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27.Dd September 9, 2022
28.Dt LIBSA 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm libsa
32.Nd support library for standalone executables
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In stand.h
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38library provides a set of supporting functions for standalone
39applications, mimicking where possible the standard
40.Bx
41programming
42environment.
43The following sections group these functions by kind.
44Unless specifically described here, see the corresponding section 3
45manpages for the given functions.
46.Sh STRING FUNCTIONS
47String functions are available as documented in
48.Xr string 3
49and
50.Xr bstring 3 .
51.Sh MEMORY ALLOCATION
52.Bl -hang -width 10n
53.It Xo
54.Ft "void *"
55.Fn malloc "size_t size"
56.Xc
57.Pp
58Allocate
59.Fa size
60bytes of memory from the heap using a best-fit algorithm.
61.It Xo
62.Ft void
63.Fn free "void *ptr"
64.Xc
65.Pp
66Free the allocated object at
67.Fa ptr .
68.It Xo
69.Ft void
70.Fn setheap "void *start" "void *limit"
71.Xc
72.Pp
73Initialise the heap.
74This function must be called before calling
75.Fn alloc
76for the first time.
77The region between
78.Fa start
79and
80.Fa limit
81will be used for the heap; attempting to allocate beyond this will result
82in a panic.
83.It Xo
84.Ft "char *"
85.Fn sbrk "int junk"
86.Xc
87.Pp
88Provides the behaviour of
89.Fn sbrk 0 ,
90i.e., returns the highest point that the heap has reached.
91This value can
92be used during testing to determine the actual heap usage.
93The
94.Fa junk
95argument is ignored.
96.El
97.Sh ENVIRONMENT
98A set of functions are provided for manipulating a flat variable space similar
99to the traditional shell-supported environment.
100Major enhancements are support
101for set/unset hook functions.
102.Bl -hang -width 10n
103.It Xo
104.Ft "char *"
105.Fn getenv "const char *name"
106.Xc
107.It Xo
108.Ft int
109.Fn setenv "const char *name" "const char *value" "int overwrite"
110.Xc
111.It Xo
112.Ft int
113.Fn putenv "char *string"
114.Xc
115.It Xo
116.Ft int
117.Fn unsetenv "const char *name"
118.Xc
119.Pp
120These functions behave similarly to their standard library counterparts.
121.It Xo
122.Ft "struct env_var *"
123.Fn env_getenv "const char *name"
124.Xc
125.Pp
126Looks up a variable in the environment and returns its entire
127data structure.
128.It Xo
129.Ft int
130.Fn env_setenv "const char *name" "int flags" "const void *value" "ev_sethook_t sethook" "ev_unsethook_t unsethook"
131.Xc
132.Pp
133Creates a new or sets an existing environment variable called
134.Fa name .
135If creating a new variable, the
136.Fa sethook
137and
138.Fa unsethook
139arguments may be specified.
140.Pp
141The set hook is invoked whenever an attempt
142is made to set the variable, unless the EV_NOHOOK flag is set.
143Typically
144a set hook will validate the
145.Fa value
146argument, and then call
147.Fn env_setenv
148again with EV_NOHOOK set to actually save the value.
149The predefined function
150.Fn env_noset
151may be specified to refuse all attempts to set a variable.
152.Pp
153The unset hook is invoked when an attempt is made to unset a variable.
154If it
155returns zero, the variable will be unset.
156The predefined function
157.Fa env_nounset
158may be used to prevent a variable being unset.
