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14.Dd May 31, 2016
15.Dt MC_IOCTL 9E
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm mc_ioctl
19.Nd device specific I/O control operation
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.In sys/types.h
22.In sys/stream.h
23.In sys/stropts.h
24.In sys/ddi.h
25.In sys/sunddi.h
26.Ft void
27.Fo prefix_m_ioctl
28.Fa "void *driver"
29.Fa "queue_t *wq"
30.Fa "mblk_t *mp"
31.Fc
32.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
33illumos DDI Specific
34.Sh PARAMETERS
35.Bl -tag -width Ds
36.It Fa driver
37A pointer to the driver's private data that was passed in via the
38.Sy m_pdata
39member of the
40.Xr mac_register 9S
41structure to the
42.Xr mac_register 9F
43function.
44.It Fa wq
45A pointer to a STREAMS write-side queue that the ioctl request was
46received upon.
47.It Fa mp
48A pointer to a message block structure that contains the I/O control
49request.
50.El
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn mc_ioctl
54entry point is an optional GLDv3 entry point. It provides a means
55for device-specific I/O control operations to be initiated. In general,
56this entry point is not recommended for most devices and is
57unimplemented.
58.Pp
59The I/O control interface is not like a traditional character or block
60device's
61.Xr ioctl 9E
62entry point, rather it is a STREAMS-based I/O control operation. The
63data pointer of the
64.Fa mp
65argument is a
66.Xr iocblk 9S
67structure. After handling the message, the driver will need to reply to
68the message, which is usually done by using the
69.Xr miocack 9F
70and
71.Xr miocnak 9F
72functions to prepare
73.Fa mp .
74.Pp
75The device driver can access its soft state by casting the value pointed
76to in
77.Fa driver .
78The driver should be careful and ensure that it performs any necessary
79locking to access members of that structure while processing the I/O
80control operation.
81.Sh RETURN VALUES
82Return information is not conveyed by the return value of this function, rather
83it is encoded in the
84.Xr iocblk 9S
85structure in the
86.Fa mp
87argument.
88.Sh EXAMPLES
89The following example shows how a device driver might structure its
90.Fn mc_ioctl
91entry point.
92.Bd -literal
93#include <sys/types.h>
94#include <sys/stream.h>
95#include <sys/stropts.h>
96#include <sys/ddi.h>
97#include <sys/sunddi.h>
98
99/*
100 * Note, this example merely shows the structure of this function. It does not
101 * actively handle any device-specific ioctls and instead returns failure for
102 * every one. This is the most common case. Note, miocnak(9F) takes care of
103 * calling putnext(9F) for us.
104 */
105static void
106example_m_ioctl(void *arg, queue_t *wq, mblk_t *mp)
107{
108	miocnak(wq, mp, 0, EINVAL);
109}
110.Ed
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr ioctl 9E ,
113.Xr mac 9E ,
114.Xr put 9E ,
115.Xr mac_register 9F ,
116.Xr miocack 9F ,
117.Xr miocnak 9F ,
118.Xr putnext 9F ,
119.Xr iocblk 9S ,
120.Xr mac_register 9S
121.Rs
122.%T Writing Device Drivers
123.Re
124.Rs
125.%T STREAMS Programming Guide
126.Re
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