Title: udp_get_data()


udp_get_data() is called only indirectly by the ip code. udp_get_data() has a number of uses, which makes it a somewhat difficult function to understand.

During the initialization of a udp port (when the state of the udp port is UPS_SETPROTO), udp_get_data() is called twice. The first time udp_get_data() is called, the ip code tries to initialize the udp port's underlying ip file descriptor. udp_get_data() is called the second time (through reply_thr_get()) to change the state of the udp port to UPS_GETCONF.

After initialization (when the state of the udp port is UPS_MAIN), udp_get_data() is called to send either packets or configuration data to the underlying layer (i.e., the ip layer). For a write to a udp file descriptor, a packet is placed in the udp file descriptor's associated udp port's write field and udp_get_data() is then called by ip_write() to move the data to the ip layer. If ip_ioctl() is called to configure a udp port, ip_ioctl() calls udp_get_data() to get configuration data for the port (including, for example, the ip address of the port).

After a write operation is called, udp_get_data() is called a second time to clear some of the udp port's fields in preparation for the next write.