NAME
pf
—
packet filter
SYNOPSIS
pseudo-device pf
DESCRIPTION
Packet filtering takes place in the kernel. A pseudo-device, /dev/pf, allows userland processes to control the behavior of the packet filter through an ioctl(2) interface. There are commands to enable and disable the filter, load rulesets, add and remove individual rules or state table entries, and retrieve statistics. The most commonly used functions are covered by pfctl(8).
Manipulations like loading a ruleset that involve more than a single ioctl(2) call require a so-called ticket, which prevents the occurrence of multiple concurrent manipulations.
Fields of ioctl(2) parameter structures that refer to packet data (like addresses and ports) are generally expected in network byte-order.
Rules and address tables are contained in so-called
anchors. When
servicing an ioctl(2) request, if the anchor field of the argument
structure is empty, the kernel will use the default anchor (i.e., the main
ruleset) in operations. Anchors are specified by name and may be nested,
with components separated by ‘/’ characters, similar to how
file system hierarchies are laid out. The final component of the anchor path
is the anchor under which operations will be performed. Anchor names with
characters after the terminating null byte are considered invalid; if used
in an ioctl, EINVAL
will be returned.
IOCTL INTERFACE
pf
supports the following
ioctl(2) commands, available through
⟨net/pfvar.h⟩:
DIOCSTART
- Start the packet filter.
DIOCSTOP
- Stop the packet filter.
DIOCSTARTALTQ
- Start the ALTQ bandwidth control system (see altq(9)).
DIOCSTOPALTQ
- Stop the ALTQ bandwidth control system.
DIOCADDRULE
struct pfioc_rule *pr-
struct pfioc_rule { u_int32_t action; u_int32_t ticket; u_int32_t nr; char anchor[MAXPATHLEN]; char anchor_call[MAXPATHLEN]; struct pf_rule rule; };
Add rule at the end of the inactive ruleset. This call requires a ticket obtained through a preceding
DIOCXBEGIN
call. The optional anchor name indicates the anchor in which to append the rule. nr and action are ignored. DIOCADDALTQ
struct pfioc_altq *pa- Add an ALTQ discipline or queue.
struct pfioc_altq { u_int32_t action; u_int32_t ticket; u_int32_t nr; struct pf_altq altq; };
DIOCGETRULES
struct pfioc_rule *pr- Get a ticket for subsequent
DIOCGETRULE
calls and the number nr of rules in the active ruleset. DIOCGETRULE
struct pfioc_rule *pr- Get a rule by its number nr
using the ticket obtained through a preceding
DIOCGETRULES
call. If action is set toPF_GET_CLR_CNTR
, the per-rule statistics on the requested rule are cleared. DIOCGETALTQS
struct pfioc_altq *pa- Get a ticket for subsequent
DIOCGETALTQ
calls and the number nr of queues in the active list. DIOCGETALTQ
struct pfioc_altq *pa- Get the queueing discipline altq by its number
nr using the ticket obtained
through a preceding
DIOCGETALTQS
call. DIOCGETQSTATS
struct pfioc_qstats *pq- Get the statistics on a queue.
struct pfioc_qstats { u_int32_t ticket; u_int32_t nr; void *buf; int nbytes; u_int8_t scheduler; };
This call fills in a pointer to the buffer of statistics buf, of length nbytes, for the queue specified by nr.
DIOCGETRULESETS
struct pfioc_ruleset *pr-
struct pfioc_ruleset { u_int32_t nr; char path[MAXPATHLEN]; char name[PF_ANCHOR_NAME_SIZE]; };
Get the number nr of rulesets (i.e., anchors) directly attached to the anchor named by path for use in subsequent
DIOCGETRULESET
calls. Nested anchors, since they are not directly attached to the given anchor, will not be included. This ioctl returnsEINVAL
if the given anchor does not exist. DIOCGETRULESET
struct pfioc_ruleset *pr- Get a ruleset (i.e., an anchor) name by its number
nr from the given anchor path,
the maximum number of which can be obtained from a preceding
DIOCGETRULESETS
call. This ioctl returnsEINVAL
if the given anchor does not exist orEBUSY
if another process is concurrently updating a ruleset. DIOCADDSTATE
struct pfioc_state *ps- Add a state entry.
struct pfioc_state { struct pfsync_state state; };
DIOCGETSTATE
struct pfioc_state *ps- Extract the entry identified by the id and creatorid fields of the state structure from the state table.
