Command Section

SNMPMOD(3)             FreeBSD Library Functions Manual             SNMPMOD(3)

NAME
     INSERT_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX, INSERT_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX,
     FIND_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX, NEXT_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX,
     FIND_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX, NEXT_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX,
     INSERT_OBJECT_OID_LINK, INSERT_OBJECT_INT_LINK, FIND_OBJECT_OID_LINK,
     NEXT_OBJECT_OID_LINK, FIND_OBJECT_INT_LINK, NEXT_OBJECT_INT_LINK,
     INSERT_OBJECT_OID, INSERT_OBJECT_INT, FIND_OBJECT_OID, FIND_OBJECT_INT,
     NEXT_OBJECT_OID, NEXT_OBJECT_INT, this_tick, start_tick, get_ticks,
     systemg, comm_define, community, oid_zeroDotZero,
     oid_usmUnknownEngineIDs, oid_usmNotInTimeWindows, reqid_allocate,
     reqid_next, reqid_base, reqid_istype, reqid_type, timer_start,
     timer_start_repeat, timer_stop, fd_select, fd_deselect, fd_suspend,
     fd_resume, or_register, or_unregister, buf_alloc, buf_size,
     snmp_input_start, snmp_input_finish, snmp_output, snmp_send_port,
     snmp_send_trap, snmp_pdu_auth_access string_save, string_commit,
     string_rollback, string_get, string_get_max, string_free, ip_save,
     ip_rollback, ip_commit, ip_get, oid_save, oid_rollback, oid_commit,
     oid_get, index_decode, index_compare, index_compare_off, index_append,
     index_append_off, snmpd_usmstats, bsnmpd_get_usm_stats,
     bsnmpd_reset_usm_stats, usm_first_user, usm_next_user, usm_find_user,
     usm_new_user, usm_delete_user, usm_flush_users, usm_user,
     snmpd_target_stat, bsnmpd_get_target_stats, target_first_address,
     target_next_address, target_new_address, target_activate_address,
     target_delete_address, target_first_param, target_next_param,
     target_new_param, target_delete_param, target_first_notify,
     target_next_notify, target_new_notify, target_delete_notify,
     target_flush_all, target_address, target_param, target_notify - SNMP
     daemon loadable module interface

LIBRARY
     Begemot SNMP library (libbsnmp, -lbsnmp)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <bsnmp/snmpmod.h>

     INSERT_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX(PTR, LIST, LINK, INDEX);

     INSERT_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX(PTR, LIST, LINK, INDEX);

     FIND_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK, INDEX);

     FIND_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK, INDEX);

     NEXT_OBJECT_OID_LINK_INDEX(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK, INDEX);

     NEXT_OBJECT_INT_LINK_INDEX(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK, INDEX);

     INSERT_OBJECT_OID_LINK(PTR, LIST, LINK);

     INSERT_OBJECT_INT_LINK(PTR, LIST, LINK);

     FIND_OBJECT_OID_LINK(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK);

     FIND_OBJECT_INT_LINK(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK);

     NEXT_OBJECT_OID_LINK(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK);

     NEXT_OBJECT_INT_LINK(LIST, OID, SUB, LINK);

     INSERT_OBJECT_OID(PTR, LIST);

     INSERT_OBJECT_INT(PTR, LIST);

     FIND_OBJECT_OID(LIST, OID, SUB);

     FIND_OBJECT_INT(LIST, OID, SUB);

     NEXT_OBJECT_OID(LIST, OID, SUB);

