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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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35.\" $FreeBSD$
36.\" $Whistle: netgraph.3,v 1.7 1999/01/25 07:14:06 archie Exp $
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38.Dd January 19, 1999
39.Dt NETGRAPH 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm NgMkSockNode ,
43.Nm NgNameNode ,
44.Nm NgSendMsg ,
45.Nm NgRecvMsg ,
46.Nm NgSendData ,
47.Nm NgRecvData ,
48.Nm NgSetDebug ,
49.Nm NgSetErrLog
50.Nd netgraph user library
51.Sh LIBRARY
52.Lb libnetgraph
53.Sh SYNOPSIS
54.In netgraph.h
55.Ft int
56.Fn NgMkSockNode "const char *name" "int *csp" "int *dsp"
57.Ft int
58.Fn NgNameNode "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" "..."
59.Ft int
60.Fn NgSendMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "int cookie" "int cmd" "const void *arg" "size_t arglen"
61.Ft int
62.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" "..."
63.Ft int
64.Fn NgSendMsgReply "int cs" "const char *path" "struct ng_mesg *msg" "const void *arg" "size_t arglen"
65.Ft int
66.Fn NgRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
67.Ft int
68.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
69.Ft int
70.Fn NgSendData "int ds" "const char *hook" "const u_char *buf" "size_t len"
71.Ft int
72.Fn NgRecvData "int ds" "u_char *buf" "size_t len" "char *hook"
73.Ft int
74.Fn NgSetDebug "int level"
75.Ft void
76.Fn NgSetErrLog "void (*log)(const char *fmt, ...)" "void (*logx)(const char *fmt, ...)"
77.Sh DESCRIPTION
78These functions facilitate user-mode program participation in the kernel
79.Xr netgraph 4
80graph-based networking system, by utilizing the netgraph
81.Em socket
82node type (see
83.Xr ng_socket 4 ) .
84.Pp
85.Fn NgMkSockNode
86should be called first, to create a new
87.Em socket
88type netgraph node with associated control and data sockets.  If
89.Fa name
90is non-NULL, the node will have that global name assigned to it.
91.Fa "*csp"
92and
93.Fa "*dsp"
94will be set to the newly opened control and data sockets
95associated with the node; either
96.Fa "csp"
97or
98.Fa "dsp"
99may be NULL if only one socket is desired.
100.Fn NgMkSockNode
101loads the socket node type KLD if it's not already loaded.
102.Pp
103.Fn NgNameNode
104assigns a global name to the node addressed by
105.Fa path .
106.Pp
107.Fn NgSendMsg
108sends a binary control message from the socket node associated
109with control socket
110.Fa cs
111to the node addressed by
112.Fa path .
113The
114.Fa cookie
115indicates how to interpret
116.Fa cmd ,
117which indicates a specific command.
118Extra argument data (if any) is specified by
119.Fa arg
120and
121.Fa arglen .
122The
123.Fa cookie ,
124.Fa cmd ,
125and argument data are defined by the header file corresponding
126to the type of the node being addressed.
127The unique, non-negative token value chosen for use in the message
128header is returned.  This value is typically used to associate replies.
129.Pp
130Use
131.Fn NgSendMsgReply
132to send reply to a previously received control message.
133The original message header should be pointed to by
134.Fa msg .
135.Pp
136.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
137performs the same function as
138.Fn NgSendMsg ,
139but adds support for
140.Tn ASCII
141encoding of control messages.
142.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
143formats its input a la
144.Xr printf 3
145and then sends the resulting
146.Tn ASCII
147string to the node in a
148.Dv NGM_ASCII2BINARY
149control message.  The node returns a binary version of the
150message, which is then sent back to the node just as with
151.Fn NgSendMsg .
152As with
153.Fn NgSendMsg ,
154the message token value is returned.
155Note that
156.Tn ASCII
157conversion may not be supported by all node types.
158.Pp
159.Fn NgRecvMsg
160reads the next control message received by the node associated with
161control socket
162.Fa cs .
163The message and any extra argument data must fit in
164.Fa replen
165bytes.
