Is there anyway to add and remove IP addresses from an interface (like loopback) in C?
I found ioctl and a few documents explaining how to do that (e.g. this link), however they are all for setting addresses not adding and removing?
Following the suggestions I ran strace for adding a new loopback and here is the results:
$ sudo strace ip addr add 1.2.3.4 dev lo
execve("/sbin/ip", ["ip", "addr", "add", "1.2.3.4", "dev", "lo"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x1bab000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f221ed04000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=109414, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 109414, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f221ece9000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\340\r\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=14768, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109704, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f221e8e0000
mprotect(0x7f221e8e2000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f221eae2000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f221eae2000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\200\30\2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1811128, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3925208, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f221e521000
mprotect(0x7f221e6d6000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f221e8d5000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1b4000) = 0x7f221e8d5000
mmap(0x7f221e8db000, 17624, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f221e8db000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f221ece8000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f221ece7000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f221ece6000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f221ece7700) = 0
mprotect(0x7f221e8d5000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f221eae2000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x638000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f221ed06000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f221ece9000, 109414) = 0
socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0) = 3
setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, [32768], 4) = 0
setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, [1048576], 4) = 0
bind(3, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, 12) = 0
getsockname(3, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=6804, groups=00000000}, [12]) = 0
sendto(3, "\24\0\0\0\22\0\1\3\214;\367P\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 20, 0, NULL, 0) = 20
recvmsg(3, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"\344\3\0\0\20\0\2\0\214;\367P\224\32\0\0\0\0\4\3\1\0\0\0I\0\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 16384}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 2000
brk(0) = 0x1bab000
brk(0x1bcc000) = 0x1bcc000
recvmsg(3, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"\24\0\0\0\3\0\2\0\214;\367P\224\32\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0I\0\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 16384}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 20
sendmsg(3, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"(\0\0\0\24\0\5\6\215;\367P\0\0\0\0\2 \0\0\1\0\0\0\10\0\2\0\1\2\3\4"..., 40}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 40
recvmsg(3, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"$\0\0\0\2\0\0\0\215;\367P\224\32\0\0\0\0\0\0(\0\0\0\24\0\5\6\215;\367P"..., 16384}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 36
exit_group(0) = ?
With some help from avahi project. Here is the code:
$ cat netlink-test.cc
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct rtnl_handle
{
int fd;
struct sockaddr_nl local;
struct sockaddr_nl peer;
__u32 seq;
__u32 dump;
};
typedef struct
{
__u8 family;
__u8 bytelen;
__s16 bitlen;
__u32 flags;
__u32 data[8];
} inet_prefix;
/* This uses a non-standard parsing (ie not inet_aton, or inet_pton)
* because of legacy choice to parse 10.8 as 10.8.0.0 not 10.0.0.8
*/
static int get_addr_ipv4(__u8 *ap, const char *cp)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
unsigned long n;
char *endp;
n = strtoul(cp, &endp, 0);
if (n > 255)
return -1; /* bogus network value */
if (endp == cp) /* no digits */
return -1;
ap[i] = n;
if (*endp == '\0')
break;
if (i == 3 || *endp != '.')
return -1; /* extra characters */
cp = endp + 1;
}
return 1;
}
// This function is to open the netlink socket as the name suggests.
int netlink_open(struct rtnl_handle* rth)
{
int addr_len;
memset(rth, 0, sizeof(rth));
// Creating the netlink socket of family NETLINK_ROUTE
rth->fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
if (rth->fd < 0)
{
perror("cannot open netlink socket");
return -1;
}
memset(&rth->local, 0, sizeof(rth->local));
rth->local.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
rth->local.nl_groups = 0;
// Binding the netlink socket
if (bind(rth->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&rth->local, sizeof(rth->local)) < 0)
{
perror("cannot bind netlink socket");
return -1;
}
addr_len = sizeof(rth->local);
if (getsockname(rth->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&rth->local, (socklen_t*) &addr_len) < 0)
{
perror("cannot getsockname");
return -1;
}
if (addr_len != sizeof(rth->local))
{
fprintf(stderr, "wrong address lenght %d\n", addr_len);
return -1;
}
if (rth->local.nl_family != AF_NETLINK)
{
fprintf(stderr, "wrong address family %d\n", rth->local.nl_family);
return -1;
}
rth->seq = time(NULL);
return 0;
}
// This function does the actual reading and writing to the netlink socket
int rtnl_talk(struct rtnl_handle *rtnl, struct nlmsghdr *n, pid_t peer,
unsigned groups, struct nlmsghdr *answer)
{
int status;
struct nlmsghdr *h;
struct sockaddr_nl nladdr;
// Forming the iovector with the netlink packet.
