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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
34.\" $Whistle: netgraph.3,v 1.7 1999/01/25 07:14:06 archie Exp $
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36.Dd May 15, 2020
37.Dt NETGRAPH 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm NgMkSockNode ,
41.Nm NgNameNode ,
42.Nm NgSendMsg ,
43.Nm NgSendAsciiMsg ,
44.Nm NgSendReplyMsg ,
45.Nm NgRecvMsg ,
46.Nm NgAllocRecvMsg ,
47.Nm NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
48.Nm NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg ,
49.Nm NgSendData ,
50.Nm NgRecvData ,
51.Nm NgAllocRecvData ,
52.Nm NgSetDebug ,
53.Nm NgSetErrLog
54.Nd netgraph user library
55.Sh LIBRARY
56.Lb libnetgraph
57.Sh SYNOPSIS
58.In netgraph.h
59.Ft int
60.Fn NgMkSockNode "const char *name" "int *csp" "int *dsp"
61.Ft int
62.Fn NgNameNode "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
63.Ft int
64.Fo NgSendMsg
65.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "int cookie" "int cmd" "const void *arg"
66.Fa "size_t arglen"
67.Fc
68.Ft int
69.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
70.Ft int
71.Fo NgSendReplyMsg
72.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "struct ng_mesg *msg" "const void *arg"
73.Fa "size_t arglen"
74.Fc
75.Ft int
76.Fn NgRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
77.Ft int
78.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
79.Ft int
80.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
81.Ft int
82.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
83.Ft int
84.Fn NgSendData "int ds" "const char *hook" "const u_char *buf" "size_t len"
85.Ft int
86.Fn NgRecvData "int ds" "u_char *buf" "size_t len" "char *hook"
87.Ft int
88.Fn NgAllocRecvData "int ds" "u_char **buf" "char *hook"
89.Ft int
90.Fn NgSetDebug "int level"
91.Ft void
92.Fo NgSetErrLog
93.Fa "void \*[lp]*log\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
94.Fa "void \*[lp]*logx\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
95.Fc
96.Sh DESCRIPTION
97These functions facilitate user-mode program participation in the kernel
98.Xr netgraph 4
99graph-based networking system, by utilizing the netgraph
100.Vt socket
101node type (see
102.Xr ng_socket 4 ) .
103.Pp
104The
105.Fn NgMkSockNode
106function should be called first, to create a new
107.Vt socket
108type netgraph node with associated control and data sockets.
109If
110.Fa name
111is
112.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
113the node will have that global name assigned to it.
114The
115.Fa csp
116and
117.Fa dsp
118arguments will be set to the newly opened control and data sockets
119associated with the node; either
120.Fa csp
121or
122.Fa dsp
123may be
124.Dv NULL
125if only one socket is desired.
126The
127.Fn NgMkSockNode
128function loads the
129.Vt socket
130node type KLD if it is not already loaded.
131.Pp
132The
133.Fn NgNameNode
134function assigns a global name to the node addressed by
135.Fa path .
136.Pp
137The
138.Fn NgSendMsg
139function sends a binary control message from the
140.Vt socket
141node associated with control socket
142.Fa cs
143to the node addressed by
144.Fa path .
145The
146.Fa cookie
147indicates how to interpret
148.Fa cmd ,
149which indicates a specific command.
150Extra argument data (if any) is specified by
151.Fa arg
152and
153.Fa arglen .
154The
155.Fa cookie , cmd ,
156and argument data are defined by the header file corresponding
157to the type of the node being addressed.
158The unique, non-negative token value chosen for use in the message
159header is returned.
160This value is typically used to associate replies.
161.Pp
162Use
163.Fn NgSendReplyMsg
164to send reply to a previously received control message.
165The original message header should be pointed to by
166.Fa msg .
167.Pp
168The
169.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
170function performs the same function as
171.Fn NgSendMsg ,
172but adds support for
173.Tn ASCII
174encoding of control messages.
175The
176.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
177function formats its input a la
178.Xr printf 3
179and then sends the resulting
180.Tn ASCII
181string to the node in a
182.Dv NGM_ASCII2BINARY
183control message.
184The node returns a binary version of the
185message, which is then sent back to the node just as with
186.Fn NgSendMsg .
187As with
188.Fn NgSendMsg ,
189the message token value is returned.
190Note that
191.Tn ASCII
192conversion may not be supported by all node types.
193.Pp
194The
195.Fn NgRecvMsg
196function reads the next control message received by the node associated with
197control socket
198.Fa cs .
199The message and any extra argument data must fit in
200.Fa replen
201bytes.
202If
203.Fa path
204is
205.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
206it must point to a buffer of at least
207.Dv NG_PATHSIZ
208bytes, which will be filled in (and
209.Dv NUL
210terminated) with the path to
211the node from which the message was received.
