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14.Dd July 22, 2019
15.Dt MAC_ALLOC 9F
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm mac_alloc ,
19.Nm mac_free
20.Nd allocate and free mac registration structures
21.Sh SYNOPSIS
22.In sys/mac_provider.h
23.Ft "mac_register_t *"
24.Fo mac_alloc
25.Fa "uint_t mac_version"
26.Fc
27.Ft void
28.Fo mac_free
29.Fa "mac_register_t *mregp"
30.Fc
31.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
32illumos DDI specific
33.Sh PARAMETERS
34.Bl -tag -width Fa
35.It Fa mac_version
36An integer corresponding to the version of the MAC interface that the
37device driver was built against.
38.It Fa mregp
39A pointer to an allocated mac_register_t structure that was obtained
40from calling the
41.Fn mac_alloc
42function.
43.El
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn mac_alloc
47and
48.Fn mac_free
49routines are used to allocate and free the structures used to register a
50device driver with
51.Xr mac 9E .
52The device driver should call
53.Fn mac_alloc
54with the value of
55.Dv MAC_VERSION
56to indicate the current version of the MAC framework that it supports.
57The device driver will be returned an instance of a
58.Xr mac_register 9S
59structure which it can then use to call
60.Xr mac_register 9F .
61For more information on the order of events, see the
62.Sx Initializing MAC Support
63section of
64.Xr mac 9E .
65.Pp
66When the driver is done with the
67.Xr mac_register 9S
68structure, it must call the
69.Fn mac_free
70function to release any memory associated with the handle.
71.Pp
72After the driver has called
73.Xr mac_register 9F
74during its
75.Xr attach 9E
76entry point, the
77.Xr mac_register 9S
78structure is no longer needed and can be freed.
79.Sh CONTEXT
80The
81.Fn mac_alloc
82and
83.Fn mac_free
84routines are generally called from the context of a device driver's
85.Xr attach 9E
86entry point; however, they may be called from both
87.Sy user
88and
89.Sy kernel
90context.
91.Sh RETURN VALUES
92Upon successful completion, the
93.Fn mac_alloc
94function will return a pointer to an allocated
95.Sy mac_register_t
96structure that can be filled in by the driver.
97Otherwise,
98.Dv NULL
99is returned to indicate that the structure could not be allocated.
100The most common cause for this is that the value of
101.Fa mac_version
102is not supported by the kernel.
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr attach 9E ,
105.Xr mac 9E ,
106.Xr mac_register 9F ,
107.Xr mac_register 9S
108