     NEXT_OBJECT_INT(LIST, OID, SUB);

     extern uint64_t this_tick;
     extern uint64_t start_tick;

     uint64_t
     get_ticks(void);

     extern struct systemg systemg;

     u_int
     comm_define(u_int priv, const char *descr, struct lmodule *mod,
         const char *str);

     const char *
     comm_string(u_int comm);

     extern u_int community;
     extern const struct asn_oid oid_zeroDotZero;

     u_int
     reqid_allocate(int size, struct lmodule *mod);

     int32_t
     reqid_next(u_int type);

     int32_t
     reqid_base(u_int type);

     int
     reqid_istype(int32_t reqid, u_int type);

     u_int
     reqid_type(int32_t reqid);

     void *
     timer_start(u_int ticks, void (*func)(void *), void *uarg,)(void *), void *uarg,
         struct lmodule *mod);

     void *
     timer_start_repeat(u_int ticks, u_int repeat_ticks, void (*func)(void *),)(void *),
         void *uarg, struct lmodule *mod);

     void
     timer_stop(void *timer_id);

     void *
     fd_select(int fd, void (*func)(int, void *), void *uarg,)(int, void *), void *uarg,
         struct lmodule *mod);

     void
     fd_deselect(void *fd_id);

     void
     fd_suspend(void *fd_id);

     int
     fd_resume(void *fd_id);

     u_int
     or_register(const struct asn_oid *oid, const char *descr,
         struct lmodule *mod);

     void
     or_unregister(u_int or_id);

     void *
     buf_alloc(int tx);

     size_t
     buf_size(int tx);

     enum snmpd_input_err
     snmp_input_start(const u_char *buf, size_t len, const char *source,
         struct snmp_pdu *pdu, int32_t *ip, size_t *pdulen);

     enum snmpd_input_err
     snmp_input_finish(struct snmp_pdu *pdu, const u_char *rcvbuf,
         size_t rcvlen, u_char *sndbuf, size_t *sndlen, const char *source,
         enum snmpd_input_err ierr, int32_t ip, void *data);

     void
     snmp_output(struct snmp_pdu *pdu, u_char *sndbuf, size_t *sndlen,
         const char *dest);

     void
     snmp_send_port(void *trans, const struct asn_oid *port,
         struct snmp_pdu *pdu, const struct sockaddr *addr,
         socklen_t addrlen);

     void
     snmp_send_trap(const struct asn_oid *oid, ...);

     enum snmp_code
     snmp_pdu_auth_access(struct snmp_pdu *pdu, int32_t *ip);

     int
     string_save(struct snmp_value *val, struct snmp_context *ctx,
         ssize_t req_size, u_char **strp);

     void
     string_commit(struct snmp_context *ctx);

     void
     string_rollback(struct snmp_context *ctx, u_char **strp);

     int
     string_get(struct snmp_value *val, const u_char *str, ssize_t len);

     int
     string_get_max(struct snmp_value *val, const u_char *str, ssize_t len,
         size_t maxlen);

     void
     string_free(struct snmp_context *ctx);

     int
     ip_save(struct snmp_value *val, struct snmp_context *ctx, u_char *ipa);

     void
     ip_rollback(struct snmp_context *ctx, u_char *ipa);

     void
     ip_commit(struct snmp_context *ctx);

     int
     ip_get(struct snmp_value *val, u_char *ipa);

     int
     oid_save(struct snmp_value *val, struct snmp_context *ctx,
         struct asn_oid *oid);

     void
     oid_rollback(struct snmp_context *ctx, struct asn_oid *oid);

     void
     oid_commit(struct snmp_context *ctx);

     int
     oid_get(struct snmp_value *val, const struct asn_oid *oid);

     int
     index_decode(const struct asn_oid *oid, u_int sub, u_int code, ...);

     int
     index_compare(const struct asn_oid *oid1, u_int sub,
         const struct asn_oid *oid2);

     int
     index_compare_off(const struct asn_oid *oid1, u_int sub,
         const struct asn_oid *oid2, u_int off);

     void
     index_append(struct asn_oid *dst, u_int sub, const struct asn_oid *src);

     void
     index_append_off(struct asn_oid *dst, u_int sub,
         const struct asn_oid *src, u_int off);

     extern struct snmpd_usmstat snmpd_usmstats;

     struct snmpd_usmstat *
     bsnmpd_get_usm_stats(void);

     void
     bsnmpd_reset_usm_stats(void);

     struct usm_user *
     usm_first_user(void);

     struct usm_user *
     usm_next_user(struct usm_user *uuser);

     struct usm_user *
     usm_find_user(uint8_t *engine, uint32_t elen, char *uname);

