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+/*
+  PIM for Quagga
+  Copyright (C) 2008  Everton da Silva Marques
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+  
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; see the file COPYING; if not, write to the
+  Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+  MA 02110-1301 USA
+  
+  $QuaggaId: $Format:%an, %ai, %h$ $
+*/
+
+#ifndef PIM_TLV_H
+#define PIM_TLV_H
+
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "if.h"
+#include "linklist.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_INTTYPES_H */
+
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_HOLDTIME         (1)
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_LAN_PRUNE_DELAY  (2)
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_DR_PRIORITY      (19)
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_GENERATION_ID    (20)
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_DM_STATE_REFRESH (21)
+#define PIM_MSG_OPTION_TYPE_ADDRESS_LIST     (24)
+
+typedef uint32_t pim_hello_options;
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_HOLDTIME                     (1 << 0) /* recv holdtime */
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_LAN_PRUNE_DELAY              (1 << 1) /* recv lan_prune_delay */
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_DR_PRIORITY                  (1 << 2) /* recv dr_priority */
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_GENERATION_ID                (1 << 3) /* recv generation_id */
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_ADDRESS_LIST                 (1 << 4) /* recv secondary address list */
+#define PIM_OPTION_MASK_CAN_DISABLE_JOIN_SUPPRESSION (1 << 5) /* T bit value (valid if recv lan_prune_delay) */
+
+#define PIM_RPT_BIT_MASK      (1 << 0)
+#define PIM_WILDCARD_BIT_MASK (1 << 1)
+
+#define PIM_OPTION_SET(options, option_mask) ((options) |= (option_mask))
+#define PIM_OPTION_UNSET(options, option_mask) ((options) &= ~(option_mask))
+#define PIM_OPTION_IS_SET(options, option_mask) ((options) & (option_mask))
+
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf) ntohs(*(const uint16_t *)(buf))
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_UINT32(buf) ntohl(*(const uint32_t *)(buf))
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_TYPE(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_LENGTH(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_HOLDTIME(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_PROPAGATION_DELAY(buf) (PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf) & 0x7FFF)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_OVERRIDE_INTERVAL(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT16(buf)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_CAN_DISABLE_JOIN_SUPPRESSION(buf) ((*(const uint8_t *)(buf)) & 0x80)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_DR_PRIORITY(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT32(buf)
+#define PIM_TLV_GET_GENERATION_ID(buf) PIM_TLV_GET_UINT32(buf)
+
+#define PIM_TLV_TYPE_SIZE               (2)
+#define PIM_TLV_LENGTH_SIZE             (2)
+#define PIM_TLV_MIN_SIZE                (PIM_TLV_TYPE_SIZE + PIM_TLV_LENGTH_SIZE)
+#define PIM_TLV_OPTION_SIZE(option_len) (PIM_TLV_MIN_SIZE + (option_len))
+
+char *pim_tlv_append_uint16(char *buf,
+			    const char *buf_pastend,
+			    uint16_t option_type,
+			    uint16_t option_value);
+char *pim_tlv_append_2uint16(char *buf,
+			     const char *buf_pastend,
+			     uint16_t option_type,
+			     uint16_t option_value1,
+			     uint16_t option_value2);
+char *pim_tlv_append_uint32(char *buf,
+			    const char *buf_pastend,
+			    uint16_t option_type,
+			    uint32_t option_value);
+char *pim_tlv_append_addrlist_ucast(char *buf,
+				    const char *buf_pastend,
+				    struct list *ifconnected);
+
+int pim_tlv_parse_holdtime(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+			   pim_hello_options *hello_options,
+			   uint16_t *hello_option_holdtime,
+			   uint16_t option_len,
+			   const char *tlv_curr);
+int pim_tlv_parse_lan_prune_delay(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+				  pim_hello_options *hello_options,
+				  uint16_t *hello_option_propagation_delay,
+				  uint16_t *hello_option_override_interval,
+				  uint16_t option_len,
+				  const char *tlv_curr);
+int pim_tlv_parse_dr_priority(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+			      pim_hello_options *hello_options,
+			      uint32_t *hello_option_dr_priority,
+			      uint16_t option_len,
+			      const char *tlv_curr);
+int pim_tlv_parse_generation_id(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+				pim_hello_options *hello_options,
+				uint32_t *hello_option_generation_id,
+				uint16_t option_len,
+				const char *tlv_curr);
+int pim_tlv_parse_addr_list(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+			    pim_hello_options *hello_options,
+			    struct list **hello_option_addr_list,
+			    uint16_t option_len,
+			    const char *tlv_curr);
+
+int pim_parse_addr_ucast(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+			 struct prefix *p,
+			 const char *buf,
+			 int buf_size);
+int pim_parse_addr_group(const char *ifname, struct in_addr src_addr,
+			 struct prefix *p,
+			 const char *buf,
+			 int buf_size);
+int pim_parse_addr_source(const char *ifname,
+			  struct in_addr src_addr,
+			  struct prefix *p,
+			  uint8_t *flags,
+			  const char *buf,
+			  int buf_size);
+
+#endif /* PIM_TLV_H */