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2191df013fSAsim Jamshed<h1 align="center">mtcp_peek</h1>
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2391df013fSAsim Jamshed<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
2491df013fSAsim Jamshed<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
2591df013fSAsim Jamshed<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
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3491df013fSAsim Jamshed
3591df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>NAME
3691df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="NAME"></a>
3791df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
3891df013fSAsim Jamshed
3991df013fSAsim Jamshed
4091df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">mtcp_peek
4191df013fSAsim Jamshed&minus; Peek into the bytestream from a monitoring
4291df013fSAsim Jamshedsocket</p>
4391df013fSAsim Jamshed
4491df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>SYNOPSIS
4591df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
4691df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
4791df013fSAsim Jamshed
4891df013fSAsim Jamshed
4991df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>#include
5091df013fSAsim Jamshed&lt;mos_api.h&gt;</b></p>
5191df013fSAsim Jamshed
5291df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>ssize_t
5391df013fSAsim Jamshedmtcp_peek(mctx_t</b> <i>mctx</i><b>, int</b>
5491df013fSAsim Jamshed<i>sockid</i><b>, int</b> <i>side</i><b>, char
5591df013fSAsim Jamshed*</b><i>buf</i><b>, size_t</b> <i>len</i><b>);</b></p>
5691df013fSAsim Jamshed
5791df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>DESCRIPTION
5891df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
5991df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
6091df013fSAsim Jamshed
6191df013fSAsim Jamshed
6291df013fSAsim Jamshed
6391df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>mtcp_peek</b>()
6491df013fSAsim Jamshedcan be used to peek up to <i>len</i> number of bytes from a
6591df013fSAsim Jamshedmonitoring socket via socket descriptor <i>sockid</i> into
6691df013fSAsim Jamshedthe buffer (unfragmented) starting at <i>buf.</i> It is the
6791df013fSAsim Jamshedresponsibility of the user to allocate memory for <i>buf</i>
6891df013fSAsim Jamshedarray.</p>
6991df013fSAsim Jamshed
7091df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">For cases when
7191df013fSAsim Jamshedthe total number of buffered unread bytes in the socket are
7291df013fSAsim Jamshedless than <i>len,</i> <b>mtcp_peek()</b> copies entire data
7391df013fSAsim Jamshedto <i>buf</i> and returns the actual number of bytes that
7491df013fSAsim Jamshedcan be used by the application.</p>
7591df013fSAsim Jamshed
7691df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">An
7791df013fSAsim Jamshed<b>mtcp_peek</b>() call takes two additional argument named
7891df013fSAsim Jamshed<i>mctx ,</i> that represents the per-core mTCP context in
7991df013fSAsim Jamshedan application (see <b>mtcp_create_context()</b> for
8091df013fSAsim Jamsheddetails); and <i>side</i> that informs the stack whether it
8191df013fSAsim Jamshedneeds to peek the client (MOS_SIDE_CLI) or server
8291df013fSAsim Jamshed(MOS_SIDE_SVR) side.</p>
8391df013fSAsim Jamshed
8491df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>RETURN VALUE
8591df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="RETURN VALUE"></a>
8691df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
8791df013fSAsim Jamshed
8891df013fSAsim Jamshed
8991df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">On success, the
9091df013fSAsim Jamshednumber of bytes read is returned. It is not an error if this
9191df013fSAsim Jamshednumber is smaller than the number of bytes requested; this
9291df013fSAsim Jamshedmay happen when the socket has fewer number of bytes
9391df013fSAsim Jamshedbuffered at that moment. On all errors, -1 is returned and
9491df013fSAsim Jamshed<i>errno</i> is set appropriately.</p>
9591df013fSAsim Jamshed
9691df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>ERRORS
9791df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="ERRORS"></a>
9891df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
9991df013fSAsim Jamshed
10091df013fSAsim Jamshed
10191df013fSAsim Jamshed<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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10491df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
10591df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
10691df013fSAsim Jamshed
10791df013fSAsim Jamshed
10891df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-top: 1em"><b>EACCES</b></p></td>
10991df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
11091df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
11191df013fSAsim Jamshed
11291df013fSAsim Jamshed
11391df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-top: 1em">The <i>mctx</i> argument is
11491df013fSAsim Jamshedinvalid.</p> </td></tr>
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11691df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
11791df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
11891df013fSAsim Jamshed
11991df013fSAsim Jamshed
12091df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>EBADF</b></p></td>
12191df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
12291df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
12391df013fSAsim Jamshed
12491df013fSAsim Jamshed
12591df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>The socket descriptor <i>sockid</i> is invalid.</p></td></tr>
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12791df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
12891df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
12991df013fSAsim Jamshed
13091df013fSAsim Jamshed
13191df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>EINVAL</b></p></td>
