[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Add if_nameindex and if_freenameindex as an experimental entrypoint (PR #208438)

[Michael Jones via libc-commits]

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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// Internal templatized implementation of if_nameindex for Linux.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC_NET_LINUX_IF_NAMEINDEX_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC_NET_LINUX_IF_NAMEINDEX_H
+
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/net_if_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/sys_socket_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/types/socklen_t.h"
+#include "hdr/types/ssize_t.h"
+#include "hdr/types/struct_if_nameindex.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/new.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/scope.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/span.h"
+#include "src/__support/alloc-checker.h"
+#include "src/__support/common.h"
+#include "src/__support/error_or.h"
+#include "src/string/memory_utils/inline_memcpy.h"
+#include "src/string/string_utils.h"
+
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+namespace net {
+
+template <typename Policy> ErrorOr<struct if_nameindex *> if_nameindex() {
+  ErrorOr<int> fd_or_err =
+      Policy::socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+  if (!fd_or_err.has_value())
+    return Error(fd_or_err.error());
+  int fd = *fd_or_err;
+  cpp::scope_exit close_fd([fd]() { Policy::close(fd); });
+
+  struct {
+    struct nlmsghdr nlh;
+    struct ifinfomsg ifm;
+  } req = {};
+  static_assert(sizeof(req) >= NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(req.ifm)));
+  req.nlh.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(req.ifm));
+  req.nlh.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETLINK;
+  req.nlh.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_DUMP;
+  req.ifm.ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+
+  ErrorOr<ssize_t> send_res =
+      Policy::sendto(fd, &req, req.nlh.nlmsg_len, 0, nullptr, 0);
+  if (!send_res.has_value())
+    return Error(send_res.error());
+
+  alignas(struct nlmsghdr) uint8_t buf[4096];
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michaelrj-google wrote:

why `4096`?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/208438