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+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2008 The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+** License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
+** may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
+**
+** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+** GNU General Public License for more details.
+*/
+#include "sockets.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "qemu_debug.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "android/utils/path.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#  define xxWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#  include <windows.h>
+#  include <winsock2.h>
+#  include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#else /* !_WIN32 */
+#  include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#  include <sys/socket.h>
+#  include <netinet/in.h>
+#  include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#  include <netdb.h>
+#  if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+#    include <sys/un.h>
+#    ifndef UNIX_PATH_MAX
+#      define  UNIX_PATH_MAX  (sizeof(((struct sockaddr_un*)0)->sun_path)-1)
+#    endif
+#  endif
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+
+
+
+/* QSOCKET_CALL is used to deal with the fact that EINTR happens pretty
+ * easily in QEMU since we use SIGALRM to implement periodic timers
+ */
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#  define  QSOCKET_CALL(_ret,_cmd)   \
+    do { _ret = (_cmd); } while ( _ret < 0 && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEINTR )
+#else
+#  define  QSOCKET_CALL(_ret,_cmd)   \
+    do { _ret = (_cmd); } while ( _ret < 0 && errno == EINTR )
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+static int  winsock_error;
+
+#define  WINSOCK_ERRORS_LIST \
+    EE(WSA_INVALID_HANDLE,EINVAL,"invalid handle") \
+    EE(WSA_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY,ENOMEM,"not enough memory") \
+    EE(WSA_INVALID_PARAMETER,EINVAL,"invalid parameter") \
+    EE(WSAEINTR,EINTR,"interrupted function call") \
+	EE(WSAEALREADY,EALREADY,"operation already in progress") \
+    EE(WSAEBADF,EBADF,"bad file descriptor") \
+    EE(WSAEACCES,EACCES,"permission denied") \
+    EE(WSAEFAULT,EFAULT,"bad address") \
+    EE(WSAEINVAL,EINVAL,"invalid argument") \
+    EE(WSAEMFILE,EMFILE,"too many opened files") \
+    EE(WSAEWOULDBLOCK,EAGAIN,"resource temporarily unavailable") \
+    EE(WSAEINPROGRESS,EAGAIN,"operation now in progress") \
+    EE(WSAEALREADY,EAGAIN,"operation already in progress") \
+    EE(WSAENOTSOCK,EBADF,"socket operation not on socket") \
+    EE(WSAEDESTADDRREQ,EDESTADDRREQ,"destination address required") \
+    EE(WSAEMSGSIZE,EMSGSIZE,"message too long") \
+    EE(WSAEPROTOTYPE,EPROTOTYPE,"wrong protocol type for socket") \
+    EE(WSAENOPROTOOPT,ENOPROTOOPT,"bad protocol option") \
+    EE(WSAEADDRINUSE,EADDRINUSE,"address already in use") \
+    EE(WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL,EADDRNOTAVAIL,"cannot assign requested address") \
+    EE(WSAENETDOWN,ENETDOWN,"network is down") \
+    EE(WSAENETUNREACH,ENETUNREACH,"network unreachable") \
+    EE(WSAENETRESET,ENETRESET,"network dropped connection on reset") \
+    EE(WSAECONNABORTED,ECONNABORTED,"software caused connection abort") \
+    EE(WSAECONNRESET,ECONNRESET,"connection reset by peer") \
+    EE(WSAENOBUFS,ENOBUFS,"no buffer space available") \
+    EE(WSAEISCONN,EISCONN,"socket is already connected") \
+    EE(WSAENOTCONN,ENOTCONN,"socket is not connected") \
+    EE(WSAESHUTDOWN,ESHUTDOWN,"cannot send after socket shutdown") \
+    EE(WSAETOOMANYREFS,ETOOMANYREFS,"too many references") \
+    EE(WSAETIMEDOUT,ETIMEDOUT,"connection timed out") \
+    EE(WSAECONNREFUSED,ECONNREFUSED,"connection refused") \
+    EE(WSAELOOP,ELOOP,"cannot translate name") \
+    EE(WSAENAMETOOLONG,ENAMETOOLONG,"name too long") \
+    EE(WSAEHOSTDOWN,EHOSTDOWN,"host is down") \
+    EE(WSAEHOSTUNREACH,EHOSTUNREACH,"no route to host") \
+
+typedef struct {
+    int          winsock;
+    int          unix;
+    const char*  string;
+} WinsockError;
+
+static const WinsockError  _winsock_errors[] = {
+#define  EE(w,u,s)   { w, u, s },
+    WINSOCK_ERRORS_LIST
+#undef   EE
+    { -1, -1, NULL }
+};
+
+/* this function reads the latest winsock error code and updates
+ * errno to a matching value. It also returns the new value of
+ * errno.
