/* 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 "mozilla/DebugOnly.h" #include "nscore.h" #ifdef XP_WIN // Need the HANDLE typedef. #include #else #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; #ifdef XP_WIN typedef HANDLE PlatformHandleType; typedef HANDLE PickleType; #else typedef int PlatformHandleType; typedef base::FileDescriptor PickleType; #endif // This should only ever be created by IPDL. struct IPDLPrivate {}; FileDescriptor(); FileDescriptor(const FileDescriptor& aOther) : mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess(false), mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed(false) { // Don't use operator= here because that will call // CloseCurrentProcessHandle() on this (uninitialized) object. Assign(aOther); } explicit FileDescriptor(PlatformHandleType aHandle); FileDescriptor(const IPDLPrivate&, const PickleType& aPickle) #ifdef XP_WIN : mHandle(aPickle) #else : mHandle(aPickle.fd) #endif , mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess(true) , mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed(false) { } ~FileDescriptor() { CloseCurrentProcessHandle(); } FileDescriptor& operator=(const FileDescriptor& aOther) { CloseCurrentProcessHandle(); Assign(aOther); return *this; } // 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 { return IsValid(mHandle); } PlatformHandleType PlatformHandle() const { if (mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess) { mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed = true; } return mHandle; } bool operator==(const FileDescriptor& aOther) const { return mHandle == aOther.mHandle; } private: void Assign(const FileDescriptor& aOther) { if (aOther.mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess) { mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess = true; mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed = aOther.mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed; mHandle = aOther.PlatformHandle(); } else { DuplicateInCurrentProcess(aOther.PlatformHandle()); mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess = false; mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed = false; } } static bool IsValid(PlatformHandleType aHandle); void DuplicateInCurrentProcess(PlatformHandleType aHandle); void CloseCurrentProcessHandle(); PlatformHandleType mHandle; // If this is true then this instance is created by IPDL to ferry a handle to // its eventual consumer and we never close the handle. If this is false then // we are a RAII wrapper around the handle and we close the handle on // destruction. bool mHandleCreatedByOtherProcess; // This is to ensure that we don't leak the handle (which is only possible // when we're in the receiving process). mutable DebugOnly mHandleCreatedByOtherProcessWasUsed; }; } // namespace ipc } // namespace mozilla #endif // mozilla_ipc_FileDescriptor_h