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27.Dd October 28, 2009
28.Dt CALLBACK 9
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm callback
32.Nd generic callback interface
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/callback.h
35.Ft void
36.Fn callback_head_init "struct callback_head *ch" "int ipl"
37.Ft void
38.Fn callback_head_destroy "struct callback_head *ch"
39.Ft void
40.Fn callback_register \
41"struct callback_head *ch" "struct callback_entry *ce" "void *obj" \
42"int (*fn)(struct callback_entry *, void *, void *)"
43.Ft void
44.Fn callback_unregister "struct callback_head *ch" "struct callback_entry *ce"
45.Ft int
46.Fn callback_run_roundrobin "struct callback_head *ch" "void *arg"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The generic
49.Nm callback
50interface allows lower-level layer code to execute a registered function,
51or set of functions, from the higher-level layer.
52.Pp
53Registered functions must return one of these constants:
54.Bl -tag -width Dv
55.It Dv CALLBACK_CHAIN_CONTINUE
56Indicates that the function call was successful.
57The following functions in the chain will be called.
58.It Dv CALLBACK_CHAIN_ABORT
59Indicates a failure case in the function call.
60Any following functions in the chain will not be executed.
61.El
62.Sh FUNCTIONS
63The callback structure
64.Vt callback_head
65should be initialized and destroyed using the functions described below.
66This structure contains the list of callback entries and other internal data.
67.Pp
68The
69.Vt callback_entry
70structure is an entry, normally associated with the higher-level object.
71It contains the internal data of the callback interface.
72.Bl -tag -width compact
73.It Fn callback_head_init "ch" "ipl"
74Initialize the callback structure specified by
75.Fa ch .
76The highest IPL at which this callback can be used is specified by
77.Fa ipl .
78.It Fn callback_head_destroy "ch"
79Destroy the callback structure specified by
80.Fa ch .
81The caller must unregister all functions before destroying the callback structure.
82.It Fn callback_register "ch" "ce" "obj" "fn"
83Register the callback function in the callback structure specified by
84.Fa ch .
85.Fa ce
86should point to the entry structure of the callback object.
87The callback object itself is specified by
88.Fa obj .
89The function pointer is specified by
90.Fa fn .
91.It Fn callback_unregister "ch" "ce"
92Unregister the callback function from the structure specified by
93.Fa ch .
94The entry should be passed as
95.Fa ce .
96This function may block.
97.It Fn callback_run_roundrobin "ch" "arg"
98Executes all functions registered in the callback
99structure, specified by
100.Fa ch .
101The functions are executed in round-robin fashion.
102The value of
103.Fa arg
104will be passed to the callback functions.
105.El
106.Sh CODE REFERENCES
107The
108.Nm
109interface is implemented within the file
110.Pa sys/kern/subr_callback.c .
111.Sh SEE ALSO
112.Xr intro 9
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