c - 如何在FIFO

时间:2015-12-17 05:08:24

标签: c linux ipc eof fifo

在客户端 - 服务器程序中,需要检查read()FIFO EOF 吗?

问题:

  • FIFO中的 EOF 会返回0,还是设置了errno的-1
  • 该规则是否也适用于其他IPC设施?

@Update

我仍然发现了结果,所以需要继续询问它。

以下是源代码:

cs_fifo.h:

// fifo header
#ifndef _CS_FIFO
#define _CS_FIFO

#define CLIENT_DATA_SIZE 2
#define SERVER_DATA_SIZE 10

#define SERVER_FIFO_PATH "/tmp/server_fifo"

#define CLIENT_COUNT 3

#endif

fifo_server.c:

// client - server fifo, server part,
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "cs_fifo.h"

int fifo_server() {
    int flag;
    int fd;

    char buf[CLIENT_DATA_SIZE];

    // remove fifo, before create
    remove(SERVER_FIFO_PATH);

    // create fifo
    mode_t mode = 0644;
    if((flag = mkfifo(SERVER_FIFO_PATH, mode)) == -1) {
        printf("error while mkfifo(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return -1;
    }
    printf("server fifo created, path: %s\n", SERVER_FIFO_PATH);

    // open for read
    if((fd = open(SERVER_FIFO_PATH, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
        printf("error while open(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
        exit(-1);
    }

    // loop to receive data from client,
    while(1) {
        // read from fifo
        if((flag = read(fd, buf, CLIENT_DATA_SIZE)) == -1) {
            printf("error while read(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
            exit(0);
        } else if(flag == 0) { // no data
            printf("no data\n");
            sleep(1);
            continue;
        }
        // data received,
        printf("receive data: %s\n", buf);

        // send data back to client's fifo,
        // TODO
    }

    // remove fifo, after finish using,
    remove(SERVER_FIFO_PATH);

    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    return fifo_server();
}

fifo_client.c:

// client - server fifo, client pool part,
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "cs_fifo.h"

int fifo_client_pool() {
    int flag;
    int server_fd;

    char data[CLIENT_DATA_SIZE];

    int i = 0;
    pid_t cpid;
    char identity;

    // open for write
    if((server_fd= open(SERVER_FIFO_PATH, O_WRONLY)) == -1) {
        printf("error while open(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
        exit(-1);
    }

    // create child processes as clients,
    while(i < CLIENT_COUNT) {
        switch(cpid=fork()) {
            case -1: // failed
                printf("error while fork(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
                exit(errno);
            case 0: // success, child process goes here
                printf("child process created, pid [%d], parent pid [%d]\n",(int)getpid(), (int)getppid());
                identity = i + 65; // start from 'A'

                // prepare data
                data[0] = identity;
                data[1] = '\0';

                // write to fifo
                if((flag = write(server_fd, data, CLIENT_DATA_SIZE)) == -1) {
                    printf("[%c] error while write(): %s\n", identity, strerror(errno));
                    _exit(-1);
                }
                printf("[%c] send data to server\n", identity);

                _exit(0);

                break;
            default: // success, parent process goes here
                // sleep a while,
                sleep(1);
                break;
        }

        i++;
    }

    if((flag = close(server_fd)) != 0) {
        printf("error while close(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
    }

    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
    return fifo_client_pool();
}

编译:

服务器:gcc -Wall fifo_server.c -o server

客户:gcc -Wall fifo_client_pool.c -o client_pool

执行:

首先启动服务器:./server

然后启动客户端池:./client_pool

结果:

  • 服务器启动,并在客户启动之前阻止。

  • 然后客户端启动,服务器从3个客户端中的每个客户端收到1个请求,总共3个。

  • 然后所有客户端进程终止,然后服务器的read()继续返回0而不会被阻止。

未来的问题是:

  • 所有客户端终止后,不应该服务器read()阻止?既然它处于阻止模式?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

所有从描述符中读取read返回零表示“已关闭”或“结束”。

如果您有阻止描述符(默认值),那么read将阻止当前没有任何内容可读。如果描述符是非阻塞的,则read会返回-1errno设置为EAGAINEWOULDBLOCK,如果没有任何内容可读。