+ */
+static int
+_fix_errno( void )
+{
+    const WinsockError*  werr = _winsock_errors;
+    int                  unix = EINVAL;  /* generic error code */
+
+    for ( ; werr->string != NULL; werr++ ) {
+        if (werr->winsock == winsock_error) {
+            unix = werr->unix;
+            break;
+        }
+	}
+    errno = unix;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+_set_errno( int  code )
+{
+    winsock_error = -1;
+    errno         = code;
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* this function returns a string describing the latest Winsock error */
+const char*
+_errno_str(void)
+{
+    const WinsockError*  werr   = _winsock_errors;
+    const char*          result = "<unknown error>";
+
+    for ( ; werr->string; werr++ ) {
+        if (werr->winsock == winsock_error) {
+            result = werr->string;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (result == NULL)
+        result = strerror(errno);
+
+    return result;
+}
+#else
+static int
+_fix_errno( void )
+{
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+_set_errno( int  code )
+{
+    errno = code;
+    return -1;
+}
+#endif
+
+/* socket types */
+
+static int
+socket_family_to_bsd( SocketFamily  family )
+{
+    switch (family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET: return AF_INET;
+    case SOCKET_IN6:  return AF_INET6;
+#if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+    case SOCKET_UNIX: return AF_LOCAL;
+#endif
+    default: return -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+socket_type_to_bsd( SocketType  type )
+{
+    switch (type) {
+        case SOCKET_DGRAM:  return SOCK_DGRAM;
+        case SOCKET_STREAM: return SOCK_STREAM;
+        default: return -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static SocketType
+socket_type_from_bsd( int  type )
+{
+    switch (type) {
+        case SOCK_DGRAM:  return SOCKET_DGRAM;
+        case SOCK_STREAM: return SOCKET_STREAM;
+        default:          return (SocketType) -1;
+    }
+}
+
+#if 0
+static int
+socket_type_check( SocketType  type )
+{
+    return (type == SOCKET_DGRAM || type == SOCKET_STREAM);
+}
+#endif
+
+/* socket addresses */
+
+void
+sock_address_init_inet( SockAddress*  a, uint32_t  ip, uint16_t  port )
+{
+    a->family         = SOCKET_INET;
+    a->u.inet.port    = port;
+    a->u.inet.address = ip;
+}
+
+void
+sock_address_init_in6 ( SockAddress*  a, const uint8_t*  ip6[16], uint16_t  port )
+{
+    a->family = SOCKET_IN6;
+    a->u.in6.port = port;
+    memcpy( a->u.in6.address, ip6, sizeof(a->u.in6.address) );
+}
+
+void
+sock_address_init_unix( SockAddress*  a, const char*  path )
+{
+    a->family       = SOCKET_UNIX;
+    a->u._unix.path  = strdup(path ? path : "");
+    a->u._unix.owner = 1;
+}
+
+void  sock_address_done( SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    if (a->family == SOCKET_UNIX && a->u._unix.owner) {
+        a->u._unix.owner = 0;
+        free((char*)a->u._unix.path);
+    }
+}
+
+static char*
+format_char( char*  buf, char*  end, int  c )
+{
+    if (buf >= end)
+        return buf;
+    if (buf+1 == end)
+        c = 0;
+    *buf++ = (char) c;
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static char*
+format_str( char*  buf, char*  end, const char*  str )
+{
+    int  len   = strlen(str);
+    int  avail = end - buf;
+
+    if (len > avail)
+        len = avail;
+
+    memcpy( buf, str, len );
+    buf += len;
+
+    if (buf == end)
+        buf[-1] = 0;
+    else
+        buf[0] = 0;
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static char*
+format_unsigned( char*  buf, char*  end, unsigned  val )
+{
+    char  temp[16];
+    int   nn;
+
+    for ( nn = 0; val != 0; nn++ ) {
+        int  rem = val % 10;
+        temp[nn] = '0'+rem;
+        val /= 10;
+    }
+
+    if (nn == 0)
+        temp[nn++] = '0';
+
+    while (nn > 0)
