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31 .Dd September 29, 2004
36 .Nm pfil_head_register ,
37 .Nm pfil_head_unregister ,
41 .Nm pfil_remove_hook ,
43 .Nd packet filter interface
50 .Fn pfil_head_register "struct pfil_head *head"
52 .Fn pfil_head_unregister "struct pfil_head *head"
53 .Ft "struct pfil_head *"
54 .Fn pfil_head_get "int af" "u_long dlt"
55 .Ft "struct packet_filter_hook *"
56 .Fn pfil_hook_get "int dir" "struct pfil_head *head"
58 .Fn pfil_add_hook "int (*func)()" "void *arg" "int flags" "struct pfil_head *"
60 .Fn pfil_remove_hook "int (*func)()" "void *arg" "int flags" "struct pfil_head *"
62 .Fn (*func) "void *arg" "struct mbuf **mp" "struct ifnet *" "int dir" "struct inpcb *"
64 .Fn pfil_run_hooks "struct pfil_head *head" "struct mbuf **mp" "struct ifnet *" "int dir" "struct inpcb *"
68 framework allows for a specified function to be invoked for every
69 incoming or outgoing packet for a particular network I/O stream.
70 These hooks may be used to implement a firewall or perform packet
73 Packet filtering points are registered with
74 .Fn pfil_head_register .
75 Filtering points are identified by a key
82 Packet filters use the key and data link type to look up the filtering
83 point with which they register themselves.
84 The key is unique to the filtering point.
85 The data link type is a
87 DLT constant indicating what kind of header is present on the packet
88 at the filtering point.
89 Filtering points may be unregistered with the
90 .Fn pfil_head_unregister
93 Packet filters register/unregister themselves with a filtering point
98 functions, respectively.
99 The head is looked up using the
101 function, which takes the key and data link type that the packet filter
103 Filters may provide an argument to be passed to the filter when
106 When a filter is invoked, the packet appears just as if it
107 .Dq came off the wire .
108 That is, all protocol fields are in network byte order.
109 The filter is called with its specified argument, the pointer to the
112 containing the packet, the pointer to the network
113 interface that the packet is traversing, and the direction
117 that the packet is traveling.
118 The filter may change which mbuf the
121 The filter returns an error (errno) if the packet processing is to stop, or 0
122 if the processing is to continue.
123 If the packet processing is to stop, it is the responsibility of the
124 filter to free the packet.
130 structure for the given key/dlt.
136 return 0 if successful.
140 is expected to always succeed.
143 .Fn pfil_head_unregister
152 interface first appeared in
156 input and output lists were originally implemented as
160 however this was changed in
165 This change was to allow the input and output filters to be processed in
166 reverse order, to allow the same path to be taken, in or out of the kernel.
170 interface was changed in 1.4T to accept a 3rd parameter to both
173 .Fn pfil_remove_hook ,
174 introducing the capability of per-protocol filtering.
175 This was done primarily in order to support filtering of IPv6.
179 framework was changed to work with an arbitrary number of filtering points,
180 as well as be less IP-centric.
182 Fine-grained locking was added in
188 is only safe for internal use.
191 implements only hooks for
195 Packets diverted through these hooks have data in
196 host byte order contrary to the above statements.
204 traffic according to its sysctl settings, but contrary to the above
205 statements, the data is provided in host byte order.
209 is being modified, no traffic is diverted
211 This means that traffic may be dropped unconditionally for a short period