DIOCKILLSTATES
struct pfioc_state_kill *psk- Remove matching entries from the state table. This ioctl returns the
number of killed states in psk_killed.
struct pfioc_state_kill { struct pf_state_cmp psk_pfcmp; sa_family_t psk_af; int psk_proto; struct pf_rule_addr psk_src; struct pf_rule_addr psk_dst; char psk_ifname[IFNAMSIZ]; char psk_label[PF_RULE_LABEL_SIZE]; u_int psk_killed; u_int16_t psk_rdomain; };
DIOCCLRSTATES
struct pfioc_state_kill *psk- Clear all states. It works like
DIOCKILLSTATES
, but ignores all fields of the pfioc_state_kill structure, except psk_ifname. DIOCGETSTATUS
struct pf_status *s- Get the internal packet filter statistics.
struct pf_status { u_int64_t counters[PFRES_MAX]; u_int64_t lcounters[LCNT_MAX]; /* limit counters */ u_int64_t fcounters[FCNT_MAX]; u_int64_t scounters[SCNT_MAX]; u_int64_t pcounters[2][2][3]; u_int64_t bcounters[2][2]; u_int64_t stateid; time_t since; u_int32_t running; u_int32_t states; u_int32_t src_nodes; u_int32_t debug; u_int32_t hostid; u_int32_t reass; /* reassembly */ char ifname[IFNAMSIZ]; u_int8_t pf_chksum[MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH]; };
DIOCCLRSTATUS
- Clear the internal packet filter statistics.
DIOCNATLOOK
struct pfioc_natlook *pnl- Look up a state table entry by source and destination addresses and ports.
struct pfioc_natlook { struct pf_addr saddr; struct pf_addr daddr; struct pf_addr rsaddr; struct pf_addr rdaddr; u_int16_t rdomain; u_int16_t rrdomain; u_int16_t sport; u_int16_t dport; u_int16_t rsport; u_int16_t rdport; sa_family_t af; u_int8_t proto; u_int8_t direction; };
This was primarily used to support transparent proxies with rdr-to rules. New proxies should use divert-to rules instead. These do not require access to the privileged /dev/pf device and preserve the original destination address for getsockname(2). For
SOCK_DGRAM
sockets, the ip(4) socket optionsIP_RECVDSTADDR
andIP_RECVDSTPORT
can be used to retrieve the destination address and port. DIOCSETDEBUG
u_int32_t *level- Set the debug level. See the syslog(3) man page for a list of valid debug levels.
DIOCGETSTATES
struct pfioc_states *ps- Get state table entries.
struct pfioc_states { int ps_len; union { caddr_t psu_buf; struct pfsync_state *psu_states; } ps_u; #define ps_buf ps_u.psu_buf #define ps_states ps_u.psu_states };
If ps_len is non-zero on entry, as many states as possible that can fit into this size will be copied into the supplied buffer ps_states. On exit, ps_len is always set to the total size required to hold all state table entries (i.e., it is set to
sizeof(struct pfsync_state) * nr
). DIOCCHANGERULE
struct pfioc_rule *pcr- Add or remove the rule in the ruleset specified by
rule.action.
The type of operation to be performed is indicated by action, which can be any of the following:
enum { PF_CHANGE_NONE, PF_CHANGE_ADD_HEAD, PF_CHANGE_ADD_TAIL, PF_CHANGE_ADD_BEFORE, PF_CHANGE_ADD_AFTER, PF_CHANGE_REMOVE, PF_CHANGE_GET_TICKET };
ticket must be set to the value obtained with
PF_CHANGE_GET_TICKET
for all actions exceptPF_CHANGE_GET_TICKET
. anchor indicates to which anchor the operation applies. nr indicates the rule number against whichPF_CHANGE_ADD_BEFORE
,PF_CHANGE_ADD_AFTER
, orPF_CHANGE_REMOVE
actions are applied. DIOCSETTIMEOUT
struct pfioc_tm *pt-
struct pfioc_tm { int timeout; int seconds; };
Set the state timeout of timeout to seconds. The old value will be placed into seconds. For possible values of timeout, consult the
PFTM_*
values in ⟨net/pfvar.h⟩. DIOCGETTIMEOUT
struct pfioc_tm *pt- Get the state timeout of timeout. The value will be placed into the seconds field.
