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SNMP_MIBII(3)		 BSD Library Functions Manual		 SNMP_MIBII(3)

NAME
     mibII, mibif_notify_f, mib_netsock, mib_if_set_dyn, mib_refresh_iflist,
     mib_find_if, mib_find_if_sys, mib_find_if_name, mib_first_if,
     mib_next_if, mib_register_newif, mib_unregister_newif, mib_fetch_ifmib,
     mib_if_admin, mib_find_ifa, mib_first_ififa, mib_next_ififa,
     mib_ifstack_create, mib_ifstack_delete, mib_find_rcvaddr,
     mib_rcvaddr_create, mib_rcvaddr_delete, mibif_notify, mibif_unnotify —
     mib-2 module for bsnmpd.

LIBRARY
     (begemotSnmpdModulePath."mibII" = /usr/lib/snmp_mibII.so)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <bsnmp/snmpmod.h>
     #include <bsnmp/snmp_mibII.h>

     typedef void
     (*mibif_notify_f)(struct mibif *ifp, enum mibif_notify event,
	 void *uarg);

     extern int mib_netsock;

     void
     mib_if_set_dyn(const char *ifname);

     void
     mib_refresh_iflist(void);

     struct mibif *
     mib_find_if(u_int ifindex);

     struct mibif *
     mib_find_if_sys(u_int sysindex);

     struct mibif *
     mib_find_if_name(const char *ifname);

     struct mibif *
     mib_first_if(void);

     struct mibif *
     mib_next_if(const struct mibif *ifp);

     int
     mib_register_newif(int (*func)(struct mibif *),
	 const struct lmodule *mod);

     void
     mib_unregister_newif(const struct lmodule *mod);

     int
     mib_fetch_ifmib(struct mibif *ifp);

     int
     mib_if_admin(struct mibif *ifp, int up);

     struct mibifa *
     mib_find_ifa(struct in_addr ipa);

     struct mibifa *
     mib_first_ififa(const struct mibif *ifp);

     struct mibifa *
     mib_next_ififa(struct mibifa *ifa);

     int
     mib_ifstack_create(const struct mibif *lower, const struct mibif *upper);

     void
     mib_ifstack_delete(const struct mibif *lower, const struct mibif *upper);

     struct mibrcvaddr *
     mib_find_rcvaddr(u_int ifindex, const u_char *addr, size_t addrlen);

     struct mibrcvaddr *
     mib_rcvaddr_create(struct mibif *ifp, const u_char *addr,
	 size_t addrlen);

     void
     mib_rcvaddr_delete(struct mibrcvaddr *addr);

     void *
     mibif_notify(struct mibif *ifp, const struct lmodule *mod,
	 mibif_notify_f func, void *uarg);

     void
     mibif_unnotify(void *reg);

DESCRIPTION
     The snmp_mibII module implements parts of the internet standard MIB-2.
     Most of the relevant MIBs are implemented.	 Some of the tables are
     restricted to be read-only instead of read-write.	The exact current
     implementation can be found in /usr/share/snmp/defs/mibII_tree.def.  The
     module also exports a number of functions and global variables for use by
     other modules, that need to handle network interfaces.  This man page
     describes these functions.

   DIRECT NETWORK ACCESS
     The mibII module opens a socket that is used to execute all network
     related ioctl(2) functions.  This socket is globally available under the
     name mib_netsock.

   NETWORK INTERFACES
     The mibII module handles a list of all currently existing network inter‐
     faces.  It allows other modules to handle their own interface lists with
     special information by providing a mechanism to register to events that
     change the interface list (see below).  The basic data structure is the
     interface structure:

	   struct mibif {
		   TAILQ_ENTRY(mibif) link;
		   u_int	   flags;
		   u_int	   index;  /* logical ifindex */
		   u_int	   sysindex;
		   char		   name[IFNAMSIZ];
		   char		   descr[256];
		   struct ifmibdata mib;
		   uint64_t	   mibtick;
		   void		   *specmib;
		   size_t	   specmiblen;
		   u_char	   *physaddr;
		   u_int	   physaddrlen;
		   int		   has_connector;
		   int		   trap_enable;
		   uint64_t	   counter_disc;
		   mibif_notify_f  xnotify;
		   void		   *xnotify_data;
		   const struct lmodule *xnotify_mod;
		   struct asn_oid  spec_oid;
	   };

     The mibII module tries to implement the semantic if ifIndex as described
     in RFC-2863.  This RFC states, that an interface indexes may not be
     reused.  That means, for example, if tun is a synthetic interface type
     and the system creates the interface tun0, destroys this interfaces and
     again creates a tun 0, then these interfaces must have different inter‐
     face indexes, because in fact they are different interfaces.  If, on the
     other hand, there is a hardware interface xl0 and this interface disap‐
     pears, because its driver is unloaded and appears again, because the
     driver is loaded again, the interface index must stay the same.  mibII
     implements this by differentiating between real and synthetic (dynamic)
     interfaces.  An interface type can be declared dynamic by calling the
     function mib_if_set_dyn() with the name if the interface type (for exam‐
     ple "tun )." For real interfaces, the module keeps the mapping between
     the interface name and its ifIndex in a special list, if the interface is
     unloaded.	For dynamic interfaces a new ifIndex is generated each time
     the interface comes into existence.  This means, that the interface index
     as seen by SNMP is not the same index as used by the system.  The SNMP
     ifIndex is held in field index, the system's interface index is sysindex.