struct iovec iov = { (void*)n, n->nlmsg_len };
char buf[8192];
// Forming the message to be sent.
struct msghdr msg = { (void*)&nladdr, sizeof(nladdr), &iov, 1, NULL, 0, 0 };
// Filling up the details of the netlink socket to be contacted in the
// kernel.
memset(&nladdr, 0, sizeof(nladdr));
nladdr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
nladdr.nl_pid = peer;
nladdr.nl_groups = groups;
n->nlmsg_seq = ++rtnl->seq;
if (answer == NULL)
n->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_ACK;
// Actual sending of the message, status contains success/failure
status = sendmsg(rtnl->fd, &msg, 0);
if (status < 0)
return -1;
}
// This is the utility function for adding the parameters to the packet.
int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, void *data, int alen)
{
int len = RTA_LENGTH(alen);
struct rtattr *rta;
if (NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + len > maxlen)
return -1;
rta = (struct rtattr*)(((char*)n) + NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len));
rta->rta_type = type;
rta->rta_len = len;
memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + len;
return 0;
}
int get_addr_1(inet_prefix *addr, const char *name, int family)
{
memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
if (strcmp(name, "default") == 0 ||
strcmp(name, "all") == 0 ||
strcmp(name, "any") == 0) {
if (family == AF_DECnet)
return -1;
addr->family = family;
addr->bytelen = (family == AF_INET6 ? 16 : 4);
addr->bitlen = -1;
return 0;
}
if (strchr(name, ':')) {
addr->family = AF_INET6;
if (family != AF_UNSPEC && family != AF_INET6)
return -1;
if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, name, addr->data) <= 0)
return -1;
addr->bytelen = 16;
addr->bitlen = -1;
return 0;
}
addr->family = AF_INET;
if (family != AF_UNSPEC && family != AF_INET)
return -1;
if (get_addr_ipv4((__u8 *)addr->data, name) <= 0)
return -1;
addr->bytelen = 4;
addr->bitlen = -1;
return 0;
}
int get_prefix(inet_prefix *dst, char *arg, int family)
{
int err;
unsigned plen;
memset(dst, 0, sizeof(*dst));
if (strcmp(arg, "default") == 0 ||
strcmp(arg, "any") == 0 ||
strcmp(arg, "all") == 0) {
if (family == AF_DECnet)
return -1;
dst->family = family;
dst->bytelen = 0;
dst->bitlen = 0;
return 0;
}
err = get_addr_1(dst, arg, family);
if (err == 0) {
switch(dst->family) {
case AF_INET6:
dst->bitlen = 128;
break;
case AF_DECnet:
dst->bitlen = 16;
break;
default:
case AF_INET:
dst->bitlen = 32;
}
}
return err;
}
int add_IP_Address(char * IP, struct rtnl_handle * rth)
{
inet_prefix lcl;
// structure of the netlink packet.
struct {
struct nlmsghdr n;
struct ifaddrmsg ifa;
char buf[1024];
} req;
memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_NEWADDR;
req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_EXCL | NLM_F_REQUEST;
// req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_DELADDR;
// req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
req.ifa.ifa_family = AF_INET ;
req.ifa.ifa_prefixlen = 32 ;
req.ifa.ifa_index = 1 ; // get the loopback index
req.ifa.ifa_scope = 0 ;
get_prefix(&lcl, IP, req.ifa.ifa_family);
if (req.ifa.ifa_family == AF_UNSPEC)
req.ifa.ifa_family = lcl.family;
addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFA_LOCAL, &lcl.data, lcl.bytelen);
if (rtnl_talk(rth, &req.n, 0, 0, NULL) < 0)
return -2;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct rtnl_handle * rth;
netlink_open(rth);
char * ip = "1.2.3.4";
return add_IP_Address(ip,rth);
}
For deleting, you only need to uncomment:
req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_DELADDR;
req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST;
and comment:
req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_NEWADDR;
req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_EXCL | NLM_F_REQUEST;