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what is rtnetlink(linux os), what is difference between netlink and rtnetlink?

I want to modifying the kernel routing table,but I don't what to do.I browsed some books about linux,but I got nothing. Any suggestions?

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Justin Yu
Justin Yu

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NETLINK is the method for the userspace program to talk to kernel space. RTNETLINK is one of type of netlink family. You can imagine that you are sending message to the kernel routing module. You may refer to http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/netlink.7.html

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