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29 @header kern_control.h
30 This header defines an API to communicate between a kernel
31 extension and a process outside of the kernel.
34 #ifndef KPI_KERN_CONTROL_H
35 #define KPI_KERN_CONTROL_H
38 #include <sys/appleapiopts.h>
41 * Define Controller event subclass, and associated events.
42 * Subclass of KEV_SYSTEM_CLASS
46 @defined KEV_CTL_SUBCLASS
47 @discussion The kernel event subclass for kernel control events.
49 #define KEV_CTL_SUBCLASS 2
52 @defined KEV_CTL_REGISTERED
53 @discussion The event code indicating a new controller was
54 registered. The data portion will contain a ctl_event_data.
56 #define KEV_CTL_REGISTERED 1 /* a new controller appears */
59 @defined KEV_CTL_DEREGISTERED
60 @discussion The event code indicating a controller was unregistered.
61 The data portion will contain a ctl_event_data.
63 #define KEV_CTL_DEREGISTERED 2 /* a controller disappears */
66 @struct ctl_event_data
67 @discussion This structure is used for KEV_CTL_SUBCLASS kernel
69 @field ctl_id The kernel control id.
70 @field ctl_unit The kernel control unit.
72 struct ctl_event_data
{
73 u_int32_t ctl_id
; /* Kernel Controller ID */
78 * Controls destined to the Controller Manager.
83 @discussion The CTLIOCGCOUNT ioctl can be used to determine the
84 number of kernel controllers registered.
86 #define CTLIOCGCOUNT _IOR('N', 2, int) /* get number of control structures registered */
90 @discussion The CTLIOCGINFO ioctl can be used to convert a kernel
91 control name to a kernel control id.
93 #define CTLIOCGINFO _IOWR('N', 3, struct ctl_info) /* get id from name */
97 @defined MAX_KCTL_NAME
98 @discussion Kernel control names must be no longer than
101 #define MAX_KCTL_NAME 96
104 * Controls destined to the Controller Manager.
109 @discussion This structure is used with the CTLIOCGINFO ioctl to
110 translate from a kernel control name to a control id.
111 @field ctl_id The kernel control id, filled out upon return.
112 @field ctl_name The kernel control name to find.
115 u_int32_t ctl_id
; /* Kernel Controller ID */
116 char ctl_name
[MAX_KCTL_NAME
]; /* Kernel Controller Name (a C string) */
122 @discussion The controller address structure is used to establish
123 contact between a user client and a kernel controller. The
124 sc_id/sc_unit uniquely identify each controller. sc_id is a
125 unique identifier assigned to the controller. The identifier can
126 be assigned by the system at registration time or be a 32-bit
127 creator code obtained from Apple Computer. sc_unit is a unit
128 number for this sc_id, and is privately used by the kernel
129 controller to identify several instances of the controller.
130 @field sc_len The length of the structure.
131 @field sc_family AF_SYSTEM.
132 @field ss_sysaddr AF_SYS_KERNCONTROL.
133 @field sc_id Controller unique identifier.
134 @field sc_unit Kernel controller private unit number.
135 @field sc_reserved Reserved, must be set to zero.
137 struct sockaddr_ctl
{
138 u_char sc_len
; /* depends on size of bundle ID string */
139 u_char sc_family
; /* AF_SYSTEM */
140 u_int16_t ss_sysaddr
; /* AF_SYS_KERNCONTROL */
141 u_int32_t sc_id
; /* Controller unique identifier */
142 u_int32_t sc_unit
; /* Developer private unit number */
143 u_int32_t sc_reserved
[5];
148 #include <sys/kpi_mbuf.h>
151 @typedef kern_ctl_ref
152 @discussion A control reference is used to track an attached kernel
153 control. Registering a kernel control will create a kernel
154 control reference. This reference is required for sending data
155 or removing the kernel control. This reference will be passed to
156 callbacks for that kernel control.
