December 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1066 pages
33h 38m
English
Content preview from Understanding Linux Network Internals
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Functions and Variables Featured in This Part of the Book
Table 36-13 summarizes the main functions, variables, and data structures introduced or referenced in the chapters of this book covering the routing subsystem. You can find more in the section "Generic Helper Routines and Macros" and "Helper Routines" in Chapter 32, and the two "Helper Routines", in Chapter 35.
Table 36-13. Functions, variables, and data structures in the routing subsystem
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Macros used to browse the IPv4 addresses configured on a network device. See the section "Primary and Secondary IP Addresses" in Chapter 32. |
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Set of macros used to access the fields of the |
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Macros used to recognize special IP addresses. See the section "Generic Helper Routines and Macros" in Chapter 32. |
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Locks used to protect various pieces of data. See the section "Global Locks" in Chapter 32. |
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Initialization routines. See the section "Routing Subsystem Initialization" in Chapter 32. |
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Allocate an entry for the routing cache. See the section "Cache Entry Allocation and Reference Counts" in Chapter 33. |
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