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33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
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38.Dd December 2, 1999
39.Dt NG_BPF 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ng_bpf
43.Nd Berkeley packet filter netgraph node type
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In net/bpf.h
46.In netgraph/ng_bpf.h
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm bpf
50node type allows Berkeley Packet Filter (see
51.Xr bpf 4 )
52filters to be applied to data travelling through a Netgraph network.
53Each node allows an arbitrary number of connections to arbitrarily
54named hooks.
55With each hook is associated a
56.Xr bpf 4
57filter program which is applied to incoming data only, a destination hook
58for matching packets, a destination hook for non-matching packets,
59and various statistics counters.
60.Pp
61A
62.Xr bpf 4
63program returns an unsigned integer, which is normally interpreted as
64the length of the prefix of the packet to return.
65In the context of this
66node type, returning zero is considered a non-match, in which case the
67entire packet is delivered out the non-match destination hook.
68Returning a value greater than zero causes the packet to be truncated
69to that length and delivered out the match destination hook.
70Either or both destination hooks may be the empty string, or may
71not exist, in which case the packet is dropped.
72.Pp
73New hooks are initially configured to drop all packets.
74A new filter program may be installed using the
75.Dv NGM_BPF_SET_PROGRAM
76control message.
77.Sh HOOKS
78This node type supports any number of hooks having arbitrary names.
79.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
80This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
81.Bl -tag -width foo
82.It Dv NGM_BPF_SET_PROGRAM
83This command sets the filter program that will be applied to incoming
84data on a hook.
85The following structure must be supplied as an argument:
86.Bd -literal -offset 4n
87struct ng_bpf_hookprog {
88  char            thisHook[NG_HOOKSIZ];     /* name of hook */
89  char            ifMatch[NG_HOOKSIZ];      /* match dest hook */
90  char            ifNotMatch[NG_HOOKSIZ];   /* !match dest hook */
91  int32_t         bpf_prog_len;             /* #isns in program */
92  struct bpf_insn bpf_prog[0];              /* bpf program */
93};
94.Ed
95.Pp
96The hook to be updated is specified in
97.Dv thisHook .
98The BPF program is the sequence of instructions in the
99.Dv bpf_prog
100array; there must be
101.Dv bpf_prog_len
102of them.
103Matching and non-matching incoming packets are delivered out the hooks named
104.Dv ifMatch
105and
106.Dv ifNotMatch ,
107respectively.
108The program must be a valid
109.Xr bpf 4
110program or else
111.Er EINVAL
112is returned.
113.It Dv NGM_BPF_GET_PROGRAM
114This command takes an
115.Tn ASCII
116string argument, the hook name, and returns the
117corresponding
118.Dv "struct ng_bpf_hookprog"
119as shown above.
120.It Dv NGM_BPF_GET_STATS
121This command takes an
122.Tn ASCII
123string argument, the hook name, and returns the
124statistics associated with the hook as a
125.Dv "struct ng_bpf_hookstat" .
126.It Dv NGM_BPF_CLR_STATS
127This command takes an
128.Tn ASCII
129string argument, the hook name, and clears the
130statistics associated with the hook.
131.It Dv NGM_BPF_GETCLR_STATS
132This command is identical to
133.Dv NGM_BPF_GET_STATS ,
134except that the statistics are also atomically cleared.
135.El
136.Sh SHUTDOWN
137This node shuts down upon receipt of a
138.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
139control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
140.Sh EXAMPLES
141It is possible to configure a node from the command line, using
142.Xr tcpdump 1
143to generate raw BPF instructions which are then fed into an
144.Xr awk 1
145script to create the ASCII form of a
146.Dv NGM_BPF_SET_PROGRAM
147control message, as demonstrated here:
148.Bd -literal -offset 4n
149#!/bin/sh
150
151PATTERN="tcp dst port 80"
152NODEPATH="my_node:"
153INHOOK="hook1"
154MATCHHOOK="hook2"
155NOTMATCHHOOK="hook3"
156
157cat > /tmp/bpf.awk << xxENDxx
158{
159  if (!init) {
160    printf "bpf_prog_len=%d bpf_prog=[", \\$1;
161    init=1;
162  } else {
163    printf " { code=%d jt=%d jf=%d k=%d }", \\$1, \\$2, \\$3, \\$4;
164  }
165}
166END {
167  print " ]"
168}
169xxENDxx
170
171BPFPROG=`tcpdump -s 8192 -ddd ${PATTERN} | awk -f /tmp/bpf.awk`
172
173ngctl msg ${NODEPATH} setprogram { thisHook=\\"${INHOOK}\\" \\
174  ifMatch=\\"${MATCHHOOK}\\" \\
175  ifNotMatch=\\"${NOTMATCHHOOK}\\" \\
176  ${BPFPROG} } }
177.Ed
178.Sh BUGS
179When built as a loadable kernel module, this module includes the file
180.Pa net/bpf_filter.c .
181Although loading the module should fail if
182.Pa net/bpf_filter.c
183already exists in the kernel, currently it does not, and the duplicate
184copies of the file do not interfere.
185However, this may change in the future.
186.Sh HISTORY
187The
188.Nm
189node type was implemented in
190.Fx 4.0 .
191.Sh SEE ALSO
192.Xr bpf 4 ,
193.Xr netgraph 4 ,
194.Xr ngctl 8
195.Sh AUTHORS
196.An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@FreeBSD.org
197