package namespaces import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "os" "github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/libcontainer" ) // SyncPipe allows communication to and from the child processes // to it's parent and allows the two independent processes to // syncronize their state. type SyncPipe struct { parent, child *os.File } func NewSyncPipe() (s *SyncPipe, err error) { s = &SyncPipe{} s.child, s.parent, err = os.Pipe() if err != nil { return nil, err } return s, nil } func NewSyncPipeFromFd(parendFd, childFd uintptr) (*SyncPipe, error) { s := &SyncPipe{} if parendFd > 0 { s.parent = os.NewFile(parendFd, "parendPipe") } else if childFd > 0 { s.child = os.NewFile(childFd, "childPipe") } else { return nil, fmt.Errorf("no valid sync pipe fd specified") } return s, nil } func (s *SyncPipe) Child() *os.File { return s.child } func (s *SyncPipe) Parent() *os.File { return s.parent } func (s *SyncPipe) SendToChild(context libcontainer.Context) error { data, err := json.Marshal(context) if err != nil { return err } s.parent.Write(data) return nil } func (s *SyncPipe) ReadFromParent() (libcontainer.Context, error) { data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(s.child) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading from sync pipe %s", err) } var context libcontainer.Context if len(data) > 0 { if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &context); err != nil { return nil, err } } return context, nil } func (s *SyncPipe) Close() error { if s.parent != nil { s.parent.Close() } if s.child != nil { s.child.Close() } return nil }