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ESBALLOC(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers ESBALLOC(9F)

NAME

esballoc, desballoc esballoca, desballoca - allocate a message block
using a caller-supplied buffer

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/stream.h>

mblk_t *esballoc(uchar_t *base, size_t size, uint_t pri,
frtn_t *fr_rtnp);

mblk_t *desballoc(uchar_t *base, size_t size, uint_t pri,
frtn_t *fr_rtnp);

#include <sys/strsubr.h>

mblk_t *esballoca(uchar_t *base, size_t size, uint_t pri,
frtn_t *fr_rtnp);

mblk_t *desballoca(uchar_t *base, size_t size, uint_t pri,
frtn_t *fr_rtnp);

INTERFACE LEVEL

esballoc(): Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI)

esballoca(): illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI)
desballoc(): illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI)
desballoca(): illumos DDI specific (illumos DDI)

PARAMETERS

base
Address of caller-supplied data buffer.

size
Number of bytes in data buffer.

pri
Priority of the request (no longer used).

fr_rtnp
Free routine data structure.

DESCRIPTION

The esballoc(), esballoca(), desballoc() and desballoca() functions
operate identically to allocb(9F), except that the data buffer to
associate with the message is specified by the caller. The allocated
message will have both the b_wptr and b_rptr set to the supplied data
buffer starting at base. Only the buffer itself can be specified by the
caller. The message block and data block header are allocated as if by
allocb(9F).

When freeb(9F) is called to free the message, the driver's message-
freeing routine, referenced through the free_rtn(9S) structure, is called
with appropriate arguments to free the data buffer.

The free_rtn(9S) structure includes the following members:

void (*free_func)(); /* caller's freeing routine */
caddr_t free_arg; /* argument to free_func() */

Instead of requiring a specific number of arguments, the free_arg field
is defined of type caddr_t. This way, the driver can pass a pointer to a
structure if more than one argument is needed. Note that the address of
the free_rtn(9S) structure passed to esballoc() is used when the returned
mblk/dblk pair is freed, and must remain valid until then.

If esballoc() or esballoca() was used, then free_func will be called
asynchronously at some point after the message is no longer referenced.
If desballoc() or desballoca() was used, then free_func will be called
synchronously by the thread releasing the final reference. See freeb(9F).

The free_func routine must not sleep, and must not access any dynamically
allocated data structures that could be freed before or during its
execution. In addition, because messages allocated with desballoc() or
desballoca() are freed in the context of the caller, free_func must not
call another module's put procedure, or attempt to acquire a private
module lock which might be held by another thread across a call to a
STREAMS utility routine that could free a message block. Finally,
free_func routines specified using desballoc() or desballoca() may run in
interrupt context and thus must only use synchronization primitives that
include an interrupt priority returned from ddi_intr_get_pri(9F) or
ddi_intr_get_softint_pri(9F). If any of these restrictions are not
followed, the possibility of lock recursion or deadlock exists.

RETURN VALUES

On success, a pointer to the newly allocated message block is returned.
On failure, NULL is returned.

CONTEXT

The esballoc(), esballoca(), desballoc() and desballoca() functions can
be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.

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