/* $Id: sendfd.c 639 2005-11-21 04:43:14Z bruce $ */ /* net/sendfd.c - Send a file descriptor over a socket * Copyright (C) 2002,2005 Bruce Guenter * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #include #include #include #include "cmsg.h" #include "socket.h" /** Send a file descriptor over a socket. */ int socket_sendfd(int sock, int fd) { #if defined(CMSG_FIRSTHDR) && defined(MSG_NOSIGNAL) && defined(SCM_RIGHTS) struct msghdr msg; struct cmsghdr *cmsg; char buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))]; /* ancillary data buffer */ memset(&msg, 0, sizeof msg); msg.msg_control = buf; msg.msg_controllen = sizeof buf; cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg); cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET; cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS; cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int)); /* Initialize the payload: */ *(int *)CMSG_DATA(cmsg) = fd; /* Sum of the length of all control messages in the buffer: */ msg.msg_controllen = cmsg->cmsg_len; return sendmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_NOSIGNAL); #else errno = ENOSYS; return -1; #endif }