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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 May 15, 2020
39.Dt NETGRAPH 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm NgMkSockNode ,
43.Nm NgNameNode ,
44.Nm NgSendMsg ,
45.Nm NgSendAsciiMsg ,
46.Nm NgSendReplyMsg ,
47.Nm NgRecvMsg ,
48.Nm NgAllocRecvMsg ,
49.Nm NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
50.Nm NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg ,
51.Nm NgSendData ,
52.Nm NgRecvData ,
53.Nm NgAllocRecvData ,
54.Nm NgSetDebug ,
55.Nm NgSetErrLog
56.Nd netgraph user library
57.Sh LIBRARY
58.Lb libnetgraph
59.Sh SYNOPSIS
60.In netgraph.h
61.Ft int
62.Fn NgMkSockNode "const char *name" "int *csp" "int *dsp"
63.Ft int
64.Fn NgNameNode "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
65.Ft int
66.Fo NgSendMsg
67.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "int cookie" "int cmd" "const void *arg"
68.Fa "size_t arglen"
69.Fc
70.Ft int
71.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg "int cs" "const char *path" "const char *fmt" ...
72.Ft int
73.Fo NgSendReplyMsg
74.Fa "int cs" "const char *path" "struct ng_mesg *msg" "const void *arg"
75.Fa "size_t arglen"
76.Fc
77.Ft int
78.Fn NgRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
79.Ft int
80.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
81.Ft int
82.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg *rep" "size_t replen" "char *path"
83.Ft int
84.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg "int cs" "struct ng_mesg **rep" "char *path"
85.Ft int
86.Fn NgSendData "int ds" "const char *hook" "const u_char *buf" "size_t len"
87.Ft int
88.Fn NgRecvData "int ds" "u_char *buf" "size_t len" "char *hook"
89.Ft int
90.Fn NgAllocRecvData "int ds" "u_char **buf" "char *hook"
91.Ft int
92.Fn NgSetDebug "int level"
93.Ft void
94.Fo NgSetErrLog
95.Fa "void \*[lp]*log\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
96.Fa "void \*[lp]*logx\*[rp]\*[lp]const char *fmt, ...\*[rp]"
97.Fc
98.Sh DESCRIPTION
99These functions facilitate user-mode program participation in the kernel
100.Xr netgraph 4
101graph-based networking system, by utilizing the netgraph
102.Vt socket
103node type (see
104.Xr ng_socket 4 ) .
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn NgMkSockNode
108function should be called first, to create a new
109.Vt socket
110type netgraph node with associated control and data sockets.
111If
112.Fa name
113is
114.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
115the node will have that global name assigned to it.
116The
117.Fa csp
118and
119.Fa dsp
120arguments will be set to the newly opened control and data sockets
121associated with the node; either
122.Fa csp
123or
124.Fa dsp
125may be
126.Dv NULL
127if only one socket is desired.
128The
129.Fn NgMkSockNode
130function loads the
131.Vt socket
132node type KLD if it is not already loaded.
133.Pp
134The
135.Fn NgNameNode
136function assigns a global name to the node addressed by
137.Fa path .
138.Pp
139The
140.Fn NgSendMsg
141function sends a binary control message from the
142.Vt socket
143node associated with control socket
144.Fa cs
145to the node addressed by
146.Fa path .
147The
148.Fa cookie
149indicates how to interpret
150.Fa cmd ,
151which indicates a specific command.
152Extra argument data (if any) is specified by
153.Fa arg
154and
155.Fa arglen .
156The
157.Fa cookie , cmd ,
158and argument data are defined by the header file corresponding
159to the type of the node being addressed.
160The unique, non-negative token value chosen for use in the message
161header is returned.
162This value is typically used to associate replies.
163.Pp
164Use
165.Fn NgSendReplyMsg
166to send reply to a previously received control message.
167The original message header should be pointed to by
168.Fa msg .
169.Pp
170The
171.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
172function performs the same function as
173.Fn NgSendMsg ,
174but adds support for
175.Tn ASCII
176encoding of control messages.
177The
178.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
179function formats its input a la
180.Xr printf 3
181and then sends the resulting
182.Tn ASCII
183string to the node in a
184.Dv NGM_ASCII2BINARY
185control message.
186The node returns a binary version of the
187message, which is then sent back to the node just as with
188.Fn NgSendMsg .
189As with
190.Fn NgSendMsg ,
191the message token value is returned.
192Note that
193.Tn ASCII
194conversion may not be supported by all node types.
195.Pp
196The
197.Fn NgRecvMsg
198function reads the next control message received by the node associated with
199control socket
200.Fa cs .
201The message and any extra argument data must fit in
202.Fa replen
203bytes.
204If
205.Fa path
206is
207.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
208it must point to a buffer of at least
209.Dv NG_PATHSIZ
210bytes, which will be filled in (and
211.Dv NUL
212terminated) with the path to
213the node from which the message was received.
214.Pp
215The length of the control message is returned.
