#include "apue.h" #ifdef MACOS #include #endif #include /* size of control buffer to send/recv one file descriptor */ #define CONTROLLEN CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int)) static struct cmsghdr *cmptr = NULL; /* malloc'ed first time */ /* * Pass a file descriptor to another process. * If fd<0, then -fd is sent back instead as the error status. */ int send_fd(int fd, int fd_to_send) { struct iovec iov[1]; struct msghdr msg; char buf[2]; /* send_fd()/recv_fd() 2-byte protocol */ iov[0].iov_base = buf; iov[0].iov_len = 2; msg.msg_iov = iov; msg.msg_iovlen = 1; msg.msg_name = NULL; msg.msg_namelen = 0; if (fd_to_send < 0) { msg.msg_control = NULL; msg.msg_controllen = 0; buf[1] = -fd_to_send; /* nonzero status means error */ if (buf[1] == 0) buf[1] = 1; /* -256, etc. would screw up protocol */ } else { if (cmptr == NULL && (cmptr = malloc(CONTROLLEN)) == NULL) return(-1); cmptr->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET; cmptr->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS; cmptr->cmsg_len = CONTROLLEN; msg.msg_control = cmptr; msg.msg_controllen = CONTROLLEN; *(int *)CMSG_DATA(cmptr) = fd_to_send; /* the fd to pass */ buf[1] = 0; /* zero status means OK */ } buf[0] = 0; /* null byte flag to recv_fd() */ if (sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0) != 2) return(-1); return(0); }