3 * File descriptor passing
5 * (c) 2003 Straylight/Edgeware
8 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
10 * This file is part of the mLib utilities library.
12 * mLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
14 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
15 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
17 * mLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
22 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
23 * License along with mLib; if not, write to the Free
24 * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
28 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
37 #include <sys/types.h>
40 #include <sys/socket.h>
46 /*----- Main code ---------------------------------------------------------*/
48 /* --- @fdpass_send@ --- *
50 * Arguments: @int sock@ = socket to send over
51 * @int fd@ = file descriptor to send
52 * @const void *p@ = pointer to data to send
53 * @size_t sz@ = size of buffer to send
55 * Returns: On error, @-1@, otherwise number of bytes transferred from
58 * Use: Sends a copy of file descriptor @fd@ to the other end of
62 ssize_t
fdpass_send(int sock
, int fd
, const void *p
, size_t sz
)
66 #ifndef HAVE_MSG_ACCRIGHTS
67 char buf
[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(fd
))];
71 iov
.iov_base
= (/*unconst*/ void *)p
;
77 #ifdef HAVE_MSG_ACCRIGHTS
78 msg
.msg_accrights
= &fd
;
79 msg
.msg_accrightslen
= sizeof(fd
);
82 msg
.msg_control
= buf
;
83 msg
.msg_controllen
= sizeof(buf
);
84 cmsg
= CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg
);
85 cmsg
->cmsg_len
= CMSG_LEN(sizeof(fd
));
86 cmsg
->cmsg_level
= SOL_SOCKET
;
87 cmsg
->cmsg_type
= SCM_RIGHTS
;
88 memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg
), &fd
, sizeof(fd
));
90 return (sendmsg(sock
, &msg
, 0));
93 /* --- @fdpass_recv@ --- *
95 * Arguments: @int sock@ = socket to send over
96 * @int *fd@ = where to put received descriptor
97 * @void *p@ = pointer to where to put data
98 * @size_t sz@ = size of buffer
100 * Returns: On error, @-1@, otherwise number of bytes transferred.
102 * Use: Receives a file descriptor. If the call succeeds, and there
103 * was a file descriptor, then @fd@ won't be @-1@ on exit;
104 * otherwise it will. At most one descriptor will be collected.
107 ssize_t
fdpass_recv(int sock
, int *fd
, void *p
, size_t sz
)
112 #ifndef HAVE_MSG_ACCRIGHTS
113 char buf
[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(fd
))];
114 struct cmsghdr
*cmsg
;
125 #ifdef HAVE_MSG_ACCRIGHTS
126 msg
.msg_accrights
= fd
;
127 msg
.msg_accrightslen
= sizeof(*fd
);
130 msg
.msg_control
= buf
;
131 msg
.msg_controllen
= sizeof(buf
);
133 if ((rc
= recvmsg(sock
, &msg
, 0)) < 0)
135 #ifdef HAVE_MSG_ACCRIGHTS
136 if (msg
.msg_accrightslen
< sizeof(*fd
))
139 for (cmsg
= CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg
); cmsg
; cmsg
= CMSG_NXTHDR(&msg
, cmsg
)) {
140 if (cmsg
->cmsg_level
== SOL_SOCKET
&&
141 cmsg
->cmsg_type
== SCM_RIGHTS
&&
142 cmsg
->cmsg_len
>= CMSG_LEN(sizeof(fd
))) {
143 memcpy(&fdtmp
, CMSG_DATA(cmsg
), sizeof(fdtmp
));
154 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/