+        buf = format_char(buf, end, temp[--nn]);
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static char*
+format_hex( char*  buf, char*  end, unsigned  val, int  ndigits )
+{
+    int   shift = 4*ndigits;
+    static const char   hex[16] = "0123456789abcdef";
+
+    while (shift >= 0) {
+        buf = format_char(buf, end, hex[(val >> shift) & 15]);
+        shift -= 4;
+    }
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static char*
+format_ip4( char*  buf, char*  end, uint32_t  ip )
+{
+    buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned)(ip >> 24) );
+    buf = format_char( buf, end, '.');
+    buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned)((ip >> 16) & 255));
+    buf = format_char( buf, end, '.');
+    buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned)((ip >> 8) & 255));
+    buf = format_char( buf, end, '.');
+    buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned)(ip & 255));
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static char*
+format_ip6( char*  buf, char*  end, const uint8_t*  ip6 )
+{
+    int  nn;
+    for (nn = 0; nn < 8; nn++) {
+        int  val = (ip6[0] << 16) | ip6[1];
+        ip6 += 2;
+        if (nn > 0)
+            buf = format_char(buf, end, ':');
+        if (val == 0)
+            continue;
+        buf  = format_hex(buf, end, val, 4);
+    }
+    return buf;
+}
+
+const char*
+sock_address_to_string( const SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    static char buf0[MAX_PATH];
+    char       *buf = buf0, *end = buf + sizeof(buf0);
+
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        buf = format_ip4( buf, end, a->u.inet.address );
+        buf = format_char( buf, end, ':' );
+        buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned) a->u.inet.port );
+        break;
+
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        buf = format_ip6( buf, end, a->u.in6.address );
+        buf = format_char( buf, end, ':' );
+        buf = format_unsigned( buf, end, (unsigned) a->u.in6.port );
+        break;
+
+    case SOCKET_UNIX:
+        buf = format_str( buf, end, a->u._unix.path );
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return buf0;
+}
+
+int
+sock_address_equal( const SockAddress*  a, const SockAddress*  b )
+{
+    if (a->family != b->family)
+        return 0;
+
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        return (a->u.inet.address == b->u.inet.address &&
+                a->u.inet.port    == b->u.inet.port);
+
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        return (!memcmp(a->u.in6.address, b->u.in6.address, 16) &&
+                a->u.in6.port == b->u.in6.port);
+
+    case SOCKET_UNIX:
+        return (!strcmp(a->u._unix.path, b->u._unix.path));
+
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+int
+sock_address_get_port( const SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        return a->u.inet.port;
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        return a->u.in6.port;
+    default:
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+sock_address_set_port( SockAddress*  a, uint16_t  port )
+{
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        a->u.inet.port = port;
+        break;
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        a->u.in6.port = port;
+        break;
+    default:
+        ;
+    }
+}
+
+const char*
+sock_address_get_path( const SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    if (a->family == SOCKET_UNIX)
+        return a->u._unix.path;
+    else
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+sock_address_get_ip( const SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    if (a->family == SOCKET_INET)
+        return a->u.inet.address;
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
+#if 0
+char*
