shm-client.c

An example that shows how to set up a client to receive shared memory segments from the server. Works only on Linux.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <rpc/object.h>
#include <rpc/client.h>

#define BLOCK_SIZE  (1024 * 1024)

int
main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    rpc_client_t client;
    rpc_connection_t conn;
    rpc_object_t result;
    rpc_object_t shmem;
    void *addr;

    if (argc < 2) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: shm-client <server socket URI>\n");
        return (1);
    }

    client = rpc_client_create(argv[1], 0);
    if (client == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "cannot connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return (1);
    }

    conn = rpc_client_get_connection(client);
    shmem = rpc_shmem_create(BLOCK_SIZE);
    addr = rpc_shmem_map(shmem);

    memset(addr, 'A', rpc_shmem_get_size(shmem));

    printf("memory before :%.*s\n", 16, addr);

    result = rpc_connection_call_simple(conn, "exchange_blob", "[v]",
        shmem);

    printf("result = %s\n", rpc_copy_description(result));

    printf("memory after :%.*s\n", 16, addr);

    rpc_shmem_unmap(shmem, addr);
    rpc_client_close(client);
    return (0);
}