#include #include /* struct msghdr */ #include /* struct iovec */ #include #include "ourhdr.h" /* Receive a file descriptor from another process (a server). * In addition, any data received from the server is passed * to (*userfunc)(STDERR_FILENO, buf, nbytes). We have a * 2-byte protocol for receiving the fd from send_fd(). */ int recv_fd(int servfd, ssize_t (*userfunc)(int, const void *, size_t)) { int newfd, nread, status; char *ptr, buf[MAXLINE]; struct iovec iov[1]; struct msghdr msg; status = -1; for ( ; ; ) { iov[0].iov_base = buf; iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(buf); msg.msg_iov = iov; msg.msg_iovlen = 1; msg.msg_name = NULL; msg.msg_namelen = 0; msg.msg_accrights = (caddr_t) &newfd;/* addr of descriptor */ msg.msg_accrightslen = sizeof(int); /* receive 1 descriptor */ if ( (nread = recvmsg(servfd, &msg, 0)) < 0) err_sys("recvmsg error"); else if (nread == 0) { err_ret("connection closed by server"); return(-1); } /* See if this is the final data with null & status. Null must be next to last byte of buffer, status byte is last byte. Zero status means there must be a file descriptor to receive. */ for (ptr = buf; ptr < &buf[nread]; ) { if (*ptr++ == 0) { if (ptr != &buf[nread-1]) err_dump("message format error"); status = *ptr & 255; if (status == 0) { if (msg.msg_accrightslen != sizeof(int)) err_dump("status = 0 but no fd"); /* newfd = the new descriptor */ } else newfd = -status; nread -= 2; } } if (nread > 0) if ((*userfunc)(STDERR_FILENO, buf, nread) != nread) return(-1); if (status >= 0) /* final data has arrived */ return(newfd); /* descriptor, or -status */ } }