DIOCCLRRULECTRS
- Clear per-rule statistics.
DIOCSETLIMIT
struct pfioc_limit *pl- Set the hard limits on the memory pools used by the packet filter.
struct pfioc_limit { int index; unsigned limit; }; enum { PF_LIMIT_STATES, PF_LIMIT_SRC_NODES, PF_LIMIT_FRAGS, PF_LIMIT_TABLES, PF_LIMIT_TABLE_ENTRIES, PF_LIMIT_MAX };
DIOCGETLIMIT
struct pfioc_limit *pl- Get the hard limit for the memory pool indicated by index.
DIOCRCLRTABLES
struct pfioc_table *io- Clear all tables. All the ioctls that manipulate radix tables use the same
structure described below. For
DIOCRCLRTABLES
, pfrio_ndel contains on exit the number of tables deleted.struct pfioc_table { struct pfr_table pfrio_table; void *pfrio_buffer; int pfrio_esize; int pfrio_size; int pfrio_size2; int pfrio_nadd; int pfrio_ndel; int pfrio_nchange; int pfrio_flags; u_int32_t pfrio_ticket; }; #define pfrio_exists pfrio_nadd #define pfrio_nzero pfrio_nadd #define pfrio_nmatch pfrio_nadd #define pfrio_naddr pfrio_size2 #define pfrio_setflag pfrio_size2 #define pfrio_clrflag pfrio_nadd
DIOCRADDTABLES
struct pfioc_table *io- Create one or more tables. On entry, pfrio_buffer
must point to an array of struct pfr_table
containing at least pfrio_size elements.
pfrio_esize must be the size of
struct pfr_table. On exit,
pfrio_nadd contains the number of tables effectively
created.
struct pfr_table { char pfrt_anchor[MAXPATHLEN]; char pfrt_name[PF_TABLE_NAME_SIZE]; u_int32_t pfrt_flags; u_int8_t pfrt_fback; };
DIOCRDELTABLES
struct pfioc_table *io- Delete one or more tables. On entry, pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_table containing at least pfrio_size elements. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_table. On exit, pfrio_ndel contains the number of tables effectively deleted.
DIOCRGETTABLES
struct pfioc_table *io- Get the list of all tables. On entry, pfrio_buffer[pfrio_size] contains a valid writeable buffer for pfr_table structures. On exit, pfrio_size contains the number of tables written into the buffer. If the buffer is too small, the kernel does not store anything but just returns the required buffer size, without error.
DIOCRGETTSTATS
struct pfioc_table *io- This call is like
DIOCRGETTABLES
but is used to get an array of pfr_tstats structures.struct pfr_tstats { struct pfr_table pfrts_t; u_int64_t pfrts_packets [PFR_DIR_MAX][PFR_OP_TABLE_MAX]; u_int64_t pfrts_bytes [PFR_DIR_MAX][PFR_OP_TABLE_MAX]; u_int64_t pfrts_match; u_int64_t pfrts_nomatch; time_t pfrts_tzero; int pfrts_cnt; int pfrts_refcnt[PFR_REFCNT_MAX]; }; #define pfrts_name pfrts_t.pfrt_name #define pfrts_flags pfrts_t.pfrt_flags
DIOCRCLRTSTATS
struct pfioc_table *io- Clear the statistics of one or more tables. On entry, pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_table containing at least pfrio_size elements. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_table. On exit, pfrio_nzero contains the number of tables effectively cleared.
DIOCRCLRADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Clear all addresses in a table. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table to clear. On exit, pfrio_ndel contains the number of addresses removed.
DIOCRADDADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Add one or more addresses to a table. On entry,
pfrio_table contains the table ID and
pfrio_buffer must point to an array of
struct pfr_addr containing at least
pfrio_size elements to add to the table.
pfrio_esize must be the size of
struct pfr_addr. On exit,
pfrio_nadd contains the number of addresses
effectively added.
struct pfr_addr { union { struct in_addr _pfra_ip4addr; struct in6_addr _pfra_ip6addr; } pfra_u; char pfra_ifname[IFNAMSIZ]; u_int32_t pfra_states; u_int16_t pfra_weight; u_int8_t pfra_af; u_int8_t pfra_net; u_int8_t pfra_not; u_int8_t pfra_fback; u_int8_t pfra_type; u_int8_t pad[7]; }; #define pfra_ip4addr pfra_u._pfra_ip4addr #define pfra_ip6addr pfra_u._pfra_ip6addr
DIOCRDELADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Delete one or more addresses from a table. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_addr containing at least pfrio_size elements to delete from the table. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_addr. On exit, pfrio_ndel contains the number of addresses effectively deleted.
DIOCRSETADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Replace the content of a table by a new address list. This is the most
complicated command, which uses all the structure members.
On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_addr containing at least pfrio_size elements which become the new contents of the table. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_addr. Additionally, if pfrio_size2 is non-zero, pfrio_buffer[pfrio_size..pfrio_size2] must be a writeable buffer, into which the kernel can copy the addresses that have been deleted during the replace operation. On exit, pfrio_ndel, pfrio_nadd, and pfrio_nchange contain the number of addresses deleted, added, and changed by the kernel. If pfrio_size2 was set on entry, pfrio_size2 will point to the size of the buffer used, exactly like
DIOCRGETADDRS
. DIOCRGETADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Get all the addresses of a table. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer[pfrio_size] contains a valid writeable buffer for pfr_addr structures. On exit, pfrio_size contains the number of addresses written into the buffer. If the buffer was too small, the kernel does not store anything but just returns the required buffer size, without returning an error.
DIOCRGETASTATS
struct pfioc_table *io- This call is like
DIOCRGETADDRS
but is used to get an array of pfr_astats structures.struct pfr_astats { struct pfr_addr pfras_a; u_int64_t pfras_packets [PFR_DIR_MAX][PFR_OP_ADDR_MAX]; u_int64_t pfras_bytes [PFR_DIR_MAX][PFR_OP_ADDR_MAX]; time_t pfras_tzero; };
DIOCRCLRASTATS
struct pfioc_table *io- Clear the statistics of one or more addresses. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_addr containing at least pfrio_size elements to be cleared from the table. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_addr. On exit, pfrio_nzero contains the number of addresses effectively cleared.
DIOCRTSTADDRS
struct pfioc_table *io- Test if the given addresses match a table. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_addr containing at least pfrio_size elements, each of which will be tested for a match in the table. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_addr. On exit, the kernel updates the pfr_addr array by setting the pfra_fback member appropriately.
DIOCRSETTFLAGS
struct pfioc_table *io- Change the
PFR_TFLAG_CONST
orPFR_TFLAG_PERSIST
flags of a table. On entry, pfrio_buffer must point to an array of struct pfr_table containing at least pfrio_size elements. pfrio_esize must be the size of struct pfr_table. pfrio_setflag must contain the flags to add, while pfrio_clrflag must contain the flags to remove. On exit, pfrio_nchange and pfrio_ndel contain the number of tables altered or deleted by the kernel. Yes, tables can be deleted if one removes thePFR_TFLAG_PERSIST
flag of an unreferenced table. DIOCRINADEFINE
struct pfioc_table *io- Defines a table in the inactive set. On entry, pfrio_table contains the table ID and pfrio_buffer[pfrio_size] contains an array of pfr_addr structures to put in the table. A valid ticket must also be supplied to pfrio_ticket. On exit, pfrio_nadd contains 0 if the table was already defined in the inactive list or 1 if a new table has been created. pfrio_naddr contains the number of addresses effectively put in the table.
DIOCXBEGIN
struct pfioc_trans *io-
struct pfioc_trans { int size; /* number of elements */ int esize; /* size of each element in bytes */ struct pfioc_trans_e { int type; char anchor[MAXPATHLEN]; u_int32_t ticket; } *array; };
Clear all the inactive rulesets specified in the pfioc_trans_e array. For each ruleset, a ticket is returned for subsequent "add rule" ioctls, as well as for the
DIOCXCOMMIT
andDIOCXROLLBACK
calls.Ruleset types, identified by type, include the following:
PF_RULESET_FILTER
- Filter rules.
PF_RULESET_ALTQ
- ALTQ disciplines.
PF_RULESET_TABLE
- Address tables.
