xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/rpc/xdr_reference.c (revision 1394f01b4a9e99092957ca5d824d67219565d9b5)
1 /*	$NetBSD: xdr_reference.c,v 1.6 1997/07/13 20:13:32 christos Exp $	*/
2 
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31 
32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
34 #if 0
35 static char *sccsid = "@(#)xdr_reference.c 1.11 87/08/11 SMI";
36 static char *sccsid = "@(#)xdr_reference.c	2.1 88/07/29 4.0 RPCSRC";
37 #else
38 __RCSID("$NetBSD: xdr_reference.c,v 1.6 1997/07/13 20:13:32 christos Exp $");
39 #endif
40 #endif
41 
42 /*
43  * xdr_reference.c, Generic XDR routines impelmentation.
44  *
45  * Copyright (C) 1987, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
46  *
47  * These are the "non-trivial" xdr primitives used to serialize and de-serialize
48  * "pointers".  See xdr.h for more info on the interface to xdr.
49  */
50 
51 #include <stdio.h>
52 #include <stdlib.h>
53 #include <string.h>
54 #include <rpc/types.h>
55 #include <rpc/xdr.h>
56 
57 /*
58  * XDR an indirect pointer
59  * xdr_reference is for recursively translating a structure that is
60  * referenced by a pointer inside the structure that is currently being
61  * translated.  pp references a pointer to storage. If *pp is null
62  * the  necessary storage is allocated.
63  * size is the sizeof the referneced structure.
64  * proc is the routine to handle the referenced structure.
65  */
66 bool_t
67 xdr_reference(xdrs, pp, size, proc)
68 	register XDR *xdrs;
69 	caddr_t *pp;		/* the pointer to work on */
70 	u_int size;		/* size of the object pointed to */
71 	xdrproc_t proc;		/* xdr routine to handle the object */
72 {
73 	register caddr_t loc = *pp;
74 	register bool_t stat;
75 
76 	if (loc == NULL)
77 		switch (xdrs->x_op) {
78 		case XDR_FREE:
79 			return (TRUE);
80 
81 		case XDR_DECODE:
82 			*pp = loc = (caddr_t) mem_alloc(size);
83 			if (loc == NULL) {
84 				(void) fprintf(stderr,
85 				    "xdr_reference: out of memory\n");
86 				return (FALSE);
87 			}
88 			memset(loc, 0, (int)size);
89 			break;
90 
91 		case XDR_ENCODE:
92 			break;
93 		}
94 
95 	stat = (*proc)(xdrs, loc);
96 
97 	if (xdrs->x_op == XDR_FREE) {
98 		mem_free(loc, size);
99 		*pp = NULL;
100 	}
101 	return (stat);
102 }
103 
104 
105 /*
106  * xdr_pointer():
107  *
108  * XDR a pointer to a possibly recursive data structure. This
109  * differs with xdr_reference in that it can serialize/deserialiaze
110  * trees correctly.
111  *
112  *  What's sent is actually a union:
113  *
114  *  union object_pointer switch (boolean b) {
115  *  case TRUE: object_data data;
116  *  case FALSE: void nothing;
117  *  }
118  *
119  * > objpp: Pointer to the pointer to the object.
120  * > obj_size: size of the object.
121  * > xdr_obj: routine to XDR an object.
122  *
123  */
124 bool_t
125 xdr_pointer(xdrs,objpp,obj_size,xdr_obj)
126 	register XDR *xdrs;
127 	char **objpp;
128 	u_int obj_size;
129 	xdrproc_t xdr_obj;
130 {
131 
132 	bool_t more_data;
133 
134 	more_data = (*objpp != NULL);
135 	if (! xdr_bool(xdrs,&more_data)) {
136 		return (FALSE);
137 	}
138 	if (! more_data) {
139 		*objpp = NULL;
140 		return (TRUE);
141 	}
142 	return (xdr_reference(xdrs,objpp,obj_size,xdr_obj));
143 }
144