Controller
[Management]

Functions
int	genl_ctrl_resolve (struct nl_handle *handle, const char *name)
	Resolve generic netlink family name to its identifier.

---

Function Documentation

struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search	(	struct nl_cache *	cache,
		int	id
	)			[read]

Parameters:

	cache	Generic netlink family cache.
	id	Family identifier.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified identifier. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:

Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 174 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

struct genl_family* genl_ctrl_search_by_name	(	struct nl_cache *	cache,
		const char *	name
	)			[read]

Parameters:

	cache	Generic netlink family cache.
	name	Family name.

Searches through the cache looking for a registered family matching the specified name. The caller will own a reference on the returned object which needs to be given back after usage using genl_family_put().

Returns:

Generic netlink family object or NULL if no match was found.

Definition at line 208 of file ctrl.c.

References nl_object_get().

Referenced by genl_ctrl_resolve().

int genl_ctrl_resolve	(	struct nl_handle *	handle,
		const char *	name
	)

Parameters:

	handle	Netlink Handle
	name	Name of generic netlink family

Resolves the generic netlink family name to its identifer and returns it.

Returns:

A positive identifier or a negative error code.

Definition at line 238 of file ctrl.c.

References genl_ctrl_search_by_name(), and nl_cache_free().