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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 FreeBSD 3
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 SYNOPSIS
52.Fd #include <netgraph.h>
53.Ft int
54.Fn NgMkSockNode "const char *name" "int *csp" "int *dsp"
55.Ft int
56.Fn NgNameNode "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" "..."
57.Ft int
58.Fn NgSendMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "int cookie" "int cmd" "const void *arg" "size_t arglen"
59.Ft int
60.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" "..."
61.Ft int
62.Fn NgSendMsgReply "int cs" "const char *path" "struct ng_mesg *msg" "const void *arg" "size_t arglen"
63.Ft int
64.Fn NgRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
65.Ft int
66.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
67.Ft int
68.Fn NgSendData "int ds" "const char *hook" "const u_char *buf" "size_t len"
69.Ft int
70.Fn NgRecvData "int ds" "u_char *buf" "size_t len" "char *hook"
71.Ft int
72.Fn NgSetDebug "int level"
73.Ft void
74.Fn NgSetErrLog "void (*log)(const char *fmt, ...)" "void (*logx)(const char *fmt, ...)"
75.Sh DESCRIPTION
76These functions facilitate user-mode program participation in the kernel
77.Xr netgraph 4
78graph-based networking system, by utilizing the netgraph
79.Em socket
80node type (see
81.Xr ng_socket 8 ")."
82.Pp
83.Fn NgMkSockNode
84should be called first, to create a new
85.Em socket
86type netgraph node with associated control and data sockets.  If
87.Fa name
88is non-NULL, the node will have that global name assigned to it.
89.Fa "*csp"
90and
91.Fa "*dsp"
92will be set to the newly opened control and data sockets
93associated with the node; either
94.Fa "csp"
95or
96.Fa "dsp"
97may be NULL if only one socket is desired.
98.Pp
99.Fn NgNameNode
100assigns a global name to the node addressed by
101.Fa path .
102.Pp
103.Fn NgSendMsg
104sends a binary control message from the socket node associated
105with control socket
106.Fa cs
107to the node addressed by
108.Fa path .
109The
110.Fa cookie
111indicates how to interpret
112.Fa cmd ,
113which indicates a specific command.
114Extra argument data (if any) is specified by
115.Fa arg
116and
117.Fa arglen .
118The
119.Fa cookie ,
120.Fa cmd ,
121and argument data are defined by the header file corresponding
122to the type of the node being addressed.
123.Pp
124Use
125.Fn NgSendMsgReply
126to send reply to a previously received control message.
127The original message header should be pointed to by
128.Fa msg .
129.Pp
130.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
131performs the same function as
132.Fn NgSendMsg ,
133but adds support for ASCII encoding of control messages.
134.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
135formats its input a la
136.Xr printf 3
137and then sends the resulting ASCII string to the node in a
138.Dv NGM_ASCII2BINARY
139control message.  The node returns a binary version of the
140message, which is then sent back to the node just as with
141.Fn NgSendMsg .
142Note that ASCII conversion may not be supported by all node types.
143.Pp
144.Fn NgRecvMsg
145reads the next control message received by the node associated with
146control socket
147.Fa cs .
148The message and any extra argument data must fit in
149.Fa replen
150bytes.
151If
152.Fa "path"
153is non-NULL, it must point to a buffer of at least
154.Dv "NG_PATHLEN + 1"
155bytes, which will be filled in (and NUL terminated) with the path to
156the node from which the message was received.
157.Pp
158.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg
159works exactly like
160.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
161except that after the message is received, any binary arguments
162are converted to ASCII by sending a
163.Dv NGM_BINARY2ASCII
164request back to the originating node.  The result is the same as
165.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
166with the exception that the reply arguments field will contain
167a NUL-terminated ASCII version of the arguments (and the reply
168header argument length field will be adjusted).
169.Pp
170.Fn NgSendData
171writes a data packet out on the specified hook of the node corresponding
172to data socket
173.Fa ds .
174The node must already be connected to some other node via that hook.
175.Pp
176.Fn NgRecvData
177reads the next data packet (of up to
178.Fa len
179bytes) received by the node corresponding to data socket
180.Fa ds
181and stores it in
182.Fa buf ,
183which must be large enough to hold the entire packet.  If
184.Fa "hook"
185is non-NULL, it must point to a buffer of at least
186.Dv "NG_HOOKLEN + 1"
187bytes, which will be filled in (and NUL terminated) with the name of
188the hook on which the data was received.
189.Pp
190.Fn NgSetDebug
191and
192.Fn NgSetErrLog
193are used for debugging.
194.Fn NgSetDebug
195sets the debug level (if non-negative), and returns the old setting.
196Higher debug levels result in more verbosity.  The default is zero.
197All debug and error messages are logged via the functions
198specified in the most recent call to
199.Fn NgSetErrLog .
200The default logging functions are
201.Xr vwarn 3
202and
203.Xr vwarnx 3 .
204.Pp
205At debug level 3, the library attempts to display control message arguments
206in ASCII format; however, this results in additional messages being
207sent which may interfere with debugging.  At even higher levels,
208even these additional messagages will be displayed, etc.
209.Pp
210Note that
211.Xr select 2
212can be used on the data and the control sockets to detect the presence of
213incoming data and control messages, respectively.
214Data and control packets are always written and read atomically, i.e.,
215in one whole piece.
216.Pp
217User mode programs must be linked with the
218.Dv -lnetgraph
219flag to link in this library.
220.Sh INITIALIZATION
221To enable Netgraph in your kernel, either your kernel must be
222compiled with ``options NETGRAPH'' in the kernel configuration
223file, or else the
224.Xr netgraph 4
225and
226.Xr ng_socket 8
227KLD modules must have been loaded via
228.Xr kldload 8 .
229.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
230All functions except
231.Fn NgSetDebug
232and
233.Fn NgSetErrLog
234return -1 if there was an error and set errno accordingly.
235.Pp
236For
237.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
238and
239.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
240the following additional errors are possible:
241.Bl -tag -width Er
242.It Bq Er ENOSYS
243The node type does not know how to encode or decode the control message.
244.It Bq Er ERANGE
245The encoded or decoded arguments were too long for the supplied buffer.
246.It Bq Er ENOENT
247An unknown structure field was seen in an ASCII control message.
248.It Bq Er EALREADY
249The same structure field was specified twice in an ASCII control message.
250.It Bq Er EINVAL
251ASCII control message parse error or illegal value.
252.It Bq Er E2BIG
253ASCII control message array or fixed width string buffer overflow.
254.El
255.Sh SEE ALSO
256.Xr netgraph 4 ,
257.Xr socket 2 ,
258.Xr select 2 ,
259.Xr warnx 3 ,
260.Xr ng_socket 8 .
261.Sh HISTORY
262The
263.Em netgraph
264system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc. in
265a version FreeBSD 2.2 customized for the Whistle InterJet.
266.Sh AUTHOR
267.An Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
268