// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_H_ #define IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_H_ #include #include #if defined(OS_POSIX) #include #endif #include "base/compiler_specific.h" #include "base/files/scoped_file.h" #include "base/process/process.h" #include "ipc/ipc_channel_handle.h" #include "ipc/ipc_endpoint.h" #include "ipc/ipc_message.h" namespace IPC { class Listener; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // See // http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/inter-process-communication // for overview of IPC in Chromium. // Channels are implemented using named pipes on Windows, and // socket pairs (or in some special cases unix domain sockets) on POSIX. // On Windows we access pipes in various processes by name. // On POSIX we pass file descriptors to child processes and assign names to them // in a lookup table. // In general on POSIX we do not use unix domain sockets due to security // concerns and the fact that they can leave garbage around the file system // (MacOS does not support abstract named unix domain sockets). // You can use unix domain sockets if you like on POSIX by constructing the // the channel with the mode set to one of the NAMED modes. NAMED modes are // currently used by automation and service processes. class IPC_EXPORT Channel : public Endpoint { // Security tests need access to the pipe handle. friend class ChannelTest; public: // Flags to test modes enum ModeFlags { MODE_NO_FLAG = 0x0, MODE_SERVER_FLAG = 0x1, MODE_CLIENT_FLAG = 0x2, MODE_NAMED_FLAG = 0x4, #if defined(OS_POSIX) MODE_OPEN_ACCESS_FLAG = 0x8, // Don't restrict access based on client UID. #endif }; // Some Standard Modes // TODO(morrita): These are under deprecation work. You should use Create*() // functions instead. enum Mode { MODE_NONE = MODE_NO_FLAG, MODE_SERVER = MODE_SERVER_FLAG, MODE_CLIENT = MODE_CLIENT_FLAG, MODE_NAMED_SERVER = MODE_SERVER_FLAG | MODE_NAMED_FLAG, MODE_NAMED_CLIENT = MODE_CLIENT_FLAG | MODE_NAMED_FLAG, #if defined(OS_POSIX) MODE_OPEN_NAMED_SERVER = MODE_OPEN_ACCESS_FLAG | MODE_SERVER_FLAG | MODE_NAMED_FLAG #endif }; // Messages internal to the IPC implementation are defined here. // Uses Maximum value of message type (uint16), to avoid conflicting // with normal message types, which are enumeration constants starting from 0. enum { // The Hello message is sent by the peer when the channel is connected. // The message contains just the process id (pid). // The message has a special routing_id (MSG_ROUTING_NONE) // and type (HELLO_MESSAGE_TYPE). HELLO_MESSAGE_TYPE = UINT16_MAX, // The CLOSE_FD_MESSAGE_TYPE is used in the IPC class to // work around a bug in sendmsg() on Mac. When an FD is sent // over the socket, a CLOSE_FD_MESSAGE is sent with hops = 2. // The client will return the message with hops = 1, *after* it // has received the message that contains the FD. When we // receive it again on the sender side, we close the FD. CLOSE_FD_MESSAGE_TYPE = HELLO_MESSAGE_TYPE - 1 }; // The maximum message size in bytes. Attempting to receive a message of this // size or bigger results in a channel error. static const size_t kMaximumMessageSize = 128 * 1024 * 1024; // Amount of data to read at once from the pipe. static const size_t kReadBufferSize = 4 * 1024; // Maximum persistent read buffer size. Read buffer can grow larger to // accommodate large messages, but it's recommended to shrink back to this // value because it fits 99.9% of all messages (see issue 529940 for data). static const size_t kMaximumReadBufferSize = 64 * 1024; // Initialize a Channel. // // |channel_handle| identifies the communication Channel. For POSIX, if // the file descriptor in the channel handle is != -1, the channel takes // ownership of the file descriptor and will close it appropriately, otherwise // it will create a new descriptor internally. // |listener| receives a callback on the current thread for each newly // received message. // // There are four type of modes how channels operate: // // - Server and named server: In these modes, the Channel is // responsible for settingb up the IPC object // - An "open" named server: It accepts connections from ANY client. // The caller must then implement their own access-control based on the // client process' user Id. // - Client and named client: In these mode, the Channel merely // connects to the already established IPC object. // // Each mode has its own Create*() API to create the Channel object. // // TODO(morrita): Replace CreateByModeForProxy() with one of above Create*(). static scoped_ptr Create(const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Mode mode, Listener* listener); static scoped_ptr CreateClient( const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Listener* listener); // Channels on Windows are named by default and accessible from other // processes. On POSIX channels are anonymous by default and not accessible // from other processes. Named channels work via named unix domain sockets. // On Windows