nfacct-add.c

/* This example is in the public domain. */
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
#include <libnetfilter_acct/libnetfilter_acct.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        struct mnl_socket *nl;
        char buf[MNL_SOCKET_BUFFER_SIZE];
        struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
        uint32_t portid, seq;
        struct nfacct *nfacct;
        int ret;

        if (argc != 2) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [name]\n", argv[0]);
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        nfacct = nfacct_alloc();
        if (nfacct == NULL) {
                perror("OOM");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        nfacct_attr_set(nfacct, NFACCT_ATTR_NAME, argv[1]);

        seq = time(NULL);
        nlh = nfacct_nlmsg_build_hdr(buf, NFNL_MSG_ACCT_NEW,
                                     NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_ACK, seq);
        nfacct_nlmsg_build_payload(nlh, nfacct);

        nfacct_free(nfacct);

        nl = mnl_socket_open(NETLINK_NETFILTER);
        if (nl == NULL) {
                perror("mnl_socket_open");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        if (mnl_socket_bind(nl, 0, MNL_SOCKET_AUTOPID) < 0) {
                perror("mnl_socket_bind");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        portid = mnl_socket_get_portid(nl);

        if (mnl_socket_sendto(nl, nlh, nlh->nlmsg_len) < 0) {
                perror("mnl_socket_send");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

        ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
        while (ret > 0) {
                ret = mnl_cb_run(buf, ret, seq, portid, NULL, NULL);
                if (ret <= 0)
                        break;
                ret = mnl_socket_recvfrom(nl, buf, sizeof(buf));
        }
        if (ret == -1) {
                perror("error");
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        mnl_socket_close(nl);

        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}