MC_MULTICST(9E) Driver Entry Points MC_MULTICST(9E)

mc_multicstadd or remove multicast address from device filter

#include <sys/mac_provider.h>

int
prefix_m_multicst(void *driver, boolean_t add, const uint8_t *mac);

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driver
A pointer to the driver's private data that was passed in via the member of the mac_register(9S) structure to the mac_register(9F) function.
add
A boolean value that indicates whether the device driver should add the specified address to its filter list or remove it.
mac
A pointer to an array of bytes that contains the new multicast address being added or removed. It is guaranteed to be at least a number of bytes long equal to the length of the MAC plugin's address length. For Ethernet devices that length is six bytes, .

The () entry point is used to program a device driver's multicast filters. For more background on filter management, see the MAC Address Filter Management section in mac(9E).

The device driver can optionally sanity check mac by making sure that it's both a valid multicast address and by checking whether or not it's already programmed the address. Based on the value of add, the driver should either add the specified address, mac, or remove it from its filter tables. The device driver is not responsible for any form of reference counting on these requests: that is maintained by the broader framework.

The device driver can access its own device soft state by casting the device pointer. The device driver should employ the appropriate locking while updating and manipulating its filter tables and its own records. It is recommended that device drivers always maintain a copy of the addresses programmed into the device's filter tables so that they can more easily recover from various device resets and errors, or handle requests to suspend and resume the device that may result in the device registers being cleared.

Upon successful completion, the device driver should return . Otherwise, the driver should return a positive error number to indicate why the request failed.

The following example shows how a device driver might structure its mc_multicst() entry point.

#include <sys/mac_provider.h>

/*
 * Note, this example merely shows the structure of this function.
 * Different devices will have different ways to manage the set of
 * multicast MAC addresses that they can program into their filters and
 * they have different ways of keeping track of them. Like other
 * examples, this assumes that there is a lock which protects this data.
 * In this case we assume we have an array of structures that is used to
 * track each multicast entry and a count of valid entries.
 */

#define	EXAMPLE_NMULTICAST_ADDRS	100

static int
example_multicast_add(example_t *ep, const uint8_t *mac_addr)
{
	int i, ret;

	mutex_enter(&ep->ep_lock);
	for (i = 0; i < ep->ep_nmcast_addrs; i++) {
		if (bcmp(ep->ep_nmcast_addrs[i].ema_addr, mac_addr,
		    ETHERADDRL) == 0) {
			/*
			 * The address is alread in our list, so we can
			 * return and say we're done.
			 */
			mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);
			return (0);
		}
	}

	/*
	 * We need to add this multicast address to a filter, make sure
	 * we have enough space to do so.
	 */
	if (ep->ep_nmcast_addrs >= EXAMPLE_NMULTICAST_ADDRS) {
		mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);
		return (ENOSPC);
	}

	/*
	 * Program the device before we add it to our list. Assume zero
	 * means success.
	 */
	ret = example_program_add_mcast_filter(ep, mac_addr);
	if (ret == 0) {
		bcopy(mac_addr,
		    ep->ep_nmcast_addrs[ep->ep_nmcast_addrs].ema_addr,
		    ETHERADDRL);
		ep->ep_nmcast_addrs++;
	}

	mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);

	return (ret);
}

static int
example_multicast_remove(example_t *ep, const uint8_t *mac_addr)
{
	int i, ret;
	boolean_t found = B_FALSE;

	mutex_enter(&ep->ep_lock);
	for (i = 0; i < ep->ep_nmcast_addrs; i++) {
		if (bcmp(ep->ep_mcast_addrs[i].ema_addr, mac_addr,
		    ETHERADDRL) == 0) {
			found = B_TRUE;
			break;
		}
	}

	if (found == B_FALSE) {
		mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);
		return (ENOENT);
	}

	/*
	 * Assume that a return value of zero indicates that the removal
	 * was successful. Note that i still has the index of this
	 * entry.
	 */
	ret = example_program_rem_mcast_filter(ep, mac_addr);
	if (ret == 0) {
		int last = ep->ep_nmcast_addrs - 1;
		if (i != last) {
			bcopy(ep->ep_mcast_addrs[last].ema_addr,
			    ep->ep_mcast_addrs[i].ema_addr,
			    ETHERADDRL);
		}
		bzero(ep->ep_mcast_addrs[last].ema_addr,
		    ETHERADDRL);
		VERIFY(ep->ep_nmcast_addrs > 0);
		ep->ep_nmcast_addrs--;
	}

	mutex_exit(&ep->ep_lock);
	return (ret);
}

static int
example_m_multicst(void *arg, boolean_t add, const uint8_t *mac_addr)
{
	example_t *ep = arg;

	/*
	 * We sanity check that we've been given a multicast address.
	 */
	if ((mac_addr[0] & 0x01) == 0)
		return (EINVAL);

	if (add)
		return (example_multicast_add(ep, mac_addr);
	else
		return (example_multicast_remove(ep, mac_addr));
}

The device driver may return one of the following errors. While this list is not intended to be exhaustive, it is recommended to use one of these if possible.

The address mac is not a valid unicast address.
The driver encountered a device or transport error while trying to update the device's state.
The device driver was asked to remove a multicast address that it does not have.
The driver was asked to add a multicast address; however, it has no more filter slots available to program the entry.

mac(9E), mac_register(9F), mac_register(9S)

May 31, 2016 OmniOS