// Copyright (c) 2021 The Bitcoin Core developers // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. #ifndef BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H #define BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H #include #include #include namespace ipc { struct Context; } // namespace ipc namespace interfaces { class Init; //! Interface providing access to interprocess-communication (IPC) //! functionality. The IPC implementation is responsible for establishing //! connections between a controlling process and a process being controlled. //! When a connection is established, the process being controlled returns an //! interfaces::Init pointer to the controlling process, which the controlling //! process can use to get access to other interfaces and functionality. //! //! When spawning a new process, the steps are: //! //! 1. The controlling process calls interfaces::Ipc::spawnProcess(), which //! calls ipc::Process::spawn(), which spawns a new process and returns a //! socketpair file descriptor for communicating with it. //! interfaces::Ipc::spawnProcess() then calls ipc::Protocol::connect() //! passing the socketpair descriptor, which returns a local proxy //! interfaces::Init implementation calling remote interfaces::Init methods. //! 2. The spawned process calls interfaces::Ipc::startSpawnProcess(), which //! calls ipc::Process::checkSpawned() to read command line arguments and //! determine whether it is a spawned process and what socketpair file //! descriptor it should use. It then calls ipc::Protocol::serve() to handle //! incoming requests from the socketpair and invoke interfaces::Init //! interface methods, and exit when the socket is closed. //! 3. The controlling process calls local proxy interfaces::Init object methods //! to make other proxy objects calling other remote interfaces. It can also //! destroy the initial interfaces::Init object to close the connection and //! shut down the spawned process. class Ipc { public: virtual ~Ipc() = default; //! Spawn a child process returning pointer to its Init interface. virtual std::unique_ptr spawnProcess(const char* exe_name) = 0; //! If this is a spawned process, block and handle requests from the parent //! process by forwarding them to this process's Init interface, then return //! true. If this is not a spawned child process, return false. virtual bool startSpawnedProcess(int argc, char* argv[], int& exit_status) = 0; //! Add cleanup callback to remote interface that will run when the //! interface is deleted. template void addCleanup(Interface& iface, std::function cleanup) { addCleanup(typeid(Interface), &iface, std::move(cleanup)); } //! IPC context struct accessor (see struct definition for more description). virtual ipc::Context& context() = 0; protected: //! Internal implementation of public addCleanup method (above) as a //! type-erased virtual function, since template functions can't be virtual. virtual void addCleanup(std::type_index type, void* iface, std::function cleanup) = 0; }; //! Return implementation of Ipc interface. std::unique_ptr MakeIpc(const char* exe_name, const char* process_argv0, Init& init); } // namespace interfaces #endif // BITCOIN_INTERFACES_IPC_H