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+#ifndef __FS_CEPH_MESSENGER_H
+#define __FS_CEPH_MESSENGER_H
+
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/radix-tree.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "buffer.h"
+
+struct ceph_msg;
+struct ceph_connection;
+
+extern struct workqueue_struct *ceph_msgr_wq;       /* receive work queue */
+
+/*
+ * Ceph defines these callbacks for handling connection events.
+ */
+struct ceph_connection_operations {
+	struct ceph_connection *(*get)(struct ceph_connection *);
+	void (*put)(struct ceph_connection *);
+
+	/* handle an incoming message. */
+	void (*dispatch) (struct ceph_connection *con, struct ceph_msg *m);
+
+	/* authorize an outgoing connection */
+	int (*get_authorizer) (struct ceph_connection *con,
+			       void **buf, int *len, int *proto,
+			       void **reply_buf, int *reply_len, int force_new);
+	int (*verify_authorizer_reply) (struct ceph_connection *con, int len);
+	int (*invalidate_authorizer)(struct ceph_connection *con);
+
+	/* protocol version mismatch */
+	void (*bad_proto) (struct ceph_connection *con);
+
+	/* there was some error on the socket (disconnect, whatever) */
+	void (*fault) (struct ceph_connection *con);
+
+	/* a remote host as terminated a message exchange session, and messages
+	 * we sent (or they tried to send us) may be lost. */
+	void (*peer_reset) (struct ceph_connection *con);
+
+	struct ceph_msg * (*alloc_msg) (struct ceph_connection *con,
+					struct ceph_msg_header *hdr,
+					int *skip);
+};
+
+/* use format string %s%d */
+#define ENTITY_NAME(n) ceph_entity_type_name((n).type), le64_to_cpu((n).num)
+
+struct ceph_messenger {
+	struct ceph_entity_inst inst;    /* my name+address */
+	struct ceph_entity_addr my_enc_addr;
+	struct page *zero_page;          /* used in certain error cases */
+
+	bool nocrc;
+
+	/*
+	 * the global_seq counts connections i (attempt to) initiate
+	 * in order to disambiguate certain connect race conditions.
+	 */
+	u32 global_seq;
+	spinlock_t global_seq_lock;
+
+	u32 supported_features;
+	u32 required_features;
+};
+
+/*
+ * a single message.  it contains a header (src, dest, message type, etc.),
+ * footer (crc values, mainly), a "front" message body, and possibly a
+ * data payload (stored in some number of pages).
+ */
+struct ceph_msg {
+	struct ceph_msg_header hdr;	/* header */
+	struct ceph_msg_footer footer;	/* footer */
+	struct kvec front;              /* unaligned blobs of message */
+	struct ceph_buffer *middle;
+	struct page **pages;            /* data payload.  NOT OWNER. */
+	unsigned nr_pages;              /* size of page array */
+	struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist; /* instead of pages */
+	struct list_head list_head;
+	struct kref kref;
+	struct bio  *bio;		/* instead of pages/pagelist */
+	struct bio  *bio_iter;		/* bio iterator */
+	int bio_seg;			/* current bio segment */
+	struct ceph_pagelist *trail;	/* the trailing part of the data */
+	bool front_is_vmalloc;
+	bool more_to_follow;
+	bool needs_out_seq;
+	int front_max;
+
+	struct ceph_msgpool *pool;
+};
+
+struct ceph_msg_pos {
+	int page, page_pos;  /* which page; offset in page */
+	int data_pos;        /* offset in data payload */
+	int did_page_crc;    /* true if we've calculated crc for current page */
+};
+
+/* ceph connection fault delay defaults, for exponential backoff */
+#define BASE_DELAY_INTERVAL	(HZ/2)
+#define MAX_DELAY_INTERVAL	(5 * 60 * HZ)
+
+/*
+ * ceph_connection state bit flags
+ *
+ * QUEUED and BUSY are used together to ensure that only a single
+ * thread is currently opening, reading or writing data to the socket.
+ */
+#define LOSSYTX         0  /* we can close channel or drop messages on errors */
+#define CONNECTING	1
+#define NEGOTIATING	2
+#define KEEPALIVE_PENDING      3
+#define WRITE_PENDING	4  /* we have data ready to send */
+#define QUEUED          5  /* there is work queued on this connection */
+#define BUSY            6  /* work is being done */
+#define STANDBY		8  /* no outgoing messages, socket closed.  we keep
+			    * the ceph_connection around to maintain shared
+			    * state with the peer. */
+#define CLOSED		10 /* we've closed the connection */
+#define SOCK_CLOSED	11 /* socket state changed to closed */
+#define OPENING         13 /* open connection w/ (possibly new) peer */
+#define DEAD            14 /* dead, about to kfree */
+
+/*
+ * A single connection with another host.
+ *
+ * We maintain a queue of outgoing messages, and some session state to
+ * ensure that we can preserve the lossless, ordered delivery of
+ * messages in the case of a TCP disconnect.
