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[metze/wireshark/wip.git] / sync_pipe.h

diff --git a/sync_pipe.h b/sync_pipe.h
index 87045ea4e7136b0eec4caf5958d587485610db46..455b2b4bd64370b9b102ba8dd4c2b3d5bf572157 100644 (file)
--- a/sync_pipe.h
+++ b/sync_pipe.h
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
  * Low-level synchronization pipe routines for use by Wireshark/TShark
  * and dumpcap
  *
- * $Id$
- *
  * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
  * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 /** @file
- *  
+ *
  *  Low-level sync pipe interfaces.
  */
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@
  * Expression, as the error message for an incorrect filter expression
  * is a bit larger than the filter expression.
  */
-#define SP_MAX_MSG_LEN 4096
+#define SP_MAX_MSG_LEN  4096
 
 
 /* Size of buffer to hold decimal representation of
@@ -49,6 +47,10 @@
 
 /*
  * Indications sent out on the sync pipe (from child to parent).
+ * We might want to switch to something like Thrift
+ * (http://thrift.apache.org/) or Protocol Buffers
+ * (http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/) if we ever need to use more
+ * complex messages.
  */
 #define SP_FILE         'F'     /* the name of the recently opened file */
 #define SP_ERROR_MSG    'E'     /* error message */
@@ -63,18 +65,18 @@
 #define SP_QUIT         'Q'     /* "gracefully" capture quit message (SIGUSR1) */
 
 /* write a single message header to the recipient pipe */
-extern int
+extern ssize_t
 pipe_write_header(int pipe_fd, char indicator, int length);
 
-/* write a message to the recipient pipe in the standard format 
-   (3 digit message length (excluding length and indicator field), 
+/* write a message to the recipient pipe in the standard format
+   (3 digit message length (excluding length and indicator field),
    1 byte message indicator and the rest is the message).
    If msg is NULL, the message has only a length and indicator. */
 extern void
 pipe_write_block(int pipe_fd, char indicator, const char *msg);
 
 /** the child encountered an error, notify the parent */
-extern void 
+extern void
 sync_pipe_errmsg_to_parent(int pipe_fd, const char *error_msg,
                            const char *secondary_error_msg);
 
@@ -85,3 +87,16 @@ sync_pipe_errmsg_to_parent(int pipe_fd, const char *error_msg,
 #endif
 
 #endif /* sync_pipe.h */
+
+/*
+ * Editor modelines  -  http://www.wireshark.org/tools/modelines.html
+ *
+ * Local variables:
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * tab-width: 8
+ * indent-tabs-mode: nil
+ * End:
+ *
+ * vi: set shiftwidth=4 tabstop=8 expandtab:
+ * :indentSize=4:tabSize=8:noTabs=true:
+ */