Crate tipc

Linux Transparent Inter Process Communication (TIPC) bindings for Rust

This library provides bindings for some of the more common TIPC operations.

Prerequisites

• Linux OS (version >= 4.14 for communication groups)
• Clang compiler
• TIPC kernel module enabled (sudo modprobe tipc)

Open a socket, bind to an address and listen for messages

use tipc::{TipcConn, SockType, TipcScope};
let conn = TipcConn::new(SockType::SockRdm).unwrap();

conn.bind(12345, 0, 0, TipcScope::Cluster).expect("Unable to bind to address");
let mut buf: [u8; tipc::MAX_MSG_SIZE] = [0; tipc::MAX_MSG_SIZE];
loop {
    let msg_size = conn.recv(&mut buf).unwrap();
    println!("received: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&buf[0..msg_size as usize]).unwrap())
}

Join a group and listen for group membership events or messages

Note: Joining a group automatically binds to an address and creates the group if it doesn’t already exist.

use tipc::{TipcConn, SockType, TipcScope, GroupMessage};
let mut conn = TipcConn::new(SockType::SockRdm).unwrap();

conn.join(12345, 1, TipcScope::Cluster).expect("Unable to join group");

// Listen for messages
loop {
    match conn.recvfrom().unwrap() {
        GroupMessage::MemberEvent(e) => {
            let action = if e.joined() { "joined" } else { "left" };
            println!("group member {}:{} {}", e.socket_ref(), e.node_ref(), action);
        },
        GroupMessage::DataEvent(d) => {
            println!("received message: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&d).unwrap());
        }
    }
}

Structs

Membership	Information about a node that joined/left a group.
TipcConn	Wrapper around a socket to provide convenience functions for binding, sending data, etc.
TipcError	Error information about the attempted TIPC operation

Enums

GroupMessage	Represents the message type received when in a group.
SockType	TIPC socket type to be used.
TipcScope	The scope to use when binding to an address.

Constants

MAX_MSG_SIZE

Functions

attach_to_interface	Attach TIPC to an interface to allow communication with other nodes on the network.
set_host_addr	Set the host addr, can be omitted starting from Linux 4.17.