NAME
m_tag_get,
m_tag_find, m_tag_prepend,
m_tag_delete, m_tag_copy,
m_tag_delete_chain,
m_tag_init,
m_tag_copy_chain,
m_tag_first, m_tag_next
— a framework for generic packet
attributes
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/mbuf.h>
struct m_tag *
m_tag_get(int
type, int len,
int flags);
struct m_tag *
m_tag_find(struct
mbuf *mbuf, int
type, struct m_tag
*tag);
void
m_tag_prepend(struct
mbuf *mbuf, struct m_tag
*tag);
void
m_tag_delete(struct
mbuf *mbuf, struct m_tag
*tag);
struct m_tag *
m_tag_copy(struct
m_tag *tag);
void
m_tag_delete_chain(struct
mbuf *mbuf);
void
m_tag_init(struct
mbuf *mbuf);
int
m_tag_copy_chain(struct
mbuf *mbuf, struct mbuf
*mbuf2);
struct m_tag *
m_tag_first(struct
mbuf *mbuf);
struct m_tag *
m_tag_next(struct
mbuf *mbuf, struct m_tag
*tag);
DESCRIPTION
These functions allow the manipulation of generic packet attributes. They are used by the kernel to keep track of operations done or scheduled to happen to packets. These attributes are attached to mbuf(9) packet headers.
Mbuf tags get allocated using pool(9).
m_tag_get()
allocates a new tag of type type with
len bytes of space following the tag header itself.
The flag argument is passed directly to
pool_get(9). If successful, m_tag_get()
returns a memory buffer of (len + sizeof (struct m_tag)) bytes. The first
sizeof(struct m_tag) bytes contain a struct m_tag:
struct m_tag {
SLIST_ENTRY(m_tag) m_tag_link; /* List of packet tags */
u_int16_t m_tag_id; /* Tag ID */
u_int16_t m_tag_len; /* Length of data */
};
The m_tag_link field is used to link tags together (see queue(3) for more details). The m_tag_id and m_tag_len fields are set to type and len respectively. Following this structure are len bytes of space that can be used to store tag-specific information.
The currently defined tag types are:
- PACKET_TAG_IPSEC_IN_DONE
- Used by ipsec(4) to indicate successful processing performed on an input packet. The tag contains a struct tdb_ident, as defined in sys/netinet/ip_ipsp.h, identifying the security association under which the packet arrived.
- PACKET_TAG_IPSEC_OUT_DONE
- Used by IPsec to indicate that an output packet has been IPsec-processed. The tag contains a struct tdb_ident identifying the security association applied to the packet. This tag is primarily used to detect and avoid loops in IPsec processing on output.
- PACKET_TAG_IPSEC_FLOWINFO
- Used by the IPv4 stack to specify the IPsec flow of an output IP packet. The tag contains a u_int32_t identifying the IPsec flow.
- PACKET_TAG_WIREGUARD
- Used by the wg(4) interface to detect loops in processing. The tag contains a pointer to the wg peer that already processed the packet.
- PACKET_TAG_GRE
- Used by the gre(4) interface to detect loops in processing. The tag contains a pointer to the gre interface that already processed the packet.
- PACKET_TAG_DLT
- Used by bpf(4) to indicate that the packet was injected. The tag contains a u_int identifying the data link layer type.
- PACKET_TAG_PF_DIVERT
- Indicates that the packet was diverted by pf(4) using the divert-to or divert-reply directives. The tag contains a struct pf_divert identifying the port, address and routing domain the packet should be diverted to.
- PACKET_TAG_PF_REASSEMBLED
- Used by pf(4) to reassemble IPv6 fragments. The tag contains a struct pf_fragment_tag.
- PACKET_TAG_SRCROUTE
- Used by the IPv4 stack to keep track of the source route of an incoming IP packet, in case a protocol wants to respond over the same route. The tag contains a struct ip_srcrt.
- PACKET_TAG_CARP_BAL_IP
- Used by carp(4) to mark packets received in mode balancing ip. These packets need some special treatment since they contain layer 3 unicast inside layer 2 multicast. The tag contains no data.
m_tag_find()
finds an instance of a tag of type type attached to
packet mbuf. If tag is
NULL, the first such tag is returned. Otherwise, the
first tag of type type after tag
is returned. If no such tag is found, NULL is
returned.
m_tag_prepend()
adds the new tag tag at the head of the tag list for
packet mbuf.
m_tag_delete()
removes and then de-allocates tag tag from the list of
tags of packet mbuf.
m_tag_copy()
creates an unlinked copy of tag tag.
m_tag_delete_chain()
deletes all tags attached to packet mbuf.
m_tag_init()
initializes the tag storage for packet mbuf.
m_tag_copy_chain()
copies all tags from packet mbuf to packet
mbuf2. On success, it returns 0. Otherwise, it returns
ENOBUFS.
m_tag_first()
returns the first tag attached to packet mbuf.
m_tag_next()
returns the tag following tag in packet
mbuf.
The
M_MOVE_PKTHDR()
and
M_MOVE_HDR()
macros defined in sys/sys/mbuf.h move the tags from
the old to the new mbuf.
CODE REFERENCES
The tag-manipulating code is contained in the file sys/kern/uipc_mbuf2.c.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The packet tags first appeared in OpenBSD 2.9 and were written by Angelos D. Keromytis <angelos@openbsd.org>.