158 typedef void * kern_ctl_ref
;
161 @defined CTL_FLAG_PRIVILEGED
162 @discussion The CTL_FLAG_PRIVILEGED flag is passed in ctl_flags. If
163 this flag is set, only privileged processes may attach to this
166 #define CTL_FLAG_PRIVILEGED 0x1
168 @defined CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT
169 @discussion The CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT flag is passed to indicate that
170 the ctl_id specified should be used. If this flag is not
171 present, a unique ctl_id will be dynamically assigned to your
172 kernel control. The CTLIOCGINFO ioctl can be used by the client
173 to find the dynamically assigned id based on the control name
174 specified in ctl_name.
176 #define CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT 0x2
178 @defined CTL_FLAG_REG_SOCK_STREAM
179 @discussion Use the CTL_FLAG_REG_SOCK_STREAM flag when client need to open
180 socket of type SOCK_STREAM to communicate with the kernel control.
181 By default kernel control sockets are of type SOCK_DGRAM.
183 #define CTL_FLAG_REG_SOCK_STREAM 0x4
185 #ifdef KERNEL_PRIVATE
187 @defined CTL_FLAG_REG_EXTENDED
188 @discussion This flag indicates that this kernel control utilizes the
189 the extended fields within the kern_ctl_reg structure.
191 #define CTL_FLAG_REG_EXTENDED 0x8
192 #endif /* KERNEL_PRIVATE */
194 /* Data flags for controllers */
196 @defined CTL_DATA_NOWAKEUP
197 @discussion The CTL_DATA_NOWAKEUP flag can be used for the enqueue
198 data and enqueue mbuf functions to indicate that the process
199 should not be woken up yet. This is useful when you want to
200 enqueue data using more than one call but only want to wake up
201 the client after all of the data has been enqueued.
203 #define CTL_DATA_NOWAKEUP 0x1
205 @defined CTL_DATA_EOR
206 @discussion The CTL_DATA_EOR flag can be used for the enqueue
207 data and enqueue mbuf functions to mark the end of a record.
209 #define CTL_DATA_EOR 0x2
214 @typedef ctl_connect_func
215 @discussion The ctl_connect_func is used to receive
216 notification of a client connecting to the kernel control.
217 @param kctlref The control ref for the kernel control the client is
219 @param sac The address used to connect to this control. The field sc_unit
220 contains the unit number of the kernel control instance the client is
221 connecting to. If CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT was set when the kernel control
222 was registered, sc_unit is the ctl_unit of the kern_ctl_reg structure.
223 If CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT was not set when the kernel control was
224 registered, sc_unit is the dynamically allocated unit number of
225 the new kernel control instance that is used for this connection.
226 @param unitinfo A placeholder for a pointer to the optional user-defined
227 private data associated with this kernel control instance. This
228 opaque info will be provided to the user when the rest of the
229 callback routines are executed. For example, it can be used
230 to pass a pointer to an instance-specific data structure in
231 order for the user to keep track of the states related to this
232 kernel control instance.
234 typedef errno_t (*ctl_connect_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
,
235 struct sockaddr_ctl
*sac
,
239 @typedef ctl_disconnect_func
240 @discussion The ctl_disconnect_func is used to receive notification
241 that a client has disconnected from the kernel control. This
242 usually happens when the socket is closed. If this is the last
243 socket attached to your kernel control, you may unregister your
244 kernel control from this callback.
245 @param kctlref The control ref for the kernel control instance the client has
247 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance the client has
249 @param unitinfo The user-defined private data initialized by the
250 ctl_connect_func callback.
252 typedef errno_t (*ctl_disconnect_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *unitinfo
);
255 @typedef ctl_send_func
256 @discussion The ctl_send_func is used to receive data sent from
257 the client to the kernel control.
258 @param kctlref The control ref of the kernel control.
259 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance the client has
261 @param unitinfo The user-defined private data initialized by the
262 ctl_connect_func callback.
263 @param m The data sent by the client to the kernel control in an
264 mbuf chain. Your function is responsible for releasing the
266 @param flags The flags specified by the client when calling
267 send/sendto/sendmsg (MSG_OOB/MSG_DONTROUTE).
269 typedef errno_t (*ctl_send_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *unitinfo
,
270 mbuf_t m
, int flags
);
273 @typedef ctl_setopt_func
274 @discussion The ctl_setopt_func is used to handle set socket option
275 calls for the SYSPROTO_CONTROL option level.
