[NETLINK]: Neighbour table configuration and statistics via rtnetlink

To retrieve the neighbour tables send RTM_GETNEIGHTBL with the
NLM_F_DUMP flag set. Every neighbour table configuration is
spread over multiple messages to avoid running into message
size limits on systems with many interfaces. The first message
in the sequence transports all not device specific data such as
statistics, configuration, and the default parameter set.
This message is followed by 0..n messages carrying device
specific parameter sets.

Although the ordering should be sufficient, NDTA_NAME can be
used to identify sequences. The initial message can be identified
by checking for NDTA_CONFIG. The device specific messages do
not contain this TLV but have NDTPA_IFINDEX set to the
corresponding interface index.

To change neighbour table attributes, send RTM_SETNEIGHTBL
with NDTA_NAME set. Changeable attribute include NDTA_THRESH[1-3],
NDTA_GC_INTERVAL, and all TLVs in NDTA_PARMS unless marked
otherwise. Device specific parameter sets can be changed by
setting NDTPA_IFINDEX to the interface index of the corresponding
device.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/neighbour.h b/include/net/neighbour.h
index 4f33bbc21e7f..17191ac9be70 100644
--- a/include/net/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/net/neighbour.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct neighbour;
 
 struct neigh_parms
 {
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct neigh_parms *next;
 	int	(*neigh_setup)(struct neighbour *);
 	struct neigh_table *tbl;
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ extern int neigh_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg);
 extern int neigh_delete(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg);
 extern void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n);
 
+extern int neightbl_dump_info(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
+extern int neightbl_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg);
+
 extern void neigh_for_each(struct neigh_table *tbl, void (*cb)(struct neighbour *, void *), void *cookie);
 extern void __neigh_for_each_release(struct neigh_table *tbl, int (*cb)(struct neighbour *));
 extern void pneigh_for_each(struct neigh_table *tbl, void (*cb)(struct pneigh_entry *));