YARP cross-compilation

Tutorial for cross-compiling yarp on armeabi-v7a


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Contents

1 Commands used for ARMing yarp

First thing, we have to create a build folder specifically for cross-compiling yarp:

cd $YARP_ROOT
mkdir build-arm
cd build-arm

At this point, I changed a bunch of files. They are listed below.

  1. src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp
  2. src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp
  3. src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp

Further, I needed to add the ifaddrs libraries for reasons that I don’t remember now. Please refer to the next section for the diffs.

ccmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/home/alecive/Programmazione/android-cmake/android.toolchain.cmake -DANDROID_NDK=$ANDROID_NDK -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DANDROID_ABI="armeabi-v7a with NEON" -DSKIP_ACE=ON -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_OpenCV=TRUE ../

Put every flag to OFF. We don’t need fancy stuff, just the minimal compilation to work (for the time being). Press c and then t. Put gnustl_static under the ANDROID_STL item that just appeared. Type c, then c, then g. Now compile just YARP_OS:

make YARP_OS

Everything should run smoothly. There should be a new library called libYARP_OS.a into build-arm/lib.

2 Stuff done with android studio IDE

First thing is to move the precompiled library libYARP_OS.a into your app (I have mine into ../../studioProjects/yarp-tts):

3 Diffs for the files that are changed for ARMing yarp

3.1 BottleImpl.cpp

[alecive@malakim]$ git diff ../src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp
diff --git a/src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp b/src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp
index f34741f..5683710 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/libYARP_OS/src/BottleImpl.cpp
@@ -717,11 +717,20 @@ String StoreDouble::toStringFlex() const {

     // YARP Bug 2526259: Locale settings influence YARP behavior
     // Need to deal with alternate versions of the decimal point.
-       struct lconv * lc=localeconv();
-       size_t offset = str.find(lc->decimal_point);
-       if (offset!=String::npos){
-               str[offset]='.';
-       } else {
+    const char *decimalPoint;
+    #ifdef HAVE_LOCALECONV
+        struct lconv * lc=localeconv();
+        decimalPoint = lc->decimal_point;
+    #else
+        decimalPoint = getenv("LOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT");
+    #endif
+        if (!decimalPoint)
+            decimalPoint = ".";
+
+    size_t offset = str.find(decimalPoint);
+    if (offset!=String::npos){
+        str[offset]='.';
+    } else {
         str += ".0";
     }

@@ -748,8 +757,17 @@ void StoreDouble::fromString(const String& src) {
     String tmp = src;
     size_t offset = tmp.find(".");
     if (offset!=String::npos) {
-               struct lconv *lc = localeconv();
-               tmp[offset] = lc->decimal_point[0];
+        const char *decimalPoint;
+        #ifdef HAVE_LOCALECONV
+            struct lconv * lc=localeconv();
+            decimalPoint = lc->decimal_point;
+        #else
+            decimalPoint = getenv("LOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT");
+        #endif
+            if (!decimalPoint)
+                decimalPoint = ".";
+
+               tmp[offset] = decimalPoint[0];
     }
     x = ACE_OS::strtod(tmp.c_str(),NULL);
 }

3.2 NameConfig.cpp

[alecive@malakim]$ git diff ../src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp
diff --git a/src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp b/src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp
index bceb5b7..defcdf3 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libYARP_OS/src/NameConfig.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #  include <arpa/inet.h>
 #  include <sys/socket.h>
 #  include <netdb.h>
-#  include <ifaddrs.h>
+#  include <yarp/os/impl/ifaddrs.h>
 #endif

 #include <stdio.h>

3.3 SystemInfo.cpp

[alecive@malakim]$ git diff ../src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp
diff --git a/src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp b/src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp
index aa6fd06..87463b5 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libYARP_OS/src/SystemInfo.cpp
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ using namespace yarp::os;
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <ifaddrs.h>
+// #include <yarp/osifaddrs.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <linux/if.h>
-#include <sys/statvfs.h>
+// #include <sys/statvfs.h>
 #include <pwd.h>

 extern char **environ;
@@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ SystemInfo::StorageInfo SystemInfo::getStorageInfo()
     if(!strHome.length())
         strHome = "/home";

