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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Citrix Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Citrix Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 only. with the special
+ * exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+int libxl__sendmsg_fds(libxl__gc *gc, int carrier,
+ const void *data, size_t datalen,
+ int nfds, const int fds[], const char *what) {
+ struct msghdr msg = { 0 };
+ struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
+ size_t spaceneeded = nfds * sizeof(fds[0]);
+ char control[CMSG_SPACE(spaceneeded)];
+ struct iovec iov;
+ int r;
+
+ iov.iov_base = (void*)data;
+ iov.iov_len = datalen;
+
+ /* compose the message */
+ msg.msg_iov = &iov;
+ msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+ msg.msg_control = control;
+ msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(control);
+
+ /* attach open fd */
+ cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
+ cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
+ cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
+ cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(spaceneeded);
+ memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), fds, spaceneeded);
+
+ msg.msg_controllen = cmsg->cmsg_len;
+
+ r = sendmsg(carrier, &msg, 0);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ LOGE(ERROR, "failed to send fd-carrying message (%s)", what);
+ return ERROR_FAIL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}