package genetlink import ( "errors" ) var ( // errInvalidMessage is returned when a Message is malformed. errInvalidMessage = errors.New("generic netlink message is invalid or too short") ) // A Header is a generic netlink header. A Header is sent and received with // each generic netlink message to indicate metadata regarding a Message. type Header struct { // Command specifies a command to issue to netlink. Command uint8 // Version specifies the version of a command to use. Version uint8 } // headerLen is the length of a Header. const headerLen = 4 // A Message is a generic netlink message. It contains a Header and an // arbitrary byte payload, which may be decoded using information from the // Header. // // Data is encoded using the native endianness of the host system. Use // the netlink.Uint* and netlink.PutUint* functions to encode and decode // integers. type Message struct { Header Header Data []byte } // MarshalBinary marshals a Message into a byte slice. func (m Message) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) { b := make([]byte, headerLen) b[0] = m.Header.Command b[1] = m.Header.Version // b[2] and b[3] are padding bytes and set to zero return append(b, m.Data...), nil } // UnmarshalBinary unmarshals the contents of a byte slice into a Message. func (m *Message) UnmarshalBinary(b []byte) error { if len(b) < headerLen { return errInvalidMessage } // Don't allow reserved pad bytes to be set if b[2] != 0 || b[3] != 0 { return errInvalidMessage } m.Header.Command = b[0] m.Header.Version = b[1] m.Data = b[4:] return nil }