+ */
+struct ceph_connection {
+	void *private;
+	atomic_t nref;
+
+	const struct ceph_connection_operations *ops;
+
+	struct ceph_messenger *msgr;
+	struct socket *sock;
+	unsigned long state;	/* connection state (see flags above) */
+	const char *error_msg;  /* error message, if any */
+
+	struct ceph_entity_addr peer_addr; /* peer address */
+	struct ceph_entity_name peer_name; /* peer name */
+	struct ceph_entity_addr peer_addr_for_me;
+	unsigned peer_features;
+	u32 connect_seq;      /* identify the most recent connection
+				 attempt for this connection, client */
+	u32 peer_global_seq;  /* peer's global seq for this connection */
+
+	int auth_retry;       /* true if we need a newer authorizer */
+	void *auth_reply_buf;   /* where to put the authorizer reply */
+	int auth_reply_buf_len;
+
+	struct mutex mutex;
+
+	/* out queue */
+	struct list_head out_queue;
+	struct list_head out_sent;   /* sending or sent but unacked */
+	u64 out_seq;		     /* last message queued for send */
+	bool out_keepalive_pending;
+
+	u64 in_seq, in_seq_acked;  /* last message received, acked */
+
+	/* connection negotiation temps */
+	char in_banner[CEPH_BANNER_MAX_LEN];
+	union {
+		struct {  /* outgoing connection */
+			struct ceph_msg_connect out_connect;
+			struct ceph_msg_connect_reply in_reply;
+		};
+		struct {  /* incoming */
+			struct ceph_msg_connect in_connect;
+			struct ceph_msg_connect_reply out_reply;
+		};
+	};
+	struct ceph_entity_addr actual_peer_addr;
+
+	/* message out temps */
+	struct ceph_msg *out_msg;        /* sending message (== tail of
+					    out_sent) */
+	bool out_msg_done;
+	struct ceph_msg_pos out_msg_pos;
+
+	struct kvec out_kvec[8],         /* sending header/footer data */
+		*out_kvec_cur;
+	int out_kvec_left;   /* kvec's left in out_kvec */
+	int out_skip;        /* skip this many bytes */
+	int out_kvec_bytes;  /* total bytes left */
+	bool out_kvec_is_msg; /* kvec refers to out_msg */
+	int out_more;        /* there is more data after the kvecs */
+	__le64 out_temp_ack; /* for writing an ack */
+
+	/* message in temps */
+	struct ceph_msg_header in_hdr;
+	struct ceph_msg *in_msg;
+	struct ceph_msg_pos in_msg_pos;
+	u32 in_front_crc, in_middle_crc, in_data_crc;  /* calculated crc */
+
+	char in_tag;         /* protocol control byte */
+	int in_base_pos;     /* bytes read */
+	__le64 in_temp_ack;  /* for reading an ack */
+
+	struct delayed_work work;	    /* send|recv work */
+	unsigned long       delay;          /* current delay interval */
+};
+
+
+extern const char *ceph_pr_addr(const struct sockaddr_storage *ss);
+extern int ceph_parse_ips(const char *c, const char *end,
+			  struct ceph_entity_addr *addr,
+			  int max_count, int *count);
+
+
+extern int ceph_msgr_init(void);
+extern void ceph_msgr_exit(void);
+extern void ceph_msgr_flush(void);
+
+extern struct ceph_messenger *ceph_messenger_create(
+	struct ceph_entity_addr *myaddr,
+	u32 features, u32 required);
+extern void ceph_messenger_destroy(struct ceph_messenger *);
+
+extern void ceph_con_init(struct ceph_messenger *msgr,
+			  struct ceph_connection *con);
+extern void ceph_con_open(struct ceph_connection *con,
+			  struct ceph_entity_addr *addr);
+extern bool ceph_con_opened(struct ceph_connection *con);
+extern void ceph_con_close(struct ceph_connection *con);
+extern void ceph_con_send(struct ceph_connection *con, struct ceph_msg *msg);
+extern void ceph_con_revoke(struct ceph_connection *con, struct ceph_msg *msg);
+extern void ceph_con_revoke_message(struct ceph_connection *con,
+				  struct ceph_msg *msg);
+extern void ceph_con_keepalive(struct ceph_connection *con);
+extern struct ceph_connection *ceph_con_get(struct ceph_connection *con);
+extern void ceph_con_put(struct ceph_connection *con);
+
+extern struct ceph_msg *ceph_msg_new(int type, int front_len, gfp_t flags);
+extern void ceph_msg_kfree(struct ceph_msg *m);
+
+
+static inline struct ceph_msg *ceph_msg_get(struct ceph_msg *msg)
+{
+	kref_get(&msg->kref);
+	return msg;
+}
+extern void ceph_msg_last_put(struct kref *kref);
+static inline void ceph_msg_put(struct ceph_msg *msg)
+{
+	kref_put(&msg->kref, ceph_msg_last_put);
+}
+
+extern void ceph_msg_dump(struct ceph_msg *msg);
+
+#endif