net: provide NamedPipe{Client, Server} types and builders (#3760)

This builds on tokio-rs/mio#1351 and introduces the
tokio::net::windows::named_pipe module which provides low level types for
building and communicating asynchronously over windows named pipes.

Named pipes require the `net` feature flag to be enabled on Windows.

Co-authored-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>

Author: udoprog

examples/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 httparse = "1.0"
 time = "0.1"
 once_cell = "1.5.2"
+rand = "0.8.3"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies.winapi]
+version = "0.3.8"
 
 [[example]]
 name = "chat"
@@ -76,3 +79,11 @@ path = "custom-executor.rs"
 [[example]]
 name = "custom-executor-tokio-context"
 path = "custom-executor-tokio-context.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "named-pipe"
+path = "named-pipe.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "named-pipe-multi-client"
+path = "named-pipe-multi-client.rs"

examples/named-pipe-multi-client.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+use std::io;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+async fn windows_main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    use std::time::Duration;
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+    use tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::{ClientOptions, ServerOptions};
+    use tokio::time;
+    use winapi::shared::winerror;
+
+    const PIPE_NAME: &str = r"\\.\pipe\named-pipe-multi-client";
+    const N: usize = 10;
+
+    // The first server needs to be constructed early so that clients can
+    // be correctly connected. Otherwise a waiting client will error.
+    //
+    // Here we also make use of `first_pipe_instance`, which will ensure
+    // that there are no other servers up and running already.
+    let mut server = ServerOptions::new()
+        .first_pipe_instance(true)
+        .create(PIPE_NAME)?;
+
+    let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // Artificial workload.
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+
+        for _ in 0..N {
+            // Wait for client to connect.
+            server.connect().await?;
+            let mut inner = server;
+
+            // Construct the next server to be connected before sending the one
+            // we already have of onto a task. This ensures that the server
+            // isn't closed (after it's done in the task) before a new one is
+            // available. Otherwise the client might error with
+            // `io::ErrorKind::NotFound`.
+            server = ServerOptions::new().create(PIPE_NAME)?;
+
+            let _ = tokio::spawn(async move {
+                let mut buf = vec![0u8; 4];
+                inner.read_exact(&mut buf).await?;
+                inner.write_all(b"pong").await?;
+                Ok::<_, io::Error>(())
+            });
+        }
+
+        Ok::<_, io::Error>(())
+    });
+
+    let mut clients = Vec::new();
+
+    for _ in 0..N {
+        clients.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+            // This showcases a generic connect loop.
+            //
+            // We immediately try to create a client, if it's not found or
+            // the pipe is busy we use the specialized wait function on the
+            // client builder.
+            let mut client = loop {
+                match ClientOptions::new().open(PIPE_NAME) {
+                    Ok(client) => break client,
+                    Err(e) if e.raw_os_error() == Some(winerror::ERROR_PIPE_BUSY as i32) => (),
+                    Err(e) => return Err(e),
+                }
+
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+            };
+
+            let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
+            client.write_all(b"ping").await?;
+            client.read_exact(&mut buf).await?;
+            Ok::<_, io::Error>(buf)
+        }));
+    }
+
+    for client in clients {
+        let result = client.await?;
+        assert_eq!(&result?[..], b"pong");
+    }
+
+    server.await??;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        windows_main().await?;
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        println!("Named pipes are only supported on Windows!");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}

examples/named-pipe.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use std::io;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+async fn windows_main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
+    use tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::{ClientOptions, ServerOptions};
+
+    const PIPE_NAME: &str = r"\\.\pipe\named-pipe-single-client";
+
+    let server = ServerOptions::new().create(PIPE_NAME)?;
+
+    let server = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // Note: we wait for a client to connect.
+        server.connect().await?;
+
+        let mut server = BufReader::new(server);
+
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        server.read_line(&mut buf).await?;
+        server.write_all(b"pong\n").await?;
+        Ok::<_, io::Error>(buf)
+    });
+
+    let client = tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // There's no need to use a connect loop here, since we know that the
+        // server is already up - `open` was called before spawning any of the
+        // tasks.
+        let client = ClientOptions::new().open(PIPE_NAME)?;
+
+        let mut client = BufReader::new(client);
+
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        client.write_all(b"ping\n").await?;
+        client.read_line(&mut buf).await?;
+        Ok::<_, io::Error>(buf)
+    });
+
+    let (server, client) = tokio::try_join!(server, client)?;
+
+    assert_eq!(server?, "ping\n");
+    assert_eq!(client?, "pong\n");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    {
+        windows_main().await?;
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        println!("Named pipes are only supported on Windows!");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}

tokio/Cargo.toml

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ net = [
   "mio/tcp",
   "mio/udp",
   "mio/uds",
+  "winapi/namedpipeapi",
 ]
 process = [
   "bytes",
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ version = "0.3.8"
 default-features = false
 optional = true
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dev-dependencies.ntapi]
+version = "0.3.6"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../tokio-test" }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", path = "../tokio-stream" }

