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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2009-08-02 23:46:44 +0200
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2009-08-03 01:57:19 +0200
commita54fe4af6d5d2d56ab422b3600bc3d5d450b05c8 (patch)
tree94beb22d6ff62d34a5b5ddfd39ad1f88a56c2bd8 /lib/pipe-filter-aux.h
parent003bfc2d35217d361cd4b799ada862296310888a (diff)
downloadgnulib-a54fe4af6d5d2d56ab422b3600bc3d5d450b05c8.tar.gz
New module 'pipe-filter-ii'.
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+/* Auxiliary code for filtering of data through a subprocess.
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2003, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>, 2009.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+
+#ifndef SSIZE_MAX
+# define SSIZE_MAX ((ssize_t) (SIZE_MAX / 2))
+#endif
+
+/* We use a child process, and communicate through a bidirectional pipe.
+ To avoid deadlocks, let the child process decide when it wants to read
+ or to write, and let the parent behave accordingly. The parent uses
+ select() to know whether it must write or read. On platforms without
+ select(), we use non-blocking I/O. (This means the parent is busy
+ looping while waiting for the child. Not good. But hardly any platform
+ lacks select() nowadays.) */
+
+/* On BeOS select() works only on sockets, not on normal file descriptors. */
+#ifdef __BEOS__
+# undef HAVE_SELECT
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EINTR
+
+/* EINTR handling for close(), read(), write(), select().
+ These functions can return -1/EINTR even though we don't have any
+ signal handlers set up, namely when we get interrupted via SIGSTOP. */
+
+static inline int
+nonintr_close (int fd)
+{
+ int retval;
+
+ do
+ retval = close (fd);
+ while (retval < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+#undef close /* avoid warning related to gnulib module unistd */
+#define close nonintr_close
+
+static inline ssize_t
+nonintr_read (int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ ssize_t retval;
+
+ do
+ retval = read (fd, buf, count);
+ while (retval < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+#define read nonintr_read
+
+static inline ssize_t
+nonintr_write (int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ ssize_t retval;
+
+ do
+ retval = write (fd, buf, count);
+ while (retval < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+#undef write /* avoid warning on VMS */
+#define write nonintr_write
+
+# if HAVE_SELECT
+
+static inline int
+nonintr_select (int n, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds,
+ struct timeval *timeout)
+{
+ int retval;
+
+ do
+ retval = select (n, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, timeout);
+ while (retval < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+# undef select /* avoid warning on VMS */
+# define select nonintr_select
+
+# endif
+
+#endif
+
+/* Non-blocking I/O. */
+#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
+# define O_NONBLOCK O_NDELAY
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SELECT
+# define IS_EAGAIN(errcode) 0
+#else
+# ifdef EWOULDBLOCK
+# define IS_EAGAIN(errcode) ((errcode) == EAGAIN || (errcode) == EWOULDBLOCK)
+# else
+# define IS_EAGAIN(errcode) ((errcode) == EAGAIN)
+# endif
+#endif