     struct usm_user *
     usm_new_user(uint8_t *engine, uint32_t elen, char *uname);

     void
     usm_delete_user(struct usm_user *);

     void
     usm_flush_users(void);

     extern struct usm_user *usm_user;

     struct snmpd_target_stats *
     bsnmpd_get_target_stats(void);

     struct target_address *
     target_first_address(void);

     struct target_address *
     target_next_address(struct target_address *);

     struct target_address *
     target_new_address(char *);

     int
     target_activate_address(struct target_address *);

     int
     target_delete_address(struct target_address *);

     struct target_param *
     target_first_param(void);

     struct target_param *
     target_next_param(struct target_param *);

     struct target_param *
     target_new_param(char *);

     int
     target_delete_param(struct target_param *);

     struct target_notify *
     target_first_notify(void);

     struct target_notify *
     target_next_notify(struct target_notify *);

     struct target_notify *
     target_new_notify(char *);

     int
     target_delete_notify(struct target_notify *);

     void
     target_flush_all(void);

     extern const struct asn_oid oid_usmUnknownEngineIDs;
     extern const struct asn_oid oid_usmNotInTimeWindows;

DESCRIPTION
     The bsnmpd(1) SNMP daemon implements a minimal MIB which consists of the
     system group, part of the SNMP MIB, a private configuration MIB, a trap
     destination table, a UDP port table, a community table, a module table, a
     statistics group and a debugging group.  All other MIBs are support
     through loadable modules.  This allows bsnmpd(1) to use for task, that
     are not the classical SNMP task.

   MODULE LOADING AND UNLOADING
     Modules are loaded by writing to the module table.  This table is indexed
     by a string, that identifies the module to the daemon.  This identifier
     is used to select the correct configuration section from the
     configuration files and to identify resources allocated to this module.
     A row in the module table is created by writing a string of non-zero
     length to the begemotSnmpdModulePath column.  This string must be the
     complete path to the file containing the module.  A module can be
     unloaded by writing a zero length string to the path column of an
     existing row.

     Modules may depend on each other an hence must be loaded in the correct
     order.  The dependencies are listed in the corresponding manual pages.

     Upon loading a module the SNMP daemon expects the module file to a export
     a global symbol config.  This symbol should be a variable of type struct
     snmp_module:

           typedef enum snmpd_proxy_err (*proxy_err_f)(struct snmp_pdu *, void *,
               const struct asn_oid *, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t,
               enum snmpd_input_err, int32_t);

           struct snmp_module {
                   const char *comment;
                   int (*init)(struct lmodule *, int argc, char *argv[]);)(struct lmodule *, int argc, char *argv[]);
                   int (*fini)(void);)(void);
                   void (*idle)(void);)(void);
                   void (*dump)(void);)(void);
                   void (*config)(void);)(void);
                   void (*start)(void);)(void);
                   proxy_err_f proxy;
                   const struct snmp_node *tree;
                   u_int tree_size;
                   void (*loading)(const struct lmodule *, int);)(const struct lmodule *, int);
           };

     This structure must be statically initialized and its fields have the
     following functions:

     comment           This is a string that will be visible in the module
                       table.  It should give some hint about the function of
                       this module.

     init              This function is called upon loading the module.  The
                       module pointer should be stored by the module because
                       it is needed in other calls and the argument vector
                       will contain the arguments to this module from the
                       daemons command line.  This function should return 0 if
                       everything is ok or an UNIX error code (see errno(3)).
                       Once the function returns 0, the fini function is
                       called when the module is unloaded.

     fini              The module is unloaded.  This gives the module a chance
                       to free resources that are not automatically freed.  Be
                       sure to free all memory, because daemons tend to run
                       very long.  This function pointer may be NULL if it is
                       not needed.

     idle              If this function pointer is not NULL, the function
                       pointed to by it is called whenever the daemon is going
                       to wait for an event.  Try to avoid using this feature.

     dump              Whenever the daemon receives a SIGUSR1 it dumps it
                       internal state via syslog(3).  If the dump field is not
                       NULL it is called by the daemon to dump the state of
                       the module.

