xref: /freebsd/lib/libifconfig/libifconfig.h (revision 74d9553e43cfafc29448d0bb836916aa21dea0de)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2016, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune
3  * All rights reserved.
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28 
29 #pragma once
30 
31 typedef enum {
32 	OTHER, IOCTL, SOCKET
33 } ifconfig_errtype;
34 
35 /*
36  * Opaque definition so calling application can just pass a
37  * pointer to it for library use.
38  */
39 struct ifconfig_handle;
40 typedef struct ifconfig_handle   ifconfig_handle_t;
41 
42 struct ifconfig_capabilities {
43 	/** Current capabilities (ifconfig prints this as 'options')*/
44 	int curcap;
45 	/** Requested capabilities (ifconfig prints this as 'capabilities')*/
46 	int reqcap;
47 };
48 
49 /** Retrieves a new state object for use in other API calls.
50  * Example usage:
51  *{@code
52  * // Create state object
53  * ifconfig_handle_t *lifh = ifconfig_open();
54  *
55  * // Do stuff with it
56  *
57  * // Dispose of the state object
58  * ifconfig_close(lifh);
59  * lifh = NULL;
60  *}
61  */
62 ifconfig_handle_t *ifconfig_open(void);
63 
64 /** Frees resources held in the provided state object.
65  * @param h The state object to close.
66  * @see #ifconfig_open(void)
67  */
68 void ifconfig_close(ifconfig_handle_t *h);
69 
70 /** Identifies what kind of error occured. */
71 ifconfig_errtype ifconfig_err_errtype(ifconfig_handle_t *h);
72 
73 /** Retrieves the errno associated with the error, if any. */
74 int ifconfig_err_errno(ifconfig_handle_t *h);
75 
76 /** If error type was IOCTL, this identifies which request failed. */
77 unsigned long ifconfig_err_ioctlreq(ifconfig_handle_t *h);
78 int ifconfig_get_description(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
79     char **description);
80 int ifconfig_set_description(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
81     const char *newdescription);
82 int ifconfig_unset_description(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name);
83 int ifconfig_set_name(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
84     const char *newname);
85 int ifconfig_set_mtu(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name, const int mtu);
86 int ifconfig_get_mtu(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name, int *mtu);
87 int ifconfig_set_metric(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
88     const int metric);
89 int ifconfig_get_metric(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name, int *metric);
90 int ifconfig_set_capability(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
91     const int capability);
92 int ifconfig_get_capability(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
93     struct ifconfig_capabilities *capability);
94 
95 /** Destroy a virtual interface
96  * @param name Interface to destroy
97  */
98 int ifconfig_destroy_interface(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name);
99 
100 /** Creates a (virtual) interface
101  * @param name Name of interface to create. Example: bridge or bridge42
102  * @param name ifname Is set to actual name of created interface
103  */
104 int ifconfig_create_interface(ifconfig_handle_t *h, const char *name,
105     char **ifname);
106