Make it possible to read and write data that is not null-terminated (#9)

* Make it possible to read and write data that is not null-terminated

* formating

Makefile

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ CFLAGS += -Wmissing-declarations
 $(BUILD)/db_tests: hiredis test/db_tests.c thirdparty/greatest.h event_loop.c state/redis.c common.c
 	$(CC) -o $@ test/db_tests.c event_loop.c state/redis.c common.c thirdparty/hiredis/libhiredis.a $(CFLAGS) -I. -Ithirdparty
 
-$(BUILD)/socket_tests: test/socket_tests.c thirdparty/greatest.h sockets.c
+$(BUILD)/io_tests: test/io_tests.c thirdparty/greatest.h io.c
-	$(CC) -o $@ test/socket_tests.c sockets.c $(CFLAGS) -I. -Ithirdparty
+	$(CC) -o $@ test/io_tests.c io.c $(CFLAGS) -I. -Ithirdparty
 
-$(BUILD)/task_tests: test/task_tests.c task.c sockets.c common.h
+$(BUILD)/task_tests: test/task_tests.c task.c io.c common.h
-	$(CC) -o $@ test/task_tests.c task.c sockets.c $(CFLAGS) -I. -Ithirdparty
+	$(CC) -o $@ test/task_tests.c task.c io.c $(CFLAGS) -I. -Ithirdparty
 
 clean:
 	rm -r $(BUILD)/*
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ redis:
 hiredis:
 	git submodule update --init --recursive -- "thirdparty/hiredis" ; cd thirdparty/hiredis ; make
 
-test: hiredis redis $(BUILD)/db_tests $(BUILD)/socket_tests $(BUILD)/task_tests FORCE
+test: hiredis redis $(BUILD)/db_tests $(BUILD)/io_tests $(BUILD)/task_tests FORCE
 	./thirdparty/redis-3.2.3/src/redis-server &
-	sleep 1s ; ./build/db_tests ; ./build/socket_tests ; ./build/task_tests
+	sleep 1s ; ./build/db_tests ; ./build/io_tests ; ./build/task_tests
 
 FORCE:

io.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "sockets.h"
+#include "io.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <sys/un.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 
@@ -74,22 +75,6 @@ int connect_ipc_sock(const char *socket_pathname) {
   return socket_fd;
 }
 
-/* Sends a message on the given socket file descriptor. */
-void send_ipc_sock(int socket_fd, char *message) {
-  int length = strlen(message);
-  int nbytes;
-  nbytes = write(socket_fd, (char *) &length, sizeof(length));
-  if (nbytes == -1) {
-    LOG_ERR("Error sending to socket.\n");
-    return;
-  }
-  nbytes = write(socket_fd, (char *) message, length * sizeof(char));
-  if (nbytes == -1) {
-    LOG_ERR("Error sending to socket.\n");
-    return;
-  }
-}
-
 /* Accept a new client connection on the given socket
  * descriptor. Returns a descriptor for the new socket. */
 int accept_client(int socket_fd) {
@@ -105,25 +90,52 @@ int accept_client(int socket_fd) {
   return client_fd;
 }
 
-/* Receives a message on the given socket file descriptor. Allocates and
+/* Write a sequence of bytes on a file descriptor. */
- * returns a pointer to the message.
+void write_bytes(int fd, uint8_t *bytes, int64_t length) {
- * NOTE: Caller must free the message! */
+  ssize_t nbytes = write(fd, (char *) &length, sizeof(length));
-char *recv_ipc_sock(int socket_fd) {
+  if (nbytes == -1) {
-  int length;
+    LOG_ERR("Error sending to socket.\n");
-  int nbytes;
+    return;
-  nbytes = read(socket_fd, &length, sizeof(length));
+  }
+  nbytes = write(fd, (char *) bytes, length * sizeof(char));
+  if (nbytes == -1) {
+    LOG_ERR("Error sending to socket.\n");
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Read a sequence of bytes written by write_bytes from a file descriptor.
+ * Allocates and returns a pointer to the bytes.
+ * NOTE: Caller must free the memory! */
+void read_bytes(int fd, uint8_t **bytes, int64_t *length) {
+  ssize_t nbytes = read(fd, length, sizeof(int64_t));
   if (nbytes < 0) {
     LOG_ERR("Error reading length of message from socket.");
-    return NULL;
+    *bytes = NULL;
+    return;
   }
 
