batman-adv: add generic netlink family for batman-adv

debugfs is currently severely broken virtually everywhere in the kernel
where files are dynamically added and removed (see
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1506.1/02196.html for some
details). In addition to that, debugfs is not namespace-aware.

Instead of adding new debugfs entries, the whole infrastructure should be
moved to netlink. This will fix the long standing problem of large buffers
for debug tables and hard to parse text files.

Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
[sven.eckelmann@open-mesh.com: Strip down patch to only add genl family,
add missing kerneldoc]
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@open-mesh.com>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79f797281b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h
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+/* Copyright (C) 2016 B.A.T.M.A.N. contributors:
+ *
+ * Matthias Schiffer
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+ * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+ * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_BATMAN_ADV_H_
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_BATMAN_ADV_H_
+
+#define BATADV_NL_NAME "batadv"
+
+/**
+ * enum batadv_nl_attrs - batman-adv netlink attributes
+ *
+ * @BATADV_ATTR_UNSPEC: unspecified attribute to catch errors
+ * @__BATADV_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
+ * @NUM_BATADV_ATTR: total number of batadv_nl_attrs available
+ * @BATADV_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
+ */
+enum batadv_nl_attrs {
+	BATADV_ATTR_UNSPEC,
+	/* add attributes above here, update the policy in netlink.c */
+	__BATADV_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
+	NUM_BATADV_ATTR = __BATADV_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
+	BATADV_ATTR_MAX = __BATADV_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
+};
+
+/**
+ * enum batadv_nl_commands - supported batman-adv netlink commands
+ *
+ * @BATADV_CMD_UNSPEC: unspecified command to catch errors
+ * @__BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST: internal use
+ * @BATADV_CMD_MAX: highest used command number
+ */
+enum batadv_nl_commands {
+	BATADV_CMD_UNSPEC,
+	/* add new commands above here */
+	__BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST,
+	BATADV_CMD_MAX = __BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST - 1
+};
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_BATMAN_ADV_H_ */