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28.Dd September 27, 2012
29.Dt DRBR 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm drbr ,
33.Nm drbr_free ,
34.Nm drbr_enqueue ,
35.Nm drbr_dequeue ,
36.Nm drbr_dequeue_cond ,
37.Nm drbr_flush ,
38.Nm drbr_empty ,
39.Nm drbr_inuse
40.Nd network driver interface to buf_ring
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/param.h
43.In net/if.h
44.In net/if_var.h
45.Ft void
46.Fn drbr_free "struct buf_ring *br" "struct malloc_type *type"
47.Ft int
48.Fn drbr_enqueue "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br" "struct mbuf *m"
49.Ft struct mbuf *
50.Fn drbr_dequeue "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br"
51.Ft struct mbuf *
52.Fn drbr_dequeue_cond "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br" "int (*func) (struct mbuf *, void *)" "void *arg"
53.Ft void
54.Fn drbr_flush "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br"
55.Ft int
56.Fn drbr_empty "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br"
57.Ft int
58.Fn drbr_inuse "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct buf_ring *br"
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62functions provide an API to network drivers for using
63.Xr buf_ring 9
64for enqueueing and dequeueing packets.
65This is meant as a replacement for the IFQ interface for packet queuing.
66It allows a packet to be enqueued with a single atomic and packet
67dequeue to be done without any per-packet atomics as it is protected
68by the driver's tx queue lock.
69If
70.Dv INVARIANTS
71is enabled,
72.Fn drbr_dequeue
73will assert that the tx queue lock is held when it is called.
74.Pp
75The
76.Fn drbr_free
77function frees all the enqueued mbufs and then frees the buf_ring.
78.Pp
79The
80.Fn drbr_enqueue
81function is used to enqueue an mbuf to a buf_ring, falling back to the
82ifnet's IFQ if
83.Xr ALTQ 4
84is enabled.
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn drbr_dequeue
88function is used to dequeue an mbuf from a buf_ring or, if
89.Xr ALTQ 4
90is enabled, from the ifnet's IFQ.
91.Pp
92The
93.Fn drbr_dequeue_cond
94function is used to conditionally dequeue an mbuf from a buf_ring based
95on whether
96.Fa func
97returns
98.Dv TRUE
99or
100.Dv FALSE .
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn drbr_flush
104function frees all mbufs enqueued in the buf_ring and the ifnet's IFQ.
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn drbr_empty
108function returns
109.Dv TRUE
110if there are no mbufs enqueued,
111.Dv FALSE
112otherwise.
113.Pp
114The
115.Fn drbr_inuse
116function returns the number of mbufs enqueued.
117Note to users that this is intrinsically racy as there is no guarantee that
118there will not be more mbufs when
119.Fn drbr_dequeue
120is actually called.
121Provided the tx queue lock is held there will not be less.
122.Sh RETURN VALUES
123The
124.Fn drbr_enqueue
125function returns
126.Er ENOBUFS
127if there are no slots available in the buf_ring and
128.Dv 0
129on success.
130.Pp
131The
132.Fn drbr_dequeue
133and
134.Fn drbr_dequeue_cond
135functions return an mbuf on success and
136.Dv NULL
137if the buf_ring is empty.
138.Sh HISTORY
139These functions were introduced in
140.Fx 8.0 .
141