4 * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
6 * © 2009-2010 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
8 * See file LICENSE for license information.
10 * ipc.c: Everything about the UNIX domain sockets for IPC
13 #include <sys/socket.h>
17 #include <yajl/yajl_gen.h>
18 #include <yajl/yajl_parse.h>
22 /* Shorter names for all those yajl_gen_* functions */
23 #define y(x, ...) yajl_gen_ ## x (gen, ##__VA_ARGS__)
24 #define ystr(str) yajl_gen_string(gen, (unsigned char*)str, strlen(str))
26 TAILQ_HEAD(ipc_client_head, ipc_client) all_clients = TAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(all_clients);
29 * Puts the given socket file descriptor into non-blocking mode or dies if
30 * setting O_NONBLOCK failed. Non-blocking sockets are a good idea for our
31 * IPC model because we should by no means block the window manager.
34 static void set_nonblock(int sockfd) {
35 int flags = fcntl(sockfd, F_GETFL, 0);
37 if (fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, flags) < 0)
38 err(-1, "Could not set O_NONBLOCK");
41 static void ipc_send_message(int fd, const unsigned char *payload,
42 int message_type, int message_size) {
43 int buffer_size = strlen("i3-ipc") + sizeof(uint32_t) +
44 sizeof(uint32_t) + message_size;
45 char msg[buffer_size];
48 strcpy(walk, "i3-ipc");
49 walk += strlen("i3-ipc");
50 memcpy(walk, &message_size, sizeof(uint32_t));
51 walk += sizeof(uint32_t);
52 memcpy(walk, &message_type, sizeof(uint32_t));
53 walk += sizeof(uint32_t);
54 memcpy(walk, payload, message_size);
57 int bytes_to_go = buffer_size;
58 while (sent_bytes < bytes_to_go) {
59 int n = write(fd, msg + sent_bytes, bytes_to_go);
61 DLOG("write() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
71 * Sends the specified event to all IPC clients which are currently connected
72 * and subscribed to this kind of event.
75 void ipc_send_event(const char *event, uint32_t message_type, const char *payload) {
77 TAILQ_FOREACH(current, &all_clients, clients) {
78 /* see if this client is interested in this event */
79 bool interested = false;
80 for (int i = 0; i < current->num_events; i++) {
81 if (strcasecmp(current->events[i], event) != 0)
89 ipc_send_message(current->fd, (const unsigned char*)payload,
90 message_type, strlen(payload));
95 * Calls shutdown() on each socket and closes it. This function to be called
96 * when exiting or restarting only!
101 TAILQ_FOREACH(current, &all_clients, clients) {
102 shutdown(current->fd, SHUT_RDWR);
108 * Executes the command and returns whether it could be successfully parsed
109 * or not (at the moment, always returns true).
112 IPC_HANDLER(command) {
113 /* To get a properly terminated buffer, we copy
114 * message_size bytes out of the buffer */
115 char *command = scalloc(message_size + 1);
116 strncpy(command, (const char*)message, message_size);
117 LOG("IPC: received: *%s*\n", command);
118 const char *reply = parse_cmd((const char*)command);
122 /* If no reply was provided, we just use the default success message */
124 reply = "{\"success\":true}";
125 ipc_send_message(fd, (const unsigned char*)reply,
126 I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_COMMAND, strlen(reply));
129 void dump_node(yajl_gen gen, struct Con *con, bool inplace_restart) {
132 y(integer, (long int)con);
135 y(integer, con->type);