159.El
160.Sh STANDARD LIBRARY SUPPORT
161.Bl -hang -width 10n
162.It Xo
163.Ft int
164.Fn abs "int i"
165.Xc
166.It Xo
167.Ft int
168.Fn getopt "int argc" "char * const *argv" "const char *optstring"
169.Xc
170.It Xo
171.Ft long
172.Fn strtol "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
173.Xc
174.It Xo
175.Ft long long
176.Fn strtoll "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
177.Xc
178.It Xo
179.Ft long
180.Fn strtoul "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
181.Xc
182.It Xo
183.Ft long long
184.Fn strtoull "const char *nptr" "char **endptr" "int base"
185.Xc
186.It Xo
187.Ft void
188.Fn srandom "unsigned int seed"
189.Xc
190.It Xo
191.Ft "long"
192.Fn random void
193.Xc
194.It Xo
195.Ft "char *"
196.Fn strerror "int error"
197.Xc
198.Pp
199Returns error messages for the subset of errno values supported by
200.Nm .
201.It Fn assert expression
202.Pp
203Requires
204.In assert.h .
205.It Xo
206.Ft int
207.Fn setjmp "jmp_buf env"
208.Xc
209.It Xo
210.Ft void
211.Fn longjmp "jmp_buf env" "int val"
212.Xc
213.Pp
214Defined as
215.Fn _setjmp
216and
217.Fn _longjmp
218respectively as there is no signal state to manipulate.
219Requires
220.In setjmp.h .
221.El
222.Sh CHARACTER I/O
223.Bl -hang -width 10n
224.It Xo
225.Ft void
226.Fn gets "char *buf"
227.Xc
228.Pp
229Read characters from the console into
230.Fa buf .
231All of the standard cautions apply to this function.
232.It Xo
233.Ft void
234.Fn ngets "char *buf" "int size"
235.Xc
236.Pp
237Read at most
238.Fa size
239- 1 characters from the console into
240.Fa buf .
241If
242.Fa size
243is less than 1, the function's behaviour is as for
244.Fn gets .
245.It Xo
246.Ft int
247.Fn fgetstr "char *buf" "int size" "int fd"
248.Xc
249.Pp
250Read a line of at most
251.Fa size
252characters into
253.Fa buf .
254Line terminating characters are stripped, and the buffer is always
255.Dv NUL
256terminated.
257Returns the number of characters in
258.Fa buf
259if successful, or -1 if a read error occurs.
260.It Xo
261.Ft int
262.Fn printf "const char *fmt" "..."
263.Xc
264.It Xo
265.Ft void
266.Fn vprintf "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
267.Xc
268.It Xo
269.Ft int
270.Fn sprintf "char *buf" "const char *fmt" "..."
271.Xc
272.It Xo
273.Ft void
274.Fn vsprintf "char *buf" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
275.Xc
276.Pp
277The *printf functions implement a subset of the standard
278.Fn printf
279family functionality and some extensions.
280The following standard conversions
281are supported: c,d,n,o,p,s,u,x.
282The following modifiers are supported:
283+,-,#,*,0,field width,precision,l.
284.Pp
285The
286.Li b
287conversion is provided to decode error registers.
288Its usage is:
289.Bd -ragged -offset indent
290printf(
291.Qq reg=%b\en ,
292regval,
293.Qq <base><arg>*
294);
295.Ed
296.Pp
297where <base> is the output expressed as a control character, e.g.\& \e10 gives
298octal, \e20 gives hex.
299Each <arg> is a sequence of characters, the first of
300which gives the bit number to be inspected (origin 1) and the next characters
301(up to a character less than 32) give the text to be displayed if the bit is set.
302Thus
303.Bd -ragged -offset indent
304printf(
305.Qq reg=%b\en ,
3063,
307.Qq \e10\e2BITTWO\e1BITONE
308);
309.Ed
310.Pp
311would give the output
312.Bd -ragged -offset indent
313reg=3<BITTWO,BITONE>
314.Ed
315.Pp
316The
317.Li D
318conversion provides a hexdump facility, e.g.
319.Bd -ragged -offset indent
320printf(
321.Qq %6D ,
322ptr,
323.Qq \&:
324); gives
325.Qq XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
326.Ed
327.Bd -ragged -offset indent
328printf(
329.Qq %*D ,
330len,
331ptr,
332.Qq "\ "
333); gives
334.Qq XX XX XX ...
