qemu-e2k/include/io/channel-util.h
Daniel P. Berrange c767ae62b9 io: introduce helper for creating channels from file descriptors
Depending on what object a file descriptor refers to a different
type of IO channel will be needed - either a QIOChannelFile or
a QIOChannelSocket. Introduce a qio_channel_new_fd() method
which will return the appropriate channel implementation.

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
2016-02-15 14:49:00 +00:00

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/*
* QEMU I/O channels utility APIs
*
* Copyright (c) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
*/
#ifndef QIO_CHANNEL_UTIL_H__
#define QIO_CHANNEL_UTIL_H__
#include "io/channel.h"
/*
* This module provides helper functions that are useful when dealing
* with QIOChannel objects
*/
/**
* qio_channel_new_fd:
* @fd: the file descriptor
* @errp: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
*
* Create a channel for performing I/O on the file
* descriptor @fd. The particular subclass of QIOChannel
* that is returned will depend on what underlying object
* the file descriptor is associated with. It may be either
* a QIOChannelSocket or a QIOChannelFile instance. Upon
* success, the returned QIOChannel instance will own
* the @fd file descriptor, and take responsibility for
* closing it when no longer required. On failure, the
* caller is responsible for closing @fd.
*
* Returns: the channel object, or NULL on error
*/
QIOChannel *qio_channel_new_fd(int fd,
Error **errp);
#endif /* QIO_CHANNEL_UTIL_H__ */