src/net/neighbour.c - ipxe - Git at Google

 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2013 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  * License, or any later version.
  *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  * 02110-1301, USA.
  *
  * You can also choose to distribute this program under the terms of
  * the Unmodified Binary Distribution Licence (as given in the file
  * COPYING.UBDL), provided that you have satisfied its requirements.
  */

 FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );

 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ipxe/iobuf.h>
 #include <ipxe/retry.h>
 #include <ipxe/timer.h>
 #include <ipxe/malloc.h>
 #include <ipxe/neighbour.h>

 /** @file
  *
  * Neighbour discovery
  *
  * This file implements the abstract functions of neighbour discovery,
  * independent of the underlying network protocol (e.g. ARP or NDP).
  *
  */

 /** Neighbour discovery minimum timeout */
 #define NEIGHBOUR_MIN_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC / 8 )

 /** Neighbour discovery maximum timeout */
 #define NEIGHBOUR_MAX_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC * 3 )

 /** The neighbour cache */
 struct list_head neighbours = LIST_HEAD_INIT ( neighbours );

 static void neighbour_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer, int over );

 /**
  * Free neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v refcnt		Reference count
  */
 static void neighbour_free ( struct refcnt *refcnt ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour =
 		container_of ( refcnt, struct neighbour, refcnt );

 	/* Sanity check */
 	assert ( list_empty ( &neighbour->tx_queue ) );

 	/* Drop reference to network device */
 	netdev_put ( neighbour->netdev );

 	/* Free neighbour */
 	free ( neighbour );
 }

 /**
  * Create neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v net_protocol	Network-layer protocol
  * @v net_dest		Destination network-layer address
  * @ret neighbour	Neighbour cache entry, or NULL if allocation failed
  */
 static struct neighbour * neighbour_create ( struct net_device *netdev,
 					     struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
 					     const void *net_dest ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	/* Allocate and initialise entry */
 	neighbour = zalloc ( sizeof ( *neighbour ) );
 	if ( ! neighbour )
 		return NULL;
 	ref_init ( &neighbour->refcnt, neighbour_free );
 	neighbour->netdev = netdev_get ( netdev );
 	neighbour->net_protocol = net_protocol;
 	memcpy ( neighbour->net_dest, net_dest,
 		 net_protocol->net_addr_len );
 	timer_init ( &neighbour->timer, neighbour_expired, &neighbour->refcnt );
 	set_timer_limits ( &neighbour->timer, NEIGHBOUR_MIN_TIMEOUT,
 			   NEIGHBOUR_MAX_TIMEOUT );
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD ( &neighbour->tx_queue );

 	/* Transfer ownership to cache */
 	list_add ( &neighbour->list, &neighbours );

 	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s created\n", netdev->name,
 	       net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( net_dest ) );
 	return neighbour;
 }

 /**
  * Find neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v net_protocol	Network-layer protocol
  * @v net_dest		Destination network-layer address
  * @ret neighbour	Neighbour cache entry, or NULL if not found
  */
 static struct neighbour * neighbour_find ( struct net_device *netdev,
 					   struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
 					   const void *net_dest ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	list_for_each_entry ( neighbour, &neighbours, list ) {
 		if ( ( neighbour->netdev == netdev ) &&
 		     ( neighbour->net_protocol == net_protocol ) &&
 		     ( memcmp ( neighbour->net_dest, net_dest,
 				net_protocol->net_addr_len ) == 0 ) ) {

 			/* Move to start of cache */
 			list_del ( &neighbour->list );
 			list_add ( &neighbour->list, &neighbours );

 			return neighbour;
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }

 /**
  * Start neighbour discovery
  *
  * @v neighbour		Neighbour cache entry
  * @v discovery		Neighbour discovery protocol
  * @v net_source	Source network-layer address
  */
 static void neighbour_discover ( struct neighbour *neighbour,
 				 struct neighbour_discovery *discovery,
 				 const void *net_source ) {
 	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
 	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;