335.Ed
336.El
337.Sh CHARACTER TESTS AND CONVERSIONS
338.Bl -hang -width 10n
339.It Xo
340.Ft int
341.Fn isupper "int c"
342.Xc
343.It Xo
344.Ft int
345.Fn islower "int c"
346.Xc
347.It Xo
348.Ft int
349.Fn isspace "int c"
350.Xc
351.It Xo
352.Ft int
353.Fn isdigit "int c"
354.Xc
355.It Xo
356.Ft int
357.Fn isxdigit "int c"
358.Xc
359.It Xo
360.Ft int
361.Fn isascii "int c"
362.Xc
363.It Xo
364.Ft int
365.Fn isalpha "int c"
366.Xc
367.It Xo
368.Ft int
369.Fn isalnum "int c"
370.Xc
371.It Xo
372.Ft int
373.Fn iscntrl "int c"
374.Xc
375.It Xo
376.Ft int
377.Fn isgraph "int c"
378.Xc
379.It Xo
380.Ft int
381.Fn ispunct "int c"
382.Xc
383.It Xo
384.Ft int
385.Fn toupper "int c"
386.Xc
387.It Xo
388.Ft int
389.Fn tolower "int c"
390.Xc
391.El
392.Sh FILE I/O
393.Bl -hang -width 10n
394.It Xo
395.Ft int
396.Fn open "const char *path" "int flags"
397.Xc
398.Pp
399Similar to the behaviour as specified in
400.Xr open 2 ,
401except that file creation is not supported, so the mode parameter is not
402required.
403The
404.Fa flags
405argument may be one of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY and O_RDWR.
406Only UFS currently supports writing.
407.It Xo
408.Ft int
409.Fn close "int fd"
410.Xc
411.It Xo
412.Ft void
413.Fn closeall void
414.Xc
415.Pp
416Close all open files.
417.It Xo
418.Ft ssize_t
419.Fn read "int fd" "void *buf" "size_t len"
420.Xc
421.It Xo
422.Ft ssize_t
423.Fn write "int fd" "void *buf" "size_t len"
424.Xc
425.Pp
426(No file systems currently support writing.)
427.It Xo
428.Ft off_t
429.Fn lseek "int fd" "off_t offset" "int whence"
430.Xc
431.Pp
432Files being automatically uncompressed during reading cannot seek backwards
433from the current point.
434.It Xo
435.Ft int
436.Fn stat "const char *path" "struct stat *sb"
437.Xc
438.It Xo
439.Ft int
440.Fn fstat "int fd" "struct stat *sb"
441.Xc
442.Pp
443The
444.Fn stat
445and
446.Fn fstat
447functions only fill out the following fields in the
448.Fa sb
449structure: st_mode,st_nlink,st_uid,st_gid,st_size.
450The
451.Nm tftp
452file system cannot provide meaningful values for this call, and the
453.Nm cd9660
454file system always reports files having uid/gid of zero.
455.El
456.Sh PAGER
457The
458.Nm
459library supplies a simple internal pager to ease reading the output of large
460commands.
461.Bl -hang -width 10n
462.It Xo
463.Ft void
464.Fn pager_open
465.Xc
466.Pp
467Initialises the pager and tells it that the next line output will be the top of the
468display.
469The environment variable LINES is consulted to determine the number of
470lines to be displayed before pausing.
471.It Xo
472.Ft void
473.Fn pager_close void
474.Xc
475.Pp
476Closes the pager.
477.It Xo
478.Ft int
479.Fn pager_output "const char *lines"
480.Xc
481.Pp
482Sends the lines in the
483.Dv NUL Ns
484-terminated buffer at
485.Fa lines
486to the pager.
487Newline characters are counted in order to determine the number
488of lines being output (wrapped lines are not accounted for).
489The
490.Fn pager_output
491function will return zero when all of the lines have been output, or nonzero
492if the display was paused and the user elected to quit.
493.It Xo
494.Ft int
495.Fn pager_file "const char *fname"
496.Xc
497.Pp
498Attempts to open and display the file
499.Fa fname .
