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source: vbox/trunk/src/VBox/HostServices/SharedClipboard/x11-clipboard.cpp@ 18895

Last change on this file since 18895 was 18886, checked in by vboxsync, 16 years ago

HostServices/SharedClipboard: fixed a crash in the shared clipboard host service when the guest clipboard times out

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1/** @file
2 *
3 * Shared Clipboard:
4 * Linux host.
5 */
6
7/*
8 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
9 *
10 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
11 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
12 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
13 * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
14 * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
15 * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
16 * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
17 *
18 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa
19 * Clara, CA 95054 USA or visit http://www.sun.com if you need
20 * additional information or have any questions.
21 */
22
23#include <string.h>
24
25#include <iprt/asm.h> /* For atomic operations */
26#include <iprt/assert.h>
27#include <iprt/mem.h>
28#include <iprt/semaphore.h>
29
30#include <VBox/GuestHost/SharedClipboard.h>
31#include <VBox/HostServices/VBoxClipboardSvc.h>
32
33#include "VBoxClipboard.h"
34
35/** Global context information used by the host glue for the X11 clipboard
36 * backend */
37struct _VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXT
38{
39 /** Since the clipboard data moves asynchronously, we use an event
40 * semaphore to wait for it. When a function issues a request for
41 * clipboard data it must wait for this semaphore, which is triggered
42 * when the data arrives. */
43 RTSEMEVENT waitForData;
44 /** Who (if anyone) is currently waiting for data? Used for sanity
45 * checks when data arrives. */
46 volatile uint32_t waiter;
47 /** This mutex is grabbed during any critical operations on the clipboard
48 * which might clash with others. */
49 RTSEMMUTEX clipboardMutex;
50
51 /** Pointer to the opaque X11 backend structure */
52 VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXTX11 *pBackend;
53 /** Pointer to the client data structure */
54 VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient;
55};
56
57/* Only one client is supported. There seems to be no need for more clients.
58 */
59static VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXT g_ctxHost;
60
61/**
62 * Send a request to VBox to transfer the contents of its clipboard to X11.
63 *
64 * @param pCtx Pointer to the host clipboard structure
65 * @param u32Format The format in which the data should be transfered
66 * @param ppv On success and if pcb > 0, this will point to a buffer
67 * to be freed with RTMemFree containing the data read.
68 * @param pcb On success, this contains the number of bytes of data
69 * returned
70 * @note Host glue code.
71 */
72int VBoxX11ClipboardReadVBoxData (VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXT *pCtx,
73 uint32_t u32Format, void **ppv,
74 uint32_t *pcb)
75{
76 volatile VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient = pCtx->pClient;
77
78 LogFlowFunc(("u32Format=%02X\n", u32Format));
79 /* Zero our output parameters */
80 *ppv = NULL;
81 *pcb = 0;
82 if (pClient == NULL)
83 {
84 /* This can legitimately happen if we disconnect during a request for
85 * data from X11. */
86 LogFunc(("host requested guest clipboard data after guest had disconnected.\n"));
87 VBoxX11ClipboardAnnounceVBoxFormat(pCtx->pBackend, 0);
88 pCtx->waiter = NONE;
89 return VERR_TIMEOUT;
90 }
91 /* Assert that no other transfer is in process (requests are serialised)
92 * and that the last transfer cleaned up properly. */
93 AssertLogRelReturn( pClient->data.pv == NULL
94 && pClient->data.cb == 0
95 && pClient->data.u32Format == 0,
96 VERR_WRONG_ORDER
97 );
98 /* No one else (X11 or VBox) should currently be waiting. The first because
99 * requests from X11 are serialised and the second because VBox previously
100 * grabbed the clipboard, so it should not be waiting for data from us. */
101 AssertLogRelReturn (ASMAtomicCmpXchgU32(&pCtx->waiter, X11, NONE), VERR_DEADLOCK);
102 /* Request data from VBox */
103 vboxSvcClipboardReportMsg(pCtx->pClient,
104 VBOX_SHARED_CLIPBOARD_HOST_MSG_READ_DATA,
105 u32Format);
106 /* Which will signal us when it is ready. We use a timeout here because
107 * we can't be sure that the guest will behave correctly. */
108 int rc = RTSemEventWait(pCtx->waitForData, CLIPBOARDTIMEOUT);
109 if (rc == VERR_TIMEOUT)
110 rc = VINF_SUCCESS; /* Timeout handling follows. */
111 /* Now we have a potential race between the HGCM thread delivering the data
112 * and our setting waiter to NONE to say that we are no longer waiting for
113 * it. We solve this as follows: both of these operations are done under
114 * the clipboard mutex. The HGCM thread will only deliver the data if we
115 * are still waiting after it acquires the mutex. After we release the
116 * mutex, we finally do our check to see whether the data was delivered. */
117 RTSemMutexRequest(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex, RT_INDEFINITE_WAIT);
118 pCtx->waiter = NONE;
119 RTSemMutexRelease(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
120 AssertLogRelRCSuccess(rc);
121 if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
122 {
123 /* I believe this should not happen. Wait until the assertions arrive
124 * to prove the contrary. */
125 RTMemFree(pClient->data.pv);
126 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.pv = 0;
127 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.cb = 0;
128 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.u32Format = 0;
129 vboxClipboardFormatAnnounce(NULL, 0);
130 return rc;
131 }
132 if (pClient->data.pv == NULL)
133 return VERR_TIMEOUT;
134 LogFlowFunc(("wait completed. Returning.\n"));
135 *ppv = pClient->data.pv;
136 *pcb = pClient->data.cb;
137 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.pv = 0;
138 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.cb = 0;
139 g_ctxHost.pClient->data.u32Format = 0;
140 return VINF_SUCCESS;
141}
142
143/**
144 * Report formats available in the X11 clipboard to VBox.