-    struct statvfs vfs;
-    if(statvfs(strHome.c_str(), &vfs) == 0)
-    {
-        storage.totalSpace = (int)(vfs.f_blocks*vfs.f_bsize/(1048576)); // in MB
-        storage.freeSpace = (int)(vfs.f_bavail*vfs.f_bsize/(1048576));  // in MB
-    }
+    // struct statvfs vfs;
+    // if(statvfs(strHome.c_str(), &vfs) == 0)
+    // {
+    //     storage.totalSpace = (int)(vfs.f_blocks*vfs.f_bsize/(1048576)); // in MB
+    //     storage.freeSpace = (int)(vfs.f_bavail*vfs.f_bsize/(1048576));  // in MB
+    // }

 #endif
     return storage;
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ SystemInfo::UserInfo SystemInfo::getUserInfo()
     if(pwd)
     {
         user.userName = pwd->pw_name;
-        user.realName = pwd->pw_gecos;
+        // user.realName = pwd->pw_gecos;
         user.homeDir = pwd->pw_dir;
     }
 #endif

4 Addition of ifaddrs

For adding the ifaddrs library, I had to change the CMakeLists.txt:

[alecive@malakim]$ git diff ../src/libYARP_OS/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/src/libYARP_OS/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libYARP_OS/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f05d20..15e8152 100644
--- a/src/libYARP_OS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libYARP_OS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ set(YARP_OS_IMPL_HDRS include/yarp/os/impl/ACELockImpl.h
                       include/yarp/os/impl/ThreadImpl.h
                       include/yarp/os/impl/UdpCarrier.h
                       include/yarp/os/impl/UnitTest.h
-                      include/yarp/os/impl/ydr.h)
+                      include/yarp/os/impl/ydr.h
+                      include/yarp/os/impl/ifaddrs.h)

 set(YARP_OS_SRCS src/AbstractCarrier.cpp
                  src/AuthHMAC.cpp
@@ -341,7 +342,8 @@ set(YARP_OS_SRCS src/AbstractCarrier.cpp
                  src/WireWriter.cpp
                  src/ydr.cpp
                  src/hmac_sha2.c
-                 src/sha2.c)
+                 src/sha2.c
+                 src/ifaddrs.c)


 if (NOT SKIP_ACE)

4.1 ifaddrs.h

[alecive@malakim]$ cat ../src/libYARP_OS/include/yarp/os/impl/ifaddrs.h
/*
 * Copyright (c) 1995, 1999
 *	Berkeley Software Design, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Berkeley Software Design, Inc. ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL Berkeley Software Design, Inc. BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 *	BSDI ifaddrs.h,v 2.5 2000/02/23 14:51:59 dab Exp
 */

#ifndef	_IFADDRS_H_
#define	_IFADDRS_H_

struct ifaddrs {
	struct ifaddrs  *ifa_next;
	char		*ifa_name;
	unsigned int	 ifa_flags;
	struct sockaddr	*ifa_addr;
	struct sockaddr	*ifa_netmask;
	struct sockaddr	*ifa_dstaddr;
	void		*ifa_data;
};

/*
 * This may have been defined in <net/if.h>.  Note that if <net/if.h> is
 * to be included it must be included before this header file.
 */
#ifndef	ifa_broadaddr
#define	ifa_broadaddr	ifa_dstaddr	/* broadcast address interface */
#endif

#include <sys/cdefs.h>

__BEGIN_DECLS
extern int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **ifap);
extern void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *ifa);
__END_DECLS

#endif

4.2 ifaddrs.c

[alecive@malakim]$ cat ../src/libYARP_OS/src/ifaddrs.c
/*
Copyright (c) 2013, Kenneth MacKay
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/

