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/* @(#)xdr_reference.c  2.1 88/07/29 4.0 RPCSRC */
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#if !defined(lint) && defined(SCCSIDS)
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)xdr_reference.c 1.11 87/08/11 SMI";
#endif

/*
 * xdr_reference.c, Generic XDR routines impelmentation.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1987, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * These are the "non-trivial" xdr primitives used to serialize and de-serialize
 * "pointers".  See xdr.h for more info on the interface to xdr.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <rpc/types.h>
#include <rpc/xdr.h>
#include <string.h>             /* CUBEOS: for bzero */


#define LASTUNSIGNED    ((u_int)0-1)

/*
 * XDR an indirect pointer
 * xdr_reference is for recursively translating a structure that is
 * referenced by a pointer inside the structure that is currently being
 * translated.  pp references a pointer to storage. If *pp is null
 * the  necessary storage is allocated.
 * size is the sizeof the referneced structure.
 * proc is the routine to handle the referenced structure.
 */
bool_t
xdr_reference (xdrs, pp, size, proc)
     register XDR *xdrs;
     caddr_t *pp;               /* the pointer to work on */
     u_int size;                /* size of the object pointed to */
     xdrproc_t proc;            /* xdr routine to handle the object */
{
        register caddr_t loc = *pp;
        register bool_t stat;

        if (loc == NULL)
                switch (xdrs->x_op) {
                case XDR_FREE:
                        return (TRUE);

                case XDR_DECODE:
                        *pp = loc = (caddr_t) mem_alloc (size);
                        if (loc == NULL) {
                                (void) fprintf (stderr,
                                          "xdr_reference: out of memory\n");
                                return (FALSE);
                        }
                        bzero (loc, (int) size);
                        break;
                }
        stat = (*proc) (xdrs, loc, LASTUNSIGNED);

        if (xdrs->x_op == XDR_FREE) {
                mem_free (loc, size);
                *pp = NULL;
        }
        return (stat);
}


/*
 * xdr_pointer():
 *
 * XDR a pointer to a possibly recursive data structure. This
 * differs with xdr_reference in that it can serialize/deserialiaze
 * trees correctly.
 *
 *  What's sent is actually a union:
 *
 *  union object_pointer switch (boolean b) {
 *  case TRUE: object_data data;
 *  case FALSE: void nothing;
 *  }
 *
 * > objpp: Pointer to the pointer to the object.
 * > obj_size: size of the object.
 * > xdr_obj: routine to XDR an object.
 *
 */
bool_t
xdr_pointer (xdrs, objpp, obj_size, xdr_obj)
     register XDR *xdrs;
     char **objpp;
     u_int obj_size;
     xdrproc_t xdr_obj;
{

        bool_t more_data;

        more_data = (*objpp != NULL);
        if (!xdr_bool (xdrs, &more_data)) {
                return (FALSE);
        }
        if (!more_data) {
                *objpp = NULL;
                return (TRUE);
        }
        return (xdr_reference (xdrs, objpp, obj_size, xdr_obj));
}

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