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-rw-r--r--TODO9
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--doc/gpgme.texi24
-rw-r--r--gpgme/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--gpgme/data.c10
5 files changed, 51 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 56b58ac5..2c180e03 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ Hey Emacs, this is -*- outline -*- mode!
There is a configure time warning, though.
* New features:
+** Flow control for data objects.
+ Currently, gpgme_data_t objects are assumed to be blocking. To
+ break this assumption, we need either (A) a way for an user I/O
+ callback to store the current operation in a continuation that can
+ be resumed later. While the continuation exists, file descriptors
+ associated with this operation must be removed from their
+ respective event loop. or (B) a way for gpgme data objects to be
+ associated with a waitable object, that can be registered with the
+ user event loop. Neither is particularly simple.
** Extended notation support. When gpg supports arbitrary binary
notation data, provide a user interface for that.
** notification system
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 38e53a68..04ce809d 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-03-11 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
+
+ * gpgme.texi (File Based Data Buffers): Document the need for
+ blocking operations.
+ (Callback Based Data Buffers): Likewise.
+
2008-03-05 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
* gpgme.texi (Library Version Check): Rename snippet function to
diff --git a/doc/gpgme.texi b/doc/gpgme.texi
index d854f98c..1f1a8a6c 100644
--- a/doc/gpgme.texi
+++ b/doc/gpgme.texi
@@ -1464,6 +1464,14 @@ The @code{gpgme_data_t} type is a handle for a container for generic
data, which is used by @acronym{GPGME} to exchange data with the user.
@end deftp
+@code{gpgme_data_t} objects do not provide notifications on events.
+It is assumed that read and write operations are blocking until data
+is available. If this is undesirable, the application must ensure
+that all GPGME data operations always have data available, for example
+by using memory buffers or files rather than pipes or sockets. This
+might be relevant, for example, if the external event loop mechanism
+is used.
+
@menu
* Creating Data Buffers:: Creating new data buffers.
* Destroying Data Buffers:: Releasing data buffers.
@@ -1575,6 +1583,10 @@ When using the data object as an input buffer, the function might read
a bit more from the file descriptor than is actually needed by the
crypto engine in the desired operation because of internal buffering.
+Note that GPGME assumes that the file descriptor is set to blocking
+mode. Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually
+fatal for crypto operations.
+
The function returns the error code @code{GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR} if the
data object was successfully created, and @code{GPG_ERR_ENOMEM} if not
enough memory is available.
@@ -1590,6 +1602,10 @@ When using the data object as an input buffer, the function might read
a bit more from the stream than is actually needed by the crypto
engine in the desired operation because of internal buffering.
+Note that GPGME assumes that the stream is in blocking mode. Errors
+during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually fatal for crypto
+operations.
+
The function returns the error code @code{GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR} if the
data object was successfully created, and @code{GPG_ERR_ENOMEM} if not
enough memory is available.
@@ -1611,6 +1627,10 @@ data object. The function should read up to @var{size} bytes from the
current read position into the space starting at @var{buffer}. The
@var{handle} is provided by the user at data object creation time.
+Note that GPGME assumes that the read blocks until data is available.
+Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually fatal for
+crypto operations.
+
The function should return the number of bytes read, 0 on EOF, and -1
on error. If an error occurs, @var{errno} should be set to describe
the type of the error.
@@ -1624,6 +1644,10 @@ data object. The function should write up to @var{size} bytes to the
current write position from the space starting at @var{buffer}. The
@var{handle} is provided by the user at data object creation time.
+Note that GPGME assumes that the write blocks until data is available.
+Errors during I/O operations, except for EINTR, are usually fatal for
+crypto operations.
+
The function should return the number of bytes written, and -1 on
error. If an error occurs, @var{errno} should be set to describe the
type of the error.
diff --git a/gpgme/ChangeLog b/gpgme/ChangeLog
index a27204c6..35af33ad 100644
--- a/gpgme/ChangeLog
+++ b/gpgme/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-03-11 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
+
+ * data.c (gpgme_data_read, gpgme_data_write): Retry on EINTR.
+
2008-03-06 Marcus Brinkmann <[email protected]>
* key.c (_gpgme_key_add_sig): Terminate UID in case SRC is NULL.
diff --git a/gpgme/data.c b/gpgme/data.c
index aa3eeb38..18d9c71b 100644
--- a/gpgme/data.c
+++ b/gpgme/data.c
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ gpgme_data_read (gpgme_data_t dh, void *buffer, size_t size)
errno = ENOSYS;
return TRACE_SYSRES (-1);
}
- res = (*dh->cbs->read) (dh, buffer, size);
+ do
+ res = (*dh->cbs->read) (dh, buffer, size);
+ while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
return TRACE_SYSRES (res);
}
@@ -112,7 +115,10 @@ gpgme_data_write (gpgme_data_t dh, const void *buffer, size_t size)
errno = ENOSYS;
return TRACE_SYSRES (-1);
}
- res = (*dh->cbs->write) (dh, buffer, size);
+ do
+ res = (*dh->cbs->write) (dh, buffer, size);
+ while (res < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
return TRACE_SYSRES (res);
}