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.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2015 $
.Dt IFQ_DEQ_BEGIN 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ifq_deq_begin ,
.Nm ifq_deq_commit ,
.Nm ifq_deq_rollback
.Nd dequeue an mbuf from an interface sending queue
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In net/if_var.h
.Ft struft mbuf *
.Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
.Ft void
.Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
.Ft void
.Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The ifq_deq_*
set of functions provides a non-atomic alternative to
.Fn ifq_dequeue .
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fn ifq_deq_begin "struct ifqueue *ifq"
Get a reference to the next mbuf to be transmitted from the
.Fa ifq
interface send queue.
If an mbuf is to be transmitted, also acquire a lock on the send queue
to exclude modification or freeing of the referenced mbuf.
Its packet header must not be modified until the mbuf has been dequeued with
.Fn ifq_deq_commit .
.It Fn ifq_deq_commit "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
Dequeue the mbuf
.Fa m
that was referenced by a previous call to
.Fn ifq_deq_begin
and release the lock on
.Fa ifq .
.It Fn ifq_deq_rollback "struct ifqueue *ifq" "struct mbuf *m"
Release the lock on the interface send queue
.Fa ifq
that was acquired while a reference to
.Fa m
was being held.
.El
.Sh CONTEXT
.Fn ifq_deq_begin ,
.Fn ifq_deq_commit ,
and
.Fn ifq_deq_rollback
can be called during autoconf, from process context, or from interrupt context.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn ifq_deq_begin
returns the next mbuf to be transmitted by the interface.
If no packet is available for transmission,
.Dv NULL
is returned.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ifq_dequeue 9