src/base/sync_socket.h

// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef BASE_SYNC_SOCKET_H_
#define BASE_SYNC_SOCKET_H_

// A socket abstraction used for sending and receiving plain
// data.  Because the receiving is blocking, they can be used to perform
// rudimentary cross-process synchronization with low latency.

#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "base/compiler_specific.h"
#include "base/macros.h"
#include "base/process/process_handle.h"
#include "base/synchronization/waitable_event.h"
#include "base/time/time.h"
#include "build/build_config.h"

#if defined(OS_WIN)
#include <windows.h>
#endif
#include <sys/types.h>

#if defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
#include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
#include "starboard/types.h"
#endif

#if !defined(STARBOARD)

namespace base {

class BASE_EXPORT SyncSocket {
 public:
#if defined(OS_WIN)
  typedef HANDLE Handle;
  typedef Handle TransitDescriptor;
#elif defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA)
  typedef int Handle;
  typedef FileDescriptor TransitDescriptor;
#endif
  static const Handle kInvalidHandle;

  SyncSocket();

  // Creates a SyncSocket from a Handle.  Used in transport.
  explicit SyncSocket(Handle handle) : handle_(handle)  {}
  virtual ~SyncSocket();

  // Initializes and connects a pair of sockets.
  // |socket_a| and |socket_b| must not hold a valid handle.  Upon successful
  // return, the sockets will both be valid and connected.
  static bool CreatePair(SyncSocket* socket_a, SyncSocket* socket_b);

  // Returns |Handle| wrapped in a |TransitDescriptor|.
  static Handle UnwrapHandle(const TransitDescriptor& descriptor);

  // Prepares a |TransitDescriptor| which wraps |Handle| used for transit.
  // This is used to prepare the underlying shared resource before passing back
  // the handle to be used by the peer process.
  bool PrepareTransitDescriptor(ProcessHandle peer_process_handle,
                                TransitDescriptor* descriptor);

  // Closes the SyncSocket.  Returns true on success, false on failure.
  virtual bool Close();

  // Sends the message to the remote peer of the SyncSocket.
  // Note it is not safe to send messages from the same socket handle by
  // multiple threads simultaneously.
  // buffer is a pointer to the data to send.
  // length is the length of the data to send (must be non-zero).
  // Returns the number of bytes sent, or 0 upon failure.
  virtual size_t Send(const void* buffer, size_t length);

  // Receives a message from an SyncSocket.
  // buffer is a pointer to the buffer to receive data.
  // length is the number of bytes of data to receive (must be non-zero).
  // Returns the number of bytes received, or 0 upon failure.
  virtual size_t Receive(void* buffer, size_t length);

  // Same as Receive() but only blocks for data until |timeout| has elapsed or
  // |buffer| |length| is exhausted.  Currently only timeouts less than one
  // second are allowed.  Return the amount of data read.
  virtual size_t ReceiveWithTimeout(void* buffer,
                                    size_t length,
                                    TimeDelta timeout);

  // Returns the number of bytes available. If non-zero, Receive() will not
  // not block when called.
  virtual size_t Peek();

  // Extracts the contained handle.  Used for transferring between
  // processes.
  Handle handle() const { return handle_; }

  // Extracts and takes ownership of the contained handle.
  Handle Release();

 protected:
  Handle handle_;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(SyncSocket);
};

// Derives from SyncSocket and adds support for shutting down the socket from
// another thread while a blocking Receive or Send is being done from the
// thread that owns the socket.
class BASE_EXPORT CancelableSyncSocket : public SyncSocket {
 public:
  CancelableSyncSocket();
  explicit CancelableSyncSocket(Handle handle);
  ~CancelableSyncSocket() override = default;

  // Initializes a pair of cancelable sockets.  See documentation for
  // SyncSocket::CreatePair for more details.
  static bool CreatePair(CancelableSyncSocket* socket_a,
                         CancelableSyncSocket* socket_b);

  // A way to shut down a socket even if another thread is currently performing
  // a blocking Receive or Send.
  bool Shutdown();

#if defined(OS_WIN)
  // Since the Linux and Mac implementations actually use a socket, shutting
  // them down from another thread is pretty simple - we can just call
  // shutdown().  However, the Windows implementation relies on named pipes
  // and there isn't a way to cancel a blocking synchronous Read that is
  // supported on <Vista. So, for Windows only, we override these
  // SyncSocket methods in order to support shutting down the 'socket'.
  bool Close() override;
  size_t Receive(void* buffer, size_t length) override;
  size_t ReceiveWithTimeout(void* buffer,
                            size_t length,
                            TimeDelta timeout) override;
#endif

  // Send() is overridden to catch cases where the remote end is not responding
  // and we fill the local socket buffer. When the buffer is full, this
  // implementation of Send() will not block indefinitely as
  // SyncSocket::Send will, but instead return 0, as no bytes could be sent.
  // Note that the socket will not be closed in this case.
  size_t Send(const void* buffer, size_t length) override;

 private:
#if defined(OS_WIN)
  WaitableEvent shutdown_event_;
  WaitableEvent file_operation_;
#endif
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CancelableSyncSocket);
};

#if defined(OS_WIN) && !defined(COMPONENT_BUILD)
// TODO(cpu): remove this once chrome is split in two dlls.
__declspec(selectany)
    const SyncSocket::Handle SyncSocket::kInvalidHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
#endif

}  // namespace base

#endif  // !defined(STARBOARD)

#endif  // BASE_SYNC_SOCKET_H_