1 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This file contains types/constants and functions specific to message pipes.
7 // Note: This header should be compilable as C.
9 #ifndef MOJO_PUBLIC_C_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PIPE_H_
10 #define MOJO_PUBLIC_C_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PIPE_H_
12 #include "mojo/public/c/system/macros.h"
13 #include "mojo/public/c/system/system_export.h"
14 #include "mojo/public/c/system/types.h"
16 // |MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions|: Used to specify creation parameters for a
17 // message pipe to |MojoCreateMessagePipe()|.
18 // |uint32_t struct_size|: Set to the size of the
19 // |MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions| struct. (Used to allow for future
21 // |MojoCreateMessagePipeOptionsFlags flags|: Reserved for future use.
22 // |MOJO_CREATE_MESSAGE_PIPE_OPTIONS_FLAG_NONE|: No flags; default mode.
24 typedef uint32_t MojoCreateMessagePipeOptionsFlags
;
27 const MojoCreateMessagePipeOptionsFlags
28 MOJO_CREATE_MESSAGE_PIPE_OPTIONS_FLAG_NONE
= 0;
30 #define MOJO_CREATE_MESSAGE_PIPE_OPTIONS_FLAG_NONE \
31 ((MojoCreateMessagePipeOptionsFlags)0)
34 MOJO_STATIC_ASSERT(MOJO_ALIGNOF(int64_t) == 8, "int64_t has weird alignment");
35 struct MOJO_ALIGNAS(8) MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions
{
37 MojoCreateMessagePipeOptionsFlags flags
;
39 MOJO_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions
) == 8,
40 "MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions has wrong size");
42 // |MojoWriteMessageFlags|: Used to specify different modes to
43 // |MojoWriteMessage()|.
44 // |MOJO_WRITE_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE| - No flags; default mode.
46 typedef uint32_t MojoWriteMessageFlags
;
49 const MojoWriteMessageFlags MOJO_WRITE_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE
= 0;
51 #define MOJO_WRITE_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE ((MojoWriteMessageFlags)0)
54 // |MojoReadMessageFlags|: Used to specify different modes to
55 // |MojoReadMessage()|.
56 // |MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE| - No flags; default mode.
57 // |MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_MAY_DISCARD| - If the message is unable to be read
58 // for whatever reason (e.g., the caller-supplied buffer is too small),
59 // discard the message (i.e., simply dequeue it).
61 typedef uint32_t MojoReadMessageFlags
;
64 const MojoReadMessageFlags MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE
= 0;
65 const MojoReadMessageFlags MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_MAY_DISCARD
= 1 << 0;
67 #define MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_NONE ((MojoReadMessageFlags)0)
68 #define MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_MAY_DISCARD ((MojoReadMessageFlags)1 << 0)
75 // Note: See the comment in functions.h about the meaning of the "optional"
76 // label for pointer parameters.
78 // Creates a message pipe, which is a bidirectional communication channel for
79 // framed data (i.e., messages). Messages can contain plain data and/or Mojo
82 // |options| may be set to null for a message pipe with the default options.
84 // On success, |*message_pipe_handle0| and |*message_pipe_handle1| are set to
85 // handles for the two endpoints (ports) for the message pipe.
88 // |MOJO_RESULT_OK| on success.
89 // |MOJO_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT| if some argument was invalid (e.g.,
90 // |*options| is invalid).
91 // |MOJO_RESULT_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED| if a process/system/quota/etc. limit has
94 // TODO(vtl): Add an options struct pointer argument.
95 MOJO_SYSTEM_EXPORT MojoResult
MojoCreateMessagePipe(
96 const struct MojoCreateMessagePipeOptions
* options
, // Optional.
97 MojoHandle
* message_pipe_handle0
, // Out.
98 MojoHandle
* message_pipe_handle1
); // Out.
