/* Make a malloced buffer suitable for returning from a mach rpc Copyright (C) 1996, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Miles Bader This file is part of the GNU Hurd. The GNU Hurd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. The GNU Hurd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ #include #include #include #include #include "iohelp.h" /* Puts data from the malloced buffer BUF, LEN bytes long, into RBUF & RLEN, suitable for returning from a mach rpc. If LEN > 0, BUF is freed, regardless of whether an error is returned or not. */ error_t iohelp_return_malloced_buffer (char *buf, size_t len, char **rbuf, mach_msg_type_number_t *rlen) { error_t err = 0; if (*rlen < len) { *rbuf = mmap (0, len, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANON, 0, 0); err = (*rbuf == (char *) -1) ? errno : 0; } if (! err) { if (len) bcopy (buf, *rbuf, len); *rlen = len; } if (len > 0) free (buf); return err; }