13291df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
13391df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
13491df013fSAsim Jamshed
13591df013fSAsim Jamshed
13691df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>The buffer management of the monitoring socket with
13791df013fSAsim Jamshed<i>sockid</i> was already disabled.</p></td></tr>
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13991df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
14091df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
14191df013fSAsim Jamshed
14291df013fSAsim Jamshed
14391df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>ENOTSOCK</b></p></td>
14491df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
14591df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
14691df013fSAsim Jamshed
14791df013fSAsim Jamshed
14891df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>The socket referred to by <i>sockid</i> has invalid
14991df013fSAsim Jamshed<i>type</i></p> </td></tr>
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15191df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
15291df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
15391df013fSAsim Jamshed
15491df013fSAsim Jamshed
15591df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>ENOTCONN</b></p></td>
15691df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
15791df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
15891df013fSAsim Jamshed
15991df013fSAsim Jamshed
16091df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>Th socket referred to by <i>sockid</i> is in a TCP state
16191df013fSAsim Jamshedthat disallows read operations.</p></td></tr>
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16391df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
16491df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
16591df013fSAsim Jamshed
16691df013fSAsim Jamshed
16791df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>ENODATA</b></p></td>
16891df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
16991df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
17091df013fSAsim Jamshed
17191df013fSAsim Jamshed
17291df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>The socket referred to by <i>sockid</i> does not have
17391df013fSAsim Jamshedany available bytes in its buffer for reading.</p></td></tr>
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17591df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="11%"></td>
17691df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="12%">
17791df013fSAsim Jamshed
17891df013fSAsim Jamshed
17991df013fSAsim Jamshed<p><b>EPERM</b></p></td>
18091df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="3%"></td>
18191df013fSAsim Jamshed<td width="74%">
18291df013fSAsim Jamshed
18391df013fSAsim Jamshed
18491df013fSAsim Jamshed<p>The caller is not permitted to access this function.</p></td></tr>
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18691df013fSAsim Jamshed
18791df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>NOTES
18891df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="NOTES"></a>
18991df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
19091df013fSAsim Jamshed
19191df013fSAsim Jamshed
19291df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Since TCP flow
19391df013fSAsim Jamshedcontrol applies between end-hosts, the receive buffer
19491df013fSAsim Jamshedmanaged by mOS can become full while new packets continue to
19591df013fSAsim Jamshedarrive. Silent TCP ring buffer overwriting is undesirable
19691df013fSAsim Jamshedsince the application may not notice the buffer overflow.
19791df013fSAsim JamshedInstead, mOS raises an error event to explicitly notify the
19891df013fSAsim Jamshedapplication about the buffer overflow. The application can
19991df013fSAsim Jamshedeither drain the buffer by reading the data (by calling
20091df013fSAsim Jamshed<b>mtcp_peek())</b> or enlarge the buffer (by calling
20191df013fSAsim Jamshed<b>mtcp_setsockopt()).</b> Otherwise, the stack overwrites
20291df013fSAsim Jamshedthe buffer with the new data, and adjusts the internal peek
20391df013fSAsim Jamshedpointer. To notify the application about the overwriting,
20491df013fSAsim Jamshed<b>mtcp_peek()</b> fails right after overwriting. Subsequent
20591df013fSAsim Jamshedfunction calls continue to read the data from the new
20691df013fSAsim Jamshedposition.</p>
20791df013fSAsim Jamshed
20891df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>AUTHORS
20991df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="AUTHORS"></a>
21091df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
21191df013fSAsim Jamshed
21291df013fSAsim Jamshed
21391df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">mOS development
21491df013fSAsim Jamshedteam &lt;[email protected]&gt;</p>
21591df013fSAsim Jamshed
21691df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>SEE ALSO
21791df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
21891df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
21991df013fSAsim Jamshed
22091df013fSAsim Jamshed
22191df013fSAsim Jamshed
22291df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>mtcp_ppeek</b>(),
22391df013fSAsim Jamshed<b>mtcp_socket</b>(), <b>mtcp_getsockopt</b>()</p>
22491df013fSAsim Jamshed
22591df013fSAsim Jamshed<h2>COLOPHON
22691df013fSAsim Jamshed<a name="COLOPHON"></a>
22791df013fSAsim Jamshed</h2>
22891df013fSAsim Jamshed
22991df013fSAsim Jamshed
23091df013fSAsim Jamshed<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">This page is
23191df013fSAsim Jamshedpart of mOS release 0.3 <i>docs</i> section. A description
23291df013fSAsim Jamshedof the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be
23391df013fSAsim Jamshedfound at http://mos.kaist.edu/.</p>
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