]> Jun 30, 2000 lwres_context 3 BIND9 2004 2005 2007 2012 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") 2000 2001 2003 Internet Software Consortium. lwres_context_create lwres_context_destroy lwres_context_nextserial lwres_context_initserial lwres_context_freemem lwres_context_allocmem lwres_context_sendrecv lightweight resolver context management #include <lwres/lwres.h> lwres_result_t lwres_context_create lwres_context_t **contextp void *arg lwres_malloc_t malloc_function lwres_free_t free_function lwres_result_t lwres_context_destroy lwres_context_t **contextp void lwres_context_initserial lwres_context_t *ctx lwres_uint32_t serial lwres_uint32_t lwres_context_nextserial lwres_context_t *ctx void lwres_context_freemem lwres_context_t *ctx void *mem size_t len void lwres_context_allocmem lwres_context_t *ctx size_t len void * lwres_context_sendrecv lwres_context_t *ctx void *sendbase int sendlen void *recvbase int recvlen int *recvd_len DESCRIPTION lwres_context_create() creates a lwres_context_t structure for use in lightweight resolver operations. It holds a socket and other data needed for communicating with a resolver daemon. The new lwres_context_t is returned through contextp, a pointer to a lwres_context_t pointer. This lwres_context_t pointer must initially be NULL, and is modified to point to the newly created lwres_context_t. When the lightweight resolver needs to perform dynamic memory allocation, it will call malloc_function to allocate memory and free_function to free it. If malloc_function and free_function are NULL, memory is allocated using malloc3 . and free3 . It is not permitted to have a NULL malloc_function and a non-NULL free_function or vice versa. arg is passed as the first parameter to the memory allocation functions. If malloc_function and free_function are NULL, arg is unused and should be passed as NULL. Once memory for the structure has been allocated, it is initialized using lwres_conf_init3 and returned via *contextp. lwres_context_destroy() destroys a lwres_context_t, closing its socket. contextp is a pointer to a pointer to the context that is to be destroyed. The pointer will be set to NULL when the context has been destroyed. The context holds a serial number that is used to identify resolver request packets and associate responses with the corresponding requests. This serial number is controlled using lwres_context_initserial() and lwres_context_nextserial(). lwres_context_initserial() sets the serial number for context *ctx to serial. lwres_context_nextserial() increments the serial number and returns the previous value. Memory for a lightweight resolver context is allocated and freed using lwres_context_allocmem() and lwres_context_freemem(). These use whatever allocations were defined when the context was created with lwres_context_create(). lwres_context_allocmem() allocates len bytes of memory and if successful returns a pointer to the allocated storage. lwres_context_freemem() frees len bytes of space starting at location mem. lwres_context_sendrecv() performs I/O for the context ctx. Data are read and written from the context's socket. It writes data from sendbase — typically a lightweight resolver query packet — and waits for a reply which is copied to the receive buffer at recvbase. The number of bytes that were written to this receive buffer is returned in *recvd_len. RETURN VALUES lwres_context_create() returns LWRES_R_NOMEMORY if memory for the struct lwres_context could not be allocated, LWRES_R_SUCCESS otherwise. Successful calls to the memory allocator lwres_context_allocmem() return a pointer to the start of the allocated space. It returns NULL if memory could not be allocated. LWRES_R_SUCCESS is returned when lwres_context_sendrecv() completes successfully. LWRES_R_IOERROR is returned if an I/O error occurs and LWRES_R_TIMEOUT is returned if lwres_context_sendrecv() times out waiting for a response. SEE ALSO lwres_conf_init3 , malloc3 , free3 .