 	/* Record discovery protocol and source network-layer address */
 	neighbour->discovery = discovery;
 	memcpy ( neighbour->net_source, net_source,
 		 net_protocol->net_addr_len );

 	/* Start timer to trigger neighbour discovery */
 	start_timer_nodelay ( &neighbour->timer );

 	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s discovering via %s\n",
 	       netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 	       net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 	       neighbour->discovery->name );
 }

 /**
  * Complete neighbour discovery
  *
  * @v neighbour		Neighbour cache entry
  * @v ll_dest		Destination link-layer address
  */
 static void neighbour_discovered ( struct neighbour *neighbour,
 				   const void *ll_dest ) {
 	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
 	struct ll_protocol *ll_protocol = netdev->ll_protocol;
 	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
 	struct io_buffer *iobuf;
 	int rc;

 	/* Fill in link-layer address */
 	memcpy ( neighbour->ll_dest, ll_dest, ll_protocol->ll_addr_len );
 	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s is %s %s\n", netdev->name,
 	       net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 	       ll_protocol->name, ll_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->ll_dest ) );

 	/* Stop retransmission timer */
 	stop_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

 	/* Transmit any packets in queue.  Take out a temporary
 	 * reference on the entry to prevent it from going out of
 	 * scope during the call to net_tx().
 	 */
 	ref_get ( &neighbour->refcnt );
 	while ( ( iobuf = list_first_entry ( &neighbour->tx_queue,
 					     struct io_buffer, list )) != NULL){
 		DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s transmitting deferred "
 			"packet\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 			net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ) );
 		list_del ( &iobuf->list );
 		if ( ( rc = net_tx ( iobuf, netdev, net_protocol, ll_dest,
 				     netdev->ll_addr ) ) != 0 ) {
 			DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s could not "
 			       "transmit deferred packet: %s\n",
 			       netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 			       net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 			       strerror ( rc ) );
 			/* Ignore error and continue */
 		}
 	}
 	ref_put ( &neighbour->refcnt );
 }

 /**
  * Destroy neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v neighbour		Neighbour cache entry
  * @v rc		Reason for destruction
  */
 static void neighbour_destroy ( struct neighbour *neighbour, int rc ) {
 	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
 	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
 	struct io_buffer *iobuf;

 	/* Take ownership from cache */
 	list_del ( &neighbour->list );

 	/* Stop timer */
 	stop_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

 	/* Discard any outstanding I/O buffers */
 	while ( ( iobuf = list_first_entry ( &neighbour->tx_queue,
 					     struct io_buffer, list )) != NULL){
 		DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s discarding deferred "
 			"packet: %s\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 			net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 			strerror ( rc ) );
 		list_del ( &iobuf->list );
 		netdev_tx_err ( neighbour->netdev, iobuf, rc );
 	}

 	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s destroyed: %s\n", netdev->name,
 	       net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 	       strerror ( rc ) );

 	/* Drop remaining reference */
 	ref_put ( &neighbour->refcnt );
 }

 /**
  * Handle neighbour timer expiry
  *
  * @v timer		Retry timer
  * @v fail		Failure indicator
  */
 static void neighbour_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer, int fail ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour =
 		container_of ( timer, struct neighbour, timer );
 	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
 	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
 	struct neighbour_discovery *discovery =
 		neighbour->discovery;
 	const void *net_dest = neighbour->net_dest;
 	const void *net_source = neighbour->net_source;
 	int rc;

 	/* If we have failed, destroy the cache entry */
 	if ( fail ) {
 		neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ETIMEDOUT );
 		return;
 	}

 	/* Restart the timer */
 	start_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

 	/* Transmit neighbour request */
 	if ( ( rc = discovery->tx_request ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest,
 					    net_source ) ) != 0 ) {
 		DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s could not transmit %s "
 		       "request: %s\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 		       net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
 		       neighbour->discovery->name, strerror ( rc ) );
 		/* Retransmit when timer expires */
 		return;
 	}
 }

