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[interface] Expand object interface to allow for polymorphic interfaces
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We have several types of object interface at present (data-xfer, job
control, name resolution), and there is some duplication of
functionality between them.  For example, job_done(), job_kill() and
xfer_close() are almost isomorphic to each other.

This updated version of the object interface mechanism allows for each
interface to export an arbitrary list of supported operations.
Advantages include:

  Operations methods now receive a pointer to the object, rather than
  a pointer to the interface.  This allows an object to, for example,
  implement a single close() method that can handle close() operations
  from any of its exposed interfaces.

  The close() operation is implemented as a generic operation (rather
  than having specific variants for data-xfer, job control, etc.).
  This will allow functions such as monojob_wait() to be used to wait
  for e.g.  a name resolution to complete.

  The amount of boilerplate code required in objects is reduced, not
  least because it is no longer necessary to include per-interface
  methods that simply use container_of() to derive a pointer to the
  object and then tail-call to a common per-object method.

  The cost of adding new operations is reduced; adding a new data-xfer
  operation such as stat() no longer incurs the penalty of adding a
  .stat member to the operations table of all existing data-xfer
  interfaces.

The data-xfer, job control and name resolution interfaces have not yet
been updated to use the new interface mechanism, but the code will
still compile and run.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
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236 changes: 222 additions & 14 deletions src/core/interface.c
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FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER );

#include <string.h>
#include <ipxe/interface.h>

/** @file
*
* Object communication interfaces
* Object interfaces
*
*/

/*****************************************************************************
*
* The null interface
*
*/

/** Null interface operations */
static struct interface_operation null_intf_op[] = {};

/** Null interface descriptor */
struct interface_descriptor null_intf_desc =
INTF_DESC_PURE ( null_intf_op );

/** The null interface */
struct interface null_intf = INTF_INIT ( null_intf_desc );

/*****************************************************************************
*
* Object interface plumbing
*
*/

/**
* Plug an interface into a new destination interface
* Plug an object interface into a new destination object interface
*
* @v intf Interface
* @v dest New destination interface
* @v intf Object interface
* @v dest New destination object interface
*
* The reference to the existing destination interface is dropped, a
* reference to the new destination interface is obtained, and the
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* Note that there is no "unplug" call; instead you must plug the
* interface into a null interface.
*/
void plug ( struct interface *intf, struct interface *dest ) {
DBGC ( intf, "INTF %p moving from INTF %p to INTF %p\n",
intf, intf->dest, dest );
void intf_plug ( struct interface *intf, struct interface *dest ) {
DBGC ( INTF_COL ( intf ),
"INTF " INTF_INTF_FMT " replug to " INTF_FMT "\n",
INTF_INTF_DBG ( intf, intf->dest ), INTF_DBG ( dest ) );
intf_get ( dest );
intf_put ( intf->dest );
intf->dest = intf_get ( dest );
intf->dest = dest;
}

/**
* Plug two interfaces together
* Plug two object interfaces together
*
* @v a Interface A
* @v b Interface B
* @v a Object interface A
* @v b Object interface B
*
* Plugs interface A into interface B, and interface B into interface
* A. (The basic plug() function is unidirectional; this function is
* merely a shorthand for two calls to plug(), hence the name.)
*/
void plug_plug ( struct interface *a, struct interface *b ) {
plug ( a, b );
plug ( b, a );
void intf_plug_plug ( struct interface *a, struct interface *b ) {
intf_plug ( a, b );
intf_plug ( b, a );
}

/**
* Unplug an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
*/
void intf_unplug ( struct interface *intf ) {
intf_plug ( intf, &null_intf );
}

/**
* Ignore all further operations on an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
*/
void intf_nullify ( struct interface *intf ) {
intf->desc = &null_intf_desc;
}

/**
* Increment reference count on an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @ret intf Object interface
*/
struct interface * intf_get ( struct interface *intf ) {
ref_get ( intf->refcnt );
return intf;
}

/**
* Decrement reference count on an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
*/
void intf_put ( struct interface *intf ) {
ref_put ( intf->refcnt );
}

/**
* Get pointer to object containing object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @ret object Containing object
*/
void * intf_object ( struct interface *intf ) {
return ( ( ( void * ) intf ) - intf->desc->offset );
}

/**
* Get pass-through interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @ret passthru Pass-through interface, or NULL
*/
static struct interface * intf_get_passthru ( struct interface *intf ) {
struct interface_descriptor *desc = intf->desc;

if ( desc->passthru_offset ) {
return ( ( ( void * ) intf ) + desc->passthru_offset );
} else {
return NULL;
}
}

/**
* Get object interface destination and operation method
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @v type Operation type
* @ret dest Destination interface
* @ret func Implementing method, or NULL
*/
void * intf_get_dest_op_untyped ( struct interface *intf, void *type,
struct interface **dest ) {
struct interface_descriptor *desc;
struct interface_operation *op;
unsigned int i;

while ( 1 ) {
/* Search for an implementing method provided by the
* current destination interface.
*/
*dest = intf_get ( intf->dest );
desc = (*dest)->desc;
for ( i = desc->num_op, op = desc->op ; i ; i--, op++ ) {
if ( op->type == type )
return op->func;
}

/* Pass through to the underlying interface, if applicable */
if ( ! ( intf = intf_get_passthru ( *dest ) ) )
return NULL;
intf_put ( *dest );
}
}

/*****************************************************************************
*
* Generic interface operations
*
*/

/**
* Close an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @v rc Reason for close
*
* Note that this function merely informs the destination object that
* the interface is about to be closed; it doesn't actually disconnect
* the interface. In most cases, you probably want to use
* intf_shutdown() or intf_restart() instead.
*/
void intf_close ( struct interface *intf, int rc ) {
struct interface *dest;
intf_close_TYPE ( void * ) *op =
intf_get_dest_op ( intf, intf_close, &dest );
void *object = intf_object ( dest );

DBGC ( INTF_COL ( intf ), "INTF " INTF_INTF_FMT " close (%s)\n",
INTF_INTF_DBG ( intf, dest ), strerror ( rc ) );

if ( op ) {
op ( object, rc );
} else {
/* Default is to ignore intf_close() */
}

intf_put ( dest );
}

/**
* Shut down an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @v rc Reason for close
*
* Blocks further operations from being received via the interface,
* executes a close operation on the destination interface, and
* unplugs the interface.
*/
void intf_shutdown ( struct interface *intf, int rc ) {

DBGC ( INTF_COL ( intf ), "INTF " INTF_FMT " shutting down (%s)\n",
INTF_DBG ( intf ), strerror ( rc ) );

/* Block further operations */
intf_nullify ( intf );

/* Notify destination of close */
intf_close ( intf, rc );

/* Unplug interface */
intf_unplug ( intf );
}

/**
* Shut down and restart an object interface
*
* @v intf Object interface
* @v rc Reason for close
*
* Shuts down the interface, then unblocks operations that were
* blocked during shutdown.
*/
void intf_restart ( struct interface *intf, int rc ) {
struct interface_descriptor *desc = intf->desc;

/* Shut down the interface */
intf_shutdown ( intf, rc );

DBGC ( INTF_COL ( intf ), "INTF " INTF_FMT " restarting\n",
INTF_DBG ( intf ) );

/* Restore the interface descriptor. Must be done after
* shutdown (rather than inhibiting intf_shutdown() from
* nullifying the descriptor) in order to avoid a potential
* infinite loop as the intf_close() operations on each side
* of the link call each other recursively.
*/
intf->desc = desc;
}

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