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1 /* Socket module header file */
3 /* Includes needed for the sockaddr_* symbols below */
4 #ifndef MS_WINDOWS
5 #ifdef __VMS
6 # include <socket.h>
7 # else
8 # include <sys/socket.h>
9 # endif
10 # include <netinet/in.h>
11 # if !(defined(__BEOS__) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || (defined(PYOS_OS2) && defined(PYCC_VACPP)))
12 # include <netinet/tcp.h>
13 # endif
15 #else /* MS_WINDOWS */
16 # include <winsock2.h>
17 # include <ws2tcpip.h>
18 /* VC6 is shipped with old platform headers, and does not have MSTcpIP.h
19 * Separate SDKs have all the functions we want, but older ones don't have
20 * any version information.
21 * I use SIO_GET_MULTICAST_FILTER to detect a decent SDK.
23 # ifdef SIO_GET_MULTICAST_FILTER
24 # include <MSTcpIP.h> /* for SIO_RCVALL */
25 # define HAVE_ADDRINFO
26 # define HAVE_SOCKADDR_STORAGE
27 # define HAVE_GETADDRINFO
28 # define HAVE_GETNAMEINFO
29 # define ENABLE_IPV6
30 # else
31 typedef int socklen_t;
32 # endif /* IPPROTO_IPV6 */
33 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
35 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_UN_H
36 # include <sys/un.h>
37 #else
38 # undef AF_UNIX
39 #endif
41 #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H
42 # ifdef HAVE_ASM_TYPES_H
43 # include <asm/types.h>
44 # endif
45 # include <linux/netlink.h>
46 #else
47 # undef AF_NETLINK
48 #endif
50 #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
51 #include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
52 #include <bluetooth/rfcomm.h>
53 #include <bluetooth/l2cap.h>
54 #include <bluetooth/sco.h>
55 #include <bluetooth/hci.h>
56 #endif
58 #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_H
59 #include <bluetooth.h>
60 #endif
62 #ifdef HAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H
63 # include <sys/ioctl.h>
64 # include <net/if.h>
65 # include <netpacket/packet.h>
66 #endif
68 #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_TIPC_H
69 # include <linux/tipc.h>
70 #endif
72 #ifndef Py__SOCKET_H
73 #define Py__SOCKET_H
74 #ifdef __cplusplus
75 extern "C" {
76 #endif
78 /* Python module and C API name */
79 #define PySocket_MODULE_NAME "_socket"
80 #define PySocket_CAPI_NAME "CAPI"
82 /* Abstract the socket file descriptor type */
83 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
84 typedef SOCKET SOCKET_T;
85 # ifdef MS_WIN64
86 # define SIZEOF_SOCKET_T 8
87 # else
88 # define SIZEOF_SOCKET_T 4
89 # endif
90 #else
91 typedef int SOCKET_T;
92 # define SIZEOF_SOCKET_T SIZEOF_INT
93 #endif
95 /* Socket address */
96 typedef union sock_addr {
97 struct sockaddr_in in;
98 #ifdef AF_UNIX
99 struct sockaddr_un un;
100 #endif
101 #ifdef AF_NETLINK
102 struct sockaddr_nl nl;
103 #endif
104 #ifdef ENABLE_IPV6
105 struct sockaddr_in6 in6;
106 struct sockaddr_storage storage;
107 #endif
108 #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
109 struct sockaddr_l2 bt_l2;
110 struct sockaddr_rc bt_rc;
111 struct sockaddr_sco bt_sco;
112 struct sockaddr_hci bt_hci;
113 #endif
114 #ifdef HAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H
115 struct sockaddr_ll ll;
116 #endif
117 } sock_addr_t;
119 /* The object holding a socket. It holds some extra information,
120 like the address family, which is used to decode socket address
121 arguments properly. */
123 typedef struct {
124 PyObject_HEAD
125 SOCKET_T sock_fd; /* Socket file descriptor */
126 int sock_family; /* Address family, e.g., AF_INET */
127 int sock_type; /* Socket type, e.g., SOCK_STREAM */
128 int sock_proto; /* Protocol type, usually 0 */
129 PyObject *(*errorhandler)(void); /* Error handler; checks
130 errno, returns NULL and
131 sets a Python exception */
132 double sock_timeout; /* Operation timeout in seconds;
133 0.0 means non-blocking */
134 } PySocketSockObject;
136 /* --- C API ----------------------------------------------------*/
138 /* Short explanation of what this C API export mechanism does
139 and how it works:
141 The _ssl module needs access to the type object defined in
142 the _socket module. Since cross-DLL linking introduces a lot of
143 problems on many platforms, the "trick" is to wrap the
144 C API of a module in a struct which then gets exported to
145 other modules via a PyCObject.
