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Test for interfacing with dwm-ipc protocol
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <yajl/yajl_gen.h>
#include <yajl/yajl_tree.h>
#define IPC_MAGIC "DWM-IPC"
#define IPC_MAGIC_ARR { 'D', 'W', 'M', '-', 'I', 'P', 'C' }
#define IPC_MAGIC_LEN 7
#define IPC_EVENT_TAG_CHANGE "tag_change_event"
#define IPC_EVENT_CLIENT_FOCUS_CHANGE "client_focus_change_event"
#define IPC_EVENT_LAYOUT_CHANGE "layout_change_event"
#define IPC_EVENT_MONITOR_FOCUS_CHANGE "monitor_focus_change_event"
#define IPC_EVENT_FOCUSED_TITLE_CHANGE "focused_title_change_event"
#define IPC_EVENT_FOCUSED_STATE_CHANGE "focused_state_change_event"
#define YSTR(str) yajl_gen_string(gen, (unsigned char *)str, strlen(str))
#define YINT(num) yajl_gen_integer(gen, num)
#define YDOUBLE(num) yajl_gen_double(gen, num)
#define YBOOL(v) yajl_gen_bool(gen, v)
#define YNULL() yajl_gen_null(gen)
#define YARR(body) \
{ \
yajl_gen_array_open(gen); \
body; \
yajl_gen_array_close(gen); \
}
#define YMAP(body) \
{ \
yajl_gen_map_open(gen); \
body; \
yajl_gen_map_close(gen); \
}
typedef unsigned long Window;
const char *DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH = "/tmp/dwm.sock";
static int sock_fd = -1;
static unsigned int ignore_reply = 0;
typedef enum IPCMessageType {
IPC_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND = 0,
IPC_TYPE_GET_MONITORS = 1,
IPC_TYPE_GET_TAGS = 2,
IPC_TYPE_GET_LAYOUTS = 3,
IPC_TYPE_GET_DWM_CLIENT = 4,
IPC_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE = 5,
IPC_TYPE_EVENT = 6
} IPCMessageType;
typedef struct dwm_ipc_header {
uint8_t magic[IPC_MAGIC_LEN];
uint32_t size;
uint8_t type;
} __attribute((packed)) dwm_ipc_header_t;
static int
recv_message(uint8_t *msg_type, uint32_t *reply_size, uint8_t **reply)
{
uint32_t read_bytes = 0;
const int32_t to_read = sizeof(dwm_ipc_header_t);
char header[to_read];
char *walk = header;
// Try to read header
while (read_bytes < to_read) {
ssize_t n = read(sock_fd, header + read_bytes, to_read - read_bytes);
if (n == 0) {
if (read_bytes == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Unexpectedly reached EOF while reading header.");
fprintf(stderr,
"Read %" PRIu32 " bytes, expected %" PRIu32 " total bytes.\n",
read_bytes, to_read);
return -2;
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Unexpectedly reached EOF while reading header.");
fprintf(stderr,
"Read %" PRIu32 " bytes, expected %" PRIu32 " total bytes.\n",
read_bytes, to_read);
return -3;
}
} else if (n == -1) {
return -1;
}
read_bytes += n;
}
// Check if magic string in header matches
if (memcmp(walk, IPC_MAGIC, IPC_MAGIC_LEN) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Invalid magic string. Got '%.*s', expected '%s'\n",
IPC_MAGIC_LEN, walk, IPC_MAGIC);
return -3;
}
walk += IPC_MAGIC_LEN;
// Extract reply size
memcpy(reply_size, walk, sizeof(uint32_t));
walk += sizeof(uint32_t);
// Extract message type
memcpy(msg_type, walk, sizeof(uint8_t));
walk += sizeof(uint8_t);
(*reply) = malloc(*reply_size);
// Extract payload
read_bytes = 0;
while (read_bytes < *reply_size) {
ssize_t n = read(sock_fd, *reply + read_bytes, *reply_size - read_bytes);
if (n == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Unexpectedly reached EOF while reading payload.");
fprintf(stderr, "Read %" PRIu32 " bytes, expected %" PRIu32 " bytes.\n",
read_bytes, *reply_size);
free(*reply);
return -2;
} else if (n == -1) {
if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN) continue;
free(*reply);
return -1;
}
read_bytes += n;
}
return 0;
}
static int
read_socket(IPCMessageType *msg_type, uint32_t *msg_size, char **msg)
{
int ret = -1;
while (ret != 0) {
ret = recv_message((uint8_t *)msg_type, msg_size, (uint8_t **)msg);
if (ret < 0) {
// Try again (non-fatal error)
if (ret == -1 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)) continue;
fprintf(stderr, "Error receiving response from socket. ");
fprintf(stderr, "The connection might have been lost.\n");
exit(2);
}
}
return 0;
}
static ssize_t
write_socket(const void *buf, size_t count)
{
size_t written = 0;
while (written < count) {
const ssize_t n =
write(sock_fd, ((uint8_t *)buf) + written, count - written);
if (n == -1) {
if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EINTR)
continue;
else
return n;
}
written += n;
}
return written;
}
static void
connect_to_socket()
{
struct sockaddr_un addr;
int sock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
// Initialize struct to 0
memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
strcpy(addr.sun_path, DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH);
connect(sock, (const struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
sock_fd = sock;
}
static int
send_message(IPCMessageType msg_type, uint32_t msg_size, uint8_t *msg)
{
dwm_ipc_header_t header = {
.magic = IPC_MAGIC_ARR, .size = msg_size, .type = msg_type};
size_t header_size = sizeof(dwm_ipc_header_t);
size_t total_size = header_size + msg_size;
uint8_t buffer[total_size];
// Copy header to buffer
memcpy(buffer, &header, header_size);
// Copy message to buffer
memcpy(buffer + header_size, msg, header.size);
write_socket(buffer, total_size);
return 0;
}
static int
subscribe(const char *event)
{
const unsigned char *msg;
size_t msg_size;
yajl_gen gen = yajl_gen_alloc(NULL);
// Message format:
// {
// "event": "<event>",
// "action": "subscribe"
// }
// clang-format off
YMAP(
YSTR("event"); YSTR(event);
YSTR("action"); YSTR("subscribe");
)
// clang-format on
yajl_gen_get_buf(gen, &msg, &msg_size);
send_message(IPC_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE, msg_size, (uint8_t *)msg);
if (!ignore_reply)
print_socket_reply();
else
flush_socket_reply();
yajl_gen_free(gen);
return 0;
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
connect_to_socket();
if (sock_fd == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect to socket\n");
return 1;
}
subscribe("tag_change_event");
subscribe("focused_title_change_event");
char err[1000] = {0};
while (1) {
IPCMessageType reply_type;
uint32_t reply_size;
char *reply;
read_socket(&reply_type, &reply_size, &reply);
yajl_val val = yajl_tree_parse(reply, err, sizeof(err));
printf("TYPE GOT %d\n", val->type);
char *path[] = {
"tag_change_event",
"new_state",
"selected",
NULL
};
yajl_val tag = yajl_tree_get(val, path, yajl_t_number);
// NOTE: Tag is a bitmask !
if (YAJL_IS_NUMBER(tag))
printf("TAG %ld\n", YAJL_GET_INTEGER(tag));
printf("%.*s\n", reply_size, reply);
fflush(stdout);
yajl_tree_free(val);
free(reply);
}
close(sock_fd);
return 0;
}
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