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authorhmp <hmp@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-23 02:15:46 +0000
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@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
.In net/route.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The kernel provides a common mechanism by which all protocols can store
-and retrieve entries from a central table of routes. Parts of this
+and retrieve entries from a central table of routes.
+Parts of this
mechanism are also used to interact with user-level processes by means
of a socket in the
.Xr route 4
@@ -56,9 +57,11 @@ which includes the following fields:
.It Xo
.Vt "struct radix_node rt_nodes[2]" ;
.Xc
-Glue used by the radix-tree routines. These members also include in
+Glue used by the radix-tree routines.
+These members also include in
their substructure the key (i.e., destination address) and mask used
-when the route was created. The
+when the route was created.
+The
.Fn rt_key \&rt
and
.Fn rt_mask \&rt
@@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ flag is set).
.Vt "long rt_refcnt" ;
.Xc
Route entries are reference-counted; this field indicates the number
-of external (to the radix tree) references. If the
+of external (to the radix tree) references.
+If the
.Dv RTF_UP
flag is not present, the
.Fn rtfree
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ family of functions performs a cloning operation as requested by the
or
.Dv RTF_PRCLONING
flag, this field is used as the mask for the new route which is
-inserted into the table. If this field is a null pointer, then a host
+inserted into the table.
+If this field is a null pointer, then a host
route is generated.
.It Xo
.Vt "caddr_t rt_llinfo" ;
@@ -145,7 +150,8 @@ routes.
.Vt "struct rtentry *rt_parent" ;
.Xc
A reference to the route from which this route was cloned, or a null
-pointer if this route was not generated by cloning. See also the
+pointer if this route was not generated by cloning.
+See also the
.Dv RTF_WASCLONED
flag.
.El
@@ -164,7 +170,8 @@ fields name that destination.
.It Dv RTF_HOST
This is a host route.
.It Dv RTF_REJECT
-The destination is presently unreachable. This should result in an
+The destination is presently unreachable.
+This should result in an
.Er EHOSTUNREACH
error from output routines.
.It Dv RTF_DYNAMIC
@@ -217,7 +224,8 @@ requested by the
.Dv RTF_CLONING
or
.Dv RTF_PRCLONING
-flag. When set, the
+flag.
+When set, the
.Li rt_parent
field indicates the route from which this one was generated.
.It Dv RTF_PINNED
@@ -264,7 +272,8 @@ Nominally, the bandwidth-delay product for the path
.Em from
the destination
.Em to
-this system. In practice, this value is used to set the size of the
+this system.
+In practice, this value is used to set the size of the
receive buffer (and thus the window in sliding-window protocols like
.Tn TCP ) .
.It Xo
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