1 /* @(#)xdr_reference.c 2.1 88/07/29 4.0 RPCSRC */
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30 #if !defined(lint) && defined(SCCSIDS)
31 static char sccsid
[] = "@(#)xdr_reference.c 1.11 87/08/11 SMI";
35 * xdr_reference.c, Generic XDR routines implementation.
37 * Copyright (C) 1987, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
39 * These are the "non-trivial" xdr primitives used to serialize and de-serialize
40 * "pointers". See xdr.h for more info on the interface to xdr.
45 #include <rpc/types.h>
48 #define LASTUNSIGNED ((u_int)0-1)
51 * XDR an indirect pointer
52 * xdr_reference is for recursively translating a structure that is
53 * referenced by a pointer inside the structure that is currently being
54 * translated. pp references a pointer to storage. If *pp is null
55 * the necessary storage is allocated.
56 * size is the size of the referneced structure.
57 * proc is the routine to handle the referenced structure.
60 xdr_reference (xdrs
, pp
, size
, proc
)
62 caddr_t
*pp
; /* the pointer to work on */
63 u_int size
; /* size of the object pointed to */
64 xdrproc_t proc
; /* xdr routine to handle the object */
76 *pp
= loc
= (caddr_t
) mem_alloc (size
);
79 (void) fputs (_("xdr_reference: out of memory\n"), stderr
);
82 bzero (loc
, (int) size
);
88 stat
= (*proc
) (xdrs
, loc
, LASTUNSIGNED
);
90 if (xdrs
->x_op
== XDR_FREE
)
102 * XDR a pointer to a possibly recursive data structure. This
103 * differs with xdr_reference in that it can serialize/deserialize
106 * What's sent is actually a union:
108 * union object_pointer switch (boolean b) {
109 * case TRUE: object_data data;
110 * case FALSE: void nothing;
113 * > objpp: Pointer to the pointer to the object.
114 * > obj_size: size of the object.
115 * > xdr_obj: routine to XDR an object.
119 xdr_pointer (xdrs
, objpp
, obj_size
, xdr_obj
)
128 more_data
= (*objpp
!= NULL
);
129 if (!xdr_bool (xdrs
, &more_data
))
138 return xdr_reference (xdrs
, objpp
, obj_size
, xdr_obj
);