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27.Dd February 28, 2001
28.Dt MDCHAIN 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm mdchain ,
32.Nm md_initm ,
33.Nm md_done ,
34.Nm md_append_record ,
35.Nm md_next_record ,
36.Nm md_get_uint8 ,
37.Nm md_get_uint16 ,
38.Nm md_get_uint16be ,
39.Nm md_get_uint16le ,
40.Nm md_get_uint32 ,
41.Nm md_get_uint32be ,
42.Nm md_get_uint32le ,
43.Nm md_get_int64 ,
44.Nm md_get_int64be ,
45.Nm md_get_int64le ,
46.Nm md_get_mem ,
47.Nm md_get_mbuf ,
48.Nm md_get_uio
49.Nd "set of functions to dissect an mbuf chain to various data types"
50.Sh SYNOPSIS
51.Cd options LIBMCHAIN
52.Li kldload libmchain
53.Pp
54.In sys/param.h
55.In sys/uio.h
56.In sys/mchain.h
57.Ft void
58.Fn md_initm "struct mdchain *mdp" "struct mbuf *m"
59.Ft void
60.Fn md_done "struct mdchain *mdp"
61.Ft void
62.Fn md_append_record "struct mdchain *mdp" "struct mbuf *top"
63.Ft int
64.Fn md_next_record "struct mdchain *mdp"
65.Ft int
66.Fn md_get_uint8 "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int8_t *x"
67.Ft int
68.Fn md_get_uint16 "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int16_t *x"
69.Ft int
70.Fn md_get_uint16be "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int16_t *x"
71.Ft int
72.Fn md_get_uint16le "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int16_t *x"
73.Ft int
74.Fn md_get_uint32 "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int32_t *x"
75.Ft int
76.Fn md_get_uint32be "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int32_t *x"
77.Ft int
78.Fn md_get_uint32le "struct mdchain *mdp" "u_int32_t *x"
79.Ft int
80.Fn md_get_int64 "struct mdchain *mdp" "int64_t *x"
81.Ft int
82.Fn md_get_int64be "struct mdchain *mdp" "int64_t *x"
83.Ft int
84.Fn md_get_int64le "struct mdchain *mdp" "int64_t *x"
85.Ft int
86.Fn md_get_mem "struct mdchain *mdp" "caddr_t target" "int size" "int type"
87.Ft int
88.Fn md_get_mbuf "struct mdchain *mdp" "int size" "struct mbuf **m"
89.Ft int
90.Fn md_get_uio "struct mdchain *mdp" "struct uio *uiop" "int size"
91.Sh DESCRIPTION
92These functions are used to decompose mbuf chains to various data types.
93The
94.Vt mdchain
95structure is used as a working context
96and should be initialized through a call of the
97.Fn mb_initm
98function.
99It has the following fields:
100.Bl -tag -width "md_top"
101.It Va "md_top"
102.Pq Vt "struct mbuf *"
103A pointer to the top of the parsed mbuf chain.
104.It Va md_cur
105.Pq Vt "struct mbuf *"
106A pointer to the currently parsed mbuf.
107.It Va md_pas
108.Pq Vt int
109Offset in the current mbuf.
110.El
111.Pp
112The
113.Fn md_done
114function disposes of an mbuf chain pointed to by the
115.Fa mdp->md_top
116field and sets the field to
117.Dv NULL .
118.Pp
119The
120.Fn md_append_record
121appends a new mbuf chain using
122.Va m_nextpkt
123field to form a single linked list of mbuf chains.
124If the
125.Fa mdp->md_top
126field is
127.Dv NULL ,
128then this function behaves exactly as the
129.Fn md_initm
130function.
131.Pp
132The
133.Fn md_next_record
134function extracts the next mbuf chain and disposes the current one, if any.
135For a new mbuf chain it calls the
136.Fn md_initm
137function.
138If there is no data left the function returns
139.Er ENOENT .
140.Pp
141All
142.Fn md_get_*
143functions perform an actual copy of the data from an mbuf chain.
144Functions which have
145.Cm le
146or
147.Cm be
148suffixes will perform conversion to the little\- or big\-endian data formats.
149.Pp
150.Fn md_get_mem
151function copies
152.Fa size
153bytes of data specified by the
154.Fa source
155argument from an mbuf chain.
156The
157.Fa type
158argument specifies the method used to perform a copy,
159and can be one of the following:
160.Bl -tag -width ".Dv MB_MINLINE"
161.It Dv MB_MSYSTEM
162Use the
163.Fn bcopy
164function.
165.It Dv MB_MUSER
166Use the
167.Xr copyin 9
168function.
169.It Dv MB_MINLINE
170Use an
171.Dq inline
172loop which does not call any function.
173.El
174.Pp
175If
176.Fa target
177is
178.Dv NULL ,
179an actual copy is not performed
180and the function just skips the given number of bytes.
181.Sh RETURN VALUES
182All
183.Ft int
184functions return zero if successful,
185otherwise an error code is returned.
186.Pp
187.Em Note :
188after failure of any function,
189an mbuf chain is left in the broken state and only the
190.Fn md_done
191function can safely be called to destroy it.
192.Sh EXAMPLES
193.Bd -literal
194struct mdchain *mdp;
195struct mbuf *m;
196u_int16_t length;
197u_int8_t byte;
198
199receive(so, &m);
200md_initm(mdp, m);
201if (md_get_uint8(mdp, &byte) != 0 ||
202    md_get_uint16le(mdp, &length) != 0)
203	error = EBADRPC;
204mb_done(mdp);
205.Ed
206.Sh SEE ALSO
207.Xr mbchain 9 ,
208.Xr mbuf 9
209.Sh AUTHORS
210This manual page was written by
211.An Boris Popov Aq bp@FreeBSD.org .
212