+bufprint_sock_address( char*  p, char*  end, const SockAddress*  a )
+{
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        {
+            uint32_t  ip = a->u.inet.address;
+
+            return bufprint( p, end, "%d.%d.%d.%d:%d",
+                         (ip >> 24) & 255, (ip >> 16) & 255,
+                         (ip >> 8) & 255, ip & 255,
+                         a->u.inet.port );
+        }
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        {
+            int             nn     = 0;
+            const char*     column = "";
+            const uint8_t*  tab    = a->u.in6.address;
+            for (nn = 0; nn < 16; nn += 2) {
+                p = bufprint(p, end, "%s%04x", column, (tab[n] << 8) | tab[n+1]);
+                column = ":";
+            }
+            return bufprint(p, end, ":%d", a->u.in6.port);
+        }
+    case SOCKET_UNIX:
+        {
+            return bufprint(p, end, "%s", a->u._unix.path);
+        }
+    default:
+        return p;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+int
+sock_address_to_bsd( const SockAddress*  a, void*  paddress, size_t  *psize )
+{
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET:
+        {
+            struct sockaddr_in*  dst = (struct sockaddr_in*) paddress;
+
+            *psize = sizeof(*dst);
+
+            memset( paddress, 0, *psize );
+
+            dst->sin_family      = AF_INET;
+            dst->sin_port        = htons(a->u.inet.port);
+            dst->sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(a->u.inet.address);
+        }
+        break;
+
+#if HAVE_IN6_SOCKETS
+    case SOCKET_IN6:
+        {
+            struct sockaddr_in6*  dst = (struct sockaddr_in6*) paddress;
+
+            *psize = sizeof(*dst);
+
+            memset( paddress, 0, *psize );
+
+            dst->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+            dst->sin6_port   = htons(a->u.in6.port);
+            memcpy( dst->sin6_addr.s6_addr, a->u.in6.address, 16 );
+        }
+        break;
+#endif /* HAVE_IN6_SOCKETS */
+
+#if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+    case SOCKET_UNIX:
+        {
+            int                  slen = strlen(a->u._unix.path);
+            struct sockaddr_un*  dst = (struct sockaddr_un*) paddress;
+
+            if (slen >= UNIX_PATH_MAX)
+                return -1;
+
+            memset( paddress, 0, sizeof(*dst) );
+
+            dst->sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+            memcpy( dst->sun_path, a->u._unix.path, slen );
+            dst->sun_path[slen] = 0;
+
+            *psize = (char*)&dst->sun_path[slen+1] - (char*)dst;
+        }
+        break;
+#endif /* HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS */
+
+    default:
+        return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+sock_address_to_inet( SockAddress*  a, int  *paddr_ip, int  *paddr_port )
+{
+    struct sockaddr   addr;
+    socklen_t         addrlen;
+
+    if (a->family != SOCKET_INET) {
+        return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+    }
+
+    if (sock_address_to_bsd(a, &addr, &addrlen) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    *paddr_ip   = ntohl(((struct sockaddr_in*)&addr)->sin_addr.s_addr);
+    *paddr_port = ntohs(((struct sockaddr_in*)&addr)->sin_port);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+sock_address_from_bsd( SockAddress*  a, const void*  from, size_t  fromlen )
+{
+    switch (((struct sockaddr*)from)->sa_family) {
+    case AF_INET:
+        {
+            struct sockaddr_in*  src = (struct sockaddr_in*) from;
+
+            if (fromlen < sizeof(*src))
+                return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+
+            a->family         = SOCKET_INET;
+            a->u.inet.port    = ntohs(src->sin_port);
+            a->u.inet.address = ntohl(src->sin_addr.s_addr);
