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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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39.Dd January 27, 2004
40.Dt NETGRAPH 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm NgMkSockNode ,
44.Nm NgNameNode ,
45.Nm NgSendMsg ,
46.Nm NgSendAsciiMsg ,
47.Nm NgSendReplyMsg ,
48.Nm NgRecvMsg ,
49.Nm NgAllocRecvMsg ,
50.Nm NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
51.Nm NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg ,
52.Nm NgSendData ,
53.Nm NgRecvData ,
54.Nm NgAllocRecvData ,
55.Nm NgSetDebug ,
56.Nm NgSetErrLog
57.Nd netgraph user library
58.Sh LIBRARY
59.Lb libnetgraph
60.Sh SYNOPSIS
61.In netgraph.h
62.Ft int
63.Fn NgMkSockNode "const char *name" "int *csp" "int *dsp"
64.Ft int
65.Fn NgNameNode "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
66.Ft int
67.Fo NgSendMsg
68.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "int cookie" "int cmd" "const void *arg"
69.Fa "size_t arglen"
70.Fc
71.Ft int
72.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
73.Ft int
74.Fo NgSendReplyMsg
75.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "struct ng_mesg *msg" "const void *arg"
76.Fa "size_t arglen"
77.Fc
78.Ft int
79.Fn NgRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
80.Ft int
81.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
82.Ft int
83.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
84.Ft int
85.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
86.Ft int
87.Fn NgSendData "int ds" "const char *hook" "const u_char *buf" "size_t len"
88.Ft int
89.Fn NgRecvData "int ds" "u_char *buf" "size_t len" "char *hook"
90.Ft int
91.Fn NgAllocRecvData "int ds" "u_char **buf" "char *hook"
92.Ft int
93.Fn NgSetDebug "int level"
94.Ft void
95.Fo NgSetErrLog
96.Fa "void \*[lp]*log\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
97.Fa "void \*[lp]*logx\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
98.Fc
99.Sh DESCRIPTION
100These functions facilitate user-mode program participation in the kernel
101.Xr netgraph 4
102graph-based networking system, by utilizing the netgraph
103.Vt socket
104node type (see
105.Xr ng_socket 4 ) .
106.Pp
107The
108.Fn NgMkSockNode
109function should be called first, to create a new
110.Vt socket
111type netgraph node with associated control and data sockets.
112If
113.Fa name
114is
115.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
116the node will have that global name assigned to it.
117The
118.Fa csp
119and
120.Fa dsp
121arguments will be set to the newly opened control and data sockets
122associated with the node; either
123.Fa csp
124or
125.Fa dsp
126may be
127.Dv NULL
128if only one socket is desired.
129The
130.Fn NgMkSockNode
131function loads the
132.Vt socket
133node type KLD if it is not already loaded.
134.Pp
135The
136.Fn NgNameNode
137function assigns a global name to the node addressed by
138.Fa path .
139.Pp
140The
141.Fn NgSendMsg
142function sends a binary control message from the
143.Vt socket
144node associated with control socket
145.Fa cs
146to the node addressed by
147.Fa path .
148The
149.Fa cookie
150indicates how to interpret
151.Fa cmd ,
152which indicates a specific command.
153Extra argument data (if any) is specified by
154.Fa arg
155and
156.Fa arglen .
157The
158.Fa cookie , cmd ,
159and argument data are defined by the header file corresponding
160to the type of the node being addressed.
161The unique, non-negative token value chosen for use in the message
162header is returned.
163This value is typically used to associate replies.
164.Pp
165Use
166.Fn NgSendReplyMsg
167to send reply to a previously received control message.
168The original message header should be pointed to by
169.Fa msg .
170.Pp
171The
172.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
173function performs the same function as
174.Fn NgSendMsg ,
175but adds support for
176.Tn ASCII
177encoding of control messages.
178The
179.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
180function formats its input a la
181.Xr printf 3
182and then sends the resulting
183.Tn ASCII
184string to the node in a
185.Dv NGM_ASCII2BINARY
186control message.
187The node returns a binary version of the
188message, which is then sent back to the node just as with
189.Fn NgSendMsg .
190As with
191.Fn NgSendMsg ,
192the message token value is returned.
193Note that
194.Tn ASCII
195conversion may not be supported by all node types.
196.Pp
197The
198.Fn NgRecvMsg
199function reads the next control message received by the node associated with
200control socket
201.Fa cs .
202The message and any extra argument data must fit in
203.Fa replen
204bytes.
205If
206.Fa path
207is
208.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
209it must point to a buffer of at least
210.Dv NG_PATHSIZ
211bytes, which will be filled in (and
212.Dv NUL
213terminated) with the path to
214the node from which the message was received.
