qemu/include/qemu/iov.h
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   1/*
   2 * Helpers for using (partial) iovecs.
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
   5 *
   6 * Author(s):
   7 *  Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
   8 *  Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
   9 *
  10 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
  11 * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
  12 */
  13
  14#ifndef IOV_H
  15#define IOV_H
  16
  17#include "qemu-common.h"
  18
  19/**
  20 * count and return data size, in bytes, of an iovec
  21 * starting at `iov' of `iov_cnt' number of elements.
  22 */
  23size_t iov_size(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt);
  24
  25/**
  26 * Copy from single continuous buffer to scatter-gather vector of buffers
  27 * (iovec) and back like memcpy() between two continuous memory regions.
  28 * Data in single continuous buffer starting at address `buf' and
  29 * `bytes' bytes long will be copied to/from an iovec `iov' with
  30 * `iov_cnt' number of elements, starting at byte position `offset'
  31 * within the iovec.  If the iovec does not contain enough space,
  32 * only part of data will be copied, up to the end of the iovec.
  33 * Number of bytes actually copied will be returned, which is
  34 *  min(bytes, iov_size(iov)-offset)
  35 * `Offset' must point to the inside of iovec.
  36 * It is okay to use very large value for `bytes' since we're
  37 * limited by the size of the iovec anyway, provided that the
  38 * buffer pointed to by buf has enough space.  One possible
  39 * such "large" value is -1 (sinice size_t is unsigned),
  40 * so specifying `-1' as `bytes' means 'up to the end of iovec'.
  41 */
  42size_t iov_from_buf(const struct iovec *iov, unsigned int iov_cnt,
  43                    size_t offset, const void *buf, size_t bytes);
  44size_t iov_to_buf(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt,
  45                  size_t offset, void *buf, size_t bytes);
  46
  47/**
  48 * Set data bytes pointed out by iovec `iov' of size `iov_cnt' elements,
  49 * starting at byte offset `start', to value `fillc', repeating it
  50 * `bytes' number of times.  `Offset' must point to the inside of iovec.
  51 * If `bytes' is large enough, only last bytes portion of iovec,
  52 * up to the end of it, will be filled with the specified value.
  53 * Function return actual number of bytes processed, which is
  54 * min(size, iov_size(iov) - offset).
  55 * Again, it is okay to use large value for `bytes' to mean "up to the end".
  56 */
  57size_t iov_memset(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt,
  58                  size_t offset, int fillc, size_t bytes);
  59
  60/*
  61 * Send/recv data from/to iovec buffers directly
  62 *
  63 * `offset' bytes in the beginning of iovec buffer are skipped and
  64 * next `bytes' bytes are used, which must be within data of iovec.
  65 *
  66 *   r = iov_send_recv(sockfd, iov, iovcnt, offset, bytes, true);
  67 *
  68 * is logically equivalent to
  69 *
  70 *   char *buf = malloc(bytes);
  71 *   iov_to_buf(iov, iovcnt, offset, buf, bytes);
  72 *   r = send(sockfd, buf, bytes, 0);
  73 *   free(buf);
  74 *
  75 * For iov_send_recv() _whole_ area being sent or received
  76 * should be within the iovec, not only beginning of it.
  77 */
  78ssize_t iov_send_recv(int sockfd, struct iovec *iov, unsigned iov_cnt,
  79                      size_t offset, size_t bytes, bool do_send);
  80#define iov_recv(sockfd, iov, iov_cnt, offset, bytes) \
  81  iov_send_recv(sockfd, iov, iov_cnt, offset, bytes, false)
  82#define iov_send(sockfd, iov, iov_cnt, offset, bytes) \
  83  iov_send_recv(sockfd, iov, iov_cnt, offset, bytes, true)
  84
  85/**
  86 * Produce a text hexdump of iovec `iov' with `iov_cnt' number of elements
  87 * in file `fp', prefixing each line with `prefix' and processing not more
  88 * than `limit' data bytes.
  89 */
  90void iov_hexdump(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt,
  91                 FILE *fp, const char *prefix, size_t limit);
  92
  93/*
  94 * Partial copy of vector from iov to dst_iov (data is not copied).
  95 * dst_iov overlaps iov at a specified offset.
  96 * size of dst_iov is at most bytes. dst vector count is returned.
  97 */
  98unsigned iov_copy(struct iovec *dst_iov, unsigned int dst_iov_cnt,
  99                 const struct iovec *iov, unsigned int iov_cnt,
 100                 size_t offset, size_t bytes);
 101
 102/*
 103 * Remove a given number of bytes from the front or back of a vector.
 104 * This may update iov and/or iov_cnt to exclude iovec elements that are
 105 * no longer required.
 106 *
 107 * The number of bytes actually discarded is returned.  This number may be
 108 * smaller than requested if the vector is too small.
 109 */
 110size_t iov_discard_front(struct iovec **iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
 111                         size_t bytes);
 112size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
 113                        size_t bytes);
 114
 115#endif
 116