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