iface_monitor.h

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#ifndef IFACE_MONITOR_H
#define IFACE_MONITOR_H
 
#include <wireshark.h>
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */
 
#ifdef HAVE_LIBPCAP
 
/*
 * Callback for interface changes.
 *
 * iface is a pointer to the name of the interface.
 *
 * up is 1 if the interface is up, 0 if it's down.
 *
 * XXX - we really want "gone", not "down", where "gone" may include
 * "down" if the OS requires an interface to be up in order to start
 * a capture on it (as is the case in Linux and in macOS prior to
 * Lion), but should also include *gone*, as in "there is no longer
 * an interface with this name, so it's neither down nor up".
 *
 * We also may want other events, such as address changes, so what
 * we might want is "add", "remove", and "modify" as the events.
 */
typedef void (*iface_mon_cb)(const char *iface, int added, int up);
 
/*
 * Start watching for interface changes.
 */
int
iface_mon_start(iface_mon_cb cb);
 
/*
 * Stop watching for interface changes.
 */
void
iface_mon_stop(void);
 
/*
 * Get the socket on which interface changes are delivered, so that
 * we can add it to the event loop.
 *
 * XXX - what if it's not a socket or other file descriptor?
 */
int
iface_mon_get_sock(void);
 
/*
 * Call this if something is readable from the interface change socket.
 * It will call the callback as appropriate.
 */
void
iface_mon_event(void);
 
/*
 * Temporarily enable or disable watching for interface changes. This has
 * no effect if interface monitoring has not been started.
 *
 * This is for Linux, where setting rfmon mode on an interface can create
 * or destroy another (virtual) interface on the same wiphy, to avoid infinite
 * loops. It is a no-op on other platforms.
 */
void
iface_mon_enable(bool enable);
 
#endif /* HAVE_LIBPCAP */
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */
 
#endif /* IFACE_MONITOR_H */