     A call to mib_refresh_iflist causes the entire interface list to be re-
     created.

     The interface list can be traversed with the functions mib_first_if() and
     mib_next_if().  Be sure not to change the interface list while traversing
     the list with these two calls.

     There are three functions to find an interface by name or index.
     mib_find_if() finds an interface by searching for an SNMP ifIndex,
     mib_find_if_sys() finds an interface by searching for a system interface
     index and mib_find_if_name() finds an interface by looking for an inter‐
     face name.	 Each of the function returns NULL if the interface cannot be
     found.

     The function mib_fetch_ifmib() causes the interface MIB to be refreshed
     from the kernel.

     The function mib_if_admin() can be used to change the interface adminis‐
     trative state to up (argument is 1) or down (argument is 0).

   INTERFACE EVENTS
     A module can register itself to receive a notification when a new entry
     is created in the interface list.	This is done by calling
     mib_register_newif().  A module can register only one function, a second
     call to mib_register_newif() causes the registration to be overwritten.
     The registration can be removed with a call to mib_unregister_newif().
     It is unregistered automatically, when the registering module is
     unloaded.

     A module can also register to events on a specific interface.  This is
     done by calling mibif_notify().  This causes the given callback func to
     be called with the interface pointer, a notification code and the user
     argument uarg when any of the following events occur:

     MIBIF_NOTIFY_DESTROY
	    The interface is destroyed.

     This mechanism can be used to implement interface type specific MIB parts
     in other modules.	The registration can be removed with mib_unnotify()
     which the return value from mib_notify.  Any notification registration is
     removed automatically when the interface is destroyed or the registering
     module is unloaded.  Note that only one module can register to any given
     interface.

   INTERFACE ADDRESSES
     The mibII module handles a table of interface IP-addresses.  These
     addresses are held in a

	   struct mibifa {
		   TAILQ_ENTRY(mibifa) link;
		   struct in_addr  inaddr;
		   struct in_addr  inmask;
		   struct in_addr  inbcast;
		   struct asn_oid  index;
		   u_int	   ifindex;
		   u_int	   flags;
	   };

     The (ordered) list of IP-addresses on a given interface can be traversed
     by calling mib_first_ififa() and mib_next_ififa().	 The list should not
     be considered read-only.

   INTERFACE RECEIVE ADDRESSES
     The internet MIB-2 contains a table of interface receive addresses.
     These addresses are handled in:

	   struct mibrcvaddr {
		   TAILQ_ENTRY(mibrcvaddr) link;
		   struct asn_oid  index;
		   u_int	   ifindex;
		   u_char	   addr[ASN_MAXOIDLEN];
		   size_t	   addrlen;
		   u_int	   flags;
	   };
	   enum {
		   MIBRCVADDR_VOLATILE	   = 0x00000001,
		   MIBRCVADDR_BCAST	   = 0x00000002,
		   MIBRCVADDR_HW	   = 0x00000004,
	   };

     Note, that the assignment of MIBRCVADDR_BCAST is based on a list of known
     interface types.  The flags should be handled by modules implementing
     interface type specific MIBs.

     A receive address can be created with mib_rcvaddr_create() and deleted
     with mib_rcvaddr_delete().	 This needs to be done only for addresses that
     are not automatically handled by the system.

     A receive address can be found with mib_find_rcvaddr().

   INTERFACE STACK TABLE
     The mibII module maintains also the interface stack table.	 Because for
     complex stacks, there is no system supported generic way of getting this
     information, interface type specific modules need to help setting up
     stack entries.  The mibII module handles only the top and bottom entries.

     A table entry is created with mib_ifstack_create() and deleted with
     mib_ifstack_delete().  Both functions need the pointers to the inter‐
     faces.  Entries are automatically deleted if any of the interfaces of the
     entry is destroyed.  The functions handle both the stack table and the
     reverse stack table.

FILES
     /usr/share/snmp/defs/mibII_tree.def  The description of the MIB tree
					  implemented by mibII.
     /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs
     /usr/share/snmp/mibs/		  The various internet MIBs.

SEE ALSO
     gensnmptree(1), snmpmod(3)

STANDARDS
     This implementation conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs.

AUTHORS
     Hartmut Brandt ⟨harti@FreeBSD.org⟩

BSD				October 4, 2005				   BSD
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