     config            Whenever the daemon receives a SIGHUP signal it re-
                       reads its configuration file.  If the config field is
                       not NULL it is called after reading the configuration
                       file to give the module a chance to adapt to the new
                       configuration.

     start             If not NULL this function is called after successful
                       loading and initializing the module to start its actual
                       operation.

     proxy             If the daemon receives a PDU and that PDU has a
                       community string whose community was registered by this
                       module and proxy is not NULL than this function is
                       called to handle the PDU.

     tree              This is a pointer to the node array for the MIB tree
                       implemented by this module.

     tree_size         This is the number of nodes in tree.

     loading           If this pointer is not NULL it is called whenever
                       another module was loaded or unloaded.  It gets a
                       pointer to that module and a flag that is 0 for
                       unloading and 1 for loading.

     When everything is ok, the daemon merges the module's MIB tree into its
     current global tree, calls the modules init() function.  If this function
     returns an error, the modules MIB tree is removed from the global one and
     the module is unloaded.  If initialization is successful, the modules
     start() function is called.  After it returns the loaded() functions of
     all modules (including the loaded one) are called.

     When the module is unloaded, its MIB tree is removed from the global one,
     the communities, request id ranges, running timers and selected file
     descriptors are released, the fini() function is called, the module file
     is unloaded and the loaded() functions of all other modules are called.

   IMPLEMENTING TABLES
     There are a number of macros designed to help implementing SNMP tables.
     A problem while implementing a table is the support for the GETNEXT
     operator.  The GETNEXT operation has to find out whether, given an
     arbitrary OID, the lessest table row, that has an OID higher than the
     given OID.  The easiest way to do this is to keep the table as an ordered
     list of structures each one of which contains an OID that is the index of
     the table row.  This allows easy removal, insertion and search.

     The helper macros assume, that the table is organized as a TAILQ (see
     queue(3) and each structure contains a struct asn_oid that is used as
     index.  For simple tables with only a integer or unsigned index, an
     alternate form of the macros is available, that presume the existence of
     an integer or unsigned field as index field.

     The macros have name of the form

           {INSERT,FIND,NEXT}_OBJECT_{OID,INT}[_LINK[_INDEX]]

     The INSERT_*() macros are used in the SET operation to insert a new table
     row into the table.  The FIND_*() macros are used in the GET operation to
     find a specific row in the table.  The NEXT_*() macros are used in the
     GETNEXT operation to find the next row in the table.  The last two macros
     return a pointer to the row structure if a row is found, NULL otherwise.
     The macros *_OBJECT_OID_*() assume the existence of a struct asn_oid that
     is used as index, the macros *_OBJECT_INT_*() assume the existence of an
     unsigned integer field that is used as index.

     The macros *_INDEX() allow the explicit naming of the index field in the
     parameter INDEX, whereas the other macros assume that this field is named
     index.  The macros *_LINK_*() allow the explicit naming of the link field
     of the tail queues, the others assume that the link field is named link.
     Explicitly naming the link field may be necessary if the same structures
     are held in two or more different tables.

     The arguments to the macros are as follows:

     PTR    A pointer to the new structure to be inserted into the table.

     LIST   A pointer to the tail queue head.

     LINK   The name of the link field in the row structure.

     INDEX  The name of the index field in the row structure.

     OID    Must point to the var field of the value argument to the node
            operation callback.  This is the OID to search for.

     SUB    This is the index of the start of the table index in the OID
            pointed to by OID.  This is usually the same as the sub argument
            to the node operation callback.

