/* * Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Martine Lenders * 2015 Freie Universität Berlin * * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level * directory for more details. */ /** * @defgroup net_gnrc_pkt Packet * @ingroup net_gnrc_pktbuf * @brief Network packet abstraction type and helper functions * @{ * * @file * @brief General definitions for network packets and their helper functions * * @author Martine Lenders * @author Hauke Petersen */ #ifndef NET_GNRC_PKT_H #define NET_GNRC_PKT_H #include #include #include "kernel_types.h" #include "net/gnrc/nettype.h" #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * @brief Type to represent parts (either headers or payload) of a packet, * called snips. * @details The idea behind the packet snips is that they either can represent * protocol-specific headers or payload. A packet can be comprised of * multiple pktsnip_t elements. * * Example: * * buffer * +---------------------------+ +------+ * | size = 14 | data +-------------->| | * | type = NETTYPE_ETHERNET |------+ +------+ * +---------------------------+ . . * | next . . * v +------+ * +---------------------------+ +----------->| | * | size = 40 | data | | | * | type = NETTYPE_IPV6 |---------+ +------+ * +---------------------------+ . . * | next . . * v +------+ * +---------------------------+ +-------->| | * | size = 8 | data | +------+ * | type = NETTYPE_UDP |------------+ . . * +---------------------------+ . . * | next +------+ * v +----->| | * +---------------------------+ | | | * | size = 59 | data | . . * | type = NETTYPE_UNDEF |---------------+ . . * +---------------------------+ . . * * To keep data duplication as low as possible the order of the snips * in a packet will be reversed depending on if you send the packet or if * you received it. For sending the order is from (in the network stack) lowest * protocol snip to the highest, for receiving the order is from highest * snip to the lowest. This way, if a layer needs to duplicate the packet * a tree is created rather than a duplication of the whole package. * * A very extreme example for this (we only expect one or two duplications at * maximum per package) can be seen here: * * Sending Receiving * ======= ========= * * * Payload * L2 header * ^ ^ * | | * |\ |\ * | * L4 header 1 | * L2.5 header 1 * | * L3 header 1 | * L3 header 1 * | * netif header 1 | * L4 header 1 * * L4 header 2 | * Payload 1 * ^ * L3 header 2 * | ^ * |\ | * | * L3 header 2 |\ * | * L2 header 2 | * L4 header 2 * * L2 header 3 | * Payload 2 * |\ * Payload 3 * | * L2 header 3 * * L2 header 4 * * @note This type has no initializer on purpose. Please use @ref net_gnrc_pktbuf * as factory. */ /* packed to be aligned correctly in the static packet buffer */ typedef struct gnrc_pktsnip { /** * @brief Counter of threads currently having control over this packet. * * @internal */ unsigned int users; struct gnrc_pktsnip *next; /**< next snip in the packet */ void *data; /**< pointer to the data of the snip */ size_t size; /**< the length of the snip in byte */ gnrc_nettype_t type; /**< protocol of the packet snip */ #ifdef MODULE_GNRC_NETERR kernel_pid_t err_sub; /**< subscriber to errors related to this * packet snip */ #endif } gnrc_pktsnip_t; /** * @brief Calculates length of a packet in byte. * * @param[in] pkt list of packet snips. * * @return length of the list of headers. */ static inline size_t gnrc_pkt_len(gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt) { size_t len = 0; while (pkt != NULL) { len += pkt->size; pkt = pkt->next; } return len; } /** * @brief Calculates length of a packet in byte upto (including) a snip with the given type. * * @param[in] pkt list of packet snips. * @param[in] type type of snip to stop calculation. * * @return length of the list of headers. */ static inline size_t gnrc_pkt_len_upto(gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt, gnrc_nettype_t type) { size_t len = 0; while (pkt != NULL) { len += pkt->size; if (pkt->type == type) { break; } pkt = pkt->next; } return len; } /** * @brief Count the numbers of snips in the given packet * * @param[in] pkt first snip in the packet * * @return number of snips in the given packet */ static inline size_t gnrc_pkt_count(const gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt) { size_t count = 0; while (pkt != NULL) { ++count; pkt = pkt->next; } return count; } /** * @brief Searches the packet for a packet snip of a specific type * * @param[in] pkt list of packet snips * @param[in] type the type to search for * * @return the packet snip in @p pkt with @ref gnrc_nettype_t @p type * @return NULL, if none of the snips in @p pkt is of @p type */ gnrc_pktsnip_t *gnrc_pktsnip_search_type(gnrc_pktsnip_t *pkt, gnrc_nettype_t type); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* NET_GNRC_PKT_H */ /** @} */