From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 05/18] serialise: Add helpers for serialising unsigned integers
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:34:17 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260327043430.1785787-6-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260327043430.1785787-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Add helpers to serialise/deserialise unsigned integers, handling endian
conversion so that the stream format is consistent regardless of host
endiannness. Currently we only use this on one place: sending the number
of flows during migration. We're going to have more use for this as we
add dynamic configuration updates, so these will become more useful.
For now we only need a 32-bit version, however define the functions with
a macro so we can easily add other integer widths when we need them.
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
flow.c | 10 ++++------
serialise.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
serialise.h | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/flow.c b/flow.c
index 25a6f1a3..c84857b2 100644
--- a/flow.c
+++ b/flow.c
@@ -1135,10 +1135,9 @@ int flow_migrate_source(struct ctx *c, const struct migrate_stage *stage,
count++;
}
- count = htonl(count);
- if (write_all_buf(fd, &count, sizeof(count))) {
+ if (write_u32(fd, count)) {
rc = errno;
- err_perror("Can't send flow count (%u)", ntohl(count));
+ err_perror("Can't send flow count (%u)", count);
return flow_migrate_source_rollback(c, FLOW_MAX, rc);
}
@@ -1151,7 +1150,7 @@ int flow_migrate_source(struct ctx *c, const struct migrate_stage *stage,
debug("Stop listen()s");
fwd_listen_close(&c->fwd_in);
- debug("Sending %u flows", ntohl(count));
+ debug("Sending %u flows", count);
if (!count)
return 0;
@@ -1221,10 +1220,9 @@ int flow_migrate_target(struct ctx *c, const struct migrate_stage *stage,
(void)stage;
- if (read_all_buf(fd, &count, sizeof(count)))
+ if (read_u32(fd, &count))
return errno;
- count = ntohl(count);
debug("Receiving %u flows", count);
if (!count)
diff --git a/serialise.c b/serialise.c
index f162eeb6..944e7414 100644
--- a/serialise.c
+++ b/serialise.c
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
*/
#include <assert.h>
+#include <endian.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "serialise.h"
@@ -86,3 +88,36 @@ int write_all_buf(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len)
}
return 0;
}
+
+/**
+ * read_uXXX() - Receive a uXXX value from an fd
+ * @fd: File descriptor to read from
+ * @valp: Pointer to variable to update with read value
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -1 on error
+ */
+/**
+ * write_uXXX() - Send a uXXX value to an fd
+ * @fd: File descriptor to write to
+ * @val: Value to send
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -1 on error
+ */
+#define SERIALISE_UINT(bits) \
+ int read_u##bits(int fd, uint##bits##_t *val) \
+ { \
+ uint##bits##_t beval; \
+ if (read_all_buf(fd, &beval, sizeof(beval)) < 0) \
+ return -1; \
+ *val = be##bits##toh(beval); \
+ return 0; \
+ } \
+ int write_u##bits(int fd, uint##bits##_t val) \
+ { \
+ uint##bits##_t beval = htobe##bits(val); \
+ return write_all_buf(fd, &beval, sizeof(beval)); \
+ }
+
+SERIALISE_UINT(32)
+
+#undef SERIALISE_UINT
diff --git a/serialise.h b/serialise.h
index 251c772a..a88f3dee 100644
--- a/serialise.h
+++ b/serialise.h
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@
#define SERIALISE_H
#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
int read_all_buf(int fd, void *buf, size_t len);
int write_all_buf(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len);
+#define SERIALISE_UINT_DECL(bits) \
+ int read_u##bits(int fd, uint##bits##_t *val); \
+ int write_u##bits(int fd, uint##bits##_t val);
+
+SERIALISE_UINT_DECL(32)
+
#endif /* SERIALISE_H */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-27 4:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-27 4:34 [PATCH 00/18] More pesto preliminaries David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 01/18] conf: runas can be const David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 02/18] fwd: Comparing rule " David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 03/18] vhost_user: Fix assorted minor cppcheck warnings David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 04/18] serialise: Split functions user for serialisation from util.c David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 06/18] fwd: Move selecting correct scan bitmap into fwd_sync_one() David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 07/18] fwd: Look up rule index in fwd_sync_one() David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 08/18] fwd: Store forwarding tables indexed by (origin) pif David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 09/18] fwd: Allow FWD_DUAL_STACK_ANY flag to be passed directly to fwd_rule_add() David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 10/18] fwd, conf: Expose ephemeral ports as bitmap rather than function David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 11/18] conf: Don't bother complaining about overlapping excluded ranges David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 12/18] conf: Move check for mapping port 0 to caller David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 13/18] conf: Move check for disabled interfaces earlier David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 14/18] conf: Remove redundant warning when SO_BINDTODEVICE is unavailable David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 15/18] pif: Limit pif names to IFNAMSIZ (16) bytes David Gibson
2026-03-29 12:02 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 16/18] ip: Define a bound for the string returned by ipproto_name() David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 17/18] bitmap: Split bitmap helper functions into their own module David Gibson
2026-03-27 4:34 ` [PATCH 18/18] fwd: Split forwading rule specification from its implementation state David Gibson
2026-03-29 12:02 ` [PATCH 00/18] More pesto preliminaries Stefano Brivio
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