nuttx/drivers/fifo.c

/****************************************************************************
 * drivers/fifo.c
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2008 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 *
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/****************************************************************************
 * Compilation Switches
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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
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#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <nuttx/fs.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include "pipe_common.h"

#if CONFIG_DEV_PIPE_SIZE > 0

/****************************************************************************
 * Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Private Types
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/****************************************************************************
 * Private Function Prototypes
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/****************************************************************************
 * Private Data
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static struct file_operations fifo_fops =
{
  pipecommon_open,  /* open */
  pipecommon_close, /* close */
  pipecommon_read,  /* read */
  pipecommon_write, /* write */
  0,                /* seek */
  0                 /* ioctl */
};

/****************************************************************************
 * Private Functions
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/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: mkfifo
 *
 * Description:
 *   mkfifo() makes a FIFO device driver file with name 'pathname.'  Unlike
 *   Linux, a NuttX FIFO is not a special file type but simply a device driver
 *   instance.  'mode' specifies the FIFO's permissions. 
 *
 *   Once the FIFO has been created by mkfifo(), any thread can open it for
 *   reading or writing, in the same way as an ordinary file. However, it must
 *   have been opened from both reading and writing before input or output
 *   can be performed.  This FIFO implementation will block all attempts to
 *   open a FIFO read-only until at least one thread has opened the FIFO for
 *   writing.
 *
 *   If all threads that write to the FIFO have closed, subsequent calls to
 *   read() on the FIFO will return 0 (end-of-file).
 *
 * Inputs:
 *   pathname - The full path to the FIFO instance to attach to or to create
 *     (if not already created).
 *   mode - Ignored for now
 *
 * Return:
 *   0 is returned on success; otherwise, -1 is returned with errno set
 *   appropriately.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/
int mkfifo(FAR const char *pathname, mode_t mode)
{
  struct pipe_dev_s *dev;
  int ret;
 
  /* Allocate and initialize a new device structure instance */

  dev = pipecommon_allocdev();
  if (!dev)
    {
      return -ENOMEM;
    }

  ret = register_driver(pathname, &fifo_fops, mode, (void*)dev);
  if (ret != 0)
    {
      pipecommon_freedev(dev);
    }
  return ret;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_DEV_PIPE_SIZE > 0 */