145 * @param pCtx Opaque context pointer for the glue code
146 * @param u32Formats The formats available
147 * @note Host glue code
148 */
149void VBoxX11ClipboardReportX11Formats(VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXT *pCtx,
150 uint32_t u32Formats)
151{
152 vboxSvcClipboardReportMsg(pCtx->pClient,
153 VBOX_SHARED_CLIPBOARD_HOST_MSG_FORMATS,
154 u32Formats);
155}
156
157/**
158 * Initialise the host side of the shared clipboard.
159 * @note Host glue code
160 */
161int vboxClipboardInit (void)
162{
163 int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
164 VBOXCLIPBOARDCONTEXTX11 *pBackend = NULL;
165
166 LogRel(("Initializing host clipboard service\n"));
167 RTSemEventCreate(&g_ctxHost.waitForData);
168 RTSemMutexCreate(&g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
169 pBackend = VBoxX11ClipboardConstructX11(&g_ctxHost);
170 if (pBackend == NULL)
171 {
172 RTSemEventDestroy(g_ctxHost.waitForData);
173 RTSemMutexDestroy(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
174 LogRel(("Failed to start the host shared clipboard service, out of memory.\n"));
175 rc = VERR_NO_MEMORY;
176 }
177 else
178 g_ctxHost.pBackend = pBackend;
179 return rc;
180}
181
182/**
183 * Terminate the host side of the shared clipboard.
184 * @note host glue code
185 */
186void vboxClipboardDestroy (void)
187{
188 int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
189 LogRelFunc(("shutting down host clipboard\n"));
190 VBoxX11ClipboardDestructX11(g_ctxHost.pBackend);
191 /* We can safely destroy these as the backend has exited
192 * successfully and no other calls from the host code should be
193 * forthcoming. */
194 RTSemEventDestroy(g_ctxHost.waitForData);
195 RTSemMutexDestroy(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
196}
197
198/**
199 * Connect a guest to the shared clipboard.
200 * @note host glue code
201 * @note on the host, we assume that some other application already owns
202 * the clipboard and leave ownership to X11.
203 */
204int vboxClipboardConnect (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient)
205{
206 int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
207 LogFlowFunc(("\n"));
208 /* Only one client is supported for now */
209 AssertLogRelReturn(g_ctxHost.pClient == 0, VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED);
210 pClient->pCtx = &g_ctxHost;
211 pClient->pCtx->pClient = pClient;
212 /** The pClient pointer is a dummy anyway, as we only support a single
213 * client at a time. */
214 rc = VBoxX11ClipboardStartX11(g_ctxHost.pBackend,
215 true /* fOwnClipboard */);
216 return rc;
217}
218
219/**
220 * Synchronise the contents of the host clipboard with the guest, called
221 * after a save and restore of the guest.
222 * @note Host glue code
223 */
224int vboxClipboardSync (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient)
225{
226
227 /* On a Linux host, the guest should never synchronise/cache its
228 * clipboard contents, as we have no way of reliably telling when the
229 * host clipboard data changes. So instead of synchronising, we tell
230 * the guest to empty its clipboard, and we set the cached flag so that
231 * we report formats to the guest next time we poll for them. */
232 /** @note This has been changed so that the message is sent even if
233 * X11 is not available. */
234 vboxSvcClipboardReportMsg (g_ctxHost.pClient,
235 VBOX_SHARED_CLIPBOARD_HOST_MSG_FORMATS, 0);
236 VBoxX11ClipboardRequestSyncX11(g_ctxHost.pBackend);
237
238 return VINF_SUCCESS;
239}
240
241/**
242 * Shut down the shared clipboard service and "disconnect" the guest.