DIOCXCOMMIT
struct pfioc_trans *io- Atomically switch a vector of inactive rulesets to the active rulesets.
This call is implemented as a standard two-phase commit, which will either
fail for all rulesets or completely succeed. All tickets need to be valid.
This ioctl returns
EBUSY
if another process is concurrently updating some of the same rulesets. DIOCXROLLBACK
struct pfioc_trans *io- Clean up the kernel by undoing all changes that have taken place on the
inactive rulesets since the last
DIOCXBEGIN
.DIOCXROLLBACK
will silently ignore rulesets for which the ticket is invalid. DIOCSETHOSTID
u_int32_t *hostid- Set the host ID, which is used by pfsync(4) to identify which host created state table entries.
DIOCOSFPFLUSH
- Flush the passive OS fingerprint table.
DIOCOSFPADD
struct pf_osfp_ioctl *io-
struct pf_osfp_ioctl { struct pf_osfp_entry fp_os; pf_tcpopts_t fp_tcpopts; /* packed TCP options */ u_int16_t fp_wsize; /* TCP window size */ u_int16_t fp_psize; /* ip->ip_len */ u_int16_t fp_mss; /* TCP MSS */ u_int16_t fp_flags; u_int8_t fp_optcnt; /* TCP option count */ u_int8_t fp_wscale; /* TCP window scaling */ u_int8_t fp_ttl; /* IPv4 TTL */ int fp_getnum; /* DIOCOSFPGET number */ }; struct pf_osfp_entry { SLIST_ENTRY(pf_osfp_entry) fp_entry; pf_osfp_t fp_os; int fp_enflags; #define PF_OSFP_EXPANDED 0x001 /* expanded entry */ #define PF_OSFP_GENERIC 0x002 /* generic signature */ #define PF_OSFP_NODETAIL 0x004 /* no p0f details */ #define PF_OSFP_LEN 32 char fp_class_nm[PF_OSFP_LEN]; char fp_version_nm[PF_OSFP_LEN]; char fp_subtype_nm[PF_OSFP_LEN]; };
Add a passive OS fingerprint to the table. Set fp_os.fp_os to the packed fingerprint, fp_os.fp_class_nm to the name of the class (Linux, Windows, etc), fp_os.fp_version_nm to the name of the version (NT, 95, 98), and fp_os.fp_subtype_nm to the name of the subtype or patchlevel. The members fp_mss, fp_wsize, fp_psize, fp_ttl, fp_optcnt, and fp_wscale are set to the TCP MSS, the TCP window size, the IP length, the IP TTL, the number of TCP options, and the TCP window scaling constant of the TCP SYN packet, respectively.
The fp_flags member is filled according to the ⟨net/pfvar.h⟩ include file
PF_OSFP_*
defines. The fp_tcpopts member contains packed TCP options. Each option usesPF_OSFP_TCPOPT_BITS
bits in the packed value. Options include any ofPF_OSFP_TCPOPT_NOP
,PF_OSFP_TCPOPT_SACK
,PF_OSFP_TCPOPT_WSCALE
,PF_OSFP_TCPOPT_MSS
, orPF_OSFP_TCPOPT_TS
.The fp_getnum member is not used with this ioctl.
The structure's slack space must be zeroed for correct operation; memset(3) the whole structure to zero before filling and sending to the kernel.
DIOCOSFPGET
struct pf_osfp_ioctl *io- Get the passive OS fingerprint number fp_getnum from
the kernel's fingerprint list. The rest of the structure members will come
back filled. Get the whole list by repeatedly incrementing the
fp_getnum number until the ioctl returns
EBUSY
. DIOCGETSRCNODES
struct pfioc_src_nodes *psn-
struct pfioc_src_nodes { int psn_len; union { caddr_t psu_buf; struct pf_src_node *psu_src_nodes; } psn_u; #define psn_buf psn_u.psu_buf #define psn_src_nodes psn_u.psu_src_nodes };
Get the list of source nodes kept by sticky addresses and source tracking. The ioctl must be called once with psn_len set to 0. If the ioctl returns without error, psn_len will be set to the size of the buffer required to hold all the pf_src_node structures held in the table. A buffer of this size should then be allocated, and a pointer to this buffer placed in psn_buf. The ioctl must then be called again to fill this buffer with the actual source node data. After that call, psn_len will be set to the length of the buffer actually used.