100 // Writes a message to the message pipe endpoint given by |message_pipe_handle|,
101 // with message data specified by |bytes| of size |num_bytes| and attached
102 // handles specified by |handles| of count |num_handles|, and options specified
103 // by |flags|. If there is no message data, |bytes| may be null, in which case
104 // |num_bytes| must be zero. If there are no attached handles, |handles| may be
105 // null, in which case |num_handles| must be zero.
107 // If handles are attached, on success the handles will no longer be valid (the
108 // receiver will receive equivalent, but logically different, handles). Handles
109 // to be sent should not be in simultaneous use (e.g., on another thread).
112 // |MOJO_RESULT_OK| on success (i.e., the message was enqueued).
113 // |MOJO_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT| if some argument was invalid (e.g., if
114 // |message_pipe_handle| is not a valid handle, or some of the
115 // requirements above are not satisfied).
116 // |MOJO_RESULT_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED| if some system limit has been reached, or
117 // the number of handles to send is too large (TODO(vtl): reconsider the
119 // |MOJO_RESULT_FAILED_PRECONDITION| if the other endpoint has been closed.
120 // Note that closing an endpoint is not necessarily synchronous (e.g.,
121 // across processes), so this function may be succeed even if the other
122 // endpoint has been closed (in which case the message would be dropped).
123 // |MOJO_RESULT_UNIMPLEMENTED| if an unsupported flag was set in |*options|.
124 // |MOJO_RESULT_BUSY| if some handle to be sent is currently in use.
126 // TODO(vtl): Add a notion of capacity for message pipes, and return
127 // |MOJO_RESULT_SHOULD_WAIT| if the message pipe is full.
128 MOJO_SYSTEM_EXPORT MojoResult
129 MojoWriteMessage(MojoHandle message_pipe_handle
,
130 const void* bytes
, // Optional.
132 const MojoHandle
* handles
, // Optional.
133 uint32_t num_handles
,
134 MojoWriteMessageFlags flags
);
136 // Reads a message from the message pipe endpoint given by
137 // |message_pipe_handle|; also usable to query the size of the next message or
138 // discard the next message. |bytes|/|*num_bytes| indicate the buffer/buffer
139 // size to receive the message data (if any) and |handles|/|*num_handles|
140 // indicate the buffer/maximum handle count to receive the attached handles (if
143 // |num_bytes| and |num_handles| are optional "in-out" parameters. If non-null,
144 // on return |*num_bytes| and |*num_handles| will usually indicate the number
145 // of bytes and number of attached handles in the "next" message, respectively,
146 // whether that message was read or not. (If null, the number of bytes/handles
147 // is treated as zero.)
149 // If |bytes| is null, then |*num_bytes| must be zero, and similarly for
150 // |handles| and |*num_handles|.
152 // Partial reads are NEVER done. Either a full read is done and |MOJO_RESULT_OK|
153 // returned, or the read is NOT done and |MOJO_RESULT_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED| is
154 // returned (if |MOJO_READ_MESSAGE_FLAG_MAY_DISCARD| was set, the message is
155 // also discarded in this case).
158 // |MOJO_RESULT_OK| on success (i.e., a message was actually read).
159 // |MOJO_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENT| if some argument was invalid.
160 // |MOJO_RESULT_FAILED_PRECONDITION| if the other endpoint has been closed.
161 // |MOJO_RESULT_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED| if one of the buffers to receive the
162 // message/attached handles (|bytes|/|*num_bytes| or
163 // |handles|/|*num_handles|) was too small. (TODO(vtl): Reconsider this
164 // error code; should distinguish this from the hitting-system-limits
166 // |MOJO_RESULT_SHOULD_WAIT| if no message was available to be read.
167 MOJO_SYSTEM_EXPORT MojoResult
168 MojoReadMessage(MojoHandle message_pipe_handle
,
169 void* bytes
, // Optional out.
170 uint32_t* num_bytes
, // Optional in/out.
171 MojoHandle
* handles
, // Optional out.
172 uint32_t* num_handles
, // Optional in/out.
173 MojoReadMessageFlags flags
);
179 #endif // MOJO_PUBLIC_C_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_PIPE_H_