5 * Write a packetized stream, where each line is preceded by
6 * its length (including the header) as a 4-byte hex number.
7 * A length of 'zero' means end of stream (and a length of 1-3
10 * This is all pretty stupid, but we use this packetized line
11 * format to make a streaming format possible without ever
12 * over-running the read buffers. That way we'll never read
13 * into what might be the pack data (which should go to another
16 * The writing side could use stdio, but since the reading
17 * side can't, we stay with pure read/write interfaces.
19 static void safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, unsigned n)
22 int ret = xwrite(fd, buf, n);
29 die("write error (disk full?)");
30 die("write error (%s)", strerror(errno));
35 * If we buffered things up above (we don't, but we should),
38 void packet_flush(int fd)
40 safe_write(fd, "0000", 4);
43 #define hex(a) (hexchar[(a) & 15])
44 void packet_write(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
46 static char buffer[1000];
47 static char hexchar[] = "0123456789abcdef";
52 n = vsnprintf(buffer + 4, sizeof(buffer) - 4, fmt, args);
54 if (n >= sizeof(buffer)-4)
55 die("protocol error: impossibly long line");
57 buffer[0] = hex(n >> 12);
58 buffer[1] = hex(n >> 8);
59 buffer[2] = hex(n >> 4);
61 safe_write(fd, buffer, n);
64 static void safe_read(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned size)
69 int ret = xread(fd, buffer + n, size - n);
71 die("read error (%s)", strerror(errno));
73 die("unexpected EOF");
78 int packet_read_line(int fd, char *buffer, unsigned size)
84 safe_read(fd, linelen, 4);
87 for (n = 0; n < 4; n++) {
88 unsigned char c = linelen[n];
90 if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
94 if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') {
98 if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') {
102 die("protocol error: bad line length character");
108 die("protocol error: bad line length %d", len);
109 safe_read(fd, buffer, len);