#include <yarp/os/impl/ifaddrs.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netpacket/packet.h>
#include <net/if_arp.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>

typedef struct NetlinkList
{
    struct NetlinkList *m_next;
    struct nlmsghdr *m_data;
    unsigned int m_size;
} NetlinkList;

static int netlink_socket(void)
{
    int l_socket = socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
    if(l_socket < 0)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    struct sockaddr_nl l_addr;
    memset(&l_addr, 0, sizeof(l_addr));
    l_addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
    if(bind(l_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&l_addr, sizeof(l_addr)) < 0)
    {
        close(l_socket);
        return -1;
    }

    return l_socket;
}

static int netlink_send(int p_socket, int p_request)
{
    struct
    {
        struct nlmsghdr m_hdr;
        struct rtgenmsg m_msg;
    } l_data;

    memset(&l_data, 0, sizeof(l_data));

    l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct rtgenmsg));
    l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_type = p_request;
    l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_ROOT | NLM_F_MATCH | NLM_F_REQUEST;
    l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_pid = 0;
    l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_seq = p_socket;
    l_data.m_msg.rtgen_family = AF_UNSPEC;

    struct sockaddr_nl l_addr;
    memset(&l_addr, 0, sizeof(l_addr));
    l_addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
    return (sendto(p_socket, &l_data.m_hdr, l_data.m_hdr.nlmsg_len, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&l_addr, sizeof(l_addr)));
}

static int netlink_recv(int p_socket, void *p_buffer, size_t p_len)
{
    struct msghdr l_msg;
    struct iovec l_iov = { p_buffer, p_len };
    struct sockaddr_nl l_addr;

    for(;;)
    {
        l_msg.msg_name = (void *)&l_addr;
        l_msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(l_addr);
        l_msg.msg_iov = &l_iov;
        l_msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
        l_msg.msg_control = NULL;
        l_msg.msg_controllen = 0;
        l_msg.msg_flags = 0;
        int l_result = recvmsg(p_socket, &l_msg, 0);

        if(l_result < 0)
        {
            if(errno == EINTR)
            {
                continue;
            }
            return -2;
        }

        if(l_msg.msg_flags & MSG_TRUNC)
        { // buffer was too small
            return -1;
        }
        return l_result;
    }
}

static struct nlmsghdr *getNetlinkResponse(int p_socket, int *p_size, int *p_done)
{
    size_t l_size = 4096;
    void *l_buffer = NULL;

    for(;;)
    {
        free(l_buffer);
        l_buffer = malloc(l_size);
        if (l_buffer == NULL)
        {
            return NULL;
        }

        int l_read = netlink_recv(p_socket, l_buffer, l_size);
        *p_size = l_read;
        if(l_read == -2)
        {
            free(l_buffer);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(l_read >= 0)
        {
            pid_t l_pid = getpid();
            struct nlmsghdr *l_hdr;
            for(l_hdr = (struct nlmsghdr *)l_buffer; NLMSG_OK(l_hdr, (unsigned int)l_read); l_hdr = (struct nlmsghdr *)NLMSG_NEXT(l_hdr, l_read))
            {
                if((pid_t)l_hdr->nlmsg_pid != l_pid || (int)l_hdr->nlmsg_seq != p_socket)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
                {
                    *p_done = 1;
                    break;
                }

                if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR)
                {
                    free(l_buffer);
                    return NULL;
                }
            }
            return l_buffer;
        }

        l_size *= 2;
    }
}

static NetlinkList *newListItem(struct nlmsghdr *p_data, unsigned int p_size)
{
    NetlinkList *l_item = malloc(sizeof(NetlinkList));
    if (l_item == NULL)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    l_item->m_next = NULL;
    l_item->m_data = p_data;
    l_item->m_size = p_size;
    return l_item;
}

static void freeResultList(NetlinkList *p_list)
{
    NetlinkList *l_cur;
    while(p_list)
    {
        l_cur = p_list;
        p_list = p_list->m_next;
        free(l_cur->m_data);
        free(l_cur);
    }
}

static NetlinkList *getResultList(int p_socket, int p_request)
{
    if(netlink_send(p_socket, p_request) < 0)
    {
        return NULL;
    }

