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use crate::io;
use crate::sys::anonymous_pipe::{AnonPipe, pipe as pipe_inner};
use crate::sys_common::{FromInner, IntoInner};
/// Creates an anonymous pipe.
///
/// # Behavior
///
/// A pipe is a one-way data channel provided by the OS, which works across processes. A pipe is
/// typically used to communicate between two or more separate processes, as there are better,
/// faster ways to communicate within a single process.
///
/// In particular:
///
/// * A read on a [`PipeReader`] blocks until the pipe is non-empty.
/// * A write on a [`PipeWriter`] blocks when the pipe is full.
/// * When all copies of a [`PipeWriter`] are closed, a read on the corresponding [`PipeReader`]
/// returns EOF.
/// * [`PipeWriter`] can be shared, and multiple processes or threads can write to it at once, but
/// writes (above a target-specific threshold) may have their data interleaved.
/// * [`PipeReader`] can be shared, and multiple processes or threads can read it at once. Any
/// given byte will only get consumed by one reader. There are no guarantees about data
/// interleaving.
/// * Portable applications cannot assume any atomicity of messages larger than a single byte.
///
/// # Platform-specific behavior
///
/// This function currently corresponds to the `pipe` function on Unix and the
/// `CreatePipe` function on Windows.
///
/// Note that this [may change in the future][changes].
///
/// # Capacity
///
/// Pipe capacity is platform dependent. To quote the Linux [man page]:
///
/// > Different implementations have different limits for the pipe capacity. Applications should
/// > not rely on a particular capacity: an application should be designed so that a reading process
/// > consumes data as soon as it is available, so that a writing process does not remain blocked.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```no_run
/// # #[cfg(miri)] fn main() {}
/// # #[cfg(not(miri))]
/// # fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
/// use std::io::{Read, Write, pipe};
/// use std::process::Command;
/// let (ping_reader, mut ping_writer) = pipe()?;
/// let (mut pong_reader, pong_writer) = pipe()?;
///
/// // Spawn a child process that echoes its input.
/// let mut echo_command = Command::new("cat");
/// echo_command.stdin(ping_reader);
/// echo_command.stdout(pong_writer);
/// let mut echo_child = echo_command.spawn()?;
///
/// // Send input to the child process. Note that because we're writing all the input before we
/// // read any output, this could deadlock if the child's input and output pipe buffers both
/// // filled up. Those buffers are usually at least a few KB, so "hello" is fine, but for longer
/// // inputs we'd need to read and write at the same time, e.g. using threads.
/// ping_writer.write_all(b"hello")?;
///
/// // `cat` exits when it reads EOF from stdin, but that can't happen while any ping writer
/// // remains open. We need to drop our ping writer, or read_to_string will deadlock below.
/// drop(ping_writer);
///
/// // The pong reader can't report EOF while any pong writer remains open. Our Command object is
/// // holding a pong writer, and again read_to_string will deadlock if we don't drop it.
/// drop(echo_command);
///
/// let mut buf = String::new();
/// // Block until `cat` closes its stdout (a pong writer).
/// pong_reader.read_to_string(&mut buf)?;
/// assert_eq!(&buf, "hello");
///
/// // At this point we know `cat` has exited, but we still need to wait to clean up the "zombie".
/// echo_child.wait()?;
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
/// [changes]: io#platform-specific-behavior
/// [man page]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/pipe.7.html
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
#[inline]
pub fn pipe() -> io::Result<(PipeReader, PipeWriter)> {
pipe_inner().map(|(reader, writer)| (PipeReader(reader), PipeWriter(writer)))
}
/// Read end of an anonymous pipe.
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct PipeReader(pub(crate) AnonPipe);
/// Write end of an anonymous pipe.
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct PipeWriter(pub(crate) AnonPipe);
impl FromInner<AnonPipe> for PipeReader {
fn from_inner(inner: AnonPipe) -> Self {
Self(inner)
}
}
impl IntoInner<AnonPipe> for PipeReader {
fn into_inner(self) -> AnonPipe {
self.0
}
}
impl FromInner<AnonPipe> for PipeWriter {
fn from_inner(inner: AnonPipe) -> Self {
Self(inner)
}
}
impl IntoInner<AnonPipe> for PipeWriter {
fn into_inner(self) -> AnonPipe {
self.0
}
}
impl PipeReader {
/// Creates a new [`PipeReader`] instance that shares the same underlying file description.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```no_run
/// # #[cfg(miri)] fn main() {}
/// # #[cfg(not(miri))]
/// # fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
/// use std::fs;
/// use std::io::{pipe, Write};
/// use std::process::Command;
/// const NUM_SLOT: u8 = 2;
/// const NUM_PROC: u8 = 5;
/// const OUTPUT: &str = "work.txt";
///
/// let mut jobs = vec![];
/// let (reader, mut writer) = pipe()?;
///
/// // Write NUM_SLOT characters the pipe.