138 y(integer, con->orientation);
141 y(integer, con->urgent);
144 y(integer, (con == focused));
147 y(integer, con->layout);
152 y(integer, con->rect.x);
154 y(integer, con->rect.y);
156 y(integer, con->rect.width);
158 y(integer, con->rect.height);
166 y(integer, con->window->id);
172 TAILQ_FOREACH(node, &(con->nodes_head), nodes) {
173 dump_node(gen, node, inplace_restart);
177 ystr("floating-nodes");
179 TAILQ_FOREACH(node, &(con->floating_head), floating_windows) {
180 dump_node(gen, node, inplace_restart);
186 TAILQ_FOREACH(node, &(con->focus_head), nodes) {
187 y(integer, (long int)node);
191 ystr("fullscreen_mode");
192 y(integer, con->fullscreen_mode);
194 if (inplace_restart) {
195 if (con->window != NULL) {
200 y(integer, con->window->id);
211 yajl_gen gen = yajl_gen_alloc(NULL, NULL);
212 dump_node(gen, croot, false);
214 const unsigned char *payload;
216 y(get_buf, &payload, &length);
218 ipc_send_message(fd, payload, I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_TREE, length);
225 * Formats the reply message for a GET_WORKSPACES request and sends it to the
229 IPC_HANDLER(get_workspaces) {
232 Client *last_focused = SLIST_FIRST(&(c_ws->focus_stack));
233 if (last_focused == SLIST_END(&(c_ws->focus_stack)))
236 yajl_gen gen = yajl_gen_alloc(NULL, NULL);
239 TAILQ_FOREACH(ws, workspaces, workspaces) {
240 if (ws->output == NULL)
245 y(integer, ws->num + 1);
251 y(bool, ws->output->current_workspace == ws);
259 y(integer, ws->rect.x);
261 y(integer, ws->rect.y);
263 y(integer, ws->rect.width);
265 y(integer, ws->rect.height);
269 ystr(ws->output->name);
279 const unsigned char *payload;
281 y(get_buf, &payload, &length);
283 ipc_send_message(fd, payload, I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_WORKSPACES, length);
288 * Formats the reply message for a GET_OUTPUTS request and sends it to the
292 IPC_HANDLER(get_outputs) {
295 yajl_gen gen = yajl_gen_alloc(NULL, NULL);
298 TAILQ_FOREACH(output, &outputs, outputs) {
305 y(bool, output->active);
310 y(integer, output->rect.x);
312 y(integer, output->rect.y);
314 y(integer, output->rect.width);
316 y(integer, output->rect.height);
319 ystr("current_workspace");
320 if (output->current_workspace == NULL)
322 else y(integer, output->current_workspace->num + 1);
329 const unsigned char *payload;
331 y(get_buf, &payload, &length);
333 ipc_send_message(fd, payload, I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_OUTPUTS, length);
338 * Callback for the YAJL parser (will be called when a string is parsed).
341 static int add_subscription(void *extra, const unsigned char *s,
343 ipc_client *client = extra;
345 DLOG("should add subscription to extra %p, sub %.*s\n", client, len, s);
346 int event = client->num_events;
348 client->num_events++;
349 client->events = realloc(client->events, client->num_events * sizeof(char*));
350 /* We copy the string because it is not null-terminated and strndup()
351 * is missing on some BSD systems */
352 client->events[event] = scalloc(len+1);
353 memcpy(client->events[event], s, len);
355 DLOG("client is now subscribed to:\n");
356 for (int i = 0; i < client->num_events; i++)
357 DLOG("event %s\n", client->events[i]);
364 * Subscribes this connection to the event types which were given as a JSON
365 * serialized array in the payload field of the message.