166If
167.Fa "path"
168is non-NULL, it must point to a buffer of at least
169.Dv "NG_PATHLEN + 1"
170bytes, which will be filled in (and NUL terminated) with the path to
171the node from which the message was received.
172.Pp
173The length of the control message is returned.
174A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
175.Pp
176.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg
177works exactly like
178.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
179except that after the message is received, any binary arguments
180are converted to
181.Tn ASCII
182by sending a
183.Dv NGM_BINARY2ASCII
184request back to the originating node.  The result is the same as
185.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
186with the exception that the reply arguments field will contain
187a NUL-terminated
188.Tn ASCII
189version of the arguments (and the reply
190header argument length field will be adjusted).
191.Pp
192.Fn NgSendData
193writes a data packet out on the specified hook of the node corresponding
194to data socket
195.Fa ds .
196The node must already be connected to some other node via that hook.
197.Pp
198.Fn NgRecvData
199reads the next data packet (of up to
200.Fa len
201bytes) received by the node corresponding to data socket
202.Fa ds
203and stores it in
204.Fa buf ,
205which must be large enough to hold the entire packet.  If
206.Fa "hook"
207is non-NULL, it must point to a buffer of at least
208.Dv "NG_HOOKLEN + 1"
209bytes, which will be filled in (and NUL terminated) with the name of
210the hook on which the data was received.
211.Pp
212The length of the packet is returned.
213A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
214.Pp
215.Fn NgSetDebug
216and
217.Fn NgSetErrLog
218are used for debugging.
219.Fn NgSetDebug
220sets the debug level (if non-negative), and returns the old setting.
221Higher debug levels result in more verbosity.  The default is zero.
222All debug and error messages are logged via the functions
223specified in the most recent call to
224.Fn NgSetErrLog .
225The default logging functions are
226.Xr vwarn 3
227and
228.Xr vwarnx 3 .
229.Pp
230At debug level 3, the library attempts to display control message arguments
231in
232.Tn ASCII
233format; however, this results in additional messages being
234sent which may interfere with debugging.  At even higher levels,
235even these additional messagages will be displayed, etc.
236.Pp
237Note that
238.Xr select 2
239can be used on the data and the control sockets to detect the presence of
240incoming data and control messages, respectively.
241Data and control packets are always written and read atomically, i.e.,
242in one whole piece.
243.Pp
244User mode programs must be linked with the
245.Dv -lnetgraph
246flag to link in this library.
247.Sh INITIALIZATION
248To enable Netgraph in your kernel, either your kernel must be
249compiled with
250.Dq options NETGRAPH
251in the kernel configuration
252file, or else the
253.Xr netgraph 4
254and
255.Xr ng_socket 4
256KLD modules must have been loaded via
257.Xr kldload 8 .
258.Sh RETURN VALUES
259.Fn NgSetDebug
260returns the previous debug setting.
261.Fn NgSetErrLog
262has no return value.
263All other functions return \-1 if there was an error and set
264.Va errno
265accordingly.
266A return value of zero from
267.Fn NgRecvMsg
268or
269.Fn NgRecvData
270indicates that the netgraph socket has been closed.
271.Pp
272For
273.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
274and
275.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
276the following additional errors are possible:
277.Bl -tag -width Er
278.It Bq Er ENOSYS
279The node type does not know how to encode or decode the control message.
280.It Bq Er ERANGE
281The encoded or decoded arguments were too long for the supplied buffer.
282.It Bq Er ENOENT
283An unknown structure field was seen in an
284.Tn ASCII
285control message.
286.It Bq Er EALREADY
287The same structure field was specified twice in an
288.Tn ASCII
289control message.
290.It Bq Er EINVAL
291.Tn ASCII
292control message parse error or illegal value.
293.It Bq Er E2BIG
294ASCII control message array or fixed width string buffer overflow.
295.El
296.Sh SEE ALSO
297.Xr select 2 ,
298.Xr socket 2 ,
299.Xr warnx 3 ,
300.Xr kld 4 ,
301.Xr netgraph 4 ,
302.Xr ng_socket 4
303.Sh HISTORY
304The
305.Nm netgraph
306system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc. in
307a version of
308.Fx 2.2
309customized for the Whistle InterJet.
310.Sh AUTHORS
311.An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@whistle.com
312