genode/base-linux/include/base/ipc.h
Norman Feske f33c7c73bd Delegate access to entrypoints via SCM rights
This patch eliminates the thread ID portion of the 'Native_capability'
type. The access to entrypoints is now exclusively handled by passing
socket descripts over Unix domain sockets and by inheriting the socket
descriptor of the parent entrypoint at process-creation time.

Each entrypoint creates a socket pair. The server-side socket is bound
to a unique name defined by the server. The client-side socket is then
connected to the same name. Whereas the server-side socket is meant to
be exclusively used by the server to wait for incoming requests, the
client-side socket can be delegated to other processes as payload of RPC
messages (via SCM rights). Anyone who receives a capability over RPC
receives the client-side socket of the entrypoint to which the
capability refers. Given this socket descriptor, the unique name (as
defined by the server) can be requested using 'getpeername'. Using this
name, it is possible to compare socket descriptors, which is important
to avoid duplicates from polluting the limited socket-descriptor name
space.

Wheras this patch introduces capability-based delegation of access
rights to entrypoints, it does not cover the protection of the integrity
of RPC objects. RPC objects are still referenced by a global ID passed
as normal message payload.
2012-11-05 17:31:04 +01:00

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/*
* \brief Linux-specific supplements to the IPC framework
* \author Norman Feske
* \date 2012-07-26
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
*/
#ifndef _INCLUDE__BASE__IPC_H_
#define _INCLUDE__BASE__IPC_H_
#include <base/ipc_generic.h>
inline void Genode::Ipc_ostream::_marshal_capability(Genode::Native_capability const &cap)
{
_write_to_buf(cap.local_name());
if (cap.valid())
_snd_msg->append_cap(cap.dst().socket);
}
inline void Genode::Ipc_istream::_unmarshal_capability(Genode::Native_capability &cap)
{
long local_name = 0;
_read_from_buf(local_name);
int const socket = _rcv_msg->read_cap();
cap = Native_capability(Cap_dst_policy::Dst(socket), local_name);
}
#endif /* _INCLUDE__BASE__IPC_H_ */