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 impelmentation.
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.
44 #include <rpc/types.h>
47 #define LASTUNSIGNED ((u_int)0-1)
50 * XDR an indirect pointer
51 * xdr_reference is for recursively translating a structure that is
52 * referenced by a pointer inside the structure that is currently being
53 * translated. pp references a pointer to storage. If *pp is null
54 * the necessary storage is allocated.
55 * size is the sizeof the referneced structure.
56 * proc is the routine to handle the referenced structure.
59 xdr_reference(xdrs
, pp
, size
, proc
)
61 caddr_t
*pp
; /* the pointer to work on */
62 u_int size
; /* size of the object pointed to */
63 xdrproc_t proc
; /* xdr routine to handle the object */
65 register caddr_t loc
= *pp
;
74 *pp
= loc
= (caddr_t
) mem_alloc(size
);
76 (void) fprintf(stderr
,
77 "xdr_reference: out of memory\n");
80 bzero(loc
, (int)size
);
84 stat
= (*proc
)(xdrs
, loc
, LASTUNSIGNED
);
86 if (xdrs
->x_op
== XDR_FREE
) {
97 * XDR a pointer to a possibly recursive data structure. This
98 * differs with xdr_reference in that it can serialize/deserialiaze
101 * What's sent is actually a union:
103 * union object_pointer switch (boolean b) {
104 * case TRUE: object_data data;
105 * case FALSE: void nothing;
108 * > objpp: Pointer to the pointer to the object.
109 * > obj_size: size of the object.
110 * > xdr_obj: routine to XDR an object.
114 xdr_pointer(xdrs
,objpp
,obj_size
,xdr_obj
)
123 more_data
= (*objpp
!= NULL
);
124 if (! xdr_bool(xdrs
,&more_data
)) {
131 return (xdr_reference(xdrs
,objpp
,obj_size
,xdr_obj
));