 /**
  * Transmit packet, determining link-layer address via neighbour discovery
  *
  * @v iobuf		I/O buffer
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v discovery		Neighbour discovery protocol
  * @v net_protocol	Network-layer protocol
  * @v net_dest		Destination network-layer address
  * @v net_source	Source network-layer address
  * @v ll_source		Source link-layer address
  * @ret rc		Return status code
  */
 int neighbour_tx ( struct io_buffer *iobuf, struct net_device *netdev,
 		   struct net_protocol *net_protocol, const void *net_dest,
 		   struct neighbour_discovery *discovery,
 		   const void *net_source, const void *ll_source ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	/* Find or create neighbour cache entry */
 	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
 	if ( ! neighbour ) {
 		neighbour = neighbour_create ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
 		if ( ! neighbour )
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		neighbour_discover ( neighbour, discovery, net_source );
 	}

 	/* If a link-layer address is available then transmit
 	 * immediately, otherwise queue for later transmission.
 	 */
 	if ( neighbour_has_ll_dest ( neighbour ) ) {
 		return net_tx ( iobuf, netdev, net_protocol, neighbour->ll_dest,
 				ll_source );
 	} else {
 		DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s deferring packet\n",
 			netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
 			net_protocol->ntoa ( net_dest ) );
 		list_add_tail ( &iobuf->list, &neighbour->tx_queue );
 		return 0;
 	}
 }

 /**
  * Update existing neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v net_protocol	Network-layer protocol
  * @v net_dest		Destination network-layer address
  * @v ll_dest		Destination link-layer address
  * @ret rc		Return status code
  */
 int neighbour_update ( struct net_device *netdev,
 		       struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
 		       const void *net_dest, const void *ll_dest ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	/* Find neighbour cache entry */
 	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
 	if ( ! neighbour )
 		return -ENOENT;

 	/* Set destination address */
 	neighbour_discovered ( neighbour, ll_dest );

 	return 0;
 }

 /**
  * Define neighbour cache entry
  *
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v net_protocol	Network-layer protocol
  * @v net_dest		Destination network-layer address
  * @v ll_dest		Destination link-layer address, if known
  * @ret rc		Return status code
  */
 int neighbour_define ( struct net_device *netdev,
 		       struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
 		       const void *net_dest, const void *ll_dest ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	/* Find or create neighbour cache entry */
 	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
 	if ( ! neighbour ) {
 		neighbour = neighbour_create ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
 		if ( ! neighbour )
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}

 	/* Set destination address */
 	neighbour_discovered ( neighbour, ll_dest );

 	return 0;
 }

 /**
  * Update neighbour cache on network device state change or removal
  *
  * @v netdev		Network device
  * @v priv		Private data
  */
 static void neighbour_flush ( struct net_device *netdev, void *priv __unused ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;
 	struct neighbour *tmp;

 	/* Remove all neighbour cache entries when a network device is closed */
 	if ( ! netdev_is_open ( netdev ) ) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe ( neighbour, tmp, &neighbours, list )
 			neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ENODEV );
 	}
 }

 /** Neighbour driver (for net device notifications) */
 struct net_driver neighbour_net_driver __net_driver = {
 	.name = "Neighbour",
 	.notify = neighbour_flush,
 	.remove = neighbour_flush,
 };

 /**
  * Discard some cached neighbour entries
  *
  * @ret discarded	Number of cached items discarded
  */
 static unsigned int neighbour_discard ( void ) {
 	struct neighbour *neighbour;

 	/* Drop oldest cache entry, if any */
 	neighbour = list_last_entry ( &neighbours, struct neighbour, list );
 	if ( neighbour ) {
 		neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ENOBUFS );
 		return 1;
 	} else {
 		return 0;
 	}
 }