    NetlinkList *l_list = NULL;
    NetlinkList *l_end = NULL;
    int l_size;
    int l_done = 0;
    while(!l_done)
    {
        struct nlmsghdr *l_hdr = getNetlinkResponse(p_socket, &l_size, &l_done);
        if(!l_hdr)
        { // error
            freeResultList(l_list);
            return NULL;
        }

        NetlinkList *l_item = newListItem(l_hdr, l_size);
        if (!l_item)
        {
            freeResultList(l_list);
            return NULL;
        }
        if(!l_list)
        {
            l_list = l_item;
        }
        else
        {
            l_end->m_next = l_item;
        }
        l_end = l_item;
    }
    return l_list;
}

static size_t maxSize(size_t a, size_t b)
{
    return (a > b ? a : b);
}

static size_t calcAddrLen(sa_family_t p_family, int p_dataSize)
{
    switch(p_family)
    {
        case AF_INET:
            return sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
        case AF_INET6:
            return sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
        case AF_PACKET:
            return maxSize(sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll), offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr) + p_dataSize);
        default:
            return maxSize(sizeof(struct sockaddr), offsetof(struct sockaddr, sa_data) + p_dataSize);
    }
}

static void makeSockaddr(sa_family_t p_family, struct sockaddr *p_dest, void *p_data, size_t p_size)
{
    switch(p_family)
    {
        case AF_INET:
            memcpy(&((struct sockaddr_in*)p_dest)->sin_addr, p_data, p_size);
            break;
        case AF_INET6:
            memcpy(&((struct sockaddr_in6*)p_dest)->sin6_addr, p_data, p_size);
            break;
        case AF_PACKET:
            memcpy(((struct sockaddr_ll*)p_dest)->sll_addr, p_data, p_size);
            ((struct sockaddr_ll*)p_dest)->sll_halen = p_size;
            break;
        default:
            memcpy(p_dest->sa_data, p_data, p_size);
            break;
    }
    p_dest->sa_family = p_family;
}

static void addToEnd(struct ifaddrs **p_resultList, struct ifaddrs *p_entry)
{
    if(!*p_resultList)
    {
        *p_resultList = p_entry;
    }
    else
    {
        struct ifaddrs *l_cur = *p_resultList;
        while(l_cur->ifa_next)
        {
            l_cur = l_cur->ifa_next;
        }
        l_cur->ifa_next = p_entry;
    }
}

static int interpretLink(struct nlmsghdr *p_hdr, struct ifaddrs **p_resultList)
{
    struct ifinfomsg *l_info = (struct ifinfomsg *)NLMSG_DATA(p_hdr);

    size_t l_nameSize = 0;
    size_t l_addrSize = 0;
    size_t l_dataSize = 0;

    size_t l_rtaSize = NLMSG_PAYLOAD(p_hdr, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
    struct rtattr *l_rta;
    for(l_rta = IFLA_RTA(l_info); RTA_OK(l_rta, l_rtaSize); l_rta = RTA_NEXT(l_rta, l_rtaSize))
    {
        void *l_rtaData = RTA_DATA(l_rta);
        size_t l_rtaDataSize = RTA_PAYLOAD(l_rta);
        switch(l_rta->rta_type)
        {
            case IFLA_ADDRESS:
            case IFLA_BROADCAST:
                l_addrSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(calcAddrLen(AF_PACKET, l_rtaDataSize));
                break;
            case IFLA_IFNAME:
                l_nameSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(l_rtaSize + 1);
                break;
            case IFLA_STATS:
                l_dataSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(l_rtaSize);
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    struct ifaddrs *l_entry = malloc(sizeof(struct ifaddrs) + sizeof(int) + l_nameSize + l_addrSize + l_dataSize);
    if (l_entry == NULL)
    {
        return -1;
    }
    memset(l_entry, 0, sizeof(struct ifaddrs));
    l_entry->ifa_name = "";

    char *l_index = ((char *)l_entry) + sizeof(struct ifaddrs);
    char *l_name = l_index + sizeof(int);
    char *l_addr = l_name + l_nameSize;
    char *l_data = l_addr + l_addrSize;