/// writer.write_all(&[b'|'; NUM_SLOT as usize])?;
///
/// // Spawn several processes that read a character from the pipe, do some work, then
/// // write back to the pipe. When the pipe is empty, the processes block, so only
/// // NUM_SLOT processes can be working at any given time.
/// for _ in 0..NUM_PROC {
/// jobs.push(
/// Command::new("bash")
/// .args(["-c",
/// &format!(
/// "read -n 1\n\
/// echo -n 'x' >> '{OUTPUT}'\n\
/// echo -n '|'",
/// ),
/// ])
/// .stdin(reader.try_clone()?)
/// .stdout(writer.try_clone()?)
/// .spawn()?,
/// );
/// }
///
/// // Wait for all jobs to finish.
/// for mut job in jobs {
/// job.wait()?;
/// }
///
/// // Check our work and clean up.
/// let xs = fs::read_to_string(OUTPUT)?;
/// fs::remove_file(OUTPUT)?;
/// assert_eq!(xs, "x".repeat(NUM_PROC.into()));
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
pub fn try_clone(&self) -> io::Result<Self> {
self.0.try_clone().map(Self)
}
}
impl PipeWriter {
/// Creates a new [`PipeWriter`] instance that shares the same underlying file description.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```no_run
/// # #[cfg(miri)] fn main() {}
/// # #[cfg(not(miri))]
/// # fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
/// use std::process::Command;
/// use std::io::{pipe, Read};
/// let (mut reader, writer) = pipe()?;
///
/// // Spawn a process that writes to stdout and stderr.
/// let mut peer = Command::new("bash")
/// .args([
/// "-c",
/// "echo -n foo\n\
/// echo -n bar >&2"
/// ])
/// .stdout(writer.try_clone()?)
/// .stderr(writer)
/// .spawn()?;
///
/// // Read and check the result.
/// let mut msg = String::new();
/// reader.read_to_string(&mut msg)?;
/// assert_eq!(&msg, "foobar");
///
/// peer.wait()?;
/// # Ok(())
/// # }
/// ```
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
pub fn try_clone(&self) -> io::Result<Self> {
self.0.try_clone().map(Self)
}
}
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
impl io::Read for &PipeReader {
fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read(buf)
}
fn read_vectored(&mut self, bufs: &mut [io::IoSliceMut<'_>]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read_vectored(bufs)
}
#[inline]
fn is_read_vectored(&self) -> bool {
self.0.is_read_vectored()
}
fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read_to_end(buf)
}
fn read_buf(&mut self, buf: io::BorrowedCursor<'_>) -> io::Result<()> {
self.0.read_buf(buf)
}
}
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
impl io::Read for PipeReader {
fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read(buf)
}
fn read_vectored(&mut self, bufs: &mut [io::IoSliceMut<'_>]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read_vectored(bufs)
}
#[inline]
fn is_read_vectored(&self) -> bool {
self.0.is_read_vectored()
}
fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.read_to_end(buf)
}
fn read_buf(&mut self, buf: io::BorrowedCursor<'_>) -> io::Result<()> {
self.0.read_buf(buf)
}
}
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
impl io::Write for &PipeWriter {
fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.write(buf)
}
#[inline]
fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
Ok(())
}
fn write_vectored(&mut self, bufs: &[io::IoSlice<'_>]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.write_vectored(bufs)
}
#[inline]
fn is_write_vectored(&self) -> bool {
self.0.is_write_vectored()
}
}
#[stable(feature = "anonymous_pipe", since = "1.87.0")]
impl io::Write for PipeWriter {
fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.write(buf)
}
#[inline]
fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
Ok(())
}
fn write_vectored(&mut self, bufs: &[io::IoSlice<'_>]) -> io::Result<usize> {
self.0.write_vectored(bufs)
}
#[inline]
fn is_write_vectored(&self) -> bool {
self.0.is_write_vectored()
}
}