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- /*
- * Create an unnamed stream pipe.
- */
-
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/stream.h> /* defines queue_t */
- #include <stropts.h> /* defines struct strfdinsert */
- #include <fcntl.h>
-
- #define SPX_DEVICE "/dev/spx"
-
- int /* return 0 if OK, -1 on error */
- s_pipe(fd)
- int fd[2]; /* two file descriptors returned through here */
- {
- struct strfdinsert ins;
- queue_t *pointer;
-
- /*
- * First open the stream clone device "/dev/spx" twice,
- * obtaining the two file descriptors.
- */
-
- if ( (fd[0] = open(SPX_DEVICE, O_RDWR)) < 0)
- return(-1);
-
- if ( (fd[1] = open(SPX_DEVICE, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
- close(fd[0]);
- return(-1);
- }
-
- /*
- * Now link these two streams together with an I_FDINSERT ioctl.
- */
-
- ins.ctlbuf.buf = (char *) &pointer; /* no ctl info, just the ptr */
- ins.ctlbuf.maxlen = sizeof(queue_t *);
- ins.ctlbuf.len = sizeof(queue_t *);
-
- ins.databuf.buf = (char *) 0; /* no data to send */
- ins.databuf.len = -1; /* magic: must be -1, not 0, for stream pipe */
- ins.databuf.maxlen = 0;
-
- ins.fildes = fd[1]; /* the fd to connect with fd[0] */
- ins.flags = 0; /* nonpriority message */
- ins.offset = 0; /* offset of pointer in control buffer */
-
- if (ioctl(fd[0], I_FDINSERT, (char * ) &ins) < 0) {
- close(fd[0]);
- close(fd[1]);
- return(-1);
- }
-
- return(0); /* all OK */
- }
-