   DAEMON TIMESTAMPS
     The variable this_tick contains the tick (there are 100 SNMP ticks in a
     second) when the current PDU processing was started.  The variable
     start_tick contains the tick when the daemon was started.  The function
     get_ticks() returns the current tick.  The number of ticks since the
     daemon was started is

           get_ticks() - start_tick

   THE SYSTEM GROUP
     The scalar fields of the system group are held in the global variable
     systemg:

           struct systemg {
                   u_char          *descr;
                   struct asn_oid  object_id;
                   u_char          *contact;
                   u_char          *name;
                   u_char          *location;
                   uint32_t        services;
                   uint32_t        or_last_change;
           };

   COMMUNITIES
     The SNMP daemon implements a community table.  On receipt of a request
     message the community string in that message is compared to each of the
     community strings in that table, if a match is found, the global variable
     community is set to the community identifier for that community.
     Community identifiers are unsigned integers.  For the three standard
     communities there are three constants defined:

           #define COMM_INITIALIZE 0
           #define COMM_READ       1
           #define COMM_WRITE      2

     community is set to COMM_INITIALIZE while the assignments in the
     configuration file are processed.  To COMM_READ or COMM_WRITE when the
     community strings for the read-write or read-only community are found in
     the incoming PDU.

     Modules can define additional communities.  This may be necessary to
     provide transport proxying (a PDU received on one communication link is
     proxied to another link) or to implement non-UDP access points to SNMP.
     A new community is defined with the function comm_define().  It takes the
     following parameters:

     priv          This is an integer identifying the community to the module.
                   Each module has its own namespace with regard to this
                   parameter.  The community table is indexed with the module
                   name and this identifier.

     descr         This is a string providing a human readable description of
                   the community.  It is visible in the community table.

     mod           This is the module defining the community.

     str           This is the initial community string.

     The function returns a globally unique community identifier.  If a SNMPv1
     or SNMPv2 PDU is received who's community string matches, this identifier
     is set into the global community.

     The function comm_string() returns the current community string for the
     given community.

     All communities defined by a module are automatically released when the
     module is unloaded.

   THE USER-BASED SECURITY GROUP
     The scalar statistics of the USM group are held in the global variable
     snmpd_usmstats:

           struct snmpd_usmstat {
                   uint32_t        unsupported_seclevels;
                   uint32_t        not_in_time_windows;
                   uint32_t        unknown_users;
                   uint32_t        unknown_engine_ids;
                   uint32_t        wrong_digests;
                   uint32_t        decrypt_errors;
           };
     bsnmpd_get_usm_stats() returns a pointer to the global structure
     containing the statistics.  bsnmpd_reset_usm_stats() clears the
     statistics of the USM group.

     A global list of configured USM users is maintained by the daemon.

           struct usm_user {
                   struct snmp_user                suser;
                   uint8_t                         user_engine_id[SNMP_ENGINE_ID_SIZ];
                   uint32_t                        user_engine_len;
                   char                            user_public[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   uint32_t                        user_public_len;
                   int32_t                         status;
                   int32_t                         type;
                   SLIST_ENTRY(usm_user)           up;
           };
     This structure represents an USM user. The daemon only responds to SNMPv3
     PDUs with user credentials matching an USM user entry in its global list.
     If a SNMPv3 PDU is received, whose security model is USM, the global
     usm_user is set to point at the user entry that matches the credentials
     contained in the PDU.  However, the daemon does not create or remove USM
     users, it gives an interface to external loadable module(s) to manage the
     list.  usm_new_user() adds an user entry in the list, and
     usm_delete_user() deletes an existing entry from the list.
     usm_flush_users() is used to remove all configured USM users.
     usm_first_user() will return the first user in the list, or NULL if the
     list is empty.  usm_next_user() will return  the next user of a given
     entry if one exists, or NULL.  The list is sorted according to the USM
     user name and Engine ID.  usm_find_user() returns the USM user entry
     matching the given engine and uname or NULL if an user with the specified
     name and engine id is not present in the list.

   THE MANAGEMENT TARGET GROUP
     The Management Target group holds target address information used when
     sending SNMPv3 notifications.

     The scalar statistics of the Management Target group are held in the
     global variable snmpd_target_stats:

           struct snmpd_target_stats {
                   uint32_t                        unavail_contexts;
                   uint32_t                        unknown_contexts;
           };
     bsnmpd_get_target_stats() returns a pointer to the global structure
     containing the statistics.