+        }
+        break;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_IN6_SOCKETS
+    case AF_INET6:
+        {
+            struct sockaddr_in6*  src = (struct sockaddr_in6*) from;
+
+            if (fromlen < sizeof(*src))
+                return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+
+            a->family     = SOCKET_IN6;
+            a->u.in6.port = ntohs(src->sin6_port);
+            memcpy(a->u.in6.address, src->sin6_addr.s6_addr, 16);
+        }
+        break;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+    case AF_LOCAL:
+        {
+            struct sockaddr_un*  src = (struct sockaddr_un*) from;
+            char*                end;
+
+            if (fromlen < sizeof(*src))
+                return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+
+            /* check that the path is zero-terminated */
+            end = memchr(src->sun_path, 0, UNIX_PATH_MAX);
+            if (end == NULL)
+                return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+
+            a->family = SOCKET_UNIX;
+            a->u._unix.owner = 1;
+            a->u._unix.path  = strdup(src->sun_path);
+        }
+        break;
+#endif
+
+    default:
+        return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+sock_address_init_resolve( SockAddress*  a, const char*  hostname, uint16_t  port, int  preferIn6 )
+{
+    struct addrinfo   hints[1];
+    struct addrinfo*  res;
+    int               ret;
+
+    memset(hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+    hints->ai_family   = preferIn6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_UNSPEC;
+
+    if (getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, hints, &res) < 0) {
+        return _fix_errno();
+    }
+
+    ret = sock_address_from_bsd( a, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen );
+    freeaddrinfo(res);
+
+    /* need to set the port */
+    switch (a->family) {
+    case SOCKET_INET: a->u.inet.port = port; break;
+    case SOCKET_IN6:  a->u.in6.port  = port; break;
+    default: ;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+int
+socket_create( SocketFamily  family, SocketType  type )
+{
+    int   ret;
+    int   sfamily = socket_family_to_bsd(family);
+    int   stype   = socket_type_to_bsd(type);
+
+    if (sfamily < 0 || stype < 0) {
+        return _set_errno(EINVAL);
+    }
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret, socket(sfamily, stype, 0));
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return _fix_errno();
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
+int
+socket_create_inet( SocketType  type )
+{
+    return socket_create( SOCKET_INET, type );
+}
+
+#if HAVE_IN6_SOCKETS
+int
+socket_create_in6 ( SocketType  type )
+{
+    return socket_create( SOCKET_IN6, type );
+}
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+int
+socket_create_unix( SocketType  type )
+{
+    return socket_create( SOCKET_UNIX, type );
+}
+#endif
+
+int  socket_can_read(int  fd)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    unsigned long  opt;
+
+    if (ioctlsocket(fd, FIONREAD, &opt) < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    return opt;
+#else
+    int  opt;
+
+    if (ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &opt) < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    return opt;
+#endif
+}
+
+#define   SOCKET_CALL(cmd)  \
+    int  ret; \
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret, (cmd)); \
+    if (ret < 0) \
+        return _fix_errno(); \
+    return ret; \
+
+int
+socket_send(int  fd, const void*  buf, int  buflen)
+{
+    SOCKET_CALL(send(fd, buf, buflen, 0))
+}
+
+int
+socket_send_oob( int  fd, const void*  buf, int  buflen )
+{
+    SOCKET_CALL(send(fd, buf, buflen, MSG_OOB));
+}
+
+int
+socket_sendto(int  fd, const void*  buf, int  buflen, const SockAddress*  to)