243 * @note Host glue code
244 */
245void vboxClipboardDisconnect (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *)
246{
247 LogFlow(("vboxClipboardDisconnect\n"));
248
249 RTSemMutexRequest(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex, RT_INDEFINITE_WAIT);
250 /* Drop the reference to the client, in case it is still there. This
251 * will cause any outstanding clipboard data requests from X11 to fail
252 * immediately. */
253 g_ctxHost.pClient = NULL;
254 /* The backend may be waiting for data from VBox. At this point it is no
255 * longer going to arrive, and we must release it to allow the event
256 * loop to terminate. In this case the buffer where VBox would have
257 * written the clipboard data will still be empty and we will just
258 * return "no data" to the backend. Any subsequent attempts to get the
259 * data from VBox will fail immediately as the client reference is gone.
260 */
261 /** @note This has been made unconditional, as it should do no harm
262 * even if we are not waiting. */
263 RTSemEventSignal(g_ctxHost.waitForData);
264 int rc = VBoxX11ClipboardStopX11(g_ctxHost.pBackend);
265 /** @todo handle this slightly more reasonably, or be really sure
266 * it won't go wrong. */
267 AssertRC(rc);
268 RTSemMutexRelease(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
269}
270
271/**
272 * VBox is taking possession of the shared clipboard.
273 *
274 * @param pClient Context data for the guest system
275 * @param u32Formats Clipboard formats the guest is offering
276 * @note Host glue code
277 */
278void vboxClipboardFormatAnnounce (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient, uint32_t u32Formats)
279{
280 VBoxX11ClipboardAnnounceVBoxFormat (g_ctxHost.pBackend, u32Formats);
281}
282
283/**
284 * Called when VBox wants to read the X11 clipboard.
285 *
286 * @param pClient Context information about the guest VM
287 * @param u32Format The format that the guest would like to receive the data in
288 * @param pv Where to write the data to
289 * @param cb The size of the buffer to write the data to
290 * @param pcbActual Where to write the actual size of the written data
291 * @note Host glue code
292 */
293int vboxClipboardReadData (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient,
294 uint32_t u32Format, void *pv, uint32_t cb,
295 uint32_t *pcbActual)
296{
297 int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
298 VBOXCLIPBOARDREQUEST request;
299 /* No one else (VBox or X11) should currently be waiting. The first
300 * because requests from VBox are serialised and the second because X11
301 * previously grabbed the clipboard, so it should not be waiting for
302 * data from us. */
303 AssertLogRelReturn (ASMAtomicCmpXchgU32(&g_ctxHost.waiter, VB, NONE),
304 VERR_DEADLOCK);
305 request.pv = pv;
306 request.cb = cb;
307 request.pcbActual = pcbActual;
308 request.pCtx = g_ctxHost.pBackend;
309 rc = VBoxX11ClipboardReadX11Data(g_ctxHost.pBackend, u32Format, &request);
310 g_ctxHost.waiter = NONE;
311 return rc;
312}
313
314/**
315 * Called when we have requested data from VBox and that data has arrived.
316 *
317 * @param pClient Context information about the guest VM
318 * @param pv Buffer to which the data was written
319 * @param cb The size of the data written
320 * @param u32Format The format of the data written
321 * @note Host glue code
322 */
323void vboxClipboardWriteData (VBOXCLIPBOARDCLIENTDATA *pClient,
324 void *pv, uint32_t cb, uint32_t u32Format)
325{
326/* Assume that if this gets called at all then the X11 backend is running. */
327#if 0
328 if (!g_fHaveX11)
329 return;
330#endif
331
332 LogFlowFunc (("called\n"));
333
334 /* Assert that no other transfer is in process (requests are serialised)
335 * or has not cleaned up properly. */
336 AssertLogRelReturnVoid ( pClient->data.pv == NULL
337 && pClient->data.cb == 0
338 && pClient->data.u32Format == 0);
339
340 /* Grab the mutex and check that X11 is still waiting for the data before
341 * delivering it. See the explanation in VBoxX11ClipboardReadVBoxData. */
342 RTSemMutexRequest(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex, RT_INDEFINITE_WAIT);
343 if (g_ctxHost.waiter == X11 && cb > 0)
344 {
345 pClient->data.pv = RTMemAlloc (cb);
346
347 if (pClient->data.pv)
348 {
349 memcpy (pClient->data.pv, pv, cb);
350 pClient->data.cb = cb;
351 pClient->data.u32Format = u32Format;
352 }
353 }
354 RTSemMutexRelease(g_ctxHost.clipboardMutex);
355
356 RTSemEventSignal(g_ctxHost.waitForData);
357}
358
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