Function sendmsg

pub unsafe fn sendmsg(
    sockfd: i32,
    msg: &msghdr_t,
    flags: i32,
) -> Result<isize, i32> 

Available on crate feature dep_nc only.

Send a message on a socket.

Allow sending ancillary data.

Examples

use std::ffi::c_void;
use std::ptr;
use std::thread;

const READ_SIDE: usize = 0;
const WRITE_SIDE: usize = 1;

fn main() {
    let mut fds = [-1_i32; 2];

    let ret = unsafe { nc::socketpair(nc::AF_UNIX, nc::SOCK_STREAM, 0, &mut fds) };
    assert!(ret.is_ok());
    println!("socket pairs: {}, {}", fds[0], fds[1]);

    // Start worker thread
    thread::spawn(move || {
        println!("worker thread started");
        let msg = "Hello, Rust";
        println!("[worker] Will send msg: {msg}");
        let mut iov = [nc::iovec_t {
            iov_base: msg.as_ptr() as *const c_void,
            iov_len: msg.len(),
        }];
        let msg_hdr = nc::msghdr_t {
            msg_name: ptr::null(),
            msg_namelen: 0,
            msg_iov: iov.as_mut_ptr(),
            msg_iovlen: iov.len(),
            msg_control: ptr::null(),
            msg_controllen: 0,
            msg_flags: 0,
        };
        let ret = unsafe { nc::sendmsg(fds[WRITE_SIDE], &msg_hdr, 0) };
        assert!(ret.is_ok());
        assert_eq!(ret, Ok(msg.len() as nc::ssize_t));
    });

    let mut buf = [[0_u8; 64]; 4];
    let mut iov = Vec::with_capacity(buf.len());
    for ref mut item in (&mut buf).iter() {
        iov.push(nc::iovec_t {
            iov_base: item.as_ptr() as *const c_void,
            iov_len: item.len(),
        });
    }
    let mut msg_hdr = nc::msghdr_t {
        msg_name: ptr::null(),
        msg_namelen: 0,
        msg_iov: iov.as_mut_ptr(),
        msg_iovlen: iov.len(),
        msg_control: ptr::null(),
        msg_controllen: 0,
        msg_flags: 0,
    };
    let ret = unsafe { nc::recvmsg(fds[READ_SIDE], &mut msg_hdr, 0) };
    assert!(ret.is_ok());
    let nread = ret.unwrap();
    // We only read the first buffer block.
    let msg = std::str::from_utf8(&buf[0][..nread as usize]).unwrap();
    println!("[main] recv msg: {msg}");

    unsafe {
        let _ = nc::close(fds[0]);
        let _ = nc::close(fds[1]);
    }
}