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/*
* BIRD -- Documentation for Protocol Hooks (dummy source file)
*
* (c) 2000 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
*
* Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
*/
/**
* DOC: Protocol hooks
*
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* Each protocol can provide a rich set of hook functions referred to by pointers
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* in either the &proto or &protocol structure. They are called by the core whenever
* it wants the protocol to perform some action or to notify the protocol about
* any change of its environment. All of the hooks can be set to %NULL which means
* to ignore the change or to take a default action.
*/
/**
* preconfig - protocol preconfiguration
* @p: a routing protocol
* @c: new configuration
*
* The preconfig() hook is called before parsing of a new configuration.
*/
void preconfig(struct protocol *p, struct config *c)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* postconfig - instance post-configuration
* @c: instance configuration
*
* The postconfig() hook is called for each configured instance after
* parsing of the new configuration is finished.
*/
void postconfig(struct proto_config *c)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* init - initialize an instance
* @c: instance configuration
*
* The init() hook is called by the core to create a protocol instance
* according to supplied protocol configuration.
*
* Result: a pointer to the instance created
*/
struct proto *init(struct proto_config *c)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* reconfigure - request instance reconfiguration
* @p: an instance
* @c: new configuration
*
* The core calls the reconfigure() hook whenever it wants to ask the
* protocol for switching to a new configuration. If the reconfiguration
* is possible, the hook returns 1. Otherwise, it returns 0 and the core
* will shut down the instance and start a new one with the new configuration.
*
* After the protocol confirms reconfiguration, it must no longer keep any
* references to the old configuration since the memory it's stored in can
* be re-used at any time.
*/
int reconfigure(struct proto *p, struct proto_config *c)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* dump - dump protocol state
* @p: an instance
*
* This hook dumps the complete state of the instance to the
* debug output.
*/
void dump(struct proto *p)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* dump_attrs - dump protocol-dependent attributes
* @e: a route entry
*
* This hook dumps all attributes in the &rte which belong to this
* protocol to the debug output.
*/
void dump_attrs(rte *e)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* start - request instance startup
* @p: protocol instance
*
* The start() hook is called by the core when it wishes to start
* the instance.
*
* Result: new protocol state
*/
int start(struct proto *p)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* shutdown - request instance shutdown
* @p: protocol instance
*
* The stop() hook is called by the core when it wishes to shut
* the instance down for some reason.
*
* Returns: new protocol state
*/
int shutdown(struct proto *p)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* get_status - get instance status
* @p: protocol instance
* @buf: buffer to be filled with the status string
*
* This hook is called by the core if it wishes to obtain an brief one-line user friendly
* representation of the status of the instance to be printed by the <cf/show protocols/
* command.
*/
void get_status(struct proto *p, byte *buf)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* get_route_info - get route information
* @e: a route entry
* @buf: buffer to be filled with the resulting string
* @attrs: extended attributes of the route
*
* This hook is called to fill the buffer @buf with a brief user friendly
* representation of metrics of a route belonging to this protocol.
*/
void get_route_info(rte *e, byte *buf, ea_list *attrs)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* get_attr - get attribute information
* @a: an extended attribute
* @buf: buffer to be filled with attribute information
*
* The get_attr() hook is called by the core to obtain a user friendly
* representation of an extended route attribute. It can either leave
* the whole conversion to the core (by returning %GA_UNKNOWN), fill
* in only attribute name (and let the core format the attribute value
* automatically according to the type field; by returning %GA_NAME)
* or doing the whole conversion (used in case the value requires extra
* care; return %GA_FULL).
*/
int get_attr(eattr *a, byte *buf, int buflen)
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{ DUMMY; }
/**
* if_notify - notify instance about interface changes
* @p: protocol instance
* @flags: interface change flags
* @i: the interface in question
*
* This hook is called whenever any network interface changes its status.
* The change is described by a combination of status bits (%IF_CHANGE_xxx)
* in the @flags parameter.
*/
void if_notify(struct proto *p, unsigned flags, struct iface *i)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* ifa_notify - notify instance about interface address changes
* @p: protocol instance
* @flags: address change flags
* @a: the interface address
*
* This hook is called to notify the protocol instance about an interface
* acquiring or losing one of its addresses. The change is described by
* a combination of status bits (%IF_CHANGE_xxx) in the @flags parameter.
