prop_{array,dictionary}_copyout_ioctl().
- Implement prop_{array,dictionary}_recv_syscall(), which
takes as parameter the pref we got from kernel and internalize it,
and unmaps the buffer prop_{array,dictionary}_copyout() mapped for us.
- add a prop_{array,dictionary}_send_syscall() for symetry, which is
an alias to prop_{array,dictionary}_externalize_to_pref()
Discussed on tech-kern@ and tech-userlevel@
Implement prop_array_externalize_to_pref(), prop_array_copyin(),
prop_dictionary_externalize_to_pref() and prop_dictionary_copyin()
as discussed in the thread:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2009/07/29/msg005594.html
Add prototypes for prop_array_externalize_to_pref() and
prop_dictionary_externalize_to_pref().
most cases, use a proper constructor. For proplib, give a local
equivalent of POOL_INIT for the kernel object implementation. This
way the code structure can be preserved, and a local link set is
not hazardous anyway (unless proplib is split to several modules,
but that'll be the day).
tested by booting a kernel in qemu and compile-testing i386/ALL
prop_dictionary_util.
From manual page
The prop_array_util family of functions are provided to make getting and
setting values in arrays more convenient in some applications.
OK by mjf@ and freza@.
by using a dynamic stack as well. Reorder arguments for the internalizer
as the iteration is always present and should go before possibly
NULL arguments.
Reviewed by mjf@ and adrianp@
in its own header file to be included by dkio.h. Fixes breakage due to
pollution from proplib.h in programs which include ioctl.h. Tested and OK
by dogcow@.
keys and returns them in an array. This effectively allows a caller
to mutate a dictionary while iterating over it (really, you iterate
over the array of keys instead of the dictionary itself).
- Add a slew of utility functions that make it more convenient (in some
circumstances, anyway) to get/set values in a dictionary.
plist-based messages and to eliminate looping previously required to
receive a plist from the kernel:
- prop_dictionary_copyin_ioctl() and prop_dictionary_copyout_ioctl()
now take the cmd argument rather than the file open flag. The
read-ness or write-ness of an ioctl command is checked by these
routines to ensure that information is being passed to/from the
userland component properly.
- prop_dictionary_copyout_ioctl() now allocates the memory for the
XML plist on behalf of the userland component by way of uvm_mmap().
The XML plist is copied out to the newly-mapped anonymous region,
and the pointer returned via the plistref.
- prop_dictionary_recv_ioctl() is responsible for munmap()'ing the
region after parsing the XML plist into internal represenatation.
- A new prop_dictionary_sendrecv_ioctl() is added, allowing user space
code to send a dictionary to the kernel and receive one back as a
reply.
Update users of prop_kern for the API changes (Bluetooth).
This constitutes an ABI / protocol change -- but this will also be put
into NetBSD 4.0 so that the first proplib release will implement the new
scheme.
- Arrays can now be externalized and internalized in the same way
dictionaries can.
- Add new "externalize to file" and "internalize from file" functions
to make reading a property list from a file and writing a property
list to a file more convenient.
- Many assertions in the object implementations are gone. Instead,
calling an accessor for one object type with a different object type
as an argument will return a suitable "invalid" value.
- prop_object_type() now returns a new PROP_TYPE_UNKNOWN value if called
with a NULL object.
- Externalized property lists now contain a reference to the Apple XML
plist DTD.
- Add a new prop_ingest(3) facility, which provides a convenient way to
translate a dictionary into an arbitrary binary representation.
prop_dictionary_keysym_equals(), and prop_object_equals() functions.
- Use realloc() where it makes sense. There will be more changes in this
area.
- Add a _prop_object_type structure that is used internally to keep
information about the object types. Decreases the footprint of the
objects slightly by replacing several pointers with just one.
bouyer