500Returns -1 on error, 0 at EOF, or 1 if the user elects to quit while reading.
501.El
502.Sh MISC
503.Bl -hang -width 10n
504.It Xo
505.Ft char *
506.Fn devformat "struct devdesc *"
507.Xc
508.Pp
509Format the specified device as a string.
510.It Xo
511.Ft void
512.Fn twiddle void
513.Xc
514.Pp
515Successive calls emit the characters in the sequence |,/,-,\\ followed by a
516backspace in order to provide reassurance to the user.
517.El
518.Sh REQUIRED LOW-LEVEL SUPPORT
519The following resources are consumed by
520.Nm
521- stack, heap, console and devices.
522.Pp
523The stack must be established before
524.Nm
525functions can be invoked.
526Stack requirements vary depending on the functions
527and file systems used by the consumer and the support layer functions detailed
528below.
529.Pp
530The heap must be established before calling
531.Fn alloc
532or
533.Fn open
534by calling
535.Fn setheap .
536Heap usage will vary depending on the number of simultaneously open files,
537as well as client behaviour.
538Automatic decompression will allocate more
539than 64K of data per open file.
540.Pp
541Console access is performed via the
542.Fn getchar ,
543.Fn putchar
544and
545.Fn ischar
546functions detailed below.
547.Pp
548Device access is initiated via
549.Fn devopen
550and is performed through the
551.Fn dv_strategy ,
552.Fn dv_ioctl
553and
554.Fn dv_close
555functions in the device switch structure that
556.Fn devopen
557returns.
558.Pp
559The consumer must provide the following support functions:
560.Bl -hang -width 10n
561.It Xo
562.Ft int
563.Fn getchar void
564.Xc
565.Pp
566Return a character from the console, used by
567.Fn gets ,
568.Fn ngets
569and pager functions.
570.It Xo
571.Ft int
572.Fn ischar void
573.Xc
574.Pp
575Returns nonzero if a character is waiting from the console.
576.It Xo
577.Ft void
578.Fn putchar int
579.Xc
580.Pp
581Write a character to the console, used by
582.Fn gets ,
583.Fn ngets ,
584.Fn *printf ,
585.Fn panic
586and
587.Fn twiddle
588and thus by many other functions for debugging and informational output.
589.It Xo
590.Ft int
591.Fn devopen "struct open_file *of" "const char *name" "const char **file"
592.Xc
593.Pp
594Open the appropriate device for the file named in
595.Fa name ,
596returning in
597.Fa file
598a pointer to the remaining body of
599.Fa name
600which does not refer to the device.
601The
602.Va f_dev
603field in
604.Fa of
605will be set to point to the
606.Vt devsw
607structure for the opened device if successful.
608Device identifiers must
609always precede the path component, but may otherwise be arbitrarily formatted.
610Used by
611.Fn open
612and thus for all device-related I/O.
613.It Xo
614.Ft int
615.Fn devclose "struct open_file *of"
616.Xc
617.Pp
618Close the device allocated for
619.Fa of .
620The device driver itself will already have been called for the close; this call
621should clean up any allocation made by devopen only.
622.It Xo
623.Ft void
624.Fn __abort
625.Xc
626.Pp
627Calls
628.Fn panic
629with a fixed string.
630.It Xo
631.Ft void
632.Fn panic "const char *msg" "..."
633.Xc
634.Pp
635Signal a fatal and unrecoverable error condition.
636The
637.Fa msg ...
638arguments are as for
639.Fn printf .
640.El
641.Sh INTERNAL FILE SYSTEMS
642Internal file systems are enabled by the consumer exporting the array
643.Vt struct fs_ops *file_system[] ,
644which should be initialised with pointers
645to
646.Vt struct fs_ops
647structures.
648The following file system handlers are supplied by
649.Nm ,
650the consumer may supply other file systems of their own:
651.Bl -hang -width ".Va cd9660_fsops"
652.It Va ufs_fsops
653The
654.Bx
655UFS.
