From 58740ed4c587a230bf1406eca52cbc84bcb1c5c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Mares Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:12:19 +0000 Subject: Documentation. --- nest/rt-table.c | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 146 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'nest/rt-table.c') diff --git a/nest/rt-table.c b/nest/rt-table.c index 64604791..7b5b5dc2 100644 --- a/nest/rt-table.c +++ b/nest/rt-table.c @@ -1,11 +1,33 @@ /* - * BIRD -- Routing Table + * BIRD -- Routing Tables * * (c) 1998--2000 Martin Mares * * Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL. */ +/** + * DOC: Routing tables + * + * Routing tables are probably the most important structures BIRD uses. They + * hold all the information about known networks, the associated routes and + * their attributes. + * + * There exist multiple routing tables (a primary one together with any + * number of secondary ones if requested by the configuration). Each table + * is basically a FIB containing entries describing the individual + * destination networks. For each network (represented by structure &net) + * there is a one-way linked list of network entries (&rte), the first entry + * on the list being the best possible one (i.e., the one we currently use + * for routing), the order of the other ones is undetermined. + * + * The &rte contains information specific to the route (preference, protocol + * metrics, time of last modification etc.) and a pointer to a &rta structure + * (see the route attribute module for a precise explanation) holding the + * remaining route attributes which are expected to be shared by multiple + * routes in order to conserve memory. + */ + #undef LOCAL_DEBUG #include "nest/bird.h" @@ -37,6 +59,14 @@ rte_init(struct fib_node *N) n->routes = NULL; } +/** + * rte_find - find a route + * @net: network node + * @p: protocol + * + * The rte_find() function returns a route for destination @net + * which belongs has been defined by protocol @p. + */ rte * rte_find(net *net, struct proto *p) { @@ -47,6 +77,14 @@ rte_find(net *net, struct proto *p) return e; } +/** + * rte_get_temp - get a temporary &rte + * @a: attributes to assign to the new route (a &rta) + * + * Create a temporary &rte and bind it with the attributes @a. + * Also set route preference to the default preference set for + * the protocol. + */ rte * rte_get_temp(rta *a) { @@ -243,6 +281,12 @@ rte_validate(rte *e) return 1; } +/** + * rte_free - delete a &rte + * @e: &rte to be deleted + * + * rte_free() deletes the given &rte from the routing table it's linked to. + */ void rte_free(rte *e) { @@ -375,6 +419,26 @@ rte_update_unlock(void) lp_flush(rte_update_pool); } +/** + * rte_update - enter a new update to a routing table + * @table: table to be updated + * @net: network node + * @p: protocol submitting the update + * @new: a &rte representing the new route or %NULL for route removal. + * + * This function is called by the routing protocols whenever they discover + * a new route or wish to update/remove an existing route. The right announcement + * sequence is to build route attributes first (either uncached with @aflags set + * to zero or a cached one using rta_lookup(); in this case please note that + * you need to increase the use count of the attributes yourself by calling + * rta_clone()), call rte_get_temp() to obtain a temporary &rte, fill in all + * the appropriate data and finally submit the new &rte by calling rte_update(). + * + * rte_update() will automatically find the old route defined by the protocol @p + * for network @n, replace it by the new one (or removing it if @new is %NULL), + * recalculate the optimal route for this destination and finally broadcast + * the change (if any) to all routing protocols. + */ void rte_update(rtable *table, net *net, struct proto *p, rte *new) { @@ -431,6 +495,12 @@ rte_discard(rtable *t, rte *old) /* Non-filtered route deletion, used during gar rte_update_unlock(); } +/** + * rte_dump - dump a route + * @e: &rte to be dumped + * + * This functions dumps contents of a &rte to debug output. + */ void rte_dump(rte *e) { @@ -446,6 +516,12 @@ rte_dump(rte *e) debug("\n"); } +/** + * rt_dump - dump a routing table + * @t: routing table to be dumped + * + * This function dumps contents of a given routing table to debug output. + */ void rt_dump(rtable *t) { @@ -469,6 +545,11 @@ rt_dump(rtable *t) debug("\n"); } +/** + * rt_dump_all - dump all routing tables + * + * This function dumps contents of all routing tables to debug output. + */ void rt_dump_all(void) { @@ -505,6 +586,12 @@ rt_setup(pool *p, rtable *t, char *name, struct rtable_config *cf) } } +/** + * rt_init - initialize routing tables + * + * This function is called during BIRD startup. It initializes the + * routing table module. + */ void rt_init(void) { @@ -515,6 +602,14 @@ rt_init(void) init_list(&routing_tables); } +/** + * rt_prune - prune a routing table + * @tab: routing table to be pruned + * + * This function is called whenever a protocol shuts down. It scans + * the routing table and removes all routes belonging to inactive + * protocols and also stale network entries. + */ void rt_prune(rtable *tab) { @@ -558,6 +653,11 @@ again: tab->gc_time = now; } +/** + * rt_prune_all - prune all routing tables + * + * This function calls rt_prune() for all known routing tables. + */ void rt_prune_all(void) { @@ -589,12 +689,28 @@ rt_preconfig(struct config *c) c->master_rtc = rt_new_table(s); } +/** + * rt_lock_table - lock a routing table + * @r: routing table to be locked + * + * Lock a routing table, because it's in use by a protocol, + * preventing it from being freed when it gets undefined in a new + * configuration. + */ void rt_lock_table(rtable *r) { r->use_count++; } +/** + * rt_unlock_table - unlock a routing table + * @r: routing table to be unlocked + * + * Unlock a routing table formerly locked by rt_lock_table(), + * that is decrease its use count and delete it if it's scheduled + * for deletion by configuration changes. + */ void rt_unlock_table(rtable *r) { @@ -609,6 +725,18 @@ rt_unlock_table(rtable *r) } } +/** + * rt_commit - commit new routing table configuration + * @new: new configuration + * @old: original configuration or %NULL if it's boot time config + * + * Scan differences between @old and @new configuration and modify + * the routing tables according to these changes. If @new defines a + * previously unknown table, create it, if it omits a table existing + * in @old, schedule it for deletion (it gets deleted when all protocols + * disconnect from it by calling rt_unlock_table()), if it exists + * in both configurations, leave it unchanged. + */ void rt_commit(struct config *new, struct config *old) { @@ -655,6 +783,15 @@ rt_commit(struct config *new, struct config *old) DBG("\tdone\n"); } +/** + * rt_feed_baby - advertise routes to a new protocol + * @p: protocol to be fed + * + * This function performs one pass of advertisement of routes to a newly + * initialized protocol. It's called by the protocol code as long as it + * has something to do. (We avoid transferring all the routes in single + * pass in order not to monopolize CPU time.) + */ int rt_feed_baby(struct proto *p) { @@ -713,6 +850,14 @@ next_hook: goto again; } +/** + * rt_feed_baby_abort - abort protocol feeding + * @p: protocol + * + * This function is called by the protocol code when the protocol + * stops or ceases to exist before the last iteration of rt_feed_baby() + * has finished. + */ void rt_feed_baby_abort(struct proto *p) { -- cgit v1.2.3