     Three global lists of configured management target addresses, parameters
     and notifications respectively are maintained by the daemon.

           struct target_address {
                   char                            name[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   uint8_t                         address[SNMP_UDP_ADDR_SIZ];
                   int32_t                         timeout;
                   int32_t                         retry;
                   char                            taglist[SNMP_TAG_SIZ];
                   char                            paramname[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   int32_t                         type;
                   int32_t                         socket;
                   int32_t                         status;
                   SLIST_ENTRY(target_address)     ta;
           };
     This structure represents a SNMPv3 Management Target address. Each time a
     SNMP TRAP is send the daemon will send the Trap to all active Management
     Target addresses in its global list.

           struct target_param {
                   char                            name[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   int32_t                         mpmodel;
                   int32_t                         sec_model;
                   char                            secname[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   enum snmp_usm_level             sec_level;
                   int32_t                         type;
                   int32_t                         status;
                   SLIST_ENTRY(target_param)       tp;
           };
     This structure represents the information used to generate SNMP messages
     to the associated SNMPv3 Management Target addresses.

           struct target_notify {
                   char                            name[SNMP_ADM_STR32_SIZ];
                   char                            taglist[SNMP_TAG_SIZ];
                   int32_t                         notify_type;
                   int32_t                         type;
                   int32_t                         status;
                   SLIST_ENTRY(target_notify)      tn;
           };
     This structure represents Notification Tag entries - SNMP notifications
     are sent to the Target address for each entry in the Management Target
     Address list that has a tag matching the specified tag in this structure.

     The daemon does not create or remove entries in the Management Target
     group lists, it gives an interface to external loadable module(s) to
     manage the lists.  target_new_address() adds a target address entry, and
     target_delete_address() deletes an existing entry from the target address
     list.  target_activate_address() creates a socket associated with the
     target address entry so that SNMP notifications may actually be send to
     that target address.  target_first_address() will return a pointer to the
     first target address entry in the list, while target_next_address() will
     return a pointer to the next target address of a given entry if one
     exists.  target_new_param() adds a target parameters' entry, and
     target_delete_param() deletes an existing entry from the target
     parameters list.  target_first_param() will return a pointer to the first
     target parameters' entry in the list, while target_next_param() will
     return a pointer to the next target parameters of a given entry if one
     exists.  target_new_notify() adds a notification target entry, and
     target_delete_notify() deletes an existing entry from the notification
     target list.  target_first_notify() will return a pointer to the first
     notification target entry in the list, while target_next_notify() will
     return a pointer to the next notification target of a given entry if one
     exists.  target_flush_all() is used to remove all configured data from
     the three global Management Target Group lists.

   WELL KNOWN OIDS
     The global variable oid_zeroDotZero contains the OID 0.0.  The global
     variables oid_usmUnknownEngineIDs oid_usmNotInTimeWindows contains the
     OIDs 1.3.6.1.6.3.15.1.1.4.0 and  1.3.6.1.6.3.15.1.1.2.0 used in the
     SNMPv3 USM Engine Discovery.

   REQUEST ID RANGES
     For modules that implement SNMP client functions besides SNMP agent
     functions it may be necessary to identify SNMP requests by their
     identifier to allow easier routing of responses to the correct sub-
     system.  Request id ranges provide a way to acquire globally non-
     overlapping sub-ranges of the entire 31-bit id range.

     A request id range is allocated with reqid_allocate().  The arguments
     are: the size of the range and the module allocating the range.  For
     example, the call

           id = reqid_allocate(1000, module);

     allocates a range of 1000 request ids.  The function returns the request
     id range identifier or 0 if there is not enough identifier space.  The
     function reqid_base() returns the lowest request id in the given range.

     Request id are allocated starting at the lowest one linear throughout the
     range.  If the client application may have a lot of outstanding request
     the range must be large enough so that an id is not reused until it is
     really expired.  reqid_next() returns the sequentially next id in the
     range.

     The function reqid_istype() checks whether the request id reqid is within
     the range identified by type.  The function reqid_type() returns the
     range identifier for the given reqid or 0 if the request id is in none of
     the ranges.

