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UNIMSG(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		     UNIMSG(3)

NAME
     uni_msg_len, uni_msg_space, uni_msg_leading, uni_msg_size,
     uni_msg_ensure, uni_msg_append, uni_msg_extend, uni_msg_alloc,
     uni_msg_build, uni_msg_destroy, uni_msg_strip32, uni_msg_get32,
     uni_msg_append32, uni_msg_append8, uni_msg_trail32, uni_msg_dup — ATM
     signalling library - message buffers

LIBRARY
     Begemot ATM signalling library (libunimsg, -lunimsg)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <uni4/unimsg.h>

     size_t
     uni_msg_len(const struct uni_msg *msg);

     size_t
     uni_msg_space(const struct uni_msg *msg);

     size_t
     uni_msg_leading(const struct uni_msg *msg);

     size_t
     uni_msg_size(const struct uni_msg *msg);

     int
     uni_msg_ensure(struct uni_msg *msg, size_t bytes);

     int
     uni_msg_append(struct uni_msg *msg, void *buf, size_t buflen);

     int
     uni_msg_extend(struct uni_msg *msg, size_t bytes);

     struct uni_msg *
     uni_msg_alloc(size_t space);

     struct uni_msg *
     uni_msg_build(void *buf, ...);

     void
     uni_msg_destroy(struct uni_msg *msg);

     u_int
     uni_msg_strip32(struct uni_msg *msg);

     u_int
     uni_msg_get32(struct uni_msg *msg);

     int
     uni_msg_append32(struct uni_msg *msg, u_int value);

     int
     uni_msg_append8(struct uni_msg *msg, u_int byte);

     u_int
     uni_msg_trail32(const struct uni_msg *msg, int n);

     struct uni_msg *
     uni_msg_dup(const struct uni_msg *msg);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions are used to manipulate variable sized message.  They are
     inspired by BSD mbufs and SysV stream buffers, but somewhat simplified
     because signalling generally is a low bandwidth task.  All the functions
     operation on a uni_msg data structure:

	   struct uni_msg {
		   u_char  *b_wptr;	   /* tail pointer */
		   u_char  *b_rptr;	   /* head pointer */
		   u_char  *b_buf;	   /* data buffer */
		   u_char  *b_lim;	   /* end of data buffer */
	   };

     The field b_buf points to the begin of a memory block that is used to
     store the actual message and the field b_lim points just to the first
     byte behind that buffer.  This buffer is allocated separate from the
     structure itself and the user calling any of the above functions with a
     non const struct uni_msg argument should expect the buffer to be reallo‐
     cated and hence not hold pointers into the buffer accross call to these
     functions.	 The pointer b_rptr points to the first used byte in the mes‐
     sage and b_wptr to the first unused byte behind all used bytes.  If the
     message is empty, both pointers point to the same place somewhere in the
     allocated buffer.

     There are several functions and macros that return various sizes and
     lengths.  The macro uni_msg_len() returns the actual size of the message
     (the number of used bytes).  The macro uni_msg_space() returns the number
     of bytes that are left unused behind the used space.  The macro
     uni_msg_leading() returns the number of bytes that are unused before the
     used space and the macro uni_msg_size() returns the maximum size of the
     message (that is the size of the allocated buffer).

     Two functions may be used to create new messages: The function
     uni_msg_alloc() allocates the message structure and a buffer to hold at
     least space bytes (In fact it allocates a couple of bytes more).  If the
     allocation fails NULL is returned.	 The pointers are setup so that there
     is no leading space in the buffer.	 The function uni_msg_build() con‐
     structs a new message from a variable number of buffers.  The arguments
     are pairs of void * pointers to buffers and size_t buffer sizes, termi‐
     nated by a NULL pointer.  The function computes the total resulting mes‐
     sage size, allocates a message and copies all the buffers into the mes‐
     sage.  The message is built to have no leading space.  If the allocation
     fails, NULL is returned.

     The function uni_msg_destroy() deallocates the buffer pointed to by the
     message and the message itself.  It is save to pass a message with a NULL
     buffer, but not a NULL message.

     The function uni_msg_dup() returns a copy of a message with exact the
     same leading space.

     A number of functions are used to add bytes to an existing message.  The
     function uni_msg_extend() extends the message buffer to have space for at
     least bytes additional byte at the end.  The leading space does not
     change.  This function may reallocate the message buffer.	The function
     returns 0 on success and ENOMEM if the reallocation fails.	 In this case
     the message buffer is not changed.	 The macro uni_msg_ensure() checks
     whether the message has space for additional bytes bytes.	If not it
     calls uni_msg_extend() to make the message buffer larger.	The macro
     returns 0 on success or ENOMEM if there is not enough space and the real‐
     location fails.  In this case the message buffer is not changed.  The
     function uni_msg_append() appends buflen bytes from the buffer pointed to
     by buf to the message.  The function uni_msg_append8() appends one byte
     to the message and the function uni_msg_append32() appends a 32-bit value
     in network byte order to the message (b_wptr needs not to be aligned).
     All three functions call uni_msg_ensure() to make sure, that the buffer
     contents fit into the message.  They return 0 on success and ENOMEM if
     the buffer is too small and the reallocation fails.  In this case the
     message buffer is not changed.

     A number of functions can be used to retrieve parts of the message.  The
     function uni_msg_strip32() returns the last four bytes of the message as
     a 32-bit integer assumed to be in network byte order.  It adjusts b_wptr
     to remove these four bytes from the message.  b_wptr does not need to be
     aligned.  The function uni_msg_get32() returns the first four bytes of
     the message as a 32-bit integer assumed to be in network byte order.  It
     adjusts b_rptr to remove these four bytes from the message.  b_rptr does
     not need to be aligned.  The function uni_msg_trail32() returns the n 'th
     32-bit integer from the buffer counted from the end of the buffer.	 The
     integer is assumed to be in network byte order.  A value of -1 for n
     returns the last four bytes of the buffer, a value of -2 the four bytes
     just before the last four bytes and so on.	 All three functions do not
     check that the message is large enough.

SEE ALSO
     libunimsg(3), mbuf(9)

AUTHORS
     Hartmut Brandt ⟨harti@freebsd.org⟩

BSD				 June 14, 2005				   BSD
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