shm-server.c

An example that shows how to set up a server to send shared memory segments to clients. Works only on Linux

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <rpc/object.h>
#include <rpc/service.h>
#include <rpc/server.h>
#include "../../src/internal.h"

static rpc_object_t
exchange_blob(void *cookie, rpc_object_t args)
{
    rpc_object_t shmem;
    void *addr;

    if (rpc_object_unpack(args, "[v]", &shmem) < 1) {
        rpc_function_error(cookie, EINVAL, "Invalid arguments passed");
        return (NULL);
    }

    printf("Received %zu bytes long shared memory block\n",
        rpc_shmem_get_size(shmem));

    addr = rpc_shmem_map(shmem);

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

    rpc_shmem_unmap(shmem, addr);
    return (shmem);
}

int
main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    rpc_context_t ctx;
    rpc_server_t srv;

    (void)argc;
    (void)argv;

    ctx = rpc_context_create();
    rpc_context_register_func(ctx, NULL, "exchange_blob", NULL,
        exchange_blob);
    srv = rpc_server_create("unix:///tmp/server.sock", ctx);
    rpc_server_resume(srv);
    pause();
}