sub-process.h

   1 #ifndef SUBPROCESS_H
   2 #define SUBPROCESS_H
   3
   4 #include "git-compat-util.h"
   5 #include "hashmap.h"
   6 #include "run-command.h"
   7
   8 /*
   9  * The sub-process API makes it possible to run background sub-processes
  10  * for the entire lifetime of a Git invocation. If Git needs to communicate
  11  * with an external process multiple times, then this can reduces the process
  12  * invocation overhead. Git and the sub-process communicate through stdin and
  13  * stdout.
  14  *
  15  * The sub-processes are kept in a hashmap by command name and looked up
  16  * via the subprocess_find_entry function.  If an existing instance can not
  17  * be found then a new process should be created and started.  When the
  18  * parent git command terminates, all sub-processes are also terminated.
  19  *
  20  * This API is based on the run-command API.
  21  */
  22
  23  /* data structures */
  24
  25 /* Members should not be accessed directly. */
  26 struct subprocess_entry {
  27         struct hashmap_entry ent; /* must be the first member! */
  28         const char *cmd;
  29         struct child_process process;
  30 };
  31
  32 struct subprocess_capability {
  33         const char *name;
  34
  35         /*
  36          * subprocess_handshake will "|=" this value to supported_capabilities
  37          * if the server reports that it supports this capability.
  38          */
  39         unsigned int flag;
  40 };
  41
  42 /* subprocess functions */
  43
  44 /* Function to test two subprocess hashmap entries for equality. */
  45 extern int cmd2process_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
  46                            const void *e1,
  47                            const void *e2,
  48                            const void *unused_keydata);
  49
  50 /*
  51  * User-supplied function to initialize the sub-process.  This is
  52  * typically used to negotiate the interface version and capabilities.
  53  */
  54 typedef int(*subprocess_start_fn)(struct subprocess_entry *entry);
  55
  56 /* Start a subprocess and add it to the subprocess hashmap. */
  57 int subprocess_start(struct hashmap *hashmap, struct subprocess_entry *entry, const char *cmd,
  58                 subprocess_start_fn startfn);
  59
  60 /* Kill a subprocess and remove it from the subprocess hashmap. */
  61 void subprocess_stop(struct hashmap *hashmap, struct subprocess_entry *entry);
  62
  63 /* Find a subprocess in the subprocess hashmap. */
  64 struct subprocess_entry *subprocess_find_entry(struct hashmap *hashmap, const char *cmd);
  65
  66 /* subprocess helper functions */
  67
  68 /* Get the underlying `struct child_process` from a subprocess. */
  69 static inline struct child_process *subprocess_get_child_process(
  70                 struct subprocess_entry *entry)
  71 {
  72         return &entry->process;
  73 }
  74
  75 /*
  76  * Perform the version and capability negotiation as described in the
  77  * "Handshake" section of long-running-process-protocol.txt using the
  78  * given requested versions and capabilities. The "versions" and "capabilities"
  79  * parameters are arrays terminated by a 0 or blank struct.
  80  *
  81  * This function is typically called when a subprocess is started (as part of
  82  * the "startfn" passed to subprocess_start).
  83  */
  84 int subprocess_handshake(struct subprocess_entry *entry,
  85                          const char *welcome_prefix,
  86                          int *versions,
  87                          int *chosen_version,
  88                          struct subprocess_capability *capabilities,
  89                          unsigned int *supported_capabilities);
  90
  91 /*
  92  * Helper function that will read packets looking for "status=<foo>"
  93  * key/value pairs and return the value from the last "status" packet
  94  */
  95
  96 int subprocess_read_status(int fd, struct strbuf *status);
  97
  98 #endif