   TIMERS
     The SNMP daemon supports an arbitrary number of timers with SNMP tick
     granularity.  The function timer_start() arranges for the callback func
     to be called with the argument uarg after ticks SNMP ticks have expired.
     mod is the module that starts the timer.  These timers are one-shot, they
     are not restarted.  Repeatable timers are started with
     timer_start_repeat() which takes an additional argument repeat_ticks.
     The argument ticks gives the number of ticks until the first execution of
     the callback, while repeat_ticks is the number of ticks between
     invocations of the callback.  Note, that currently the number of initial
     ticks silently may be set identical to the number of ticks between
     callback invocations.  The function returns a timer identifier that can
     be used to stop the timer via timer_stop().  If a module is unloaded all
     timers started by the module that have not expired yet are stopped.

   FILE DESCRIPTOR SUPPORT
     A module may need to get input from socket file descriptors without
     blocking the daemon (for example to implement alternative SNMP
     transports).

     The function fd_select() causes the callback function func to be called
     with the file descriptor fd and the user argument uarg whenever the file
     descriptor fd can be read or has a close condition.  If the file
     descriptor is not in non-blocking mode, it is set to non-blocking mode.
     If the callback is not needed anymore, fd_deselect() may be called with
     the value returned from fd_select().  All file descriptors selected by a
     module are automatically deselected when the module is unloaded.

     To temporarily suspend the file descriptor registration fd_suspend() can
     be called.  This also causes the file descriptor to be switched back to
     blocking mode if it was blocking prior the call to fd_select().  This is
     necessary to do synchronous input on a selected socket.  The effect of
     fd_suspend() can be undone with fd_resume().

   OBJECT RESOURCES
     The system group contains an object resource table.  A module may create
     an entry in this table by calling or_register() with the oid to be
     registered, a textual description in str and a pointer to the module mod.
     The registration can be removed with or_unregister().  All registrations
     of a module are automatically removed if the module is unloaded.

   TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE BUFFERS
     A buffer is allocated via buf_alloc().  The argument must be 1 for
     transmit and 0 for receive buffers.  The function may return NULL if
     there is no memory available.  The current buffersize can be obtained
     with buf_size().

PROCESSING PDUS
     For modules that need to do their own PDU processing (for example for
     proxying) the following functions are available:

     Function snmp_input_start() decodes the PDU, searches the community, and
     sets the global this_tick.  It returns one of the following error codes:

     SNMPD_INPUT_OK                Everything ok, continue with processing.

     SNMPD_INPUT_FAILED            The PDU could not be decoded, has a wrong
                                   version or an unknown community string.

     SNMPD_INPUT_VALBADLEN         A SET PDU had a value field in a binding
                                   with a wrong length field in an ASN.1
                                   header.

     SNMPD_INPUT_VALRANGE          A SET PDU had a value field in a binding
                                   with a value that is out of range for the
                                   given ASN.1 type.

     SNMPD_INPUT_VALBADENC         A SET PDU had a value field in a binding
                                   with wrong ASN.1 encoding.

     SNMPD_INPUT_TRUNC             The buffer appears to contain a valid begin
                                   of a PDU, but is too short.  For streaming
                                   transports this means that the caller must
                                   save what he already has and trying to
                                   obtain more input and reissue this input to
                                   the function.  For datagram transports this
                                   means that part of the datagram was lost
                                   and the input should be ignored.

     The function snmp_input_finish() does the other half of processing: if
     snmp_input_start() did not return OK, tries to construct an error
     response.  If the start was OK, it calls the correct function from
     bsnmpagent(3) to execute the request and depending on the outcome
     constructs a response or error response PDU or ignores the request PDU.
     It returns either SNMPD_INPUT_OK or SNMPD_INPUT_FAILED.  In the first
     case a response PDU was constructed and should be sent.

     The function snmp_output() takes a PDU and encodes it.

     The function snmp_send_port() takes a PDU, encodes it and sends it
     through the given port (identified by the transport and the index in the
     port table) to the given address.

