ARES_SET_SOCKET_FUNCTIONS(3)

NAME
ares_set_socket_functions - Set socket io callbacks

SYNOPSIS
#include <ares.h>

struct ares_socket_functions {
    ares_socket_t (*asocket)(int, int, int, void *);
    int (*aclose)(ares_socket_t, void *);
    int (*aconnect)(ares_socket_t, const struct sockaddr *, ares_socklen_t, void *);
    ares_ssize_t (*arecvfrom)(ares_socket_t, void *, size_t, int,
                              struct sockaddr *, ares_socklen_t *, void *);
    ares_ssize_t (*asendv)(ares_socket_t, const struct iovec *, int, void *);
};

void ares_set_socket_functions(ares_channel_t *channel,
                               const struct ares_socket_functions * functions,
                               void *user_data);

DESCRIPTION

This function sets a set of callback functions in the given ares channel handle. Cannot be used when ARES_OPT_EVENT_THREAD is passed to ares_init_options(3).

These callback functions will be invoked to create/destroy socket objects and perform io, instead of the normal system calls. A client application can override normal network operation fully through this functionality, and provide its own transport layer. You can choose to only implement some of the socket functions, and provide NULL to any others and c-ares will use its built-in system functions in that case.

All callback functions are expected to operate like their system equivalents, and to set errno(3) to an appropriate error code on failure. C-ares also expects all io functions to behave asynchronously, i.e. as if the socket object has been set to non-blocking mode. Thus read/write calls (for TCP connections) are expected to often generate EAGAIN or EWOULDBLOCK.

The user_data value is provided to each callback function invocation to serve as context.

The ares_socket_functions must provide the following callbacks:

asocket
    ares_socket_t(*)(int domain, int type, int protocol, void * user_data)
    Creates an endpoint for communication and returns a descriptor. domain, type, and protocol each correspond to the parameters of socket(2). Returns ahandle to the newly created socket, or -1 on error.

aclose
    int(*)(ares_socket_t fd, void * user_data)
    Closes the socket endpoint indicated by fd. See close(2)

aconnect
    int(*)(ares_socket_t fd, const struct sockaddr * addr, ares_socklen_t addr_len, void * user_data)
    Initiate a connection to the address indicated by addr on a socket. See connect(2)

arecvfrom
    ares_ssize_t(*)(ares_socket_t fd, void * buffer, size_t buf_size, int flags, struct sockaddr * addr, ares_socklen_t * addr_len, void * user_data)
    Receives data from remote socket endpoint, if available. If the addr parameter is not NULL and the connection protocol provides the source address, the callback should fill this in. See recvfrom(2)

asendv
    ares_ssize_t(*)(ares_socket_t fd, const struct iovec * data, int len, void * user_data)
    Send data, as provided by the iovec array data, to the socket endpoint. See writev(2),

The ares_socket_functions struct provided is not copied but directly referenced, and must thus remain valid through out the channels and any created socket's lifetime.

AVAILABILITY
Added in c-ares 1.13.0

SEE ALSO
ares_init_options(3), socket(2), close(2), connect(2), recv(2), recvfrom(2), send(2), writev(2)

AUTHOR
Carl Wilund