-  char *message = malloc((length + 1) * sizeof(char));
+  *bytes = malloc(*length * sizeof(uint8_t));
-  nbytes = read(socket_fd, message, length);
+  nbytes = read(fd, *bytes, *length);
   if (nbytes < 0) {
     LOG_ERR("Error reading message from socket.");
-    free(message);
+    free(*bytes);
-    return NULL;
+    *bytes = NULL;
   }
-  message[length] = '\0';
+}
-  return message;
+
+/* Write a null-terminated string to a file descriptor. */
+void write_string(int fd, char *message) {
+  /* Account for the \0 at the end of the string. */
+  write_bytes(fd, (uint8_t *) message, strlen(message) + 1);
+}
+
+/* Reads a null-terminated string from the file descriptor that has been
+ * written by write_string. Allocates and returns a pointer to the string.
+ * NOTE: Caller must free the memory! */
+char *read_string(int fd) {
+  uint8_t *bytes;
+  int64_t length;
+  read_bytes(fd, &bytes, &length);
+  return (char *) bytes;
 }

io.h

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef IO_H
+#define IO_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* Helper functions for socket communication. */
+
+int bind_ipc_sock(const char *socket_pathname);
+int connect_ipc_sock(const char *socket_pathname);
+
+int accept_client(int socket_fd);
+
+/* Reading and writing data */
+
+void write_bytes(int fd, uint8_t *bytes, int64_t length);
+void read_bytes(int fd, uint8_t **bytes, int64_t *length);
+
+void write_string(int fd, char *message);
+char *read_string(int fd);
+
+#endif

sockets.h

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef SOCKETS_H
-#define SOCKETS_H
-
-/* Helper functions for socket communication. */
-int bind_ipc_sock(const char* socket_pathname);
-int connect_ipc_sock(const char* socket_pathname);
-void send_ipc_sock(int socket_fd, char* message);
-int accept_client(int socket_fd);
-char* recv_ipc_sock(int socket_fd);
-
-#endif

task.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "task.h"
 #include "common.h"
-#include "sockets.h"
+#include "io.h"
 
 /* Tasks are stored in a consecutive chunk of memory, the first
  * sizeof(task_spec) bytes are arranged according to the struct

test/io_tests.c

@@ -2,32 +2,39 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
 
-#include "sockets.h"
+#include "io.h"
 
-SUITE(socket_tests);
+SUITE(io_tests);
 
 TEST ipc_socket_test(void) {
-  const char* socket_pathname = "test-socket";
+  const char *socket_pathname = "test-socket";
   int socket_fd = bind_ipc_sock(socket_pathname);
   ASSERT(socket_fd >= 0);
 
-  char* test_string = "hello world";
+  char *test_string = "hello world";
+  char *test_bytes = "another string";
   pid_t pid = fork();
   if (pid == 0) {
     close(socket_fd);
     socket_fd = connect_ipc_sock(socket_pathname);
     ASSERT(socket_fd >= 0);
-    send_ipc_sock(socket_fd, test_string);
+    write_string(socket_fd, test_string);
+    write_bytes(socket_fd, (uint8_t *) test_bytes, strlen(test_bytes));
     close(socket_fd);
     exit(0);
   } else {
     int client_fd = accept_client(socket_fd);
     ASSERT(client_fd >= 0);
-    char* message = recv_ipc_sock(client_fd);
+    char *message = read_string(client_fd);
     ASSERT(message != NULL);
     ASSERT_STR_EQ(test_string, message);
     free(message);
+    int64_t len;
+    uint8_t *bytes;
+    read_bytes(client_fd, &bytes, &len);
+    ASSERT(memcmp(test_bytes, bytes, len) == 0);
     close(client_fd);
     close(socket_fd);
     unlink(socket_pathname);
@@ -36,14 +43,14 @@ TEST ipc_socket_test(void) {
   PASS();
 }
 
-SUITE(socket_tests) {
+SUITE(io_tests) {
   RUN_TEST(ipc_socket_test);
 }
 
 GREATEST_MAIN_DEFS();
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   GREATEST_MAIN_BEGIN();
-  RUN_SUITE(socket_tests);
+  RUN_SUITE(io_tests);
   GREATEST_MAIN_END();
 }