2 * Low-level synchronization pipe routines for use by Wireshark/TShark
5 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
6 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
7 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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27 * Low-level sync pipe interfaces.
30 #ifndef __SYNC_PIPE_H__
31 #define __SYNC_PIPE_H__
35 * Maximum length of sync pipe message data. Must be < 2^24, as the
36 * message length is 3 bytes.
37 * XXX - this must be large enough to handle a Really Big Filter
38 * Expression, as the error message for an incorrect filter expression
39 * is a bit larger than the filter expression.
41 #define SP_MAX_MSG_LEN 4096
44 /* Size of buffer to hold decimal representation of
45 signed/unsigned 64-bit int */
46 #define SP_DECISIZE 20
49 * Indications sent out on the sync pipe (from child to parent).
50 * We might want to switch to something like Thrift
51 * (http://thrift.apache.org/) or Protocol Buffers
52 * (http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/) if we ever need to use more
55 #define SP_FILE 'F' /* the name of the recently opened file */
56 #define SP_ERROR_MSG 'E' /* error message */
57 #define SP_BAD_FILTER 'B' /* error message for bad capture filter */
58 #define SP_PACKET_COUNT 'P' /* count of packets captured since last message */
59 #define SP_DROPS 'D' /* count of packets dropped in capture */
60 #define SP_SUCCESS 'S' /* success indication, no extra data */
62 * Win32 only: Indications sent out on the signal pipe (from parent to child)
63 * (UNIX-like sends signals for this)
65 #define SP_QUIT 'Q' /* "gracefully" capture quit message (SIGUSR1) */
67 /* write a single message header to the recipient pipe */
69 pipe_write_header(int pipe_fd, char indicator, int length);
71 /* write a message to the recipient pipe in the standard format
72 (3 digit message length (excluding length and indicator field),
73 1 byte message indicator and the rest is the message).
74 If msg is NULL, the message has only a length and indicator. */
76 pipe_write_block(int pipe_fd, char indicator, const char *msg);
78 /** the child encountered an error, notify the parent */
80 sync_pipe_errmsg_to_parent(int pipe_fd, const char *error_msg,
81 const char *secondary_error_msg);
83 /** Has the parent signalled the child to stop? */
84 #define SIGNAL_PIPE_CTRL_ID_NONE "none"
86 #define SIGNAL_PIPE_FORMAT "\\\\.\\pipe\\wireshark.%s.signal"
89 #endif /* sync_pipe.h */