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/**

   @file Distributed.

 */

//fsf_distributed.h

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// FSF(FIRST Scheduling Framework)

// distributed services functionality

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#include "fsf_core.h"

#ifndef _FSF_DISTRIBUTED_H_

#define _FSF_DISTRIBUTED_H_

#define FSF_DISTRIBUTED_MODULE_SUPPORTED       1

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation sets the network id attribute in the contract

   pointed to by contract, to the value specified by network_id.

   When a contract is negotiated, if network_id is FSF_NULL_NETWORK_ID

   (which is the default value) the contract is negotiated for the

   processing capacity of the node making the call. If network_id

   represents a valid network identifier, the negotiation is carried

   out for the specified network.

   @param contract          the pointer to the contract object

   @param [in] network_id   the network identifier

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if contract is null or the network

     id is not valid.

*/

int

fsf_set_contract_network_id

  (fsf_contract_parameters_t *contract,

   fsf_network_id_t           network_id);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation puts the network identification

   corresponding to the contract parameters object

   pointed to by contract in the variable pointed

   to by network_id. If the contract is not a network

   one and therefore has not a network_id set, it

   puts the FSF_NULL_NETWORK_ID constant instead.

   @param [in] contract     the pointer to the contract object

   @param [out] network_id  pointer to the variable that will contain

     the network identifier

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if any of the pointers is null.

*/

int

fsf_get_contract_network_id

  (const fsf_contract_parameters_t *contract,

   fsf_network_id_t                *network_id);

//Transmission services:

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation creates a unidirectional input

   data endpoint through which, after the

   corresponding binding, it is possible to send

   data.  network_id identifies the network to use,

   receiver specifies the communication protocol

   dependent information that is necessary to

   address the receiving node, and port specifies

   the communication protocol dependent information

   that is necessary to get in contact with the

   desired destination.  

   @param [in] network_id the identifier ot the network to use

   @param [in] receiver   protocol dependent information used

     to address the receiving node

   @param [in] port       protocol dependent information used

     to get in contact with the desired destination process

   @param [out] endpoint  pointer to the variable that will

     contain the send endpoint

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, netwok_id

     is not valid or if the receiver or the port do not conform

     to their expected formats

*/

int

fsf_create_send_endpoint

  (fsf_network_id_t      network_id,

   fsf_node_address_t    receiver,

   fsf_port_t            port,

   fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation eliminates any resources reserved

   for the referenced endpoint. If the endpoint is

   bound to a network server, it is unbound from it

   and can not be further used to invoke send

   operations on it.  

   @param endpoint        pointer to the endpoint to eliminate

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

*/

int

fsf_destroy_send_endpoint

  (fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation returns (except for those NULL

   arguments) in the variables pointed to by

   network_id, receiver, or port, the corresponding

   parameters used in the creation of the given

   send endpoint.

   @param [in] endpoint     pointer to the endpoint

   @param [out] network_id  pointer to variable the will contain

     the network id

   @param [out] receiver    pointer to variable the will contain

     the protocol dependent information used to address the

     receiving node

   @param [out] port        pointer to variable the will contain

     the protocol dependent information used to get in contact

     with the desired destination process

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or all the other pointers are NULL.

*/

int

fsf_get_send_endpoint_parameters

  (const fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint,

   fsf_network_id_t           *network_id,

   fsf_node_address_t         *receiver,

   fsf_port_t                 *port);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation associates a send endpoint with a

   server, which means that messages sent through

   that endpoint will consume the server's reserved

   bandwidth and its packets will be sent according

   to the contract established for that server.  If

   the endpoint is already bound to another server,

   it is effectively unbound from it and bound to

   the specified one.  

   @param [in] server       server id

   @param endpoint          pointer to the endpoint

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or server is not valid.

   @retval FSF_ERR_ALREADY_BOUND if the server is already

     bound to some other send endpoint

   @retval FSF_ERR_WRONG_NETWORK if the server network id

     is not the same as the one in the endpoint

*/

int

fsf_bind_endpoint_to_server

  (fsf_server_id_t server,

   fsf_send_endpoint_t *endpoint);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation unbinds a send endpoint from a

   server. Endpoints with no server associated

   cannot be used to send data, and they stay in

   that state  until they are either eliminated or

   bound again.  

   @param endpoint        pointer to the endpoint to unbind

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

   @retval FSF_ERR_NOT_BOUND if the endpoint has no server

     bound

 */

int

fsf_unbind_endpoint_from_server

  (fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation copies the id of the server that

   is bound to the specified send endpoint into the

   variable pointed to by server.

   @param [in] endpoint      pointer to the endpoint

   @param [out] server       pointer to variable the will contain

     the server id

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or server is NULL.

*/

int

fsf_get_endpoint_server

  (const fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint,

   fsf_server_id_t            *server);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation sends a message stored in msg and of length size

   through the given endpoint. The operation is non-blocking and

   returns immediately. An internal fsf service will schedule the

   sending of messages and implement the communications sporadic server

   corresponding to the network server bound to the given endpoint.