+{
+    struct sockaddr   sa;
+    socklen_t         salen;
+
+    if (sock_address_to_bsd(to, &sa, &salen) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    SOCKET_CALL(sendto(fd, buf, buflen, 0, &sa, salen));
+}
+
+int
+socket_recv(int  fd, void*  buf, int  len)
+{
+    SOCKET_CALL(recv(fd, buf, len, 0));
+}
+
+int
+socket_recvfrom(int  fd, void*  buf, int  len, SockAddress*  from)
+{
+    struct sockaddr   sa;
+    socklen_t         salen = sizeof(sa);
+    int               ret;
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret,recvfrom(fd,buf,len,0,&sa,&salen));
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return _fix_errno();
+
+    if (sock_address_from_bsd(from, &sa, salen) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int
+socket_connect( int  fd, const SockAddress*  address )
+{
+    struct sockaddr   addr;
+    socklen_t         addrlen;
+
+    if (sock_address_to_bsd(address, &addr, &addrlen) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    SOCKET_CALL(connect(fd,&addr,addrlen));
+}
+
+int
+socket_bind( int  fd, const SockAddress*  address )
+{
+    struct sockaddr  addr;
+    socklen_t        addrlen;
+
+    if (sock_address_to_bsd(address, &addr, &addrlen) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    SOCKET_CALL(bind(fd, &addr, addrlen));
+}
+
+int
+socket_get_address( int  fd, SockAddress*  address )
+{
+    struct sockaddr   addr;
+    socklen_t         addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+    int               ret;
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret, getsockname(fd, &addr, &addrlen));
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return _fix_errno();
+
+    return sock_address_from_bsd(address, &addr, addrlen);
+}
+
+int
+socket_listen( int  fd, int  backlog )
+{
+    SOCKET_CALL(listen(fd, backlog));
+}
+
+int
+socket_accept( int  fd, SockAddress*  address )
+{
+    struct sockaddr   addr;
+    socklen_t         addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+    int               ret;
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret, accept(fd, &addr, &addrlen));
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return _fix_errno();
+
+    if (address) {
+        if (sock_address_from_bsd(address, &addr, addrlen) < 0) {
+            socket_close(ret);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+SocketType socket_get_type(int fd)
+{
+    int  opt    = -1;
+    int  optlen = sizeof(opt);
+    getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, (void*)&opt, (void*)&optlen );
+
+    return socket_type_from_bsd(opt);
+}
+
+int socket_set_nonblock(int fd)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    unsigned long opt = 1;
+    return ioctlsocket(fd, FIONBIO, &opt);
+#else
+    int   flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
+    return fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
+#endif
+}
+
+int socket_set_blocking(int fd)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    unsigned long opt = 0;
+    return ioctlsocket(fd, FIONBIO, &opt);
+#else
+    int   flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
+    return fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags & ~O_NONBLOCK);
+#endif
+}
+
+static int
+socket_setoption(int  fd, int  domain, int  option, int  _flag)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    DWORD  flag = (DWORD) _flag;
+#else
+    int    flag = _flag;
+#endif
+    return setsockopt( fd, domain, option, (const char*)&flag, sizeof(flag) );
+}
+
+
+int socket_set_xreuseaddr(int  fd)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+   /* on Windows, SO_REUSEADDR is used to indicate that several programs can
+    * bind to the same port. this is completely different from the Unix
+    * semantics. instead of SO_EXCLUSIVEADDR to ensure that explicitely prevent
+    * this.
