নিরাপদ FFI মোড়ক
Rust has great support for calling functions through a foreign function interface (FFI). We will use this to build a safe wrapper for the libc
functions you would use from C to read the names of files in a directory.
You will want to consult the manual pages:
You will also want to browse the std::ffi
module. There you find a number of string types which you need for the exercise:
Types | Encoding | Use |
---|---|---|
str and String | UTF-8 | Text processing in Rust |
CStr and CString | NUL-terminated | Communicating with C functions |
OsStr and OsString | OS-specific | Communicating with the OS |
You will convert between all these types:
&str
toCString
: you need to allocate space for a trailing\0
character,CString
to*const i8
: you need a pointer to call C functions,*const i8
to&CStr
: you need something which can find the trailing\0
character,&CStr
to&[u8]
: a slice of bytes is the universal interface for "some unknown data",&[u8]
to&OsStr
:&OsStr
is a step towardsOsString
, useOsStrExt
to create it,&OsStr
toOsString
: you need to clone the data in&OsStr
to be able to return it and callreaddir
again.
The Nomicon also has a very useful chapter about FFI.
Copy the code below to https://play.rust-lang.org/ and fill in the missing functions and methods:
// TODO: remove this when you're done with your implementation. #![allow(unused_imports, unused_variables, dead_code)] mod ffi { use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int}; #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))] use std::os::raw::{c_long, c_uchar, c_ulong, c_ushort}; // Opaque type. See https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/ffi.html. #[repr(C)] pub struct DIR { _data: [u8; 0], _marker: core::marker::PhantomData<(*mut u8, core::marker::PhantomPinned)>, } // Layout according to the Linux man page for readdir(3), where ino_t and // off_t are resolved according to the definitions in // /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/{sys/types.h, bits/typesizes.h}. #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))] #[repr(C)] pub struct dirent { pub d_ino: c_ulong, pub d_off: c_long, pub d_reclen: c_ushort, pub d_type: c_uchar, pub d_name: [c_char; 256], } // Layout according to the macOS man page for dir(5). #[cfg(all(target_os = "macos"))] #[repr(C)] pub struct dirent { pub d_fileno: u64, pub d_seekoff: u64, pub d_reclen: u16, pub d_namlen: u16, pub d_type: u8, pub d_name: [c_char; 1024], } extern "C" { pub fn opendir(s: *const c_char) -> *mut DIR; #[cfg(not(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64")))] pub fn readdir(s: *mut DIR) -> *const dirent; // See https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/issues/414 and the section on // _DARWIN_FEATURE_64_BIT_INODE in the macOS man page for stat(2). // // "Platforms that existed before these updates were available" refers // to macOS (as opposed to iOS / wearOS / etc.) on Intel and PowerPC. #[cfg(all(target_os = "macos", target_arch = "x86_64"))] #[link_name = "readdir$INODE64"] pub fn readdir(s: *mut DIR) -> *const dirent; pub fn closedir(s: *mut DIR) -> c_int; } } use std::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsStr, OsString}; use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt; #[derive(Debug)] struct DirectoryIterator { path: CString, dir: *mut ffi::DIR, } impl DirectoryIterator { fn new(path: &str) -> Result<DirectoryIterator, String> { // Call opendir and return a Ok value if that worked, // otherwise return Err with a message. unimplemented!() } } impl Iterator for DirectoryIterator { type Item = OsString; fn next(&mut self) -> Option<OsString> { // Keep calling readdir until we get a NULL pointer back. unimplemented!() } } impl Drop for DirectoryIterator { fn drop(&mut self) { // Call closedir as needed. unimplemented!() } } fn main() -> Result<(), String> { let iter = DirectoryIterator::new(".")?; println!("files: {:#?}", iter.collect::<Vec<_>>()); Ok(()) }