*/
void ifa_notify(struct proto *p, unsigned flags, struct ifa *a)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* rt_notify - notify instance about routing table change
* @p: protocol instance
* @net: a network entry
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* @new: new route for the network
* @old: old route for the network
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* @attrs: extended attributes associated with the @new entry
*
* The rt_notify() hook is called to inform the protocol instance about
* changes in the routing table it's connected to, that is a route @old
* belonging to network @net being replaced by a new route @new with
* extended attributes @attrs. Either @new or @old or both can be %NULL
* if the corresponding route doesn't exist.
*
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* If the type of route announcement is RA_OPTIMAL, it is an
* announcement of optimal route change, @new stores the new optimal
* route and @old stores the old optimal route.
*
* If the type of route announcement is RA_ANY, it is an announcement
* of any route change, @new stores the new route and @old stores the
* old route from the same protocol.
*
* @p->accept_ra_types specifies which kind of route announcements
* protocol wants to receive.
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*/
void rt_notify(struct proto *p, net *net, rte *new, rte *old, ea_list *attrs)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* neigh_notify - notify instance about neighbor status change
* @neigh: a neighbor cache entry
*
* The neigh_notify() hook is called by the neighbor cache whenever
* a neighbor changes its state, that is it gets disconnected or a
* sticky neighbor gets connected.
*/
void neigh_notify(neighbor *neigh)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* make_tmp_attrs - convert embedded attributes to temporary ones
* @e: route entry
* @pool: linear pool to allocate attribute memory in
*
* This hook is called by the routing table functions if they need
* to convert the protocol attributes embedded directly in the &rte
* to temporary extended attributes in order to distribute them
* to other protocols or to filters. make_tmp_attrs() creates
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* an &ea_list in the linear pool @pool, fills it with values of the
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* temporary attributes and returns a pointer to it.
*/
ea_list *make_tmp_attrs(rte *e, struct linpool *pool)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* store_tmp_attrs - convert temporary attributes to embedded ones
* @e: route entry
* @attrs: temporary attributes to be converted
*
* This hook is an exact opposite of make_tmp_attrs() -- it takes
* a list of extended attributes and converts them to attributes
* embedded in the &rte corresponding to this protocol.
*
* You must be prepared for any of the attributes being missing
* from the list and use default values instead.
*/
void store_tmp_attrs(rte *e, ea_list *attrs)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* import_control - pre-filtering decisions on route import
* @p: protocol instance the route is going to be imported to
* @e: the route in question
* @attrs: extended attributes of the route
* @pool: linear pool for allocation of all temporary data
*
* The import_control() hook is called as the first step of a exporting
* a route from a routing table to the protocol instance. It can modify
* route attributes and force acceptance or rejection of the route regardless
* of user-specified filters. See rte_announce() for a complete description
* of the route distribution process.
*
* The standard use of this hook is to reject routes having originated
* from the same instance and to set default values of the protocol's metrics.
*
* Result: -1 if the route has to be accepted, 1 if rejected and 0 if it
* should be passed to the filters.
*/
int import_control(struct proto *p, rte **e, ea_list **attrs, struct linpool *pool)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* rte_better - compare metrics of two routes
* @new: the new route
* @old: the original route
*
* This hook gets called when the routing table contains two routes
* for the same network which have originated from different instances
* of a single protocol and it wants to select which one is preferred
* over the other one. Protocols usually decide according to route metrics.
*
* Result: 1 if @new is better (more preferred) than @old, 0 otherwise.
*/
int rte_better(rte *new, rte *old)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* rte_same - compare two routes
* @e1: route
* @e2: route
*
* The rte_same() hook tests whether the routes @e1 and @e2 belonging
* to the same protocol instance have identical contents. Contents of
* &rta, all the extended attributes and &rte preference are checked
* by the core code, no need to take care of them here.
*
* Result: 1 if @e1 is identical to @e2, 0 otherwise.
*/
int rte_same(rte *e1, rte *e2)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* rte_insert - notify instance about route insertion
* @n: network
* @e: route
*
* This hook is called whenever a &rte belonging to the instance
* is accepted for insertion to a routing table.
*
* Please avoid using this function in new protocols.
*/
void rte_insert(net *n, rte *e)
{ DUMMY; }
/**
* rte_remove - notify instance about route removal
* @n: network
* @e: route
*
* This hook is called whenever a &rte belonging to the instance
* is removed from a routing table.
*
* Please avoid using this function in new protocols.
*/
void rte_remove(net *n, rte *e)
{ DUMMY; }