368 IPC_HANDLER(subscribe) {
370 yajl_callbacks callbacks;
372 ipc_client *current, *client = NULL;
374 /* Search the ipc_client structure for this connection */
375 TAILQ_FOREACH(current, &all_clients, clients) {
376 if (current->fd != fd)
383 if (client == NULL) {
384 ELOG("Could not find ipc_client data structure for fd %d\n", fd);
388 /* Setup the JSON parser */
389 memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(yajl_callbacks));
390 callbacks.yajl_string = add_subscription;
392 p = yajl_alloc(&callbacks, NULL, NULL, (void*)client);
393 stat = yajl_parse(p, (const unsigned char*)message, message_size);
394 if (stat != yajl_status_ok) {
396 err = yajl_get_error(p, true, (const unsigned char*)message,
398 ELOG("YAJL parse error: %s\n", err);
399 yajl_free_error(p, err);
401 const char *reply = "{\"success\":false}";
402 ipc_send_message(fd, (const unsigned char*)reply,
403 I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE, strlen(reply));
408 const char *reply = "{\"success\":true}";
409 ipc_send_message(fd, (const unsigned char*)reply,
410 I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE, strlen(reply));
414 /* The index of each callback function corresponds to the numeric
415 * value of the message type (see include/i3/ipc.h) */
416 handler_t handlers[2] = {
422 * Handler for activity on a client connection, receives a message from a
425 * For now, the maximum message size is 2048. I’m not sure for what the
426 * IPC interface will be used in the future, thus I’m not implementing a
427 * mechanism for arbitrarily long messages, as it seems like overkill
431 static void ipc_receive_message(EV_P_ struct ev_io *w, int revents) {
433 int n = read(w->fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
435 /* On error or an empty message, we close the connection */
438 /* FIXME: I get these when closing a client socket,
439 * therefore we just treat them as an error. Is this
441 if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
445 /* If not, there was some kind of error. We don’t bother
446 * and close the connection */
449 /* Delete the client from the list of clients */
451 TAILQ_FOREACH(current, &all_clients, clients) {
452 if (current->fd != w->fd)
455 for (int i = 0; i < current->num_events; i++)
456 free(current->events[i]);
457 /* We can call TAILQ_REMOVE because we break out of the
458 * TAILQ_FOREACH afterwards */
459 TAILQ_REMOVE(&all_clients, current, clients);
465 DLOG("IPC: client disconnected\n");
469 /* Terminate the message correctly */
472 /* Check if the message starts with the i3 IPC magic code */
473 if (n < strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC)) {
474 DLOG("IPC: message too short, ignoring\n");
478 if (strncmp(buf, I3_IPC_MAGIC, strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC)) != 0) {
479 DLOG("IPC: message does not start with the IPC magic\n");
483 uint8_t *message = (uint8_t*)buf;
485 DLOG("IPC: n = %d\n", n);
486 message += strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC);
487 n -= strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC);
489 /* The next 32 bit after the magic are the message size */
490 uint32_t message_size = *((uint32_t*)message);
491 message += sizeof(uint32_t);
492 n -= sizeof(uint32_t);
494 if (message_size > n) {
495 DLOG("IPC: Either the message size was wrong or the message was not read completely, dropping\n");
499 /* The last 32 bits of the header are the message type */
500 uint32_t message_type = *((uint32_t*)message);
501 message += sizeof(uint32_t);
502 n -= sizeof(uint32_t);
504 if (message_type >= (sizeof(handlers) / sizeof(handler_t)))
505 DLOG("Unhandled message type: %d\n", message_type);
507 handler_t h = handlers[message_type];
508 h(w->fd, message, n, message_size, message_type);
511 message += message_size;
516 * Handler for activity on the listening socket, meaning that a new client
517 * has just connected and we should accept() him. Sets up the event handler
518 * for activity on the new connection and inserts the file descriptor into
519 * the list of clients.
522 void ipc_new_client(EV_P_ struct ev_io *w, int revents) {
523 struct sockaddr_un peer;
524 socklen_t len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
526 if ((client = accept(w->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&peer, &len)) < 0) {
529 else perror("accept()");
533 set_nonblock(client);
535 struct ev_io *package = scalloc(sizeof(struct ev_io));
536 ev_io_init(package, ipc_receive_message, client, EV_READ);
537 ev_io_start(EV_A_ package);
539 DLOG("IPC: new client connected\n");
541 ipc_client *new = scalloc(sizeof(ipc_client));
544 TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&all_clients, new, clients);
548 * Creates the UNIX domain socket at the given path, sets it to non-blocking
549 * mode, bind()s and listen()s on it.
552 int ipc_create_socket(const char *filename) {
555 /* Unlink the unix domain socket before */
558 if ((sockfd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
563 (void)fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
565 struct sockaddr_un addr;
566 memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
567 addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
568 strcpy(addr.sun_path, filename);
569 if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0) {
574 set_nonblock(sockfd);
576 if (listen(sockfd, 5) < 0) {