    // save the interface index so we can look it up when handling the addresses.
    memcpy(l_index, &l_info->ifi_index, sizeof(int));

    l_entry->ifa_flags = l_info->ifi_flags;

    l_rtaSize = NLMSG_PAYLOAD(p_hdr, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg));
    for(l_rta = IFLA_RTA(l_info); RTA_OK(l_rta, l_rtaSize); l_rta = RTA_NEXT(l_rta, l_rtaSize))
    {
        void *l_rtaData = RTA_DATA(l_rta);
        size_t l_rtaDataSize = RTA_PAYLOAD(l_rta);
        switch(l_rta->rta_type)
        {
            case IFLA_ADDRESS:
            case IFLA_BROADCAST:
            {
                size_t l_addrLen = calcAddrLen(AF_PACKET, l_rtaDataSize);
                makeSockaddr(AF_PACKET, (struct sockaddr *)l_addr, l_rtaData, l_rtaDataSize);
                ((struct sockaddr_ll *)l_addr)->sll_ifindex = l_info->ifi_index;
                ((struct sockaddr_ll *)l_addr)->sll_hatype = l_info->ifi_type;
                if(l_rta->rta_type == IFLA_ADDRESS)
                {
                    l_entry->ifa_addr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                }
                else
                {
                    l_entry->ifa_broadaddr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                }
                l_addr += NLMSG_ALIGN(l_addrLen);
                break;
            }
            case IFLA_IFNAME:
                strncpy(l_name, l_rtaData, l_rtaDataSize);
                l_name[l_rtaDataSize] = '\0';
                l_entry->ifa_name = l_name;
                break;
            case IFLA_STATS:
                memcpy(l_data, l_rtaData, l_rtaDataSize);
                l_entry->ifa_data = l_data;
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    addToEnd(p_resultList, l_entry);
    return 0;
}

static struct ifaddrs *findInterface(int p_index, struct ifaddrs **p_links, int p_numLinks)
{
    int l_num = 0;
    struct ifaddrs *l_cur = *p_links;
    while(l_cur && l_num < p_numLinks)
    {
        char *l_indexPtr = ((char *)l_cur) + sizeof(struct ifaddrs);
        int l_index;
        memcpy(&l_index, l_indexPtr, sizeof(int));
        if(l_index == p_index)
        {
            return l_cur;
        }

        l_cur = l_cur->ifa_next;
        ++l_num;
    }
    return NULL;
}

static int interpretAddr(struct nlmsghdr *p_hdr, struct ifaddrs **p_resultList, int p_numLinks)
{
    struct ifaddrmsg *l_info = (struct ifaddrmsg *)NLMSG_DATA(p_hdr);
    struct ifaddrs *l_interface = findInterface(l_info->ifa_index, p_resultList, p_numLinks);

    if(l_info->ifa_family == AF_PACKET)
    {
        return 0;
    }

    size_t l_nameSize = 0;
    size_t l_addrSize = 0;

    int l_addedNetmask = 0;

    size_t l_rtaSize = NLMSG_PAYLOAD(p_hdr, sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
    struct rtattr *l_rta;
    for(l_rta = IFA_RTA(l_info); RTA_OK(l_rta, l_rtaSize); l_rta = RTA_NEXT(l_rta, l_rtaSize))
    {
        void *l_rtaData = RTA_DATA(l_rta);
        size_t l_rtaDataSize = RTA_PAYLOAD(l_rta);