276 @param kctlref The control ref of the kernel control.
277 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
278 @param unitinfo The user-defined private data initialized by the
279 ctl_connect_func callback.
280 @param opt The socket option.
281 @param data A pointer to the socket option data. The data has
282 already been copied in to the kernel for you.
283 @param len The length of the socket option data.
285 typedef errno_t (*ctl_setopt_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *unitinfo
,
286 int opt
, void *data
, size_t len
);
289 @typedef ctl_getopt_func
290 @discussion The ctl_getopt_func is used to handle client get socket
291 option requests for the SYSPROTO_CONTROL option level. A buffer
292 is allocated for storage and passed to your function. The length
293 of that buffer is also passed. Upon return, you should set *len
294 to length of the buffer used. In some cases, data may be NULL.
295 When this happens, *len should be set to the length you would
296 have returned had data not been NULL. If the buffer is too small,
298 @param kctlref The control ref of the kernel control.
299 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
300 @param unitinfo The user-defined private data initialized by the
301 ctl_connect_func callback.
302 @param opt The socket option.
303 @param data A buffer to copy the results in to. May be NULL, see
305 @param len A pointer to the length of the buffer. This should be set
306 to the length of the buffer used before returning.
308 typedef errno_t (*ctl_getopt_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *unitinfo
,
309 int opt
, void *data
, size_t *len
);
311 #ifdef KERNEL_PRIVATE
313 @typedef ctl_rcvd_func
314 @discussion The ctl_rcvd_func is called when the client reads data from
315 the kernel control socket. The kernel control can use this callback
316 in combination with ctl_getenqueuespace() to avoid overflowing
317 the socket's receive buffer. When ctl_getenqueuespace() returns
318 0 or ctl_enqueuedata()/ctl_enqueuembuf() return ENOBUFS, the
319 kernel control can wait until this callback is called before
320 trying to enqueue the data again.
321 @param kctlref The control ref of the kernel control.
322 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
323 @param unitinfo The user-defined private data initialized by the
324 ctl_connect_func callback.
325 @param flags The recv flags. See the recv(2) man page.
327 typedef void (*ctl_rcvd_func
)(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *unitinfo
,
329 #endif /* KERNEL_PRIVATE */
333 @discussion This structure defines the properties of a kernel
334 control being registered.
335 @field ctl_name A Bundle ID string of up to MAX_KCTL_NAME bytes (including the ending zero).
336 This string should not be empty.
337 @field ctl_id The control ID may be dynamically assigned or it can be a
338 32-bit creator code assigned by DTS.
339 For a DTS assigned creator code the CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT flag must be set.
340 For a dynamically assigned control ID, do not set the CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT flag.
341 The value of the dynamically assigned control ID is set to this field
342 when the registration succeeds.
343 @field ctl_unit A separate unit number to register multiple units that
344 share the same control ID with DTS assigned creator code when
345 the CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT flag is set.
346 This field is ignored for a dynamically assigned control ID.
347 @field ctl_flags CTL_FLAG_PRIVILEGED and/or CTL_FLAG_REG_ID_UNIT.
348 @field ctl_sendsize Override the default send size. If set to zero,
349 the default send size will be used, and this default value
350 is set to this field to be retrieved by the caller.
351 @field ctl_recvsize Override the default receive size. If set to
352 zero, the default receive size will be used, and this default value
353 is set to this field to be retrieved by the caller.
354 @field ctl_connect Specify the function to be called whenever a client
355 connects to the kernel control. This field must be specified.
356 @field ctl_disconnect Specify a function to be called whenever a
357 client disconnects from the kernel control.
358 @field ctl_send Specify a function to handle data send from the
359 client to the kernel control.
360 @field ctl_setopt Specify a function to handle set socket option
361 operations for the kernel control.
362 @field ctl_getopt Specify a function to handle get socket option
363 operations for the kernel control.