+    */
+    return socket_setoption(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE, 1);
+#else
+    return socket_setoption(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1);
+#endif
+}
+
+
+int socket_set_oobinline(int  fd)
+{
+    return socket_setoption(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_OOBINLINE, 1);
+}
+
+
+int  socket_set_nodelay(int  fd)
+{
+    return socket_setoption(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, 1);
+}
+
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static void socket_cleanup(void)
+{
+    WSACleanup();
+}
+
+int socket_init(void)
+{
+    WSADATA Data;
+    int ret, err;
+
+    ret = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &Data);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+        err = WSAGetLastError();
+        return -1;
+    }
+    atexit(socket_cleanup);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#else /* !_WIN32 */
+
+int socket_init(void)
+{
+   return 0;   /* nothing to do on Unix */
+}
+
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+static void
+socket_close_handler( void*  _fd )
+{
+    int   fd = (int)_fd;
+    int   ret;
+    char  buff[64];
+
+    /* we want to drain the read side of the socket before closing it */
+    do {
+        ret = recv( fd, buff, sizeof(buff), 0 );
+    } while (ret < 0 && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEINTR);
+
+    if (ret < 0 && WSAGetLastError() == EWOULDBLOCK)
+        return;
+
+    qemu_set_fd_handler( fd, NULL, NULL, NULL );
+    closesocket( fd );
+}
+
+void
+socket_close( int  fd )
+{
+    int  old_errno = errno;
+
+    shutdown( fd, SD_BOTH );
+    /* we want to drain the socket before closing it */
+    qemu_set_fd_handler( fd, socket_close_handler, NULL, (void*)fd );
+
+    errno = old_errno;
+}
+
+#else /* !_WIN32 */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+socket_close( int  fd )
+{
+    int  old_errno = errno;
+
+    shutdown( fd, SHUT_RDWR );
+    close( fd );
+
+    errno = old_errno;
+}
+
+#endif /* !_WIN32 */
+
+
+static int
+socket_bind_server( int  s, const SockAddress*  to, SocketType  type )
+{
+    socket_set_xreuseaddr(s);
+
+    if (socket_bind(s, to) < 0) {
+        dprint("could not bind server socket address %s: %s", 
+                sock_address_to_string(to), errno_str);
+        goto FAIL;
+    }
+
+    if (type == SOCKET_STREAM) {
+        if (socket_listen(s, 4) < 0) {
+            dprint("could not listen server socket %s: %s",
+                   sock_address_to_string(to), errno_str);
+            goto FAIL;
+        }
+    }
+    return  s;
+
+FAIL:
+    socket_close(s);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+
+static int
+socket_connect_client( int  s, const SockAddress*  to )
+{
+    if (socket_connect(s, to) < 0) {
+        dprint( "could not connect client socket to %s: %s\n",
+                sock_address_to_string(to), errno_str );
+        socket_close(s);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    socket_set_nonblock( s );
+    return s;
+}
+
+
+static int
+socket_in_server( int  address, int  port, SocketType  type )
+{
+    SockAddress  addr;
+    int          s;
+
+    sock_address_init_inet( &addr, address, port );
+    s = socket_create_inet( type );
+    if (s < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return socket_bind_server( s, &addr, type );
+}
+
+
+static int
+socket_in_client( SockAddress*  to, SocketType  type )
+{
+    int  s;
+
+    s = socket_create_inet( type );
+    if (s < 0) return -1;
+
+    return socket_connect_client( s, to );
+}
+
+
+int
+socket_loopback_server( int  port, SocketType  type )
+{
+    return socket_in_server( SOCK_ADDRESS_INET_LOOPBACK, port, type );
+}
+
+int
+socket_loopback_client( int  port, SocketType  type )
+{
+    SockAddress  addr;
+
+    sock_address_init_inet( &addr, SOCK_ADDRESS_INET_LOOPBACK, port );
+    return socket_in_client( &addr, type );
+}
+
+
+int
+socket_network_client( const char*  host, int  port, SocketType  type )
+{
+    SockAddress  addr;
+
+    if (sock_address_init_resolve( &addr, host, port, 0) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return socket_in_client( &addr, type );
+}
+
+
+int
+socket_anyaddr_server( int  port, SocketType  type )
+{
+    return socket_in_server( SOCK_ADDRESS_INET_ANY, port, type );
+}
+
+int
+socket_accept_any( int  server_fd )
+{
+    int  fd;
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(fd, accept( server_fd, NULL, 0 ));
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        dprint( "could not accept client connection from fd %d: %s",
+                server_fd, errno_str );
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* set to non-blocking */
+    socket_set_nonblock( fd );
+    return fd;
+}
+
+
+#if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS
+
+int
+socket_unix_server( const char*  name, SocketType  type )
+{
+    SockAddress   addr;
+    int           s, ret;
+
+    s = socket_create_unix( type );
+    if (s < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    sock_address_init_unix( &addr, name );
+
+    do {
+        ret = unlink( name );
+    } while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
+
+    ret = socket_bind_server( s, &addr, type );
+
+    sock_address_done( &addr );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+int
+socket_unix_client( const char*  name, SocketType  type )
+{
+    SockAddress   addr;
+    int           s, ret;
+
+    s = socket_create_unix(type);
+    if (s < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    sock_address_init_unix( &addr, name );
+
+    ret =  socket_connect_client( s, &addr );
+
+    sock_address_done( &addr );
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#endif /* HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS */
+
+
+
+int
+socket_pair(int *fd1, int *fd2)
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    int   fds[2];
+    int   ret = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds);
+
+    if (!ret) {
+        socket_set_nonblock(fds[0]);
+        socket_set_nonblock(fds[1]);
+        *fd1 = fds[0];
+        *fd2 = fds[1];
+    }
+    return ret;
+#else /* _WIN32 */
+    /* on Windows, select() only works with network sockets, which
+     * means we absolutely cannot use Win32 PIPEs to implement
+     * socket pairs with the current event loop implementation.