DIOCCLRSRCNODES
- Clear the tree of source tracking nodes.
DIOCIGETIFACES
struct pfioc_iface *io- Get the list of interfaces and interface drivers known to
pf
. All the ioctls that manipulate interfaces use the same structure described below:struct pfioc_iface { char pfiio_name[IFNAMSIZ]; void *pfiio_buffer; int pfiio_esize; int pfiio_size; int pfiio_nzero; int pfiio_flags; };
If not empty, pfiio_name can be used to restrict the search to a specific interface or driver. pfiio_buffer[pfiio_size] is the user-supplied buffer for returning the data. On entry, pfiio_size contains the number of pfi_kif entries that can fit into the buffer. The kernel will replace this value by the real number of entries it wants to return. pfiio_esize should be set to
sizeof(struct pfi_kif)
.The data is returned in the pfi_kif structure described below:
struct pfi_kif { char pfik_name[IFNAMSIZ]; RB_ENTRY(pfi_kif) pfik_tree; u_int64_t pfik_packets[2][2][2]; u_int64_t pfik_bytes[2][2][2]; time_t pfik_tzero; int pfik_flags; int pfik_flags_new; void *pfik_ah_cookie; struct ifnet *pfik_ifp; struct ifg_group *pfik_group; int pfik_states; int pfik_rules; int pfik_routes; TAILQ_HEAD(, pfi_dynaddr) pfik_dynaddrs; };
DIOCSETSTATUSIF
struct pfioc_iface *pi- Specify the interface for which statistics are accumulated.
DIOCSETIFFLAG
struct pfioc_iface *io- Set the user settable flags (described above) of the
pf
internal interface description. The filtering process is the same as forDIOCIGETIFACES
.#define PFI_IFLAG_SKIP 0x0100 /* skip filtering on interface */
DIOCCLRIFFLAG
struct pfioc_iface *io- Works as
DIOCSETIFFLAG
above but clears the flags. DIOCKILLSRCNODES
struct pfioc_src_node_kill *psnk- Explicitly remove source tracking nodes.
struct pfioc_src_node_kill { sa_family_t psnk_af; struct pf_rule_addr psnk_src; struct pf_rule_addr psnk_dst; u_int psnk_killed; };
FILES
- /dev/pf
- packet filtering device.
EXAMPLES
The following example demonstrates how to use the
DIOCGETLIMIT
command to show the hard limit of a
memory pool used by the packet filter:
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <sys/fcntl.h> #include <net/if.h> #include <net/pfvar.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <err.h> static const struct { const char *name; int index; } pf_limits[] = { { "states", PF_LIMIT_STATES }, { "src-nodes", PF_LIMIT_SRC_NODES }, { "frags", PF_LIMIT_FRAGS }, { "tables", PF_LIMIT_TABLES }, { "table-entries", PF_LIMIT_TABLE_ENTRIES }, { NULL, 0 } }; void usage(void) { extern char *__progname; int i; fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [", __progname); for (i = 0; pf_limits[i].name; i++) fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", (i > 0 ? "|" : ""), pf_limits[i].name); fprintf(stderr, "]\n"); exit(1); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct pfioc_limit pl; int i, dev; int pool_index = -1; if (argc != 2) usage(); for (i = 0; pf_limits[i].name; i++) if (!strcmp(argv[1], pf_limits[i].name)) { pool_index = pf_limits[i].index; break; } if (pool_index == -1) { warnx("no such memory pool: %s", argv[1]); usage(); } dev = open("/dev/pf", O_RDWR); if (dev == -1) err(1, "open(\"/dev/pf\") failed"); bzero(&pl, sizeof(struct pfioc_limit)); pl.index = pool_index; if (ioctl(dev, DIOCGETLIMIT, &pl)) err(1, "DIOCGETLIMIT"); printf("The %s memory pool has ", pf_limits[i].name); if (pl.limit == UINT_MAX) printf("unlimited entries.\n"); else printf("a hard limit of %u entries.\n", pl.limit); return (0); }
SEE ALSO
ioctl(2), bridge(4), pflog(4), pflow(4), pfsync(4), pf.conf(5), pfctl(8), altq(9)
HISTORY
The pf
packet filtering mechanism first
appeared in OpenBSD 3.0.