added support functions to access the netlink attributes and use
custom callback handlers. Most is wrapped as is, but there are
a couple of special cases handled.
1) void *nla_data(struct nlattr *);
The return value is changed to a Python byte array so it includes
the lenght of the data stream.
2) int nla_parse_nested(...);
This returns a tuple (err, dict). 'err' is the error code and 'dict'
is a dictionary with attribute identifier as key and value represents
a struct nlattr object.
3) macro nla_for_each_nested()
Provide nla_get_nested() which returns a Python list of struct nlattr
objects that is iterable.
4) allocate struct nla_policy array
Provide nla_policy_array() function that allocates consecutive space
in memory for struct nla_policy array entries. Each entry is put in
a Python list so the entry fields can be modified in Python. This
array object can be passed to the nla_parse_nested() function.
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
With this change you can still set do modifications of
Links and then to change to pass the changes to the
kernel. But it additionally enables you to interact
with this part of libnl-python in a more pythonic
way. Instead of:
eth0 = links['eth0']
eth0.mtu = 5000
eth0.change()
you can do:
with links['eth0'] as eth0:
eth0.mtu = 5000
1. Address, Link and Vlan classes affected with same bug
2. Flags property are not designed as set class. Setting to property will
not replace flags, just add flags to set. So, jist document that, and
fixed obvious logick.