216A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
217.Pp
218The
219.Fn NgAllocRecvMsg
220function works exactly like
221.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
222except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
223to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
224The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
225The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
226.Pp
227The
228.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg
229function works exactly like
230.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
231except that after the message is received, any binary arguments
232are converted to
233.Tn ASCII
234by sending a
235.Dv NGM_BINARY2ASCII
236request back to the originating node.
237The result is the same as
238.Fn NgRecvMsg ,
239with the exception that the reply arguments field will contain a
240.Dv NUL Ns -terminated
241.Tn ASCII
242version of the arguments (and the reply
243header argument length field will be adjusted).
244.Pp
245The
246.Fn NgAllocRecvAsciiMsg
247function works exactly like
248.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
249except that the buffer for a message is dynamically allocated
250to guarantee that a message is not truncated.
251The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
252The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
253.Pp
254The
255.Fn NgSendData
256function writes a data packet out on the specified hook of the node
257corresponding to data socket
258.Fa ds .
259The node must already be connected to some other node via that hook.
260.Pp
261The
262.Fn NgRecvData
263function reads the next data packet (of up to
264.Fa len
265bytes) received by the node corresponding to data socket
266.Fa ds
267and stores it in
268.Fa buf ,
269which must be large enough to hold the entire packet.
270If
271.Fa hook
272is
273.No non- Ns Dv NULL ,
274it must point to a buffer of at least
275.Dv NG_HOOKSIZ
276bytes, which will be filled in (and
277.Dv NUL
278terminated) with the name of
279the hook on which the data was received.
280.Pp
281The length of the packet is returned.
282A return value of zero indicates that the socket was closed.
283.Pp
284The
285.Fn NgAllocRecvData
286function works exactly like
287.Fn NgRecvData ,
288except that the buffer for a data packet is dynamically allocated
289to guarantee that a data packet is not truncated.
290The size of the buffer is equal to the socket's receive buffer size.
291The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer when it is no longer required.
292.Pp
293The
294.Fn NgSetDebug
295and
296.Fn NgSetErrLog
297functions are used for debugging.
298The
299.Fn NgSetDebug
300function sets the debug level (if non-negative), and returns the old setting.
301Higher debug levels result in more verbosity.
302The default is zero.
303All debug and error messages are logged via the functions
304specified in the most recent call to
305.Fn NgSetErrLog .
306The default logging functions are
307.Xr vwarn 3
308and
309.Xr vwarnx 3 .
310.Pp
311At debug level 3, the library attempts to display control message arguments
312in
313.Tn ASCII
314format; however, this results in additional messages being
315sent which may interfere with debugging.
316At even higher levels,
317even these additional messages will be displayed, etc.
318.Pp
319Note that
320.Xr select 2
321can be used on the data and the control sockets to detect the presence of
322incoming data and control messages, respectively.
323Data and control packets are always written and read atomically, i.e.,
324in one whole piece.
325.Pp
326User mode programs must be linked with the
327.Fl l Ns Li netgraph
328flag to link in this library.
329.Sh INITIALIZATION
330To enable netgraph in your kernel, either your kernel must be
331compiled with
332.Cd "options NETGRAPH"
333in the kernel configuration
334file, or else the
335.Xr netgraph 4
336and
337.Xr ng_socket 4
338KLD modules must have been loaded via
339.Xr kldload 8 .
340.Sh RETURN VALUES
341The
342.Fn NgSetDebug
343function returns the previous debug setting.
344.Pp
345The
346.Fn NgSetErrLog
347function has no return value.
348.Pp
349All other functions return \-1 if there was an error and set
350.Va errno
351accordingly.
352.Pp
353A return value of zero from
354.Fn NgRecvMsg
355or
356.Fn NgRecvData
357indicates that the netgraph socket has been closed.
358.Pp
359For
360.Fn NgSendAsciiMsg
361and
362.Fn NgRecvAsciiMsg ,
363the following additional errors are possible:
364.Bl -tag -width Er
365.It Bq Er ENOSYS
366The node type does not know how to encode or decode the control message.
367.It Bq Er ERANGE
368The encoded or decoded arguments were too long for the supplied buffer.
369.It Bq Er ENOENT
370An unknown structure field was seen in an
371.Tn ASCII
372control message.
373.It Bq Er EALREADY
374The same structure field was specified twice in an
375.Tn ASCII
376control message.
377.It Bq Er EINVAL
378.Tn ASCII
379control message parse error or illegal value.
380.It Bq Er E2BIG
381ASCII control message array or fixed width string buffer overflow.
382.El
383.Sh SEE ALSO
384.Xr select 2 ,
385.Xr socket 2 ,
386.Xr warnx 3 ,
387.Xr kld 4 ,
388.Xr netgraph 4 ,
389.Xr ng_socket 4
390.Sh HISTORY
391The
392.Nm netgraph
393system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.\& in
394a version of
395.Fx 2.2
396customized for the Whistle InterJet.
397.Sh AUTHORS
398.An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@FreeBSD.org
399