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Better presentation, for the ones only reading it online.

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Karchnu 2020-12-09 15:58:31 +01:00
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@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ LibIPC has a high level API for the user
listening to file descriptors (libIPC ones or not) listening to file descriptors (libIPC ones or not)
example: example:
while(1) { while(1) {
wait_event (context, &event, &timer) wait_event (context, &event, &timer)
switch (event.type) { switch (event.type) {
@ -153,14 +154,15 @@ LibIPC has a high level API for the user
3. send messages 3. send messages
```c
struct ipc_message m struct ipc_message m
m.payload = ... m.payload = ...
m.length = strlen(m.payload) m.length = strlen(m.payload)
m.fd = event.fd m.fd = event.fd
m.type = ... m.type = ...
m.user_type = ... m.user_type = ...
ipc_write (context, &m) ipc_write (context, &m)
```
#pause #pause
4. add and remove fd from the context 4. add and remove fd from the context
@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ Main goal: simplest possible structures
Examples: Examples:
Message Message
struct ipc_message { struct ipc_message {
char type; => Internal message type, used by protocol daemons. char type; => Internal message type, used by protocol daemons.
char user_type; => User-defined message type (arbitrary). char user_type; => User-defined message type (arbitrary).
@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ Examples:
}; };
Context of the whole networking state Context of the whole networking state
struct ipc_ctx { struct ipc_ctx {
struct ipc_connection_info *cinfos; => Keeps track of connections. struct ipc_connection_info *cinfos; => Keeps track of connections.
struct pollfd *pollfd; => List of "pollfd" structures within cinfos, struct pollfd *pollfd; => List of "pollfd" structures within cinfos,