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+// Copyright (c) 2011 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 IPC_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_POSIX_H_
+#define IPC_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_POSIX_H_
+#pragma once
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/file_descriptor_posix.h"
+#include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
+#include "ipc/ipc_export.h"
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// A FileDescriptorSet is an ordered set of POSIX file descriptors. These are
+// associated with IPC messages so that descriptors can be transmitted over a
+// UNIX domain socket.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class IPC_EXPORT FileDescriptorSet
+ : public base::RefCountedThreadSafe<FileDescriptorSet> {
+ public:
+ FileDescriptorSet();
+
+ // This is the maximum number of descriptors per message. We need to know this
+ // because the control message kernel interface has to be given a buffer which
+ // is large enough to store all the descriptor numbers. Otherwise the kernel
+ // tells us that it truncated the control data and the extra descriptors are
+ // lost.
+ //
+ // In debugging mode, it's a fatal error to try and add more than this number
+ // of descriptors to a FileDescriptorSet.
+ enum {
+ MAX_DESCRIPTORS_PER_MESSAGE = 5,
+ };
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Interfaces for building during message serialisation...
+
+ // Add a descriptor to the end of the set. Returns false iff the set is full.
+ bool Add(int fd);
+ // Add a descriptor to the end of the set and automatically close it after
+ // transmission. Returns false iff the set is full.
+ bool AddAndAutoClose(int fd);
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Interfaces for accessing during message deserialisation...
+
+ // Return the number of descriptors
+ unsigned size() const { return descriptors_.size(); }
+ // Return true if no unconsumed descriptors remain
+ bool empty() const { return descriptors_.empty(); }
+ // Fetch the nth descriptor from the beginning of the set. Code using this
+ // /must/ access the descriptors in order, except that it may wrap from the
+ // end to index 0 again.
+ //
+ // This interface is designed for the deserialising code as it doesn't
+ // support close flags.
+ // returns: file descriptor, or -1 on error
+ int GetDescriptorAt(unsigned n) const;
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Interfaces for transmission...
+
+ // Fill an array with file descriptors without 'consuming' them. CommitAll
+ // must be called after these descriptors have been transmitted.
+ // buffer: (output) a buffer of, at least, size() integers.
+ void GetDescriptors(int* buffer) const;
+ // This must be called after transmitting the descriptors returned by
+ // GetDescriptors. It marks all the descriptors as consumed and closes those
+ // which are auto-close.
+ void CommitAll();
+ // Returns true if any contained file descriptors appear to be handles to a
+ // directory.
+ bool ContainsDirectoryDescriptor() const;
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Interfaces for receiving...
+
+ // Set the contents of the set from the given buffer. This set must be empty
+ // before calling. The auto-close flag is set on all the descriptors so that
+ // unconsumed descriptors are closed on destruction.
+ void SetDescriptors(const int* buffer, unsigned count);
+
+ // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ private:
+ friend class base::RefCountedThreadSafe<FileDescriptorSet>;
+
+ ~FileDescriptorSet();
+
+ // A vector of descriptors and close flags. If this message is sent, then
+ // these descriptors are sent as control data. After sending, any descriptors
+ // with a true flag are closed. If this message has been received, then these
+ // are the descriptors which were received and all close flags are true.
+ std::vector<base::FileDescriptor> descriptors_;
+
+ // This contains the index of the next descriptor which should be consumed.
+ // It's used in a couple of ways. Firstly, at destruction we can check that
+ // all the descriptors have been read (with GetNthDescriptor). Secondly, we
+ // can check that they are read in order.
+ mutable unsigned consumed_descriptor_highwater_;
+
+ DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FileDescriptorSet);
+};
+
+#endif // IPC_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_POSIX_H_