/* * Create an unnamed stream pipe. */ #include #include /* defines queue_t */ #include /* defines struct strfdinsert */ #include #define SPX_DEVICE "/dev/spx" int /* return 0 if OK, -1 on error */ s_pipe(fd) int fd[2]; /* two file descriptors returned through here */ { struct strfdinsert ins; queue_t *pointer; /* * First open the stream clone device "/dev/spx" twice, * obtaining the two file descriptors. */ if ( (fd[0] = open(SPX_DEVICE, O_RDWR)) < 0) return(-1); if ( (fd[1] = open(SPX_DEVICE, O_RDWR)) < 0) { close(fd[0]); return(-1); } /* * Now link these two streams together with an I_FDINSERT ioctl. */ ins.ctlbuf.buf = (char *) &pointer; /* no ctl info, just the ptr */ ins.ctlbuf.maxlen = sizeof(queue_t *); ins.ctlbuf.len = sizeof(queue_t *); ins.databuf.buf = (char *) 0; /* no data to send */ ins.databuf.len = -1; /* magic: must be -1, not 0, for stream pipe */ ins.databuf.maxlen = 0; ins.fildes = fd[1]; /* the fd to connect with fd[0] */ ins.flags = 0; /* nonpriority message */ ins.offset = 0; /* offset of pointer in control buffer */ if (ioctl(fd[0], I_FDINSERT, (char * ) &ins) < 0) { close(fd[0]); close(fd[1]); return(-1); } return(0); /* all OK */ }