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17.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2015 $
18.Dt IFQ_DEQ_BEGIN 9
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm ifq_deq_begin ,
22.Nm ifq_deq_commit ,
23.Nm ifq_deq_rollback
24.Nd dequeue an mbuf from an interface sending queue
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26.In net/if_var.h
27.Ft struft mbuf *
28.Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
29.Ft void
30.Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
31.Ft void
32.Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The ifq_deq_*
35set of functions provides a non-atomic alternative to
36.Fn ifq_dequeue .
37.Bl -tag -width Ds
38.It Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
39Get a reference to the next mbuf to be transmitted from the
40.Fa ifq
41interface send queue.
42If an mbuf is to be transmitted, also acquire a lock on the send queue
43to exclude modification or freeing of the referenced mbuf.
44Its packet header must not be modified until the mbuf has been dequeued with
45.Fn ifq_deq_commit .
46.It Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
47Dequeue the mbuf
48.Fa m
49that was referenced by a previous call to
50.Fn ifq_deq_begin
51and release the lock on
52.Fa ifq .
53.It Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
54Release the lock on the interface send queue
55.Fa ifq
56that was acquired while a reference to
57.Fa m
58was being held.
59.El
60.Sh CONTEXT
61.Fn ifq_deq_begin ,
62.Fn ifq_deq_commit ,
63and
64.Fn ifq_deq_rollback
65can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context.
66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67.Fn ifq_deq_begin
68returns the next mbuf to be transmitted by the interface.
69If no packet is available for transmission,
70.Dv NULL
71is returned.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr ifq_dequeue 9
74