant network emulation
* and maps interface IRQs to all CPUs.
*
* @param i A pointer to the interface structure.
* @retval 0 Success. Everything went well.
* @retval <0 Error. Something went wrong.
*/
int if_stop(struct interface *i);
/** Get outgoing interface.
*
* Depending on the address family of the socker address,
* this function tries to determine outgoing interface
* which is used to send packages to a remote host with the specified
* socket address.
*
* For AF_INET the fnuction performs a lookup in the kernel routing table.
* For AF_PACKET the function uses the existing sll_ifindex field of the socket address.
*
* @param sa A destination address for outgoing packets.
* @return The interface index.
*/
int if_getegress(struct sockaddr *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
* @retval 0 Success. Everything went well.
* @retval <0 Error. Something went wrong.
*/
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.
* @retval 0 Success. Everything went well.
* @retval <0 Error. Something went wrong.
*/
int if_setaffinity(struct interface *i, int affinity);
/** Search the global list of interfaces for a given index.
*
* @param index The interface index to search for
* @param interfaces A linked list of all interfaces
* @retval NULL if no interface with index was found.
* @retval >0 Success. A pointer to the interface.
*/
struct interface * if_lookup_index(int index);
#endif /* _IF_H_ */