+     * We're going to do like Cygwin: create a random pair
+     * of localhost TCP sockets and connect them together
+     */
+    int                 s0, s1, s2, port;
+    struct sockaddr_in  sockin;
+    socklen_t           len;
+
+    /* first, create the 'server' socket.
+     * a port number of 0 means 'any port between 1024 and 5000.
+     * see Winsock bind() documentation for details */
+    s0 = socket_loopback_server( 0, SOCK_STREAM );
+    if (s0 < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    /* now connect a client socket to it, we first need to
+     * extract the server socket's port number */
+    len = sizeof sockin;
+    if (getsockname(s0, (struct sockaddr*) &sockin, &len) < 0) {
+        closesocket (s0);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    port = ntohs(sockin.sin_port);
+    s2   = socket_loopback_client( port, SOCK_STREAM );
+    if (s2 < 0) {
+        closesocket(s0);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* we need to accept the connection on the server socket
+     * this will create the second socket for the pair
+     */
+    len = sizeof sockin;
+    s1  = accept(s0, (struct sockaddr*) &sockin, &len);
+    if (s1 == INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        closesocket (s0);
+        closesocket (s2);
+        return -1;
+    }
+    socket_set_nonblock(s1);
+
+    /* close server socket */
+    closesocket(s0);
+    *fd1 = s1;
+    *fd2 = s2;
+    return 0;
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
+}
+
+
+
+int
+socket_mcast_inet_add_membership( int  s, uint32_t  ip )
+{
+    struct ip_mreq imr;
+
+    imr.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = htonl(ip);
+    imr.imr_interface.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+    if ( setsockopt( s, IPPROTO_IP, IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,
+                     (const char *)&imr, 
+                     sizeof(struct ip_mreq)) < 0 )
+    {
+        return _fix_errno();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+socket_mcast_inet_drop_membership( int  s, uint32_t  ip )
+{
+    struct ip_mreq imr;
+
+    imr.imr_multiaddr.s_addr = htonl(ip);
+    imr.imr_interface.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+    if ( setsockopt( s, IPPROTO_IP, IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP,
+                     (const char *)&imr, 
+                     sizeof(struct ip_mreq)) < 0 )
+    {
+        return _fix_errno();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+socket_mcast_inet_set_loop( int  s, int  enabled )
+{
+    return socket_setoption( s, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_LOOP, !!enabled );
+}
+
+int
+socket_mcast_inet_set_ttl( int  s, int  ttl )
+{
+    return socket_setoption( s, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_TTL, ttl );
+}
+
+
+char*
+host_name( void )
+{
+    static char buf[256];  /* 255 is the max host name length supported by DNS */
+    int         ret;
+
+    QSOCKET_CALL(ret, gethostname(buf, sizeof(buf)));
+
+    if (ret < 0)
+        return "localhost";
+    else
+        return buf;
+}