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27.Dd February 20, 2001
28.Dt MBCHAIN 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm mbchain ,
32.Nm mb_init ,
33.Nm mb_initm ,
34.Nm mb_done ,
35.Nm mb_detach ,
36.Nm mb_fixhdr ,
37.Nm mb_reserve ,
38.Nm mb_put_uint8 ,
39.Nm mb_put_uint16be ,
40.Nm mb_put_uint16le ,
41.Nm mb_put_uint32be ,
42.Nm mb_put_uint32le ,
43.Nm mb_put_int64be ,
44.Nm mb_put_int64le ,
45.Nm mb_put_mem ,
46.Nm mb_put_mbuf ,
47.Nm mb_put_uio
48.Nd "set of functions to build an mbuf chain from various data types"
49.Sh SYNOPSIS
50.Cd options LIBMCHAIN
51.Li kldload libmchain
52.Pp
53.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
54.Fd #include <sys/mchain.h>
55.Ft int
56.Fn mb_init "struct mbchain *mbp"
57.Ft void
58.Fn mb_initm "struct mbchain *mbp" "struct mbuf *m"
59.Ft void
60.Fn mb_done "struct mbchain *mbp"
61.Ft struct mbuf *
62.Fn mb_detach "struct mbchain *mbp"
63.Ft int
64.Fn mb_fixhdr "struct mbchain *mbp"
65.Ft caddr_t
66.Fn mb_reserve "struct mbchain *mbp" "int size"
67.Ft int
68.Fn mb_put_uint8 "struct mbchain *mbp" "u_int8_t x"
69.Ft int
70.Fn mb_put_uint16be "struct mbchain *mbp" "u_int16_t x"
71.Ft int
72.Fn mb_put_uint16le "struct mbchain *mbp" "u_int16_t x"
73.Ft int
74.Fn mb_put_uint32be "struct mbchain *mbp" "u_int32_t x"
75.Ft int
76.Fn mb_put_uint32le "struct mbchain *mbp" "u_int32_t x"
77.Ft int
78.Fn mb_put_int64be "struct mbchain *mbp" "int64_t x"
79.Ft int
80.Fn mb_put_int64le "struct mbchain *mbp" "int64_t x"
81.Ft int
82.Fn mb_put_mem "struct mbchain *mbp" "c_caddr_t source" "int size" "int type"
83.Ft int
84.Fn mb_put_mbuf "struct mbchain *mbp" "struct mbuf *m"
85.Ft int
86.Fn mb_put_uio "struct mbchain *mbp" "struct uio *uiop" "int size"
87.Sh DESCRIPTION
88These functions are used to compose mbuf chains from various data types.
89The
90.Vt mbchain
91structure is used as a working context and should be initialized with a call
92to either
93.Fn mb_init
94or
95.Fn mb_initm .
96It has the following fields:
97.Bl -tag -width "mb_count"
98.It Va "mb_top"
99.Vt ( "struct mbuf *" )
100a pointer to the top of constructed mbuf chain
101.It Va mb_cur
102.Vt ( "struct mbuf *" )
103a pointer to the currently filled mbuf
104.It Va mb_mleft
105.Vt ( int )
106number of bytes left in the current mbuf
107.It Va mb_count
108.Vt ( int )
109total number of bytes placed in the mbuf chain
110.It Va mb_copy
111.Vt ( "mb_copy_t *" )
112user-defined function to perform a copy into mbuf;
113useful if any unusual
114data conversion is necessesary
115.It Va mb_udata
116.Vt ( "void *" )
117user-supplied data which can be used in the
118.Va mb_copy
119function
120.El
121.Pp
122.Fn mb_done
123function disposes an mbuf chain pointed to by
124.Fa mbp->mb_top
125field and sets
126the field to
127.Dv NULL .
128.Pp
129.Fn mb_detach
130function returns the value of
131.Fa mbp->mb_top
132field and sets its value to
133.Dv NULL .
134.Pp
135.Fn mb_fixhdr
136recalculates the length of an mbuf chain and updates the
137.Va m_pkthdr.len
138field of the first mbuf in the chain.
139.Pp
140.Fn mb_reserve
141ensures that the object of the length specified by the
142.Fa size
143argument will fit in the current mbuf (mbuf allocation is performed if
144necessary), and advances all pointers as if the real data was placed.
145Returned
146value will point to the beginning of the reserved space.
147Note that the size
148of the object should not exceed
149.Dv MLEN
150bytes.
151.Pp
152All
153.Fn mb_put_*
154functions perform an actual copy of the data into mbuf chain.
155Functions which have
156.Cm le
157or
158.Cm be
159suffixes will perform conversion to the little\- or big\-endian data formats.
160.Pp
161.Fn mb_put_mem
162function copies
163.Fa size
164bytes of data specified by the
165.Fa source
166argument to an mbuf chain.
167The
168.Fa type
169argument specifies the method used to perform a copy,
170and can be one of the following:
171.Bl -tag -width "MB_MINLINE"
172.It Dv MB_MSYSTEM
173use
174.Fn bcopy
175function
176.It Dv MB_MUSER
177use
178.Xr copyin 9
179function
180.It Dv MB_MINLINE
181use an
182.Dq inline
183loop which does not call any function
184.It Dv MB_MZERO
185do not copy any data, but just fill the destination with zero bytes
186.It Dv MB_MCUSTOM
187call function specified by the
188.Fa mbp->mb_copy
189field
190.El
191.Sh RETURN VALUES
192All
193.Ft int
194functions return zero if successful,
195otherwise error code is returned.
196.Pp
197.Em Note :
198after failure of any function, an mbuf chain is left in the broken state,
199and only
200.Fn mb_done
201function can safely be called to destroy it.
202.Sh EXAMPLES
203.Bd -literal
204struct mbchain *mbp;
205struct mbuf *m;
206
207mb_init(mbp);
208mb_put_uint8(mbp, 33);
209mb_put_uint16le(mbp, length);
210m = m_copym(mbp->mb_top, 0, M_COPYALL, M_TRYWAIT);
211send(m);
212mb_done(mbp);
213.Ed
214.Sh SEE ALSO
215.Xr mbuf 9 ,
216.Xr mdchain 9
217.Sh AUTHORS
218This manual page was written by
219.An Boris Popov Aq bp@FreeBSD.org .
220