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17.Dd $Mdocdate: March 20 2021 $
18.Dt IFQ_DEQ_BEGIN 9
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ifq_deq_begin ,
22.Nm ifq_deq_commit ,
23.Nm ifq_deq_rollback
24.Nd dequeue an mbuf from an interface sending queue
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26.In net/if_var.h
27.Ft struct mbuf *
28.Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
29.Ft void
30.Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
31.Ft void
32.Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The ifq_deq_*
35set of functions provides a non-atomic alternative to
36.Xr ifq_dequeue 9 .
37Their use is discouraged, code should use
38.Xr ifq_dequeue 9
39whenever possible.
40.Bl -tag -width Ds
41.It Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
42Get a reference to the next mbuf to be transmitted from the
43.Fa ifq
44interface send queue.
45If an mbuf is to be transmitted, also acquire a lock on the send queue
46to exclude modification or freeing of the referenced mbuf.
47Its packet header must not be modified until the mbuf has been dequeued with
48.Fn ifq_deq_commit .
49.It Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
50Dequeue the mbuf
51.Fa m
52that was referenced by a previous call to
53.Fn ifq_deq_begin
54and release the lock on
55.Fa ifq .
56.It Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
57Release the lock on the interface send queue
58.Fa ifq
59that was acquired while a reference to
60.Fa m
61was being held.
62.El
63.Sh CONTEXT
64.Fn ifq_deq_begin ,
65.Fn ifq_deq_commit ,
66and
67.Fn ifq_deq_rollback
68can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context.
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70.Fn ifq_deq_begin
71returns the next mbuf to be transmitted by the interface.
72If no packet is available for transmission,
73.Dv NULL
74is returned.
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr ifq_dequeue 9
77