netlink-packet-route 0.21.0

netlink packet types
Documentation
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

use netlink_packet_core::{
    NetlinkHeader, NetlinkMessage, NetlinkPayload, NLM_F_DUMP, NLM_F_REQUEST,
};
use netlink_packet_route::{
    neighbour_table::NeighbourTableMessage, RouteNetlinkMessage,
};
use netlink_sys::{protocols::NETLINK_ROUTE, Socket, SocketAddr};

fn main() {
    let mut socket = Socket::new(NETLINK_ROUTE).unwrap();
    let _port_number = socket.bind_auto().unwrap().port_number();
    socket.connect(&SocketAddr::new(0, 0)).unwrap();

    let mut nl_hdr = NetlinkHeader::default();
    nl_hdr.flags = NLM_F_DUMP | NLM_F_REQUEST;

    let mut req = NetlinkMessage::new(
        nl_hdr,
        NetlinkPayload::from(RouteNetlinkMessage::GetNeighbourTable(
            NeighbourTableMessage::default(),
        )),
    );
    // IMPORTANT: call `finalize()` to automatically set the
    // `message_type` and `length` fields to the appropriate values in
    // the netlink header.
    req.finalize();

    let mut buf = vec![0; req.header.length as usize];
    req.serialize(&mut buf[..]);

    println!(">>> {req:?}");
    socket.send(&buf[..], 0).unwrap();

    let mut receive_buffer = vec![0; 4096];
    let mut offset = 0;

    'outer: loop {
        let size = socket.recv(&mut &mut receive_buffer[..], 0).unwrap();

        loop {
            let bytes = &receive_buffer[offset..];
            // Parse the message
            let msg: NetlinkMessage<RouteNetlinkMessage> =
                NetlinkMessage::deserialize(bytes).unwrap();

            match msg.payload {
                NetlinkPayload::Done(_) => break 'outer,
                NetlinkPayload::InnerMessage(
                    RouteNetlinkMessage::NewNeighbourTable(entry),
                ) => {
                    println!("HAHA {:?}", entry);
                }
                NetlinkPayload::Error(err) => {
                    eprintln!("Received a netlink error message: {err:?}");
                    return;
                }
                _ => {}
            }

            offset += msg.header.length as usize;
            if offset == size || msg.header.length == 0 {
                offset = 0;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}