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26.Dd January 3, 2018
27.Dt SOCKOPT 9
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm sockopt_init ,
31.Nm sockopt_destroy ,
32.Nm sockopt_get ,
33.Nm sockopt_getint ,
34.Nm sockopt_set ,
35.Nm sockopt_setint
36.Nd socket options handling
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/socketvar.h
39.Ft void
40.Fn sockopt_init "struct sockopt *sopt" "int level" "int name" "size_t size"
41.Ft void
42.Fn sockopt_destroy "struct sockopt *sopt"
43.Ft int
44.Fn sockopt_get "struct sockopt *sopt" "void *value" "size_t size"
45.Ft int
46.Fn sockopt_getint "struct sockopt *sopt" "int *value"
47.Ft int
48.Fn sockopt_set "struct sockopt *sopt" "const void *value" "size_t size"
49.Ft int
50.Fn sockopt_setint "struct sockopt *sopt" "int value"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Ft sockopt
54structure is used to pass a socket option and associated value:
55.Bd -literal -offset indent
56struct sockopt {
57	int		sopt_level;		/* option level */
58	int		sopt_name;		/* option name */
59	size_t		sopt_size;		/* data length */
60	size_t		sopt_retsize;		/* returned data length */
61	void *		sopt_data;		/* data pointer */
62	uint8_t		sopt_buf[sizeof(int)];	/* internal storage */
63};
64.Ed
65.Pp
66The internal storage is used for the common case of values up to integer
67size so that memory allocation is not required and sopt_data will point
68to this in that case.
69.Pp
70Rather than provide accessor functions, the
71.Ft sockopt
72structure is public and the contents are expected to be internally
73consistent, but the normal practice would be to use the appropriate methods
74for storage and retrieval of values where a known datatype is expected,
75as the size will be verified.
76.Pp
77Note: a sockopt structure may only be used for a single level/name/size
78combination.
79If the structure is to be re-used, it must be destroyed and re-initialized
80with the new values.
81.Sh OPTIONS
82.Bl -tag -width xxxx
83.It Cd "options DIAGNOSTIC"
84Kernels compiled with the
85.Dv DIAGNOSTIC
86option will perform basic sanity checks on socket options operations.
87.El
88.Sh FUNCTIONS
89.Bl -tag -width xxxx
90.It Fn sockopt_init "sopt" "level" "name" "size"
91Initialise sockopt storage.
92If
93.Ar size
94is given,
95.Fn sockopt_init
96will arrange for sopt_data to point to a buffer of
97.Ar size
98bytes for the sockopt value.
99Where memory needs to be allocated to satisfy this,
100.Fn sockopt_init
101may sleep.
102.It Fn sockopt_destroy "sopt"
103Destroy sockopt storage, releasing any allocated memory.
104.It Fn sockopt_get "sopt" "value" "size"
105Copy out sockopt value.
106Will return
107.Er EINVAL
108if an incorrect data size is given.
109.It Fn sockopt_getint "sopt" "value"
110Common case of get sockopt integer value.
111Will return
112.Er EINVAL
113if sockopt does not contain an integer sized value.
114.It Fn sockopt_set "sopt" "value" "size"
115Copy in sockopt value.
116The sockopt structure must contain a data field of
117.Ar size
118bytes or be previously unset, in which case a data buffer may be
119allocated using
120.Xr kmem_alloc 9
121with the
122.Dv KM_NOSLEEP
123flag which may cause
124.Fn sockopt_set
125to return
126.Er ENOMEM .
127.Pp
128Note: If you need to use
129.Fn sockopt_set
130in a context where memory allocation may be required and you do not wish to
131contemplate failure, the sockopt structure can be initialised in a more suitable
132context using
133.Fn sockopt_init
134which will not fail.
135.It Fn sockopt_setint "sopt" "value"
136Common case of set sockopt integer value.
137The sockopt structure must contain an int sized data field or be previously
138unset, in which case the data pointer will be set to the internal storage.
139.El
140.Sh CODE REFERENCES
141The function prototypes and sockopt structure are defined in the
142.Pa sys/sys/socketvar.h
143header file, and the socket options implementation is in
144.Pa sys/kern/uipc_socket.c .
145.Sh SEE ALSO
146.Xr errno 2 ,
147.Xr kmem 9
148.Sh HISTORY
149The socket options KPI was inspired by a similar KPI in
150.Fx
151and
152first appeared in
153.Nx 5.0 .
154