//! Provide helpers for making ioctl system calls //! //! Currently supports Linux on all architectures. Other platforms welcome! //! //! This library is pretty low-level and messy. `ioctl` is not fun. //! //! What is an `ioctl`? //! =================== //! //! The `ioctl` syscall is the grab-bag syscall on POSIX systems. Don't want //! to add a new syscall? Make it an `ioctl`! `ioctl` refers to both the syscall, //! and the commands that can be send with it. `ioctl` stands for "IO control", //! and the commands are always sent to a file descriptor. //! //! It is common to see `ioctl`s used for the following purposes: //! //! * Provide read/write access to out-of-band data related //! to a device such as configuration (for instance, setting //! serial port options) //! * Provide a mechanism for performing full-duplex data //! transfers (for instance, xfer on SPI devices). //! * Provide access to control functions on a device (for example, //! on Linux you can send commands like pause, resume, and eject //! to the CDROM device. //! * Do whatever else the device driver creator thought made most sense. //! //! `ioctl`s are synchronous system calls and are similar to read and //! write calls in that regard. //! //! What does this module support? //! =============================== //! //! This library provides the `ioctl!` macro, for binding `ioctl`s. It also tries //! to bind every `ioctl` supported by the system with said macro, but //! some `ioctl`s requires some amount of manual work (usually by //! providing `struct` declaration) that this library does not support yet. //! //! Additionally, in `etc`, there are scripts for scraping system headers for //! `ioctl` definitions, and generating calls to `ioctl!` corresponding to them. //! //! How do I get the magic numbers? //! =============================== //! //! For Linux, look at your system's headers. For example, `/usr/include/linxu/input.h` has a lot //! of lines defining macros which use `_IOR`, `_IOW`, `_IOC`, and `_IORW`. These macros //! correspond to the `ior!`, `iow!`, `ioc!`, and `iorw!` macros defined in this crate. //! Additionally, there is the `ioctl!` macro for creating a wrapper around `ioctl` that is //! somewhat more type-safe. //! //! Most `ioctl`s have no or little documentation. You'll need to scrounge through //! the source to figure out what they do and how they should be used. //! //! # Interface Overview //! //! This ioctl module seeks to tame the ioctl beast by providing a set of safer (although not safe) //! functions implementing the most common ioctl access patterns. //! //! The most common access patterns for ioctls are as follows: //! //! 1. `read`: A pointer is provided to the kernel which is populated //! with a value containing the "result" of the operation. The //! result may be an integer or structure. The kernel may also //! read values from the provided pointer (usually a structure). //! 2. `write`: A pointer is provided to the kernel containing values //! that the kernel will read in order to perform the operation. //! 3. `execute`: The operation is passed to the kernel but no //! additional pointer is passed. The operation is enough //! and it either succeeds or results in an error. //! //! Where appropriate, versions of these interface function are provided //! taking either refernces or pointers. The pointer versions are //! necessary for cases (notably slices) where a reference cannot //! be generically cast to a pointer. #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))] #[path = "platform/linux.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; #[cfg(target_os = "macos")] #[path = "platform/macos.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; #[cfg(target_os = "ios")] #[path = "platform/ios.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")] #[path = "platform/freebsd.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; #[cfg(target_os = "openbsd")] #[path = "platform/openbsd.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; #[cfg(target_os = "dragonfly")] #[path = "platform/dragonfly.rs"] #[macro_use] mod platform; pub use self::platform::*; // liblibc has the wrong decl for linux :| hack until #26809 lands. extern "C" { #[doc(hidden)] pub fn ioctl(fd: libc::c_int, req: libc::c_ulong, ...) -> libc::c_int; } /// A hack to get the macros to work nicely. #[doc(hidden)] pub use ::libc as libc;