mctp
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Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME
mctp - Management Component Transport Protocol
SYNOPSIS
#include <linux/mctp.h> /* MCTP address type and protocol constants */
#include <sys/socket.h>
mctp_socket = socket(AF_MCTP, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
DESCRIPTION
Linux implements the Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP),
specified by DMTF spec DSP0236,
currently at version 1.
This is a connectionless protocol,
typically used between devices within a server system.
Message reliability and ordering are not guaranteed,
but message boundaries are preserved.
The API for MCTP messaging uses a standard sockets interface,
using the
sendto(2)
and
recvfrom(2)
classes of system calls to transfer messages.
Messages may be fragmented into packets before transmission,
and reassembled at the remote endpoint.
This fragmentation and reassembly is transparent to user space.
Address format
MCTP addresses
(also referred to as EIDs, or Endpoint Identifiers)
are singl-byte values,
typed as
mctp_eid_t.
Packets between a local and remote endpoint
are identified by
the source and destination EIDs,
plus a thre-bit tag value.
Addressing data is passed in socket system calls through a
sockaddr_mctp
structure,
defined as:
typedef uint8_t mctp_eid_t;
struct mctp_addr {
mctp_eid_t s_addr;
};
struct sockaddr_mctp {
unsigned short smctp_family; /* = AF_MCTP */
uint16_t __smctp_pad0;
int smctp_network; /* local network identifier */
struct mctp_addr smctp_addr; /* EID */
uint8_t smctp_type; /* message type byte */
uint8_t smctp_tag; /* tag value & owner */
uint8_t __smctp_pad1;
};
Sending messages
Messages can be transmitted using the
sendto(2)
and
sendmsg(2)
system calls,
by providing a
sockaddr_mctp
structure
describing the addressing parameters.
ssize_t n;
const char *buf;
struct sockaddr_mctp addr;
/* unused fields must be zero */
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
/* set message destination */
addr.smctp_family = AF_MCTP;
addr.smctp_network = 0;
addr.smctp_addr.s_addr = 8; /* remote EID */
addr.smctp_tag = MCTP_TAG_OWNER;
addr.smctp_type = MYPROGRAM_MCTP_TYPE_ECHO; /* example type */
buf = "hello, world!"
n = sendto(sd, buf, 13, 0,
(struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
Here, the sender owns the message tag;
so
MCTP_TAG_OWNER
is used as the tag data.
The kernel will allocate a specific tag value for this message.
If no tag is available,
sendto(2)
will return an error,
with errno set to
EBUSY.
This allocated tag remains associated with the socket,
so that any replies to the sent message will be received by the same socket.
Sending a MCTP message requires the
CAP_NET_RAW
capability.
Receiving messages
Messages can be received using the
recvfrom(2)
and
recvmsg(2)
system calls.
char buf[13];
socklen_t addrlen;
struct sockaddr_mctp addr;
addrlen = sizeof(addr);
n = recvfrom(sd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0,
(struct sockaddr *) &addr, &addrlen);
In order to receive an incoming message,
the receiver will need to
either have previously sent a message to the same endpoint,
or performed a
bind(2)
to receive all messages of a certain type:
struct sockaddr_mctp addr;
addr.smctp_family = AF_MCTP;
addr.smctp_network = MCTP_NET_ANY;
addr.smctp_addr.s_addr = MCTP_ADDR_ANY;
addr.smctp_type = MYPROGRAM_MCTP_TYPE_ECHO; /* our 'echo' type */
int rc = bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
This call requires the
CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
capability,
and will result in
the socket receiving all messages sent to locall-assigned EIDs,
for the specified message type.
After a
recvfrom(2)
or
recvmsg(2)
returns a success condition,
the provided address argument
will be populated with the sender's network and EID,
as well as the tag value used for the message.
Any reply to this message should pass the same address and tag value
(with the TO bit cleared)
to indicate that is is directed to the same remote endpoint.
SEE ALSO
socket(7)
linux.git/Documentation/networking/mctp.rst
The DSP0236 specification
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