Refactor the ioctl API and documentation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   ([#825](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/825))
 - Added `fchmod`, `fchmodat`.
   ([#857](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/857))
+- Added `request_code_write_int!` on FreeBSD/DragonFlyBSD
+  ([#833](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/833))
 
 ### Changed
 - Display and Debug for SysControlAddr now includes all fields.
@@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 - Properly exposed 460800 and 921600 baud rates on NetBSD
   ([#837](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/837))
+- Fixed `ioctl_write_int!` on FreeBSD/DragonFlyBSD
+  ([#833](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/833))
+- `ioctl_write_int!` now properly supports passing a `c_ulong` as the parameter on Linux non-musl targets
+  ([#833](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/833))
 
 ### Removed
 - Removed explicit support for the `bytes` crate from the `sys::aio` module.

src/sys/ioctl/bsd.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/// The datatype used for the ioctl number
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub type ioctl_num_type = ::libc::c_ulong;
+/// The datatype used for the 3rd argument
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub type ioctl_param_type = ::libc::c_int;
+
+mod consts {
+    use ::sys::ioctl::ioctl_num_type;
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub const VOID: ioctl_num_type = 0x2000_0000;
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub const OUT: ioctl_num_type = 0x4000_0000;
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub const IN: ioctl_num_type = 0x8000_0000;
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub const INOUT: ioctl_num_type = (IN|OUT);
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub const IOCPARM_MASK: ioctl_num_type = 0x1fff;
+}
+
+pub use self::consts::*;
+
+#[macro_export]
+#[doc(hidden)]
+macro_rules! ioc {
+    ($inout:expr, $group:expr, $num:expr, $len:expr) => (
+        $inout | (($len as $crate::sys::ioctl::ioctl_num_type & $crate::sys::ioctl::IOCPARM_MASK) << 16) | (($group as $crate::sys::ioctl::ioctl_num_type) << 8) | ($num as $crate::sys::ioctl::ioctl_num_type)
+    )
+}
+
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that passes no data.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IO()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_none!()` directly.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// # #[macro_use] extern crate nix;
+/// const KVMIO: u8 = 0xAE;
+/// ioctl_write_int_bad!(kvm_create_vm, request_code_none!(KVMIO, 0x03));
+/// # fn main() {}
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! request_code_none {
+    ($g:expr, $n:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::VOID, $g, $n, 0))
+}
+
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that passes an integer
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOWINT()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_write_int!()` directly.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! request_code_write_int {
+    ($g:expr, $n:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::VOID, $g, $n, ::std::mem::size_of::<$crate::libc::c_int>()))
+}
+
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that reads.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOR()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_read!()` directly.
+///
+/// The read/write direction is relative to userland, so this
+/// command would be userland is reading and the kernel is
+/// writing.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! request_code_read {
+    ($g:expr, $n:expr, $len:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::OUT, $g, $n, $len))
+}
+
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that writes.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOW()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_write!()` directly.
+///
+/// The read/write direction is relative to userland, so this
+/// command would be userland is writing and the kernel is
+/// reading.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! request_code_write {
+    ($g:expr, $n:expr, $len:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::IN, $g, $n, $len))
+}
+
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that reads and writes.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOWR()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_readwrite!()` directly.
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! request_code_readwrite {
+    ($g:expr, $n:expr, $len:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::INOUT, $g, $n, $len))
+}

src/sys/ioctl/platform/linux.rs → src/sys/ioctl/linux.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ pub type ioctl_num_type = ::libc::c_int;
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_env = "musl")))]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub type ioctl_num_type = ::libc::c_ulong;
+/// The datatype used for the 3rd argument
+#[doc(hidden)]
+pub type ioctl_param_type = ::libc::c_ulong;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub const NRBITS: ioctl_num_type = 8;
@@ -25,17 +28,6 @@ mod consts {
     pub const DIRBITS: u8 = 3;
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "powerpc",
-              target_arch = "mips",
-              target_arch = "mips64",
-              target_arch = "x86",
-              target_arch = "arm",
-              target_arch = "x86_64",
-              target_arch = "powerpc64",
-              target_arch = "s390x",
-              target_arch = "aarch64")))]
-use this_arch_not_supported;
-
 // "Generic" ioctl protocol
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86",
           target_arch = "arm",
@@ -86,30 +78,63 @@ macro_rules! ioc {
         (($sz as $crate::sys::ioctl::ioctl_num_type & $crate::sys::ioctl::SIZEMASK) << $crate::sys::ioctl::SIZESHIFT))
 }
 
-/// Encode an ioctl command that has no associated data.
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that passes no data.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IO()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_none!()` directly.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// # #[macro_use] extern crate nix;
+/// const KVMIO: u8 = 0xAE;
+/// ioctl_write_int_bad!(kvm_create_vm, request_code_none!(KVMIO, 0x03));
+/// # fn main() {}
+/// ```
 #[macro_export]
-#[doc(hidden)]
-macro_rules! io {
+macro_rules! request_code_none {
     ($ty:expr, $nr:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::NONE, $ty, $nr, 0))
 }
 
-/// Encode an ioctl command that reads.
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that reads.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOR()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_read!()` directly.
+///
+/// The read/write direction is relative to userland, so this
+/// command would be userland is reading and the kernel is
+/// writing.
 #[macro_export]
-#[doc(hidden)]
-macro_rules! ior {
+macro_rules! request_code_read {
     ($ty:expr, $nr:expr, $sz:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::READ, $ty, $nr, $sz))
 }
 
-/// Encode an ioctl command that writes.
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that writes.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOW()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_write!()` directly.
+///
+/// The read/write direction is relative to userland, so this
+/// command would be userland is writing and the kernel is
+/// reading.
 #[macro_export]
-#[doc(hidden)]
-macro_rules! iow {
+macro_rules! request_code_write {
     ($ty:expr, $nr:expr, $sz:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::WRITE, $ty, $nr, $sz))
 }
 
-/// Encode an ioctl command that both reads and writes.
+/// Generate an ioctl request code for a command that reads and writes.
+///
+/// This is equivalent to the `_IOWR()` macro exposed by the C ioctl API.
+///
+/// You should only use this macro directly if the `ioctl` you're working
+/// with is "bad" and you cannot use `ioctl_readwrite!()` directly.
 #[macro_export]
-#[doc(hidden)]
-macro_rules! iorw {
+macro_rules! request_code_readwrite {
     ($ty:expr, $nr:expr, $sz:expr) => (ioc!($crate::sys::ioctl::READ | $crate::sys::ioctl::WRITE, $ty, $nr, $sz))
 }