215.Pp
216The length of the control message is returned.
217A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
218.Pp
219The
220.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg
221function works exactly like
222.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
223except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
224to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
225The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
226The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
227.Pp
228The
229.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg
230function works exactly like
231.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
232except that after the message is received, any binary arguments
233are converted to
234.Tn ASCII
235by sending a
236.Dv NGM_BINARY2ASCII
237request back to the originating node.
238The result is the same as
239.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
240with the exception that the reply arguments field will contain a
241.Dv NUL Ns -terminated
242.Tn ASCII
243version of the arguments (and the reply
244header argument length field will be adjusted).
245.Pp
246The
247.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg
248function works exactly like
249.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
250except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
251to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
252The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
253The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
254.Pp
255The
256.Fn NgSendData
257function writes a data packet out on the specified hook of the node
258corresponding to data socket
259.Fa ds .
260The node must already be connected to some other node via that hook.
261.Pp
262The
263.Fn NgRecvData
264function reads the next data packet (of up to
265.Fa len
266bytes) received by the node corresponding to data socket
267.Fa ds
268and stores it in
269.Fa buf ,
270which must be large enough to hold the entire packet.
271If
272.Fa hook
273is
274.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
275it must point to a buffer of at least
276.Dv NG_HOOKSIZ
277bytes, which will be filled in (and
278.Dv NUL
279terminated) with the name of
280the hook on which the data was received.
281.Pp
282The length of the packet is returned.
283A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
284.Pp
285The
286.Fn NgAllocRecvData
287function works exactly like
288.Fn NgRecvData ,
289except that the buffer for a data packet is dynamically allocated
290to guarantee that a data packet is not truncated.
291The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
292The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
293.Pp
294The
295.Fn NgSetDebug
296and
297.Fn NgSetErrLog
298functions are used for debugging.
299The
300.Fn NgSetDebug
301function sets the debug level (if non-negative), and returns the old setting.
302Higher debug levels result in more verbosity.
303The default is zero.
304All debug and error messages are logged via the functions
305specified in the most recent call to
306.Fn NgSetErrLog .
307The default logging functions are
308.Xr vwarn 3
309and
310.Xr vwarnx 3 .
311.Pp
312At debug level 3, the library attempts to display control message arguments
313in
314.Tn ASCII
315format; however, this results in additional messages being
316sent which may interfere with debugging.
317At even higher levels,
318even these additional messages will be displayed, etc.
319.Pp
320Note that
321.Xr select 2
322can be used on the data and the control sockets to detect the presence of
323incoming data and control messages, respectively.
324Data and control packets are always written and read atomically, i.e.,
325in one whole piece.
326.Pp
327User mode programs must be linked with the
328.Fl l Ns Li netgraph
329flag to link in this library.
330.Sh INITIALIZATION
331To enable netgraph in your kernel, either your kernel must be
332compiled with
333.Cd "options NETGRAPH"
334in the kernel configuration
335file, or else the
336.Xr netgraph 4
337and
338.Xr ng_socket 4
339KLD modules must have been loaded via
340.Xr kldload 8 .
341.Sh RETURN VALUES
342The
343.Fn NgSetDebug
344function returns the previous debug setting.
345.Pp
346The
347.Fn NgSetErrLog
348function has no return value.
349.Pp
350All other functions return \-1 if there was an error and set
351.Va errno
352accordingly.
353.Pp
354A return value of zero from
355.Fn NgRecvMsg
356or
357.Fn NgRecvData
358indicates that the netgraph socket has been closed.
359.Pp
360For
361.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
362and
363.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
364the following additional errors are possible:
365.Bl -tag -width Er
366.It Bq Er ENOSYS
367The node type does not know how to encode or decode the control message.
368.It Bq Er ERANGE
369The encoded or decoded arguments were too long for the supplied buffer.
370.It Bq Er ENOENT
371An unknown structure field was seen in an
372.Tn ASCII
373control message.
374.It Bq Er EALREADY
375The same structure field was specified twice in an
376.Tn ASCII
377control message.
378.It Bq Er EINVAL
379.Tn ASCII
380control message parse error or illegal value.
381.It Bq Er E2BIG
382ASCII control message array or fixed width string buffer overflow.
383.El
384.Sh SEE ALSO
385.Xr select 2 ,
386.Xr socket 2 ,
387.Xr warnx 3 ,
388.Xr kld 4 ,
389.Xr netgraph 4 ,
390.Xr ng_socket 4
391.Sh HISTORY
392The
393.Nm netgraph
394system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\& in
395a version of
396.Fx 2.2
397customized for the Whistle InterJet.
398.Sh AUTHORS
399.An "Archie Cobbs" Aq archie@FreeBSD.org
400