147 The code in socketmodule.c defines this struct (which currently
148 only contains the type object reference, but could very
149 well also include other C APIs needed by other modules)
150 and exports it as PyCObject via the module dictionary
151 under the name "CAPI".
153 Other modules can now include the socketmodule.h file
154 which defines the needed C APIs to import and set up
155 a static copy of this struct in the importing module.
157 After initialization, the importing module can then
158 access the C APIs from the _socket module by simply
159 referring to the static struct, e.g.
161 Load _socket module and its C API; this sets up the global
162 PySocketModule:
164 if (PySocketModule_ImportModuleAndAPI())
165 return;
168 Now use the C API as if it were defined in the using
169 module:
171 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!|zz:ssl",
173 PySocketModule.Sock_Type,
175 (PyObject*)&Sock,
176 &key_file, &cert_file))
177 return NULL;
179 Support could easily be extended to export more C APIs/symbols
180 this way. Currently, only the type object is exported,
181 other candidates would be socket constructors and socket
182 access functions.
186 /* C API for usage by other Python modules */
187 typedef struct {
188 PyTypeObject *Sock_Type;
189 PyObject *error;
190 } PySocketModule_APIObject;
192 /* XXX The net effect of the following appears to be to define a function
193 XXX named PySocketModule_APIObject in _ssl.c. It's unclear why it isn't
194 XXX defined there directly.
196 >>> It's defined here because other modules might also want to use
197 >>> the C API.
200 #ifndef PySocket_BUILDING_SOCKET
202 /* --- C API ----------------------------------------------------*/
204 /* Interfacestructure to C API for other modules.
205 Call PySocketModule_ImportModuleAndAPI() to initialize this
206 structure. After that usage is simple:
208 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!|zz:ssl",
209 &PySocketModule.Sock_Type, (PyObject*)&Sock,
210 &key_file, &cert_file))
211 return NULL;
215 static
216 PySocketModule_APIObject PySocketModule;
218 /* You *must* call this before using any of the functions in
219 PySocketModule and check its outcome; otherwise all accesses will
220 result in a segfault. Returns 0 on success. */
222 #ifndef DPRINTF
223 # define DPRINTF if (0) printf
224 #endif
226 static
227 int PySocketModule_ImportModuleAndAPI(void)
229 PyObject *mod = 0, *v = 0;
230 char *apimodule = PySocket_MODULE_NAME;
231 char *apiname = PySocket_CAPI_NAME;
232 void *api;
234 DPRINTF("Importing the %s C API...\n", apimodule);
235 mod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(apimodule);
236 if (mod == NULL)
237 goto onError;
238 DPRINTF(" %s package found\n", apimodule);
239 v = PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, apiname);
240 if (v == NULL)
241 goto onError;
242 Py_DECREF(mod);
243 DPRINTF(" API object %s found\n", apiname);
244 api = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(v);
245 if (api == NULL)
246 goto onError;
247 Py_DECREF(v);
248 memcpy(&PySocketModule, api, sizeof(PySocketModule));
249 DPRINTF(" API object loaded and initialized.\n");
250 return 0;
252 onError:
253 DPRINTF(" not found.\n");
254 Py_XDECREF(mod);
255 Py_XDECREF(v);
256 return -1;
259 #endif /* !PySocket_BUILDING_SOCKET */
261 #ifdef __cplusplus
263 #endif
264 #endif /* !Py__SOCKET_H */