 /**
  * Neighbour cache discarder
  *
  * Neighbour cache entries are deemed to have a high replacement cost,
  * since flushing an active neighbour cache entry midway through a TCP
  * transfer will cause substantial disruption.
  */
 struct cache_discarder neighbour_discarder __cache_discarder (CACHE_EXPENSIVE)={
 	.discard = neighbour_discard,
 };
	/*
	* Copyright (C) 2013 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
	*
	* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
	* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
	* License, or any later version.
	*
	* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
	* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
	* General Public License for more details.
	*
	* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
	* 02110-1301, USA.
	*
	* You can also choose to distribute this program under the terms of
	* the Unmodified Binary Distribution Licence (as given in the file
	* COPYING.UBDL), provided that you have satisfied its requirements.
	*/

	FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );

	#include <stdint.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <string.h>
	#include <errno.h>
	#include <ipxe/iobuf.h>
	#include <ipxe/retry.h>
	#include <ipxe/timer.h>
	#include <ipxe/malloc.h>
	#include <ipxe/neighbour.h>

	/** @file
	*
	* Neighbour discovery
	*
	* This file implements the abstract functions of neighbour discovery,
	* independent of the underlying network protocol (e.g. ARP or NDP).
	*
	*/

	/** Neighbour discovery minimum timeout */
	#define NEIGHBOUR_MIN_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC / 8 )

	/** Neighbour discovery maximum timeout */
	#define NEIGHBOUR_MAX_TIMEOUT ( TICKS_PER_SEC * 3 )

	/** The neighbour cache */
	struct list_head neighbours = LIST_HEAD_INIT ( neighbours );

	static void neighbour_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer, int over );

	/**
	* Free neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v refcnt Reference count
	*/
	static void neighbour_free ( struct refcnt *refcnt ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour =
	container_of ( refcnt, struct neighbour, refcnt );

	/* Sanity check */
	assert ( list_empty ( &neighbour->tx_queue ) );

	/* Drop reference to network device */
	netdev_put ( neighbour->netdev );

	/* Free neighbour */
	free ( neighbour );
	}

	/**
	* Create neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v net_protocol Network-layer protocol
	* @v net_dest Destination network-layer address
	* @ret neighbour Neighbour cache entry, or NULL if allocation failed
	*/
	static struct neighbour * neighbour_create ( struct net_device *netdev,
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
	const void *net_dest ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	/* Allocate and initialise entry */
	neighbour = zalloc ( sizeof ( *neighbour ) );
	if ( ! neighbour )
	return NULL;
	ref_init ( &neighbour->refcnt, neighbour_free );
	neighbour->netdev = netdev_get ( netdev );
	neighbour->net_protocol = net_protocol;
	memcpy ( neighbour->net_dest, net_dest,
	net_protocol->net_addr_len );
	timer_init ( &neighbour->timer, neighbour_expired, &neighbour->refcnt );
	set_timer_limits ( &neighbour->timer, NEIGHBOUR_MIN_TIMEOUT,
	NEIGHBOUR_MAX_TIMEOUT );
	INIT_LIST_HEAD ( &neighbour->tx_queue );

	/* Transfer ownership to cache */
	list_add ( &neighbour->list, &neighbours );

	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s created\n", netdev->name,
	net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( net_dest ) );
	return neighbour;
	}

	/**
	* Find neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v net_protocol Network-layer protocol
	* @v net_dest Destination network-layer address
	* @ret neighbour Neighbour cache entry, or NULL if not found
	*/
	static struct neighbour * neighbour_find ( struct net_device *netdev,
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
	const void *net_dest ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	list_for_each_entry ( neighbour, &neighbours, list ) {
	if ( ( neighbour->netdev == netdev ) &&
	( neighbour->net_protocol == net_protocol ) &&
	( memcmp ( neighbour->net_dest, net_dest,
	net_protocol->net_addr_len ) == 0 ) ) {

	/* Move to start of cache */
	list_del ( &neighbour->list );
	list_add ( &neighbour->list, &neighbours );

	return neighbour;
	}
	}
	return NULL;
	}

	/**
	* Start neighbour discovery
	*
	* @v neighbour Neighbour cache entry
	* @v discovery Neighbour discovery protocol
	* @v net_source Source network-layer address
	*/
	static void neighbour_discover ( struct neighbour *neighbour,
	struct neighbour_discovery *discovery,
	const void *net_source ) {
	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;

