+/* adapted from iproute2 */
+static void netlink_addattr(struct nlmsghdr *nh, int type, const void *data, int alen)
+{
+ int len = RTA_LENGTH(alen);
+ struct rtattr *rta;
+
+ rta = (struct rtattr *)(((void *)nh) + NLMSG_ALIGN(nh->nlmsg_len));
+ rta->rta_type = type;
+ rta->rta_len = len;
+ memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
+ nh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(nh->nlmsg_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
+}
+
+// messages corresponding to different phases seq number
+static char *tun_nl_phase_msg[] = {
+ "initialized",
+ "getting tun interface index",
+ "setting tun interface parameters",
+ "setting tun IPv4 address",
+ "setting tun LL IPv6 address",
+ "setting tun global IPv6 address",
+};
+