/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ /* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */ /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ #ifndef mozilla_ipc_FileDescriptor_h #define mozilla_ipc_FileDescriptor_h #include "base/basictypes.h" #include "base/process.h" #include "ipc/IPCMessageUtils.h" #include "mozilla/UniquePtrExtensions.h" #include "mozilla/ipc/IPDLParamTraits.h" #ifdef XP_UNIX # include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h" #endif namespace mozilla { namespace ipc { // This class is used by IPDL to share file descriptors across processes. When // sending a FileDescriptor IPDL will first duplicate a platform-specific file // handle type ('PlatformHandleType') into a handle that is valid in the other // process. Then IPDL will convert the duplicated handle into a type suitable // for pickling ('PickleType') and then send that through the IPC pipe. In the // receiving process the pickled data is converted into a platform-specific file // handle and then returned to the receiver. // // To use this class add 'FileDescriptor' as an argument in the IPDL protocol // and then pass a file descriptor from C++ to the Call/Send method. The // Answer/Recv method will receive a FileDescriptor& on which PlatformHandle() // can be called to return the platform file handle. class FileDescriptor { public: typedef base::ProcessId ProcessId; using UniquePlatformHandle = mozilla::UniqueFileHandle; using PlatformHandleType = UniquePlatformHandle::ElementType; #ifdef XP_WIN typedef PlatformHandleType PickleType; #else typedef base::FileDescriptor PickleType; #endif // This should only ever be created by IPDL. struct IPDLPrivate {}; // Represents an invalid handle. FileDescriptor(); // Copy constructor will duplicate a new handle. FileDescriptor(const FileDescriptor& aOther); FileDescriptor(FileDescriptor&& aOther); // This constructor will duplicate a new handle. // The caller still have to close aHandle. explicit FileDescriptor(PlatformHandleType aHandle); explicit FileDescriptor(UniquePlatformHandle&& aHandle); // This constructor WILL NOT duplicate the handle. // FileDescriptor takes the ownership from IPC message. FileDescriptor(const IPDLPrivate&, const PickleType& aPickle); ~FileDescriptor(); FileDescriptor& operator=(const FileDescriptor& aOther); FileDescriptor& operator=(FileDescriptor&& aOther); // Performs platform-specific actions to duplicate mHandle in the other // process (e.g. dup() on POSIX, DuplicateHandle() on Windows). Returns a // pickled value that can be passed to the other process via IPC. PickleType ShareTo(const IPDLPrivate&, ProcessId aTargetPid) const; // Tests mHandle against a well-known invalid platform-specific file handle // (e.g. -1 on POSIX, INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE on Windows). bool IsValid() const; // Returns a duplicated handle, it is caller's responsibility to close the // handle. UniquePlatformHandle ClonePlatformHandle() const; // Extracts the underlying handle and makes this object an invalid handle. // (Compare UniquePtr::release.) UniquePlatformHandle TakePlatformHandle(); // Only used in nsTArray. bool operator==(const FileDescriptor& aOther) const; private: static UniqueFileHandle Clone(PlatformHandleType aHandle); UniquePlatformHandle mHandle; }; template <> struct IPDLParamTraits { typedef FileDescriptor paramType; static void Write(IPC::Message* aMsg, IProtocol* aActor, const paramType& aParam); static bool Read(const IPC::Message* aMsg, PickleIterator* aIter, IProtocol* aActor, paramType* aResult); }; } // namespace ipc } // namespace mozilla #endif // mozilla_ipc_FileDescriptor_h