   Messages sent through the same endpoint are received in the same

   order in which they were sent

   @param endpoint      pointer to the endpoint

   @param [in] msg      pointer to the message

   @param [in] size     number of bytes to transmitt

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or msg is NULL

   @retval FSF_ERR_NOT_BOUND if endpoint is not bound to a valid

     server;

   @retval FSF_ERR_TOO_LARGE if the message is too large for the

     network protocol

   @retval FSF_ERR_BUFFER_FULL if the sending queue is full

*/

int

fsf_send

  (const fsf_send_endpoint_t  *endpoint,

   void                       *msg,

   size_t                      size);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation creates a receive endpoint with all the information

   that is necessary to receive information from the specified network

   and port

   @param [in] network_id the identifier ot the network to use

   @param [in] port       protocol dependent information used

     to identify the calling process as an expecting destination

   @param [out] endpoint  pointer to the variable that will

     contain the receive endpoint

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, network_id

     is not valid or if port do not conform to the expected format

*/

int

fsf_create_receive_endpoint

  (fsf_network_id_t         network_id,

   fsf_port_t               port,

   fsf_receive_endpoint_t  *endpoint);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   If there are no messages available in the specified receive endpoint

   this operation blocks the calling thread waiting for a message to be

   received. When a message is available, if its size is less than or

   equal to the buffersize, the function stores it in the variable

   pointed to by buffer and puts the number of bytes received in the

   variable pointed to by messagesize. Messages arriving at a receiver

   buffer that is full will be silently discarded. The application is

   responsible of reading the receive endpoints with appropriate

   regularity, or of using a sequence number or some other mechanism

   to detect any lost messages.

   @param endpoint          pointer to the endpoint

   @param [out] buffer      pointer to the place that will contain

     the message received

   @param [in] buffersize   size of the buffer space

   @param [out] messagesize pointer to the variable that will contain

     the number of bytes received

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or if buffer or messagesize are NULL.

   @retval FSF_ERR_NO_SPACE if the buffersize is too small for the

     message received (in which case the message is lost).  

*/

int

fsf_receive

  (const fsf_receive_endpoint_t  *endpoint,

   void                          *buffer,

   size_t                         buffersize,

   size_t                        *messagesize);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation is the same as fsf_receive, except

   that if there are no messages available in the

   specified receive endpoint at the time of the call

   the operation returns with an error

   @param endpoint          pointer to the endpoint

   @param [out] buffer      pointer to the place that will contain

     the message received

   @param [in] buffersize   size of the buffer space

   @param [out] messagesize pointer to the variable that will contain

     the number of bytes received

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if endpoint is null, or not valid

     or if buffer or messagesize are NULL.

   @retval FSF_ERR_NO_SPACE if the buffersize is too small for the

     message received (in which case the message is lost).  

   @retval FSF_ERR_NO_MESSAGES if there are no messages available

     in the specified receive endpoint at the time of the call

*/

int

fsf_try_receive

  (const fsf_receive_endpoint_t  *endpoint,

   void                          *buffer,

   size_t                         buffersize,

   size_t                        *messagesize);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation is used to calculate a budget represented as

   a time magnitude, for a specified network. If succesful, the

   operation puts in the variable pointed to by budget the

   transmission time that it takes to send a packet through the

   network designated by network_id, when there is no contention,

   but including any network overheads.

   @param [in] network_id  the identifier ot the network to use

   @param [out] budget     pointer to the variable tha will contain

     the time it takes to transmitt a packet

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if network_id is not a valid

     network identifier of if budget is a NULL pointer

*/

int

fsf_packet_tx_time

  (fsf_network_id_t      network_id,

   struct timespec       *budget);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation puts in the variable pointed to by

   packet_size the maximum number of bytes that can be sent

   in a packet through the network designated by network_id.

   It is usually a configuration value and it helps the user

   application to calculate the number of packets it will

   need to reserve for the periodic transmision of its

   messages and prepare the corresponding contracts.

   @param [in] network_id   the identifier ot the network to use

   @param [out] packet_size pointer to the variable tha will contain

     the maximum size in bytes of a packet

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if network_id is not a valid

     network identifier of if packet_size is a NULL pointer

*/

int

fsf_packet_size

  (fsf_network_id_t      network_id,

   size_t               *packet_size);

/**

   \ingroup distjmodule

   This operation is used to obtain the maximum number of

   packets of which a message can be formed, for the

   specified network. A message is defined as the piece of

   information used in a send operation. Since the value

   returned by this operation is measured in packet units,

   the effective size can be calculated multiplying this

   value by the size of a packet.  When the value returned by

   this operation is larger than 1 it means the

   implementation will make the partition of messages into

   packets and its recomposition at the receiving node.

   @param [in] network_id    the identifier ot the network to use

   @param [out] max_msg_size pointer to the variable tha will contain

     the maximum number of packets sent in a single send operation

   @retval 0 if the operation is succesful

   @retval FSF_ERR_BAD_ARGUMENT if network_id is not a valid

     network identifier of if max_msg_size is a NULL pointer

*/

int

fsf_max_message_size

  (fsf_network_id_t      network_id,

   size_t                *max_msg_size);

#endif // _FSF_DISTRIBUTED_H_