Abstract Data
[Utilities]

General
nl_data *	nl_data_alloc (void *buf, size_t size)
	Allocate a new abstract data object.
int	nl_data_append (struct nl_data *data, void *buf, size_t size)
	Append data to an abstract data object.
void	nl_data_free (struct nl_data *data)
	Free an abstract data object.
Attribute Access
void *	nl_data_get (struct nl_data *data)
	Get data buffer of abstract data object.
size_t	nl_data_get_size (struct nl_data *data)
	Get size of data buffer of abstract data object.
Misc
int	nl_data_cmp (struct nl_data *a, struct nl_data *b)
	Compare two abstract data objects.

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Function Documentation

struct nl_data* nl_data_alloc	(	void *	buf,
		size_t	size
	)

Allocate a new abstract data object.

Parameters:

	buf	Data buffer containing the actual data.
	size	Size of data buffer.

Allocates a new abstract data and copies the specified data buffer into the new handle.

Returns:

Newly allocated data handle or NULL

Definition at line 38 of file data.c.

Referenced by nla_get_data().

int nl_data_append	(	struct nl_data *	data,
		void *	buf,
		size_t	size
	)

Append data to an abstract data object.

Parameters:

	data	Abstract data object.
	buf	Data buffer containing the data to be appended.
	size	Size of data to be apppended.

Reallocates an abstract data and copies the specified data buffer into the new handle.

Returns:

0 on success or a negative error code

Definition at line 74 of file data.c.

Referenced by rtnl_u32_add_key().

void nl_data_free

(

struct nl_data *

data

)

Free an abstract data object.

Parameters:

data

Abstract data object.

Definition at line 100 of file data.c.

void* nl_data_get

(

struct nl_data *

data

)

Get data buffer of abstract data object.

Parameters:

data

Abstract data object.

Returns:

Data buffer or NULL if empty.

Definition at line 120 of file data.c.

Referenced by nl_data_cmp(), and nla_put_data().

size_t nl_data_get_size

(

struct nl_data *

data

)

Get size of data buffer of abstract data object.

Parameters:

data

Abstract data object.

Returns:

Size of data buffer.

Definition at line 130 of file data.c.

Referenced by nl_data_cmp(), and nla_put_data().

int nl_data_cmp	(	struct nl_data *	a,
		struct nl_data *	b
	)

Compare two abstract data objects.

Parameters:

	a	Abstract data object.
	b	Another abstract data object.

Returns:

An integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if a is found, respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than b.

Definition at line 150 of file data.c.

References nl_data_get(), and nl_data_get_size().

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