        switch(l_rta->rta_type)
        {
            case IFA_ADDRESS:
            case IFA_LOCAL:
                if((l_info->ifa_family == AF_INET || l_info->ifa_family == AF_INET6) && !l_addedNetmask)
                { // make room for netmask
                    l_addrSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(calcAddrLen(l_info->ifa_family, l_rtaDataSize));
                    l_addedNetmask = 1;
                }
            case IFA_BROADCAST:
                l_addrSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(calcAddrLen(l_info->ifa_family, l_rtaDataSize));
                break;
            case IFA_LABEL:
                l_nameSize += NLMSG_ALIGN(l_rtaSize + 1);
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    struct ifaddrs *l_entry = malloc(sizeof(struct ifaddrs) + l_nameSize + l_addrSize);
    if (l_entry == NULL)
    {
        return -1;
    }
    memset(l_entry, 0, sizeof(struct ifaddrs));
    l_entry->ifa_name = (l_interface ? l_interface->ifa_name : "");

    char *l_name = ((char *)l_entry) + sizeof(struct ifaddrs);
    char *l_addr = l_name + l_nameSize;

    l_entry->ifa_flags = l_info->ifa_flags;
    if(l_interface)
    {
        l_entry->ifa_flags |= l_interface->ifa_flags;
    }

    l_rtaSize = NLMSG_PAYLOAD(p_hdr, sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg));
    for(l_rta = IFA_RTA(l_info); RTA_OK(l_rta, l_rtaSize); l_rta = RTA_NEXT(l_rta, l_rtaSize))
    {
        void *l_rtaData = RTA_DATA(l_rta);
        size_t l_rtaDataSize = RTA_PAYLOAD(l_rta);
        switch(l_rta->rta_type)
        {
            case IFA_ADDRESS:
            case IFA_BROADCAST:
            case IFA_LOCAL:
            {
                size_t l_addrLen = calcAddrLen(l_info->ifa_family, l_rtaDataSize);
                makeSockaddr(l_info->ifa_family, (struct sockaddr *)l_addr, l_rtaData, l_rtaDataSize);
                if(l_info->ifa_family == AF_INET6)
                {
                    if(IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL((struct in6_addr *)l_rtaData) || IN6_IS_ADDR_MC_LINKLOCAL((struct in6_addr *)l_rtaData))
                    {
                        ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)l_addr)->sin6_scope_id = l_info->ifa_index;
                    }
                }

                if(l_rta->rta_type == IFA_ADDRESS)
                { // apparently in a point-to-point network IFA_ADDRESS contains the dest address and IFA_LOCAL contains the local address
                    if(l_entry->ifa_addr)
                    {
                        l_entry->ifa_dstaddr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        l_entry->ifa_addr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                    }
                }
                else if(l_rta->rta_type == IFA_LOCAL)
                {
                    if(l_entry->ifa_addr)
                    {
                        l_entry->ifa_dstaddr = l_entry->ifa_addr;
                    }
                    l_entry->ifa_addr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                }
                else
                {
                    l_entry->ifa_broadaddr = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
                }
                l_addr += NLMSG_ALIGN(l_addrLen);
                break;
            }
            case IFA_LABEL:
                strncpy(l_name, l_rtaData, l_rtaDataSize);
                l_name[l_rtaDataSize] = '\0';
                l_entry->ifa_name = l_name;
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    if(l_entry->ifa_addr && (l_entry->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET || l_entry->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET6))
    {
        unsigned l_maxPrefix = (l_entry->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET ? 32 : 128);
        unsigned l_prefix = (l_info->ifa_prefixlen > l_maxPrefix ? l_maxPrefix : l_info->ifa_prefixlen);
        char l_mask[16] = {0};
        unsigned i;
        for(i=0; i<(l_prefix/8); ++i)
        {
            l_mask[i] = 0xff;
        }
        if(l_prefix % 8)
        {
            l_mask[i] = 0xff << (8 - (l_prefix % 8));
        }

        makeSockaddr(l_entry->ifa_addr->sa_family, (struct sockaddr *)l_addr, l_mask, l_maxPrefix / 8);
        l_entry->ifa_netmask = (struct sockaddr *)l_addr;
    }