tokio/src/doc/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+//! Types which are documented locally in the Tokio crate, but does not actually
+//! live here.
+//!
+//! **Note** this module is only visible on docs.rs, you cannot use it directly
+//! in your own code.
+
+/// The name of a type which is not defined here.
+///
+/// This is typically used as an alias for another type, like so:
+///
+/// ```rust,ignore
+/// /// See [some::other::location](https://example.com).
+/// type DEFINED_ELSEWHERE = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+/// ```
+///
+/// This type is uninhabitable like the [`never` type] to ensure that no one
+/// will ever accidentally use it.
+///
+/// [`never` type]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.never.html
+pub enum NotDefinedHere {}
+
+pub mod os;
+pub mod winapi;

tokio/src/doc/os.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//! See [std::os](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/index.html).
+
+/// Platform-specific extensions to `std` for Windows.
+///
+/// See [std::os::windows](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/index.html).
+pub mod windows {
+    /// Windows-specific extensions to general I/O primitives.
+    ///
+    /// See [std::os::windows::io](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/index.html).
+    pub mod io {
+        /// See [std::os::windows::io::RawHandle](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/type.RawHandle.html)
+        pub type RawHandle = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [std::os::windows::io::AsRawHandle](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/trait.AsRawHandle.html)
+        pub trait AsRawHandle {
+            /// See [std::os::windows::io::FromRawHandle::from_raw_handle](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/trait.AsRawHandle.html#tymethod.as_raw_handle)
+            fn as_raw_handle(&self) -> RawHandle;
+        }
+
+        /// See [std::os::windows::io::FromRawHandle](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/trait.FromRawHandle.html)
+        pub trait FromRawHandle {
+            /// See [std::os::windows::io::FromRawHandle::from_raw_handle](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/os/windows/io/trait.FromRawHandle.html#tymethod.from_raw_handle)
+            unsafe fn from_raw_handle(handle: RawHandle) -> Self;
+        }
+    }
+}

tokio/src/doc/winapi.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+//! See [winapi].
+//!
+//! [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi
+
+/// See [winapi::shared](https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/shared/index.html).
+pub mod shared {
+    /// See [winapi::shared::winerror](https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/shared/winerror/index.html).
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    pub mod winerror {
+        /// See [winapi::shared::winerror::ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/shared/winerror/constant.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.html
+        pub type ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::shared::winerror::ERROR_PIPE_BUSY][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/shared/winerror/constant.ERROR_PIPE_BUSY.html
+        pub type ERROR_PIPE_BUSY = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::shared::winerror::ERROR_MORE_DATA][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/shared/winerror/constant.ERROR_MORE_DATA.html
+        pub type ERROR_MORE_DATA = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+    }
+}
+
+/// See [winapi::um](https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/index.html).
+pub mod um {
+    /// See [winapi::um::winbase](https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/index.html).
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    pub mod winbase {
+        /// See [winapi::um::winbase::PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/constant.PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE.html
+        pub type PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::um::winbase::PIPE_TYPE_BYTE][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/constant.PIPE_TYPE_BYTE.html
+        pub type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::um::winbase::PIPE_CLIENT_END][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/constant.PIPE_CLIENT_END.html
+        pub type PIPE_CLIENT_END = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::um::winbase::PIPE_SERVER_END][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/constant.PIPE_SERVER_END.html
+        pub type PIPE_SERVER_END = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+
+        /// See [winapi::um::winbase::SECURITY_IDENTIFICATION][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/winbase/constant.SECURITY_IDENTIFICATION.html
+        pub type SECURITY_IDENTIFICATION = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+    }
+
+    /// See [winapi::um::minwinbase](https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/minwinbase/index.html).
+    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+    pub mod minwinbase {
+        /// See [winapi::um::minwinbase::SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES][winapi]
+        ///
+        /// [winapi]: https://docs.rs/winapi/*/winapi/um/minwinbase/constant.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES.html
+        pub type SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES = crate::doc::NotDefinedHere;
+    }
+}

tokio/src/lib.rs

@@ -442,6 +442,28 @@ mod util;
 /// ```
 pub mod stream {}
 
+// local re-exports of platform specific things, allowing for decent
+// documentation to be shimmed in on docs.rs
+
+#[cfg(docsrs)]
+pub mod doc;
+
+#[cfg(docsrs)]
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) use self::doc::os;
+
+#[cfg(not(docsrs))]
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) use std::os;
+
+#[cfg(docsrs)]
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) use self::doc::winapi;
+
+#[cfg(all(not(docsrs), windows, feature = "net"))]
+#[allow(unused)]
+pub(crate) use ::winapi;
+
 cfg_macros! {
     /// Implementation detail of the `select!` macro. This macro is **not**
     /// intended to be used as part of the public API and is permitted to

tokio/src/macros/cfg.rs

@@ -182,6 +182,16 @@ macro_rules! cfg_net_unix {
     }
 }
 
+macro_rules! cfg_net_windows {
+    ($($item:item)*) => {
+        $(
+            #[cfg(all(any(docsrs, windows), feature = "net"))]
+            #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(windows, feature = "net"))))]
+            $item
+        )*
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! cfg_process {
     ($($item:item)*) => {
         $(

tokio/src/net/mod.rs

@@ -46,3 +46,7 @@ cfg_net_unix! {
     pub use unix::listener::UnixListener;
     pub use unix::stream::UnixStream;
 }
+
+cfg_net_windows! {
+    pub mod windows;
+}