freebsd/sys/net/bpf_jitter.h

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#ifndef _NET_BPF_JITTER_H_
#define _NET_BPF_JITTER_H_

#ifdef _KERNEL
MALLOC_DECLARE(M_BPFJIT);
#endif

extern int bpf_jitter_enable;

/*
 * Prototype of a filtering function created by the jitter.
 *
 * The syntax and the meaning of the parameters is analogous to the one of
 * bpf_filter(). Notice that the filter is not among the parameters because
 * it is hardwired in the function.
 */
typedef u_int (*bpf_filter_func)(u_char *, u_int, u_int);

/* Structure describing a native filtering program created by the jitter. */
typedef struct bpf_jit_filter {
	/* The native filtering binary, in the form of a bpf_filter_func. */
	bpf_filter_func	func;

	int		*mem;
} bpf_jit_filter;

/*
 * BPF jitter, builds a machine function from a BPF program.
 *
 * param fp	The BPF pseudo-assembly filter that will be translated
 *		into native code.
 * param nins	Number of instructions of the input filter.
 * return	The bpf_jit_filter structure containing the native filtering
 *		binary.
 *
 * bpf_jitter allocates the buffers for the new native filter and
 * then translates the program pointed by fp calling bpf_jit_compile().
 */
bpf_jit_filter	*bpf_jitter(struct bpf_insn *fp, int nins);

/*
 * Deletes a filtering function that was previously created by bpf_jitter().
 *
 * param filter	The filter to destroy.
 *
 * This function frees the variuos buffers (code, memory, etc.) associated
 * with a filtering function.
 */
void		bpf_destroy_jit_filter(bpf_jit_filter *filter);

#endif	/* _NET_BPF_JITTER_H_ */