bitcoin/src/interfaces/ipc.h

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// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#ifndef BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H
#define BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H
#include <functional>
#include <memory>
#include <typeindex>
namespace ipc {
struct Context;
} // namespace ipc
namespace interfaces {
class Init;
//! Interface providing access to interprocess-communication (IPC)
//! functionality. The IPC implementation is responsible for establishing
//! connections between a controlling process and a process being controlled.
//! When a connection is established, the process being controlled returns an
//! interfaces::Init pointer to the controlling process, which the controlling
//! process can use to get access to other interfaces and functionality.
//!
//! When spawning a new process, the steps are:
//!
//! 1. The controlling process calls interfaces::Ipc::spawnProcess(), which
//! calls ipc::Process::spawn(), which spawns a new process and returns a
//! socketpair file descriptor for communicating with it.
//! interfaces::Ipc::spawnProcess() then calls ipc::Protocol::connect()
//! passing the socketpair descriptor, which returns a local proxy
//! interfaces::Init implementation calling remote interfaces::Init methods.
//! 2. The spawned process calls interfaces::Ipc::startSpawnProcess(), which
//! calls ipc::Process::checkSpawned() to read command line arguments and
//! determine whether it is a spawned process and what socketpair file
//! descriptor it should use. It then calls ipc::Protocol::serve() to handle
//! incoming requests from the socketpair and invoke interfaces::Init
//! interface methods, and exit when the socket is closed.
//! 3. The controlling process calls local proxy interfaces::Init object methods
//! to make other proxy objects calling other remote interfaces. It can also
//! destroy the initial interfaces::Init object to close the connection and
//! shut down the spawned process.
class Ipc
{
public:
virtual ~Ipc() = default;
//! Spawn a child process returning pointer to its Init interface.
virtual std::unique_ptr<Init> spawnProcess(const char* exe_name) = 0;
//! If this is a spawned process, block and handle requests from the parent
//! process by forwarding them to this process's Init interface, then return
//! true. If this is not a spawned child process, return false.
virtual bool startSpawnedProcess(int argc, char* argv[], int& exit_status) = 0;
//! Add cleanup callback to remote interface that will run when the
//! interface is deleted.
template<typename Interface>
void addCleanup(Interface& iface, std::function<void()> cleanup)
{
addCleanup(typeid(Interface), &iface, std::move(cleanup));
}
//! IPC context struct accessor (see struct definition for more description).
virtual ipc::Context& context() = 0;
protected:
//! Internal implementation of public addCleanup method (above) as a
//! type-erased virtual function, since template functions can't be virtual.
virtual void addCleanup(std::type_index type, void* iface, std::function<void()> cleanup) = 0;
};
//! Return implementation of Ipc interface.
std::unique_ptr<Ipc> MakeIpc(const char* exe_name, const char* process_argv0, Init& init);
} // namespace interfaces
#endif // BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H