656.It Va ext2fs_fsops
657Linux ext2fs file system.
658.It Va tftp_fsops
659File access via TFTP.
660.It Va nfs_fsops
661File access via NFS.
662.It Va cd9660_fsops
663ISO 9660 (CD-ROM) file system.
664.It Va gzipfs_fsops
665Stacked file system supporting gzipped files.
666When trying the gzipfs file system,
667.Nm
668appends
669.Li .gz
670to the end of the filename, and then tries to locate the file using the other
671file systems.
672Placement of this file system in the
673.Va file_system[]
674array determines whether gzipped files will be opened in preference to non-gzipped
675files.
676It is only possible to seek a gzipped file forwards, and
677.Fn stat
678and
679.Fn fstat
680on gzipped files will report an invalid length.
681.It Va bzipfs_fsops
682The same as
683.Va gzipfs_fsops ,
684but for
685.Xr bzip2 1 Ns -compressed
686files.
687.El
688.Pp
689The array of
690.Vt struct fs_ops
691pointers should be terminated with a NULL.
692.Sh DEVICES
693Devices are exported by the supporting code via the array
694.Vt struct devsw *devsw[]
695which is a NULL terminated array of pointers to device switch structures.
696.Sh DRIVER INTERFACE
697The driver needs to provide a common set of entry points that are
698used by
699.Nm libsa
700to interface with the device.
701.Bd -literal
702struct devsw {
703    const char	dv_name[DEV_NAMLEN];
704    int		dv_type;
705    int		(*dv_init)(void);
706    int		(*dv_strategy)(void *devdata, int rw, daddr_t blk,
707			size_t size, char *buf, size_t *rsize);
708    int		(*dv_open)(struct open_file *f, ...);
709    int		(*dv_close)(struct open_file *f);
710    int		(*dv_ioctl)(struct open_file *f, u_long cmd, void *data);
711    int		(*dv_print)(int verbose);
712    void	(*dv_cleanup)(void);
713    void	(*dv_fmtdev)(struct devdesc *);
714};
715.Ed
716.Bl -tag -width ".Fn dv_strategy"
717.It Fn dv_name
718The device's name.
719.It Fn dv_type
720Type of device.
721The supported types are:
722.Bl -tag -width "DEVT_NONE"
723.It DEVT_NONE
724.It DEVT_DISK
725.It DEVT_NET
726.It DEVT_CD
727.It DEVT_ZFS
728.It DEVT_FD
729.El
730Each type may have its own associated (struct type_devdesc),
731which has the generic (struct devdesc) as its first member.
732.It Fn dv_init
733Driver initialization routine.
734This routine should probe for available units.
735Drivers are responsible for maintaining lists of units for later enumeration.
736No other driver routines may be called before
737.Fn dv_init
738returns.
739.It Fn dv_open
740The driver open routine.
741.It Fn dv_close
742The driver close routine.
743.It Fn dv_ioctl
744The driver ioctl routine.
745.It Fn dv_print
746Prints information about the available devices.
747Information should be presented with
748.Fn pager_output .
749.It Fn dv_cleanup
750Cleans up any memory used by the device before the next stage is run.
751.It Fn dv_fmtdev
752Converts the specified devdesc to the canonical string representation
753for that device.
754.El
755.Sh HISTORY
756The
757.Nm
758library contains contributions from many sources, including:
759.Bl -bullet -compact
760.It
761.Nm libsa
762from
763.Nx
764.It
765.Nm libc
766and
767.Nm libkern
768from
769.Fx 3.0 .
770.It
771.Nm zalloc
772from
773.An Matthew Dillon Aq Mt dillon@backplane.com
774.El
775.Pp
776The reorganisation and port to
777.Fx 3.0 ,
778the environment functions and this manpage were written by
779.An Mike Smith Aq Mt msmith@FreeBSD.org .
780.Sh BUGS
781The lack of detailed memory usage data is unhelpful.
782