SETFIB(2)

NAME
setfib - set the default FIB (routing table) for the calling process

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/socket.h>
int
setfib(int fib);

DESCRIPTION
The setfib() system call sets the associated FIB (routing table) for all sockets opened subsequent to the call, to be that of the argument fib. The fib argument must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than the current system maximum which may be retrieved by the net.fibs sysctl. The system maximum is set in the kernel configuration file with

options ROUTETABLES=N

or in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/sysctl.conf with

    net.fibs="N"

where N is an integer smaller than 65536. Note that the number of FIBs may be increased after booting, but cannot be reduced.

The maximum of 65536 is due to the implementation storing the FIB number in a 16-bit field in the mbuf(9) packet header, however it is not suggested that one use such a large number as memory is allocated for every FIB regardless of whether it is used, and there are places where all FIBs are iterated over.

The default FIB of the process will be applied to all protocol families that support multiple FIBs, and ignored by those that do not. The default FIB for a process may be overridden for a socket with the use of the SO_SETFIB socket option.

RETURN VALUES

ERRORS
The setfib() system call will fail and no action will be taken and return EINVAL if the fib argument is greater than the current system maximum.

SEE ALSO
setfib(1), setsockopt(2)

STANDARDS
The setfib() system call is a FreeBSD extension however similar extensions have been added to many other UNIX style kernels.

HISTORY
The setfib() function appeared in FreeBSD 7.1.