	/* Record discovery protocol and source network-layer address */
	neighbour->discovery = discovery;
	memcpy ( neighbour->net_source, net_source,
	net_protocol->net_addr_len );

	/* Start timer to trigger neighbour discovery */
	start_timer_nodelay ( &neighbour->timer );

	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s discovering via %s\n",
	netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	neighbour->discovery->name );
	}

	/**
	* Complete neighbour discovery
	*
	* @v neighbour Neighbour cache entry
	* @v ll_dest Destination link-layer address
	*/
	static void neighbour_discovered ( struct neighbour *neighbour,
	const void *ll_dest ) {
	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
	struct ll_protocol *ll_protocol = netdev->ll_protocol;
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
	struct io_buffer *iobuf;
	int rc;

	/* Fill in link-layer address */
	memcpy ( neighbour->ll_dest, ll_dest, ll_protocol->ll_addr_len );
	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s is %s %s\n", netdev->name,
	net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	ll_protocol->name, ll_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->ll_dest ) );

	/* Stop retransmission timer */
	stop_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

	/* Transmit any packets in queue. Take out a temporary
	* reference on the entry to prevent it from going out of
	* scope during the call to net_tx().
	*/
	ref_get ( &neighbour->refcnt );
	while ( ( iobuf = list_first_entry ( &neighbour->tx_queue,
	struct io_buffer, list )) != NULL){
	DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s transmitting deferred "
	"packet\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ) );
	list_del ( &iobuf->list );
	if ( ( rc = net_tx ( iobuf, netdev, net_protocol, ll_dest,
	netdev->ll_addr ) ) != 0 ) {
	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s could not "
	"transmit deferred packet: %s\n",
	netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	strerror ( rc ) );
	/* Ignore error and continue */
	}
	}
	ref_put ( &neighbour->refcnt );
	}

	/**
	* Destroy neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v neighbour Neighbour cache entry
	* @v rc Reason for destruction
	*/
	static void neighbour_destroy ( struct neighbour *neighbour, int rc ) {
	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
	struct io_buffer *iobuf;

	/* Take ownership from cache */
	list_del ( &neighbour->list );

	/* Stop timer */
	stop_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

	/* Discard any outstanding I/O buffers */
	while ( ( iobuf = list_first_entry ( &neighbour->tx_queue,
	struct io_buffer, list )) != NULL){
	DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s discarding deferred "
	"packet: %s\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	strerror ( rc ) );
	list_del ( &iobuf->list );
	netdev_tx_err ( neighbour->netdev, iobuf, rc );
	}

	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s destroyed: %s\n", netdev->name,
	net_protocol->name, net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	strerror ( rc ) );

	/* Drop remaining reference */
	ref_put ( &neighbour->refcnt );
	}

	/**
	* Handle neighbour timer expiry
	*
	* @v timer Retry timer
	* @v fail Failure indicator
	*/
	static void neighbour_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer, int fail ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour =
	container_of ( timer, struct neighbour, timer );
	struct net_device *netdev = neighbour->netdev;
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol = neighbour->net_protocol;
	struct neighbour_discovery *discovery =
	neighbour->discovery;
	const void *net_dest = neighbour->net_dest;
	const void *net_source = neighbour->net_source;
	int rc;

	/* If we have failed, destroy the cache entry */
	if ( fail ) {
	neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ETIMEDOUT );
	return;
	}

	/* Restart the timer */
	start_timer ( &neighbour->timer );

	/* Transmit neighbour request */
	if ( ( rc = discovery->tx_request ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest,
	net_source ) ) != 0 ) {
	DBGC ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s could not transmit %s "
	"request: %s\n", netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( neighbour->net_dest ),
	neighbour->discovery->name, strerror ( rc ) );
	/* Retransmit when timer expires */
	return;
	}
	}

