chrome/common/ipc_channel.h

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// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 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 CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_
#define CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_

#include <cstdint>
#include <queue>
#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "build/build_config.h"
#include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h"
#include "mozilla/UniquePtrExtensions.h"
#include "mozilla/WeakPtr.h"
#include "chrome/common/ipc_message.h"

#ifdef OS_WIN
#  include <string>
#endif

namespace IPC {

class Message;
class MessageReader;
class MessageWriter;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class Channel {
  // Security tests need access to the pipe handle.
  friend class ChannelTest;

 public:
  // Windows channels use named objects and connect to them by name,
  // but on Unix we use unnamed socketpairs and pass capabilities
  // directly using SCM_RIGHTS messages.  This type abstracts away
  // that difference.
#ifdef OS_WIN
  typedef std::wstring ChannelId;
#else
  struct ChannelId {};
#endif

  // For channels which are created after initialization, handles to the pipe
  // endpoints may be passed around directly using IPC messages.
  using ChannelHandle = mozilla::UniqueFileHandle;

  // Implemented by consumers of a Channel to receive messages.
  //
  // All listeners will only be called on the IO thread, and must be destroyed
  // on the IO thread.
  class Listener : public mozilla::SupportsWeakPtr {
   public:
    virtual ~Listener() = default;

    // Called when a message is received.
    virtual void OnMessageReceived(Message&& message) = 0;

    // Called when the channel is connected and we have received the internal
    // Hello message from the peer.
    virtual void OnChannelConnected(int32_t peer_pid) {}

    // Called when an error is detected that causes the channel to close.
    // This method is not called when a channel is closed normally.
    virtual void OnChannelError() {}

    // If the listener has queued messages, swap them for |queue| like so
    //   swap(impl->my_queued_messages, queue);
    virtual void GetQueuedMessages(std::queue<Message>& queue) {}
  };

  enum Mode { MODE_SERVER, MODE_CLIENT };

  enum {

  // The maximum message size in bytes. Attempting to receive a
  // message of this size or bigger results in a channel error.
  // This is larger in fuzzing builds to allow the fuzzing of passing
  // large data structures into DOM methods without crashing.
#ifndef FUZZING
    kMaximumMessageSize = 256 * 1024 * 1024,
#else
    kMaximumMessageSize = 1792 * 1024 * 1024,  // 1.75GB
#endif

    // Amount of data to read at once from the pipe.
    kReadBufferSize = 4 * 1024,

    // Maximum size of a message that we allow to be copied (rather than moved).
    kMaxCopySize = 32 * 1024,
  };

  // Initialize a Channel.
  //
  // |channel_id| identifies the communication Channel.
  // |mode| specifies whether this Channel is to operate in server mode or
  // client mode.  In server mode, the Channel is responsible for setting up the
  // IPC object, whereas in client mode, the Channel merely connects to the
  // already established IPC object.
  // |listener| receives a callback on the current thread for each newly
  // received message.
  //
  Channel(const ChannelId& channel_id, Mode mode, Listener* listener);

  // Initialize a pre-created channel |pipe| as |mode|.
  Channel(ChannelHandle pipe, Mode mode, Listener* listener);

  ~Channel();

  // 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.
  bool Connect();

  // Close this Channel explicitly.  May be called multiple times.
  void Close();

  // Modify the Channel's listener.
  Listener* set_listener(Listener* listener);

  // 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.
  //
  // If you Send() a message on a Close()'d channel, we delete the message
  // immediately.
  bool Send(mozilla::UniquePtr<Message> message);

  // The PID which this channel has been opened with. This will be
  // `-1` until `OnChannelConnected` has been called.
  int32_t OtherPid() const;

  // IsClosed() is safe to call from any thread, but the value returned may
  // be out of date, because we don't use any synchronization when reading
  // or writing it.
  bool IsClosed() const;

#if defined(OS_POSIX)
  // On POSIX an IPC::Channel wraps a socketpair(), this method returns the
  // FD # for the client end of the socket and the equivalent FD# to use for
  // mapping it into the Child process.
  // This method may only be called on the server side of a channel.
  //
  // If the kTestingChannelID flag is specified on the command line then
  // a named FIFO is used as the channel transport mechanism rather than a
  // socketpair() in which case this method returns -1 for both parameters.
  void GetClientFileDescriptorMapping(int* src_fd, int* dest_fd) const;

  // Return the file descriptor for communication with the peer.
  int GetFileDescriptor() const;

  // Close the client side of the socketpair.
  void CloseClientFileDescriptor();

#  if defined(OS_MACOSX)
  // Configure the mach task_t for the peer task.
  void SetOtherMachTask(task_t task);

  // Tell this pipe to accept mach ports. Exactly one side of the IPC connection
  // must be set as `MODE_SERVER` and that side will be responsible for
  // transferring the rights between processes.
  void StartAcceptingMachPorts(Mode mode);
#  endif

#elif defined(OS_WIN)
  // Tell this pipe to accept handles. Exactly one side of the IPC connection
  // must be set as `MODE_SERVER`, and that side will be responsible for calling
  // `DuplicateHandle` to transfer the handle between processes.
  void StartAcceptingHandles(Mode mode);
#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)

  // On Windows: Generates a channel ID that, if passed to the client
  // as a shared secret, will validate the client's authenticity.
  // Other platforms don't use channel IDs, so this returns the dummy
  // ChannelId value.
  static ChannelId GenerateVerifiedChannelID();

  // On Windows: Retrieves the initial channel ID passed to the
  // current process by its parent.  Other platforms don't do this;
  // the dummy ChannelId value is returned instead.
  static ChannelId ChannelIDForCurrentProcess();

#if defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)
  // Used to set the first IPC file descriptor in the child process on Android.
  // See ipc_channel_posix.cc for further details on how this is used.
  static void SetClientChannelFd(int fd);
#endif  // defined(MOZ_WIDGET_ANDROID)

  // Create a new pair of pipe endpoints which can be used to establish a
  // native IPC::Channel connection.
  static bool CreateRawPipe(ChannelHandle* server, ChannelHandle* client);

 private:
  // PIMPL to which all channel calls are delegated.
  class ChannelImpl;
  ChannelImpl* channel_impl_;

  enum {
#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    // If the channel receives a message that contains file descriptors, then
    // it will reply back with this message, indicating that the message has
    // been received. The sending channel can then close any descriptors that
    // had been marked as auto_close. This works around a sendmsg() bug on BSD
    // where the kernel can eagerly close file descriptors that are in message
    // queues but not yet delivered.
    RECEIVED_FDS_MESSAGE_TYPE = kuint16max - 1,
#endif

    // The Hello message is internal to the Channel class.  It 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 = kuint16max  // Maximum value of message type
                                     // (uint16_t), to avoid conflicting with
                                     // normal message types, which are
                                     // enumeration constants starting from 0.
  };
};

}  // namespace IPC

#endif  // CHROME_COMMON_IPC_CHANNEL_H_