devnull.c

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/*
 * Implementation of the null device, "null:", which generates an
 * immediate EOF on read and throws away anything written to it.
 */
#include <types.h>
#include <kern/errno.h>
#include <lib.h>
#include <uio.h>
#include <vfs.h>
#include <device.h>

/* For open() */
static
int
nullopen(struct device *dev, int openflags)
{
        (void)dev;
        (void)openflags;

        return 0;
}

/* For close() */
static
int
nullclose(struct device *dev)
{
        (void)dev;
        return 0;
}

/* For d_io() */
static
int
nullio(struct device *dev, struct uio *uio)
{
        /*
         * On write, discard everything without looking at it.
         * On read, do nothing, generating an immediate EOF.
         */

        (void)dev; // unused

        if (uio->uio_rw == UIO_WRITE) {
                uio->uio_resid = 0;
        }

        return 0;
}

/* For ioctl() */
static
int
nullioctl(struct device *dev, int op, userptr_t data)
{
        /*
         * No ioctls.
         */

        (void)dev;
        (void)op;
        (void)data;

        return EINVAL;
}

/*
 * Function to create and attach null:
 */
void
devnull_create(void)
{
        int result;
        struct device *dev;

        dev = kmalloc(sizeof(*dev));
        if (dev==NULL) {
                panic("Could not add null device: out of memory\n");
        }

        
        dev->d_open = nullopen;
        dev->d_close = nullclose;
        dev->d_io = nullio;
        dev->d_ioctl = nullioctl;

        dev->d_blocks = 0;
        dev->d_blocksize = 1;

        dev->d_devnumber = 0; /* assigned by vfs_adddev */

        dev->d_data = NULL;

        result = vfs_adddev("null", dev, 0);
        if (result) {
                panic("Could not add null device: %s\n", strerror(result));
        }
}