	/**
	* Transmit packet, determining link-layer address via neighbour discovery
	*
	* @v iobuf I/O buffer
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v discovery Neighbour discovery protocol
	* @v net_protocol Network-layer protocol
	* @v net_dest Destination network-layer address
	* @v net_source Source network-layer address
	* @v ll_source Source link-layer address
	* @ret rc Return status code
	*/
	int neighbour_tx ( struct io_buffer iobuf, struct net_device netdev,
	struct net_protocol net_protocol, const void net_dest,
	struct neighbour_discovery *discovery,
	const void net_source, const void ll_source ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	/* Find or create neighbour cache entry */
	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
	if ( ! neighbour ) {
	neighbour = neighbour_create ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
	if ( ! neighbour )
	return -ENOMEM;
	neighbour_discover ( neighbour, discovery, net_source );
	}

	/* If a link-layer address is available then transmit
	* immediately, otherwise queue for later transmission.
	*/
	if ( neighbour_has_ll_dest ( neighbour ) ) {
	return net_tx ( iobuf, netdev, net_protocol, neighbour->ll_dest,
	ll_source );
	} else {
	DBGC2 ( neighbour, "NEIGHBOUR %s %s %s deferring packet\n",
	netdev->name, net_protocol->name,
	net_protocol->ntoa ( net_dest ) );
	list_add_tail ( &iobuf->list, &neighbour->tx_queue );
	return 0;
	}
	}

	/**
	* Update existing neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v net_protocol Network-layer protocol
	* @v net_dest Destination network-layer address
	* @v ll_dest Destination link-layer address
	* @ret rc Return status code
	*/
	int neighbour_update ( struct net_device *netdev,
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
	const void net_dest, const void ll_dest ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	/* Find neighbour cache entry */
	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
	if ( ! neighbour )
	return -ENOENT;

	/* Set destination address */
	neighbour_discovered ( neighbour, ll_dest );

	return 0;
	}

	/**
	* Define neighbour cache entry
	*
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v net_protocol Network-layer protocol
	* @v net_dest Destination network-layer address
	* @v ll_dest Destination link-layer address, if known
	* @ret rc Return status code
	*/
	int neighbour_define ( struct net_device *netdev,
	struct net_protocol *net_protocol,
	const void net_dest, const void ll_dest ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	/* Find or create neighbour cache entry */
	neighbour = neighbour_find ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
	if ( ! neighbour ) {
	neighbour = neighbour_create ( netdev, net_protocol, net_dest );
	if ( ! neighbour )
	return -ENOMEM;
	}

	/* Set destination address */
	neighbour_discovered ( neighbour, ll_dest );

	return 0;
	}

	/**
	* Update neighbour cache on network device state change or removal
	*
	* @v netdev Network device
	* @v priv Private data
	*/
	static void neighbour_flush ( struct net_device netdev, void priv __unused ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;
	struct neighbour *tmp;

	/* Remove all neighbour cache entries when a network device is closed */
	if ( ! netdev_is_open ( netdev ) ) {
	list_for_each_entry_safe ( neighbour, tmp, &neighbours, list )
	neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ENODEV );
	}
	}

	/** Neighbour driver (for net device notifications) */
	struct net_driver neighbour_net_driver __net_driver = {
	.name = "Neighbour",
	.notify = neighbour_flush,
	.remove = neighbour_flush,
	};

	/**
	* Discard some cached neighbour entries
	*
	* @ret discarded Number of cached items discarded
	*/
	static unsigned int neighbour_discard ( void ) {
	struct neighbour *neighbour;

	/* Drop oldest cache entry, if any */
	neighbour = list_last_entry ( &neighbours, struct neighbour, list );
	if ( neighbour ) {
	neighbour_destroy ( neighbour, -ENOBUFS );
	return 1;
	} else {
	return 0;
	}
	}

	/**
	* Neighbour cache discarder
	*
	* Neighbour cache entries are deemed to have a high replacement cost,
	* since flushing an active neighbour cache entry midway through a TCP
	* transfer will cause substantial disruption.
	*/
	struct cache_discarder neighbour_discarder __cache_discarder (CACHE_EXPENSIVE)={
	.discard = neighbour_discard,
	};