mbuf

/*
 * Mbufs are of a single size, MSIZE (machine/machparam.h), which
 * includes overhead. An mbuf may add a single "mbuf cluster" of size
 * MCLBYTES (also in machine/machparam.h), which has no additional overhead
 * and is used instead of the internal data area; this is done when
 * at least MINCLSIZE of data must be stored.
 */
#define MLEN (MSIZE - sizeof(struct m_hdr)) /* normal data len */
#define MHLEN (MLEN - sizeof(struct pkthdr)) /* data len w/pkthdr */
/* header at beginning of each mbuf: */
struct m_hdr {
        struct mbuf *mh_next; /* next buffer in chain */
        struct mbuf *mh_nextpkt; /* next chain in queue/record */
        caddr_t mh_data; /* location of data */
        int mh_len; /* amount of data in this mbuf */
        short mh_type; /* type of data in this mbuf */
        short mh_flags; /* flags; see below */
};
/* record/packet header in first mbuf of chain; valid if M_PKTHDR set */
struct pkthdr {
        struct ifnet *rcvif; /* rcv interface */
        int len; /* total packet length */
};
/* description of external storage mapped into mbuf, valid if M_EXT set */
struct m_ext {
        caddr_t ext_buf; /* start of buffer */
        void (*ext_free)(); /* free routine if not the usual */
        u_int ext_size; /* size of buffer, for ext_free */
};
struct mbuf {
        struct m_hdr m_hdr;
        union {
                struct {
                        struct pkthdr MH_pkthdr; /* M_PKTHDR set */
                        union {
                                struct m_ext MH_ext; /* M_EXT set */
                                char MH_databuf[MHLEN];
                        } MH_dat;
                } MH;
                char M_databuf[MLEN]; /* !M_PKTHDR, !M_EXT */
        } M_dat;
};

/* mbuf flags */
#define M_EXT           0x0001  /* has associated external storage */
#define M_PKTHDR        0x0002  /* start of record */
#define M_EOR           0x0004  /* end of record */