Command Section

RPC_SVC_CALLS(3)       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual       RPC_SVC_CALLS(3)

NAME
     svc_dg_enablecache, svc_exit, svc_fdset, svc_freeargs, svc_getargs,
     svc_getreq_common, svc_getreq_poll, svc_getreqset, svc_getrpccaller,
     svc_pollset, svc_run, svc_sendreply - library routines for RPC servers

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <rpc/rpc.h>

     int
     svc_dg_enablecache(SVCXPRT *xprt, const unsigned cache_size);

     void
     svc_exit(void);

     bool_t
     svc_freeargs(const SVCXPRT *xprt, const xdrproc_t inproc, caddr_t in);

     bool_t
     svc_getargs(const SVCXPRT *xprt, const xdrproc_t inproc, caddr_t in);

     void
     svc_getreq_common(const int fd);

     void
     svc_getreq_poll(struct pollfd *pfdp, const int pollretval);

     void
     svc_getreqset(fd_set * rdfds);

     struct netbuf *
     svc_getrpccaller(const SVCXPRT *xprt);

     struct cmsgcred *
     __svc_getcallercreds(const SVCXPRT *xprt);

     struct pollfd svc_pollset[FD_SETSIZE];

     void
     svc_run(void);

     bool_t
     svc_sendreply(SVCXPRT *xprt, xdrproc_t outproc, void *out);

DESCRIPTION
     These routines are part of the RPC library which allows C language
     programs to make procedure calls on other machines across the network.

     These routines are associated with the server side of the RPC mechanism.
     Some of them are called by the server side dispatch function, while
     others (such as svc_run()) are called when the server is initiated.

Routines
     See rpc(3) for the definition of the SVCXPRT data structure.

     svc_dg_enablecache()    This function allocates a duplicate request cache
                             for the service endpoint xprt, large enough to
                             hold cache_size entries.  Once enabled, there is
                             no way to disable caching.  This routine returns
                             0 if space necessary for a cache of the given
                             size was successfully allocated, and 1 otherwise.

     svc_exit()              This function, when called by any of the RPC
                             server procedure or otherwise, causes svc_run()
                             to return.

                             As currently implemented, svc_exit() zeroes the
                             svc_fdset global variable.  If RPC server
                             activity is to be resumed, services must be
                             reregistered with the RPC library either through
                             one of the rpc_svc_create(3) functions, or using
                             xprt_register().  The svc_exit() function has
                             global scope and ends all RPC server activity.

     fd_set svc_fdset        A global variable reflecting the RPC server's
                             read file descriptor bit mask; it is suitable as
                             an argument to the select(2) system call.  This
                             is only of interest if service implementors do
                             not call svc_run(), but rather do their own
                             asynchronous event processing.  This variable is
                             read-only (do not pass its address to
                             select(2)!), yet it may change after calls to
                             svc_getreqset() or any creation routines.

     svc_freeargs()          A function macro that frees any data allocated by
                             the RPC/XDR system when it decoded the arguments
                             to a service procedure using svc_getargs().  This
                             routine returns TRUE if the results were
                             successfully freed, and FALSE otherwise.

     svc_getargs()           A function macro that decodes the arguments of an
                             RPC request associated with the RPC service
                             transport handle xprt.  The in argument is the
                             address where the arguments will be placed;
                             inproc is the XDR routine used to decode the
                             arguments.  This routine returns TRUE if decoding
                             succeeds, and FALSE otherwise.

     svc_getreq_common()     This routine is called to handle a request on the
                             given file descriptor.

     svc_getreq_poll()       This routine is only of interest if a service
                             implementor does not call svc_run(), but instead
                             implements custom asynchronous event processing.
                             It is called when poll(2) has determined that an
                             RPC request has arrived on some RPC file
                             descriptors; pollretval is the return value from
                             poll(2) and pfdp is the array of pollfd
                             structures on which the poll(2) was done.  It is
                             assumed to be an array large enough to contain
                             the maximal number of descriptors allowed.

     svc_getreqset()         This routine is only of interest if a service
                             implementor does not call svc_run(), but instead
                             implements custom asynchronous event processing.
                             It is called when poll(2) has determined that an
                             RPC request has arrived on some RPC file
                             descriptors; rdfds is the resultant read file
                             descriptor bit mask.  The routine returns when
                             all file descriptors associated with the value of
                             rdfds have been serviced.

     svc_getrpccaller()      The approved way of getting the network address
                             of the caller of a procedure associated with the
                             RPC service transport handle xprt.

     __svc_getcallercreds()  Warning: this macro is specific to FreeBSD and
                             thus not portable.  This macro returns a pointer
                             to a cmsgcred structure, defined in
                             <sys/socket.h>, identifying the calling client.
                             This only works if the client is calling the
                             server over an AF_LOCAL socket.

     struct pollfd svc_pollset[FD_SETSIZE];
                             svc_pollset is an array of pollfd structures
                             derived from svc_fdset[].  It is suitable as an
                             argument to the poll(2) system call.  The
                             derivation of svc_pollset from svc_fdset is made
                             in the current implementation in svc_run().
                             Service implementors who do not call svc_run()
                             and who wish to use this array must perform this
                             derivation themselves.

     svc_run()               This routine never returns.  It waits for RPC
                             requests to arrive, and calls the appropriate
                             service procedure using svc_getreq_poll() when
                             one arrives.  This procedure is usually waiting
                             for the poll(2) system call to return.

     svc_sendreply()         Called by an RPC service's dispatch routine to
                             send the results of a remote procedure call.  The
                             xprt argument is the request's associated
                             transport handle; outproc is the XDR routine
                             which is used to encode the results; and out is
                             the address of the results.  This routine returns
                             TRUE if it succeeds, FALSE otherwise.

SEE ALSO
     poll(2), select(2), rpc(3), rpc_svc_create(3), rpc_svc_err(3),
     rpc_svc_reg(3)

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6           May 3, 1993          FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6

Command Section

man2web Home...