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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Daniel Drown <dan-android@drown.org>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * setif.c - network interface configuration
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <netlink/handlers.h>
+#include <netlink/msg.h>
+
+#include "netlink_msg.h"
+
+/* function: add_address
+ * adds an IP address to/from an interface, returns 0 on success and <0 on failure
+ * ifname    - name of interface to change
+ * family    - address family (AF_INET, AF_INET6)
+ * address   - pointer to a struct in_addr or in6_addr
+ * prefixlen - bitlength of network (example: 24 for AF_INET's 255.255.255.0)
+ * broadcast - broadcast address (only for AF_INET, ignored for AF_INET6)
+ */
+int add_address(const char *ifname, int family, const void *address, int prefixlen, const void *broadcast) {
+  int retval;
+  size_t addr_size;
+  struct ifaddrmsg ifa;
+  struct nl_msg *msg = NULL;
+
+  addr_size = inet_family_size(family);
+  if(addr_size == 0) {
+    retval = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  memset(&ifa, 0, sizeof(ifa));
+  if (!(ifa.ifa_index = if_nametoindex(ifname))) {
+    retval = -ENODEV;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+  ifa.ifa_family = family;
+  ifa.ifa_prefixlen = prefixlen;
+  ifa.ifa_scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE;
+
+  msg = nlmsg_alloc_ifaddr(RTM_NEWADDR, NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_REPLACE, &ifa);
+  if(!msg) {
+    retval = -ENOMEM;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  if(nla_put(msg, IFA_LOCAL, addr_size, address) < 0) {
+    retval = -ENOMEM;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+  if(family == AF_INET6) {
+    // AF_INET6 gets IFA_LOCAL + IFA_ADDRESS
+    if(nla_put(msg, IFA_ADDRESS, addr_size, address) < 0) {
+      retval = -ENOMEM;
+      goto cleanup;
+    }
+  } else if(family == AF_INET) {
+    // AF_INET gets IFA_LOCAL + IFA_BROADCAST
+    if(nla_put(msg, IFA_BROADCAST, addr_size, broadcast) < 0) {
+      retval = -ENOMEM;
+      goto cleanup;
+    }
+  } else {
+    retval = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  retval = netlink_sendrecv(msg);
+
+cleanup:
+  if(msg)
+    nlmsg_free(msg);
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/* function: if_up
+ * sets interface link state to up and sets mtu, returns 0 on success and <0 on failure
+ * ifname - interface name to change
+ * mtu    - new mtu
+ */
+int if_up(const char *ifname, int mtu) {
+  int retval = -1;
+  struct ifinfomsg ifi;
+  struct nl_msg *msg = NULL;
+
+  memset(&ifi, 0, sizeof(ifi));
+  if (!(ifi.ifi_index = if_nametoindex(ifname))) {
+    retval = -ENODEV;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+  ifi.ifi_change = IFF_UP;
+  ifi.ifi_flags = IFF_UP;
+
+  msg = nlmsg_alloc_ifinfo(RTM_SETLINK, NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ROOT, &ifi);
+  if(!msg) {
+    retval = -ENOMEM;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  if(nla_put(msg, IFLA_MTU, 4, &mtu) < 0) {
+    retval = -ENOMEM;
+    goto cleanup;
+  }
+
+  retval = netlink_sendrecv(msg);
+
+cleanup:
+  if(msg)
+    nlmsg_free(msg);
+
+  return retval;
+}