212.Pp
213The length of the control message is returned.
214A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
215.Pp
216The
217.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg
218function works exactly like
219.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
220except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
221to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
222The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
223The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
224.Pp
225The
226.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg
227function works exactly like
228.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
229except that after the message is received, any binary arguments
230are converted to
231.Tn ASCII
232by sending a
233.Dv NGM_BINARY2ASCII
234request back to the originating node.
235The result is the same as
236.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
237with the exception that the reply arguments field will contain a
238.Dv NUL Ns -terminated
239.Tn ASCII
240version of the arguments (and the reply
241header argument length field will be adjusted).
242.Pp
243The
244.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg
245function works exactly like
246.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
247except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
248to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
249The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
250The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
251.Pp
252The
253.Fn NgSendData
254function writes a data packet out on the specified hook of the node
255corresponding to data socket
256.Fa ds .
257The node must already be connected to some other node via that hook.
258.Pp
259The
260.Fn NgRecvData
261function reads the next data packet (of up to
262.Fa len
263bytes) received by the node corresponding to data socket
264.Fa ds
265and stores it in
266.Fa buf ,
267which must be large enough to hold the entire packet.
268If
269.Fa hook
270is
271.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
272it must point to a buffer of at least
273.Dv NG_HOOKSIZ
274bytes, which will be filled in (and
275.Dv NUL
276terminated) with the name of
277the hook on which the data was received.
278.Pp
279The length of the packet is returned.
280A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
281.Pp
282The
283.Fn NgAllocRecvData
284function works exactly like
285.Fn NgRecvData ,
286except that the buffer for a data packet is dynamically allocated
287to guarantee that a data packet is not truncated.
288The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
289The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
290.Pp
291The
292.Fn NgSetDebug
293and
294.Fn NgSetErrLog
295functions are used for debugging.
296The
297.Fn NgSetDebug
298function sets the debug level (if non-negative), and returns the old setting.
299Higher debug levels result in more verbosity.
300The default is zero.
301All debug and error messages are logged via the functions
302specified in the most recent call to
303.Fn NgSetErrLog .
304The default logging functions are
305.Xr vwarn 3
306and
307.Xr vwarnx 3 .
308.Pp
309At debug level 3, the library attempts to display control message arguments
310in
311.Tn ASCII
312format; however, this results in additional messages being
313sent which may interfere with debugging.
314At even higher levels,
315even these additional messages will be displayed, etc.
316.Pp
317Note that
318.Xr select 2
319can be used on the data and the control sockets to detect the presence of
320incoming data and control messages, respectively.
321Data and control packets are always written and read atomically, i.e.,
322in one whole piece.
323.Pp
324User mode programs must be linked with the
325.Fl l Ns Li netgraph
326flag to link in this library.
327.Sh INITIALIZATION
328To enable netgraph in your kernel, either your kernel must be
329compiled with
330.Cd "options NETGRAPH"
331in the kernel configuration
332file, or else the
333.Xr netgraph 4
334and
335.Xr ng_socket 4
336KLD modules must have been loaded via
337.Xr kldload 8 .
338.Sh RETURN VALUES
339The
340.Fn NgSetDebug
341function returns the previous debug setting.
342.Pp
343The
344.Fn NgSetErrLog
345function has no return value.
346.Pp
347All other functions return \-1 if there was an error and set
348.Va errno
349accordingly.
350.Pp
351A return value of zero from
352.Fn NgRecvMsg
353or
354.Fn NgRecvData
355indicates that the netgraph socket has been closed.
356.Pp
357For
358.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
359and
360.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
361the following additional errors are possible:
362.Bl -tag -width Er
363.It Bq Er ENOSYS
364The node type does not know how to encode or decode the control message.
365.It Bq Er ERANGE
366The encoded or decoded arguments were too long for the supplied buffer.
367.It Bq Er ENOENT
368An unknown structure field was seen in an
369.Tn ASCII
370control message.
371.It Bq Er EALREADY
372The same structure field was specified twice in an
373.Tn ASCII
374control message.
375.It Bq Er EINVAL
376.Tn ASCII
377control message parse error or illegal value.
378.It Bq Er E2BIG
379ASCII control message array or fixed width string buffer overflow.
380.El
381.Sh SEE ALSO
382.Xr select 2 ,
383.Xr socket 2 ,
384.Xr warnx 3 ,
385.Xr kld 4 ,
386.Xr netgraph 4 ,
387.Xr ng_socket 4
388.Sh HISTORY
389The
390.Nm netgraph
391system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\& in
392a version of
393.Fx 2.2
394customized for the Whistle InterJet.
395.Sh AUTHORS
396.An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@FreeBSD.org
397