MODE_NAMED_SERVER is equivalent to MODE_SERVER and // MODE_NAMED_CLIENT is equivalent to MODE_CLIENT. static scoped_ptr CreateNamedServer( const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Listener* listener); static scoped_ptr CreateNamedClient( const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Listener* listener); #if defined(OS_POSIX) // An "open" named server accepts connections from ANY client. // The caller must then implement their own access-control based on the // client process' user Id. static scoped_ptr CreateOpenNamedServer( const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Listener* listener); #endif static scoped_ptr CreateServer( const IPC::ChannelHandle& channel_handle, Listener* listener); ~Channel() override; // Connect the pipe. On the server side, this will initiate // waiting for connections. On the client, it attempts to // connect to a pre-existing pipe. Note, calling Connect() // will not block the calling thread and may complete // asynchronously. virtual bool Connect() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT = 0; // Close this Channel explicitly. May be called multiple times. // On POSIX calling close on an IPC channel that listens for connections will // cause it to close any accepted connections, and it will stop listening for // new connections. If you just want to close the currently accepted // connection and listen for new ones, use ResetToAcceptingConnectionState. virtual void Close() = 0; // Get its own process id. This value is told to the peer. virtual base::ProcessId GetSelfPID() const = 0; // Overridden from ipc::Sender. // Send a message over the Channel to the listener on the other end. // // |message| must be allocated using operator new. This object will be // deleted once the contents of the Message have been sent. bool Send(Message* message) override = 0; // IsSendThreadSafe returns true iff it's safe to call |Send| from non-IO // threads. This is constant for the lifetime of the |Channel|. virtual bool IsSendThreadSafe() const; // NaCl in Non-SFI mode runs on Linux directly, and the following functions // compiled on Linux are also needed. Please see also comments in // components/nacl_nonsfi.gyp for more details. #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_NACL_SFI) // On POSIX an IPC::Channel wraps a socketpair(), this method returns the // FD # for the client end of the socket. // This method may only be called on the server side of a channel. // This method can be called on any thread. virtual int GetClientFileDescriptor() const = 0; // Same as GetClientFileDescriptor, but transfers the ownership of the // file descriptor to the caller. // This method can be called on any thread. virtual base::ScopedFD TakeClientFileDescriptor() = 0; #endif // Returns true if a named server channel is initialized on the given channel // ID. Even if true, the server may have already accepted a connection. static bool IsNamedServerInitialized(const std::string& channel_id); #if !defined(OS_NACL_SFI) // Generates a channel ID that's non-predictable and unique. static std::string GenerateUniqueRandomChannelID(); // Generates a channel ID that, if passed to the client as a shared secret, // will validate that the client's authenticity. On platforms that do not // require additional this is simply calls GenerateUniqueRandomChannelID(). // For portability the prefix should not include the \ character. static std::string GenerateVerifiedChannelID(const std::string& prefix); #endif #if defined(OS_LINUX) // Sandboxed processes live in a PID namespace, so when sending the IPC hello // message from client to server we need to send the PID from the global // PID namespace. static void SetGlobalPid(int pid); #endif #if defined(OS_ANDROID) // Most tests are single process and work the same on all platforms. However // in some cases we want to test multi-process, and Android differs in that it // can't 'exec' after forking. This callback resets any data in the forked // process such that it acts similar to if it was exec'd, for tests. static void NotifyProcessForkedForTesting(); #endif protected: // An OutputElement is a wrapper around a Message or raw buffer while it is // waiting to be passed to the system's underlying IPC mechanism. class OutputElement { public: // Takes ownership of message. OutputElement(Message* message); // Takes ownership of the buffer. |buffer| is freed via free(), so it // must be malloced. OutputElement(void* buffer, size_t length); ~OutputElement(); size_t size() const { return message_ ? message_->size() : length_; } const void* data() const { return message_ ? message_->data() : buffer_; } Message* get_message() const { return message_.get(); } private: scoped_ptr message_; void* buffer_; size_t length_; }; }; #if defined(OS_POSIX) // SocketPair() creates a pair of socket FDs suitable for using with // IPC::Channel. IPC_EXPORT bool SocketPair(int* fd1, int* fd2); #endif } // namespace IPC #endif // IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_H_