l2_packet.h File Reference

WPA Supplicant - Layer2 packet interface definition. More...

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Data Structures

struct  l2_ethhdr

Functions

struct l2_packet_datal2_packet_init (const char *ifname, const u8 *own_addr, unsigned short protocol, void(*rx_callback)(void *ctx, const u8 *src_addr, const u8 *buf, size_t len), void *rx_callback_ctx, int l2_hdr)
 Initialize l2_packet interface.
void l2_packet_deinit (struct l2_packet_data *l2)
 Deinitialize l2_packet interface.
int l2_packet_get_own_addr (struct l2_packet_data *l2, u8 *addr)
 Get own layer 2 address.
int l2_packet_send (struct l2_packet_data *l2, const u8 *dst_addr, u16 proto, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 Send a packet.
int l2_packet_get_ip_addr (struct l2_packet_data *l2, char *buf, size_t len)
 Get the current IP address from the interface.
void l2_packet_notify_auth_start (struct l2_packet_data *l2)
 Notify l2_packet about start of authentication.

Variables

struct l2_ethhdr STRUCT_PACKED

Detailed Description

WPA Supplicant - Layer2 packet interface definition.

Copyright
Copyright (c) 2003-2005, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of BSD license.

See README and COPYING for more details.

This file defines an interface for layer 2 (link layer) packet sending and receiving. l2_packet_linux.c is one implementation for such a layer 2 implementation using Linux packet sockets and l2_packet_pcap.c another one using libpcap and libdnet. When porting wpa_supplicant to other operating systems, a new l2_packet implementation may need to be added.

Definition in file l2_packet.h.


Function Documentation

void l2_packet_deinit ( struct l2_packet_data l2  ) 

Deinitialize l2_packet interface.

Parameters:
l2 Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()

Definition at line 235 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

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int l2_packet_get_ip_addr ( struct l2_packet_data l2,
char *  buf,
size_t  len 
)

Get the current IP address from the interface.

Parameters:
l2 Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
buf Buffer for the IP address in text format
len Maximum buffer length
Returns:
0 on success, -1 on failure

This function can be used to get the current IP address from the interface bound to the l2_packet. This is mainly for status information and the IP address will be stored as an ASCII string. This function is not essential for wpa_supplicant operation, so full implementation is not required. l2_packet implementation will need to define the function, but it can return -1 if the IP address information is not available.

Definition at line 248 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

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int l2_packet_get_own_addr ( struct l2_packet_data l2,
u8 *  addr 
)

Get own layer 2 address.

Parameters:
l2 Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
addr Buffer for the own address (6 bytes)
Returns:
0 on success, -1 on failure

Definition at line 51 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

struct l2_packet_data* l2_packet_init ( const char *  ifname,
const u8 *  own_addr,
unsigned short  protocol,
void(*)(void *ctx, const u8 *src_addr, const u8 *buf, size_t len)  rx_callback,
void *  rx_callback_ctx,
int  l2_hdr 
) [read]

Initialize l2_packet interface.

Parameters:
ifname Interface name
own_addr Optional own MAC address if available from driver interface or NULL if not available
protocol Ethernet protocol number in host byte order
rx_callback Callback function that will be called for each received packet
rx_callback_ctx Callback data (ctx) for calls to rx_callback()
l2_hdr 1 = include layer 2 header, 0 = do not include header
Returns:
Pointer to internal data or NULL on failure

rx_callback function will be called with src_addr pointing to the source address (MAC address) of the the packet. If l2_hdr is set to 0, buf points to len bytes of the payload after the layer 2 header and similarly, TX buffers start with payload. This behavior can be changed by setting l2_hdr=1 to include the layer 2 header in the data buffer.

Definition at line 203 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

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void l2_packet_notify_auth_start ( struct l2_packet_data l2  ) 

Notify l2_packet about start of authentication.

Parameters:
l2 Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()

This function is called when authentication is expected to start, e.g., when association has been completed, in order to prepare l2_packet implementation for EAPOL frames. This function is used mainly if the l2_packet code needs to do polling in which case it can increasing polling frequency. This can also be an empty function if the l2_packet implementation does not benefit from knowing about the starting authentication.

Definition at line 284 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

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int l2_packet_send ( struct l2_packet_data l2,
const u8 *  dst_addr,
u16  proto,
const u8 *  buf,
size_t  len 
)

Send a packet.

Parameters:
l2 Pointer to internal l2_packet data from l2_packet_init()
dst_addr Destination address for the packet (only used if l2_hdr == 0)
proto Protocol/ethertype for the packet in host byte order (only used if l2_hdr == 0)
buf Packet contents to be sent; including layer 2 header if l2_hdr was set to 1 in l2_packet_init() call. Otherwise, only the payload of the packet is included.
len Length of the buffer (including l2 header only if l2_hdr == 1)
Returns:
>=0 on success, <0 on failure

Definition at line 58 of file l2_packet_freebsd.c.

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