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| DOMAIN(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | DOMAIN(9) | 
NAME¶
domain_add, pfctlinput,
  pfctlinput2, pffinddomain,
  pffindproto, pffindtype,
  DOMAIN_SET —
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/kernel.h>
#include <sys/protosw.h>
#include <sys/domain.h>
void
  
  domain_add(void
    *data);
void
  
  pfctlinput(int
    cmd, struct sockaddr
    *sa);
void
  
  pfctlinput2(int
    cmd, struct sockaddr
    *sa, void
    *ctlparam);
struct domain *
  
  pffinddomain(int
    family);
struct protosw *
  
  pffindproto(int
    family, int
    protocol, int
    type);
struct protosw *
  
  pffindtype(int
    family, int
  type);
void
  
  DOMAIN_SET(name);
DESCRIPTION¶
Network protocols installed in the system are maintained within what are called domains (for example the inetdomain and localdomain).struct domain {
	int	dom_family;		/* AF_xxx */
	char	*dom_name;
	void	(*dom_init)		/* initialize domain data structures */
		(void);
	void	(*dom_destroy)		/* cleanup structures / state */
		(void);
	int	(*dom_externalize)	/* externalize access rights */
		(struct mbuf *, struct mbuf **);
	void	(*dom_dispose)		/* dispose of internalized rights */
		(struct mbuf *);
	struct	protosw *dom_protosw, *dom_protoswNPROTOSW;
	struct	domain *dom_next;
	int	(*dom_rtattach)		/* initialize routing table */
		(void **, int);
	int	(*dom_rtdetach)		/* clean up routing table */
		(void **, int);
	void	*(*dom_ifattach)(struct ifnet *);
	void	(*dom_ifdetach)(struct ifnet *, void *);
	int	(*dom_ifmtu)(struct ifnet *);
					/* af-dependent data on ifnet */
};
Each domain contains an array of protocol switch structures (struct protosw *), one for each socket type supported.
struct protosw {
	short	pr_type;		/* socket type used for */
	struct	domain *pr_domain;	/* domain protocol a member of */
	short	pr_protocol;		/* protocol number */
	short	pr_flags;		/* see below */
/* protocol-protocol hooks */
	pr_input_t *pr_input;		/* input to protocol (from below) */
	pr_output_t *pr_output;		/* output to protocol (from above) */
	pr_ctlinput_t *pr_ctlinput;	/* control input (from below) */
	pr_ctloutput_t *pr_ctloutput;	/* control output (from above) */
/* utility hooks */
	pr_init_t *pr_init;
	pr_fasttimo_t *pr_fasttimo;	/* fast timeout (200ms) */
	pr_slowtimo_t *pr_slowtimo;	/* slow timeout (500ms) */
	pr_drain_t *pr_drain;		/* flush any excess space possible */
	struct	pr_usrreqs *pr_usrreqs;	/* user-protocol hook */
};
The following functions handle the registration of a new domain, lookups of specific protocols and protocol types within those domains, and handle control messages from the system.
pfctlinput() is called by the system
    whenever an event occurs that could affect every domain. Examples of those
    types of events are routing table changes, interface shutdowns or certain
    ICMP message types. When called, pfctlinput() calls
    the protocol specific pr_ctlinput() function for
    each protocol in that has defined one, in every domain.
pfctlinput2() provides that same
    functionality of pfctlinput(), but with a few
    additional checks and a new void * argument that is
    passed directly to the protocol's pr_ctlinput()
    function. Unlike pfctlinput(),
    pfctlinput2() verifies that sa
    is not NULL, and that only the protocol families
    that are the same as sa have their
    pr_ctlinput() function called.
domain_add() adds a new protocol domain to
    the system. The argument data is cast directly to
    struct domain * within the function, but is declared
    void * in order to prevent compiler warnings when new
    domains are registered with SYSINIT(). In most cases
    domain_add() is not called directly, instead
    DOMAIN_SET() is used.
If the new domain has defined an initialization routine, it is
    called by domain_add(); as well, each of the
    protocols within the domain that have defined an initialization routine will
    have theirs called.
Once a domain is added it cannot be unloaded. This is because there is no reference counting system in place to determine if there are any active references from sockets within that domain.
pffinddomain() finds a domain by family.
    If the domain cannot be found, NULL is returned.
pffindtype() and
    pffindproto() look up a protocol by its number or by
    its type. In most cases, if the protocol or type cannot be found,
    NULL is returned, but
    pffindproto() may return the default if the
    requested type is SOCK_RAW, a protocol switch type
    of SOCK_RAW is found, and the domain has a default
    raw protocol.
Both functions are called by socreate() in
    order to resolve the protocol for the socket currently being created.
DOMAIN_SET() is a macro that simplifies
    the registration of a domain via SYSINIT(). The code
    resulting from the macro expects there to be a domain structure named
    “namedomain”
    where name is the argument to
    DOMAIN_SET():
struct domain localdomain =
{ AF_LOCAL, "local", unp_init, unp_externalize, unp_dispose,
  localsw, &localsw[sizeof(localsw)/sizeof(localsw[0])] };
DOMAIN_SET(local);
RETURN VALUES¶
Bothpffindtype() and
  pffindproto() return a struct protosw
  * for the protocol requested. If the protocol or socket type is not
  found, NULL is returned. In the case of
  pffindproto(), the default protocol may be returned
  for SOCK_RAW types if the domain has a default raw
  protocol.
SEE ALSO¶
socket(2)AUTHORS¶
This manual page was written by Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>.| June 1, 2016 | Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 |