    addToEnd(p_resultList, l_entry);
    return 0;
}

static int interpretLinks(int p_socket, NetlinkList *p_netlinkList, struct ifaddrs **p_resultList)
{
    int l_numLinks = 0;
    pid_t l_pid = getpid();
    for(; p_netlinkList; p_netlinkList = p_netlinkList->m_next)
    {
        unsigned int l_nlsize = p_netlinkList->m_size;
        struct nlmsghdr *l_hdr;
        for(l_hdr = p_netlinkList->m_data; NLMSG_OK(l_hdr, l_nlsize); l_hdr = NLMSG_NEXT(l_hdr, l_nlsize))
        {
            if((pid_t)l_hdr->nlmsg_pid != l_pid || (int)l_hdr->nlmsg_seq != p_socket)
            {
                continue;
            }

            if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
            {
                break;
            }

            if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWLINK)
            {
                if(interpretLink(l_hdr, p_resultList) == -1)
                {
                    return -1;
                }
                ++l_numLinks;
            }
        }
    }
    return l_numLinks;
}

static int interpretAddrs(int p_socket, NetlinkList *p_netlinkList, struct ifaddrs **p_resultList, int p_numLinks)
{
    pid_t l_pid = getpid();
    for(; p_netlinkList; p_netlinkList = p_netlinkList->m_next)
    {
        unsigned int l_nlsize = p_netlinkList->m_size;
        struct nlmsghdr *l_hdr;
        for(l_hdr = p_netlinkList->m_data; NLMSG_OK(l_hdr, l_nlsize); l_hdr = NLMSG_NEXT(l_hdr, l_nlsize))
        {
            if((pid_t)l_hdr->nlmsg_pid != l_pid || (int)l_hdr->nlmsg_seq != p_socket)
            {
                continue;
            }

            if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_DONE)
            {
                break;
            }

            if(l_hdr->nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWADDR)
            {
                if (interpretAddr(l_hdr, p_resultList, p_numLinks) == -1)
                {
                    return -1;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **ifap)
{
    if(!ifap)
    {
        return -1;
    }
    *ifap = NULL;

    int l_socket = netlink_socket();
    if(l_socket < 0)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    NetlinkList *l_linkResults = getResultList(l_socket, RTM_GETLINK);
    if(!l_linkResults)
    {
        close(l_socket);
        return -1;
    }

    NetlinkList *l_addrResults = getResultList(l_socket, RTM_GETADDR);
    if(!l_addrResults)
    {
        close(l_socket);
        freeResultList(l_linkResults);
        return -1;
    }

    int l_result = 0;
    int l_numLinks = interpretLinks(l_socket, l_linkResults, ifap);
    if(l_numLinks == -1 || interpretAddrs(l_socket, l_addrResults, ifap, l_numLinks) == -1)
    {
        l_result = -1;
    }

    freeResultList(l_linkResults);
    freeResultList(l_addrResults);
    close(l_socket);
    return l_result;
}

void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *ifa)
{
    struct ifaddrs *l_cur;
    while(ifa)
    {
        l_cur = ifa;
        ifa = ifa->ifa_next;
        free(l_cur);
    }
}

About


Personal website of Alessandro Roncone, Ph.D. in robotics, computer scientist, team lead, father, and runner. From August 2018, he became Assistant Professor of Robotics in the CS Department at CU Boulder, where he directs the Human Interaction and RObotics [HIRO] Group. Since January 2022, Alessandro is also Chief Technology Officer of Lab0.

Alessandro has more than years' research experience in robotics. He worked with the iCub robot, one of the most advanced humanoid robots, on machine perception, robot control, and artificial intelligence. His research focus is in human-robot interaction: with the goal of creating robots that work with and around people, he focuses on motion planning, artificial intelligence, and robot control. This website is not actively maintained any more! Please visit my lab's website [LINK]