netlink-packet-core 0.8.1

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

use netlink_packet_core::{NLM_F_DUMP, NLM_F_REQUEST};
use netlink_packet_route::{
    rtnl::{LinkMessage, RtnlMessage},
    NetlinkMessage,
};

fn main() {
    // Create the netlink message, that contains the rtnetlink
    // message
    let mut packet =
        NetlinkMessage::from(RtnlMessage::GetLink(LinkMessage::default()));

    // Set a few fields in the packet's header
    packet.header.flags = NLM_F_DUMP | NLM_F_REQUEST;
    packet.header.sequence_number = 1;

    // Before serializing the packet, it is very important to call
    // finalize() to ensure the header of the message is consistent
    // with its payload. Otherwise, a panic may occur when calling
    // `serialize()`
    packet.finalize();

    // Prepare a buffer to serialize the packet. Note that we never
    // set explicitely `packet.header.length` above. This was done
    // automatically when we called `finalize()`
    let mut buf = vec![0; packet.header.length as usize];
    // Serialize the packet
    packet.serialize(&mut buf[..]);

    // Deserialize the packet
    let deserialized_packet = NetlinkMessage::<RtnlMessage>::deserialize(&buf)
        .expect("Failed to deserialize message");

    // Normally, the deserialized packet should be exactly the same
    // than the serialized one.
    assert_eq!(deserialized_packet, packet);

    println!("{packet:?}");
}