367 /* control information */
368 char ctl_name
[MAX_KCTL_NAME
];
372 /* control settings */
374 u_int32_t ctl_sendsize
;
375 u_int32_t ctl_recvsize
;
377 /* Dispatch functions */
378 ctl_connect_func ctl_connect
;
379 ctl_disconnect_func ctl_disconnect
;
380 ctl_send_func ctl_send
;
381 ctl_setopt_func ctl_setopt
;
382 ctl_getopt_func ctl_getopt
;
383 #ifdef KERNEL_PRIVATE
384 ctl_rcvd_func ctl_rcvd
; /* Only valid if CTL_FLAG_REG_EXTENDED is set */
385 #endif /* KERNEL_PRIVATE */
389 @function ctl_register
390 @discussion Register a kernel control. This will enable clients to
391 connect to the kernel control using a PF_SYSTEM socket.
392 @param userkctl A structure defining the kernel control to be
393 attached. The ctl_connect callback must be specified, the other callbacks
394 are optional. If ctl_connect is set to zero, ctl_register fails with
395 the error code EINVAL.
396 @param kctlref Upon successful return, the kctlref will contain a
397 reference to the attached kernel control. This reference is used
398 to unregister the kernel control. This reference will also be
399 passed in to the callbacks each time they are called.
400 @result 0 - Kernel control was registered.
401 EINVAL - The registration structure was not valid.
402 ENOMEM - There was insufficient memory.
403 EEXIST - A controller with that id/unit is already registered.
406 ctl_register(struct kern_ctl_reg
*userkctl
, kern_ctl_ref
*kctlref
);
409 @function ctl_deregister
410 @discussion Unregister a kernel control. A kernel extension must
411 unregister it's kernel control(s) before unloading. If a kernel
412 control has clients attached, this call will fail.
413 @param kctlref The control reference of the control to unregister.
414 @result 0 - Kernel control was unregistered.
415 EINVAL - The kernel control reference was invalid.
416 EBUSY - The kernel control has clients still attached.
419 ctl_deregister(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
);
422 @function ctl_enqueuedata
423 @discussion Send data from the kernel control to the client.
424 @param kctlref The control reference of the kernel control.
425 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
426 @param data A pointer to the data to send.
427 @param len The length of data to send.
428 @param flags Send flags. CTL_DATA_NOWAKEUP and CTL_DATA_EOR are currently
429 the only supported flags.
430 @result 0 - Data was enqueued to be read by the client.
431 EINVAL - Invalid parameters.
432 EMSGSIZE - The buffer is too large.
433 ENOBUFS - The queue is full or there are no free mbufs.
436 ctl_enqueuedata(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, void *data
, size_t len
, u_int32_t flags
);
439 @function ctl_enqueuembuf
440 @discussion Send data stored in an mbuf chain from the kernel
441 control to the client. The caller is responsible for freeing
442 the mbuf chain if ctl_enqueuembuf returns an error.
443 @param kctlref The control reference of the kernel control.
444 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
445 @param m An mbuf chain containing the data to send to the client.
446 @param flags Send flags. CTL_DATA_NOWAKEUP and CTL_DATA_EOR are currently
447 the only supported flags.
448 @result 0 - Data was enqueued to be read by the client.
449 EINVAL - Invalid parameters.
450 ENOBUFS - The queue is full.
453 ctl_enqueuembuf(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, mbuf_t m
, u_int32_t flags
);
457 @function ctl_getenqueuespace
458 @discussion Retrieve the amount of space currently available for data to be sent
459 from the kernel control to the client.
460 @param kctlref The control reference of the kernel control.
461 @param unit The unit number of the kernel control instance.
462 @param space The address where to return the current space available
463 @result 0 - Success; the amount of space is returned to caller.
464 EINVAL - Invalid parameters.
467 ctl_getenqueuespace(kern_ctl_ref kctlref
, u_int32_t unit
, size_t *space
);
469 #ifdef KERNEL_PRIVATE
470 u_int32_t
ctl_id_by_name(const char *name
);
471 errno_t
ctl_name_by_id(u_int32_t id
, char *out_name
, size_t maxsize
);
472 #endif /* KERNEL_PRIVATE */
477 #endif /* KPI_KERN_CONTROL_H */