Add IPC support (#6348)

This is useful for both security and performance reasons. IPC is faster
than TCP, and it is subject to OS access controls.

client/cli/src/commands/mod.rs

@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ macro_rules! substrate_cli_subcommands {
 				}
 			}
 
+			fn rpc_ipc(&self) -> $crate::Result<::std::option::Option<::std::string::String>> {
+				match self {
+					$($enum::$variant(cmd) => cmd.rpc_ipc()),*
+				}
+			}
+
 			fn rpc_http(&self) -> $crate::Result<::std::option::Option<::std::net::SocketAddr>> {
 				match self {
 					$($enum::$variant(cmd) => cmd.rpc_http()),*

client/cli/src/commands/run_cmd.rs

@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ pub struct RunCmd {
 	#[structopt(long = "prometheus-external")]
 	pub prometheus_external: bool,
 
+	/// Specify IPC RPC server path
+	#[structopt(long = "ipc-path", value_name = "PATH")]
+	pub ipc_path: Option<String>,
+
 	/// Specify HTTP RPC server TCP port.
 	#[structopt(long = "rpc-port", value_name = "PORT")]
 	pub rpc_port: Option<u16>,
@@ -434,6 +438,10 @@ impl CliConfiguration for RunCmd {
 		Ok(Some(SocketAddr::new(interface, self.rpc_port.unwrap_or(9933))))
 	}
 
+	fn rpc_ipc(&self) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+		Ok(self.ipc_path.clone())
+	}
+
 	fn rpc_ws(&self) -> Result<Option<SocketAddr>> {
 		let interface = rpc_interface(
 			self.ws_external,

client/cli/src/config.rs

@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ pub trait CliConfiguration: Sized {
 		Ok(Default::default())
 	}
 
+	/// Get the RPC IPC path (`None` if disabled).
+	///
+	/// By default this is `None`.
+	fn rpc_ipc(&self) -> Result<Option<String>> {
+		Ok(Default::default())
+	}
+
 	/// Get the RPC websocket address (`None` if disabled).
 	///
 	/// By default this is `None`.
@@ -451,6 +458,7 @@ pub trait CliConfiguration: Sized {
 			execution_strategies: self.execution_strategies(is_dev, is_validator)?,
 			rpc_http: self.rpc_http()?,
 			rpc_ws: self.rpc_ws()?,
+			rpc_ipc: self.rpc_ipc()?,
 			rpc_methods: self.rpc_methods()?,
 			rpc_ws_max_connections: self.rpc_ws_max_connections()?,
 			rpc_cors: self.rpc_cors(is_dev)?,

client/rpc-servers/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "2.0.0-rc3", path = "../../primitives/runtime" }
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 http = { package = "jsonrpc-http-server", version = "14.2.0" }
 ws = { package = "jsonrpc-ws-server", version = "14.2.0" }
+ipc = { version = "14.2.0", package = "jsonrpc-ipc-server" }

client/rpc-servers/src/lib.rs

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ pub fn rpc_handler<M: PubSubMetadata>(
 mod inner {
 	use super::*;
 
+	/// Type alias for ipc server
+	pub type IpcServer = ipc::Server;
 	/// Type alias for http server
 	pub type HttpServer = http::Server;
 	/// Type alias for ws server
@@ -89,6 +91,23 @@ mod inner {
 			.start_http(addr)
 	}
 
+	/// Start IPC server listening on given path.
+	///
+	/// **Note**: Only available if `not(target_os = "unknown")`.
+	pub fn start_ipc<M: pubsub::PubSubMetadata + Default>(
+		addr: &str,
+		io: RpcHandler<M>,
+	) -> io::Result<ipc::Server> {
+		let builder = ipc::ServerBuilder::new(io);
+		#[cfg(target_os = "unix")]
+		builder.set_security_attributes({
+			let security_attributes = ipc::SecurityAttributes::empty();
+			security_attributes.set_mode(0o600)?;
+			security_attributes
+		});
+		builder.start(addr)
+	}
+
 	/// Start WS server listening on given address.
 	///
 	/// **Note**: Only available if `not(target_os = "unknown")`.

client/service/src/config.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ pub struct Configuration {
 	pub rpc_http: Option<SocketAddr>,
 	/// RPC over Websockets binding address. `None` if disabled.
 	pub rpc_ws: Option<SocketAddr>,
+	/// RPC over IPC binding path. `None` if disabled.
+	pub rpc_ipc: Option<String>,
 	/// Maximum number of connections for WebSockets RPC server. `None` if default.
 	pub rpc_ws_max_connections: Option<usize>,
 	/// CORS settings for HTTP & WS servers. `None` if all origins are allowed.

client/service/src/lib.rs

@@ -510,6 +510,16 @@ mod waiting {
 		}
 	}
 
+	pub struct IpcServer(pub Option<sc_rpc_server::IpcServer>);
+	impl Drop for IpcServer {
+		fn drop(&mut self) {
+			if let Some(server) = self.0.take() {
+				server.close_handle().close();
+				let _ = server.wait();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	pub struct WsServer(pub Option<sc_rpc_server::WsServer>);
 	impl Drop for WsServer {
 		fn drop(&mut self) {
@@ -555,6 +565,7 @@ fn start_rpc_servers<H: FnMut(sc_rpc::DenyUnsafe) -> sc_rpc_server::RpcHandler<s
 	}
 
 	Ok(Box::new((
+		config.rpc_ipc.as_ref().map(|path| sc_rpc_server::start_ipc(&*path, gen_handler(sc_rpc::DenyUnsafe::No))),
 		maybe_start_server(
 			config.rpc_http,
 			|address| sc_rpc_server::start_http(

client/service/test/src/lib.rs

@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ fn node_config<G: RuntimeGenesis + 'static, E: ChainSpecExtension + Clone + 'sta
 		wasm_method: sc_service::config::WasmExecutionMethod::Interpreted,
 		execution_strategies: Default::default(),
 		rpc_http: None,
+		rpc_ipc: None,
 		rpc_ws: None,
 		rpc_ws_max_connections: None,
 		rpc_cors: None,

utils/browser/src/lib.rs

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ where
 		pruning: Default::default(),
 		rpc_cors: Default::default(),
 		rpc_http: Default::default(),
+		rpc_ipc: Default::default(),
 		rpc_ws: Default::default(),
 		rpc_ws_max_connections: Default::default(),
 		rpc_methods: Default::default(),