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	The neighbour table establishes bindings between protocol addresses and link layer addresses for hosts sharing the same physical link.

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	Routing Rules

	Traffic Control

Sending
int	nl_rtgen_request (struct nl_sock *sk, int type, int family, int flags)
	Send routing netlink request message. More...

Routing Type Translations
char *	nl_rtntype2str (int type, char *buf, size_t size)

int	nl_str2rtntype (const char *name)

Scope Translations
char *	rtnl_scope2str (int scope, char *buf, size_t size)

int	rtnl_str2scope (const char *name)

Realms Translations
char *	rtnl_realms2str (uint32_t realms, char *buf, size_t len)

Realms
#define	RTNL_REALM_MASK (0xFFFF)
	Mask specying the size of each realm part.

#define	RTNL_REALM_FROM(realm) ((realm) >> 16)
	Extract FROM realm from a realms field.

#define	RTNL_REALM_TO(realm) ((realm) & RTNL_REALM_MASK)
	Extract TO realm from a realms field.

#define	RTNL_MAKE_REALM(from, to) ((RTNL_REALM_TO(from) << 16) & RTNL_REALM_TO(to))
	Build a realms field.

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

Send routing netlink request message.

Parameters

sk	Netlink socket.
type	Netlink message type.
family	Address family.
flags	Additional netlink message flags.

Fills out a routing netlink request message and sends it out using nl_send_simple().

Definition at line 39 of file rtnl.c.

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