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30.\" $FreeBSD$
31.\"
32.Dd February 5, 2000
33.Dt INET6_RTH_SPACE 3
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm inet6_rth_space
38.Nm inet6_rth_init
39.Nm inet6_rth_add
40.Nm inet6_rth_reverse
41.Nm inet6_rth_segments
42.Nm inet6_rth_getaddr
43.Nd IPv6 Routing Header Options manipulation
44.\"
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In netinet/in.h
47.Ft socklen_t
48.Fn inet6_rth_space "int" "int"
49.Ft "void *"
50.Fn inet6_rth_init "void *" "socklen_t" "int" "int"
51.Ft int
52.Fn inet6_rth_add "void *" "const struct in6_addr *"
53.Ft int
54.Fn inet6_rth_reverse "const void *" "void *"
55.Ft int
56.Fn inet6_rth_segments "const void *"
57.Ft "struct in6_addr *"
58.Fn inet6_rth_getaddr "const void *" "int"
59.\"
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The IPv6 advanced API defines six
62functions that the application calls to build and examine a Routing
63header, and the ability to use sticky options or ancillary data to
64communicate this information between the application and the kernel
65using the IPV6_RTHDR option.
66.Pp
67Three functions build a Routing header:
68.Bl -hang
69.It Fn inet6_rth_space
70returns #bytes required for Routing header
71.It Fn inet6_rth_init
72initializes buffer data for Routing header
73.It Fn inet6_rth_add
74adds one IPv6 address to the Routing header
75.El
76.Pp
77Three functions deal with a returned Routing header:
78.Bl -hang
79.It Fn inet6_rth_reverse
80reverses a Routing header
81.It Fn inet6_rth_segments
82returns #segments in a Routing header
83.It Fn inet6_rth_getaddr
84fetches one address from a Routing header
85.El
86.Pp
87The function prototypes for these functions are defined as a result
88of including the
89.Aq Li netinet/in.h
90header.
91.\"
92.Ss inet6_rth_space
93.Fn inet6_rth_space
94returns the number of bytes required to hold a Routing
95header of the specified type containing the specified number of
96.Li segments
97.Po addresses.
98.Pc
99For an IPv6 Type 0 Routing header, the number
100of
101.Li segments
102must be between 0 and 127, inclusive.
103The return value is just the space for the Routing header.
104When the application uses
105ancillary data it must pass the returned length to
106.Fn CMSG_LEN
107to determine how much memory is needed for the ancillary data object
108.Po
109including the cmsghdr structure.
110.Pc
111.Pp
112If the return value is 0, then either the type of the Routing header
113is not supported by this implementation or the number of segments is
114invalid for this type of Routing header.
115.Pp
116Note: This function returns the size but does not allocate the space
117required for the ancillary data.
118This allows an application to
119allocate a larger buffer, if other ancillary data objects are
120desired, since all the ancillary data objects must be specified to
121.Fn sendmsg
122as a single msg_control buffer.
123.Ss inet6_rth_init
124.Fn inet6_rth_init
125initializes the buffer pointed to by
126.Li bp
127to contain a
128Routing header of the specified type and sets ip6r_len based on the
129.Li segments
130parameter.
131.Li bp_len
132is only used to verify that the buffer is
133large enough.
134The ip6r_segleft field is set to zero;
135.Fn inet6_rth_add
136will increment it.
137.Pp
138When the application uses ancillary data the application must
139initialize any cmsghdr fields.
140.Pp
141The caller must allocate the buffer and its size can be determined by
142calling
143.Fn inet6_rth_space .
144.Pp
145Upon success the return value is the pointer to the buffer
146.Li bp ,
147and this is then used as the first argument to the next two functions.
148Upon an error the return value is NULL.
149.\"
150.Ss inet6_rth_add
151.Fn inet6_rth_add
152adds the IPv6 address pointed to by
153.Li addr
154to the end of the Routing header being constructed.
155.Pp
156If successful, the segleft member of the Routing Header is updated to
157account for the new address in the Routing header and the return
158value of the function is 0.
159Upon an error the return value of the function is -1.
160.\"
161.Ss inet6_rth_reverse
162.Fn inet6_rth_reverse
163takes a Routing header extension header
164.Po
165pointed to by the first argument
166.Li in
167.Pc
168and writes a new Routing header that sends
169datagrams along the reverse of that route.
170Both arguments are allowed to point to the same buffer
171.Po
172that is, the reversal can occur in place.
173.Pc
174.Pp
175The return value of the function is 0 on success, or -1 upon an error.
176.\"
177.Ss inet6_rth_segments
178.Fn inet6_rth_segments
179returns the number of segments
180.Po
181addresses
182.Pc
183contained in the Routing header described by
184.Li bp .
185On success the return value is
186zero or greater.
187The return value of the function is -1 upon an error.
188.\"
189.Ss inet6_rth_getaddr
190.Fn inet6_rth_getaddr
191returns a pointer to the IPv6 address specified by
192.Li index
193.Po
194which must have a value between 0 and one less than the value
195returned by
196.Fn inet6_rth_segments
197.Pc
198in the Routing header described by
199.Li bp .
200An application should first call
201.Fn inet6_rth_segments
202to obtain the number of segments in the Routing header.
203.Pp
204Upon an error the return value of the function is NULL.
205.\"
206.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
207.Fn inet6_rth_space
208and
209.FN inet6_rth_getaddr
210return 0 on errors.
211.Pp
212.Fn inet6_rthdr_init
213returns
214.Dv NULL
215on error.
216.Fn inet6_rth_add
217and
218.Fn inet6_rth_reverse
219return0 on success, or -1 upon an error.
220.\"
221.Sh EXAMPLES
222draft-ietf-ipngwg-rfc2292bis-08.txt
223gives comprehensive examples in Section 22.
224.Pp
225KAME also provides examples in the advapitest directry of its kit.
226.\"
227.Sh SEE ALSO
228.Rs
229.%A W. Stevens
230.%A M. Thomas
231.%A E. Nordmark
232.%A E. Jinmei
233.%T "Advanced Sockets API for IPv6"
234.%N draft-ietf-ipngwg-rfc2292bis-08
235.%D October 2002
236.Re
237.Rs
238.%A S. Deering
239.%A R. Hinden
240.%T "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification"
241.%N RFC2460
242.%D December 1998
243.Re
244.Sh HISTORY
245The implementation first appeared in KAME advanced networking kit.
246.Sh STANDARDS
247The functions
248are documented in
249.Dq Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
250.Pq draft-ietf-ipngwg-rfc2292bis-08.txt .
251.\"
252.Sh BUGS
253The text was shamelessly copied from internet-drafts for RFC2292bis.
254