     The function snmp_send_trap() sends a trap to all trap destinations.  The
     arguments are the oid identifying the trap and a NULL-terminated list of
     struct snmp_value pointers that are to be inserted into the trap binding
     list.  snmp_pdu_auth_access() verifies whether access to the object IDs
     contained in the pdu
      should be granted or denied, according to the configured View-Based
     Access rules.  ip contains the index of the first varbinding to which
     access was denied, or 0 if access to all varbindings in the PDU is
     granted.

   SIMPLE ACTION SUPPORT
     For simple scalar variables that need no dependencies a number of support
     functions is available to handle the set, commit, rollback and get.

     The following functions are used for OCTET STRING scalars, either NUL
     terminated or not:

     string_save()
                should be called for SNMP_OP_SET.  value and ctx are the resp.
                arguments to the node callback.  valp is a pointer to the
                pointer that holds the current value and req_size should be -1
                if any size of the string is acceptable or a number larger or
                equal zero if the string must have a specific size.  The
                function saves the old value in the scratch area (note, that
                any initial value must have been allocated by malloc(3)),
                allocates a new string, copies over the new value, NUL-
                terminates it and sets the new current value.

     string_commit()
                simply frees the saved old value in the scratch area.

     string_rollback()
                frees the new value, and puts back the old one.

     string_get()
                is used for GET or GETNEXT.  The function

     string_get_max()
                can be used instead of string_get() to ensure that the
                returned string has a certain maximum length.  If len is -1,
                the length is computed via strlen(3) from the current string
                value.  If the current value is NULL, a OCTET STRING of zero
                length is returned.

     string_free()
                must be called if either rollback or commit fails to free the
                saved old value.

     The following functions are used to process scalars of type IP-address:

     ip_save()  Saves the current value in the scratch area and sets the new
                value from valp.

     ip_commit()
                Does nothing.

     ip_rollback()
                Restores the old IP address from the scratch area.

     ip_get()   Retrieves the IP current address.

     The following functions handle OID-typed variables:

     oid_save()
                Saves the current value in the scratch area by allocating a
                struct asn_oid with malloc(3) and sets the new value from oid.

     oid_commit()
                Frees the old value in the scratch area.

     oid_rollback()
                Restores the old OID from the scratch area and frees the old
                OID.

     oid_get()  Retrieves the OID

   TABLE INDEX HANDLING
     The following functions help in handling table indexes:

     index_decode()
                Decodes the index part of the OID.  The parameter oid must be
                a pointer to the var field of the value argument of the node
                callback.  The sub argument must be the index of the start of
                the index in the OID (this is the sub argument to the node
                callback).  code is the index expression (parameter idx to the
                node callback).  These parameters are followed by parameters
                depending on the syntax of the index elements as follows:

                INTEGER              int32_t * expected as argument.

                COUNTER64            uint64_t * expected as argument.  Note,
                                     that this syntax is illegal for indexes.

                OCTET STRING         A u_char ** and a size_t * expected as
                                     arguments.  A buffer is allocated to hold
                                     the decoded string.

                OID                  A struct asn_oid * is expected as
                                     argument.

                IP ADDRESS           A u_int8_t * expected as argument that
                                     points to a buffer of at least four byte.

                COUNTER, GAUGE, TIMETICKS
                                     A u_int32_t expected.

                NULL                 No argument expected.

     index_compare()
                compares the current variable with an OID.  oid1 and sub come
                from the node callback arguments value->var and sub resp.
                oid2 is the OID to compare to.  The function returns -1, 0, +1
                when the variable is lesser, equal, higher to the given OID.
                oid2 must contain only the index part of the table column.

     index_compare_off()
                is equivalent to index_compare() except that it takes an
                additional parameter off that causes it to ignore the first
                off components of both indexes.

     index_append()
                appends OID src beginning at position sub to dst.

     index_append_off()
                appends OID src beginning at position off to dst beginning at
                position sub + off.

SEE ALSO
     gensnmptree(1), bsnmpd(1), bsnmpagent(3), bsnmpclient(3), bsnmplib(3)

STANDARDS
     This implementation conforms to the applicable IETF RFCs and ITU-T
     recommendations.

AUTHORS
     Hartmut Brandt <harti@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6        December 19, 2010       FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6

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