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+/* Copyright (c) 2015-2016. The SimGrid Team.
+ * All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include <xbt/log.h>
+
+#include "src/mc/Channel.hpp"
+
+XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(mc_Channel, mc, "MC interprocess communication");
+
+namespace simgrid {
+namespace mc {
+
+Channel::~Channel()
+{
+ if (this->socket_ >=0)
+ close(this->socket_);
+}
+
+int Channel::send(const void* message, size_t size) const
+{
+ XBT_DEBUG("Protocol [%s] send %s",
+ MC_mode_name(mc_mode),
+ MC_message_type_name(*(e_mc_message_type*) message));
+
+ while (::send(this->socket_, message, size, 0) == -1)
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ else
+ return errno;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+ssize_t Channel::receive(void* message, size_t size, bool block) const
+{
+ int res = recv(this->socket_, message, size, block ? 0 : MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ if (res != -1)
+ XBT_DEBUG("Protocol [%s] received %s",
+ MC_mode_name(mc_mode),
+ MC_message_type_name(*(e_mc_message_type*) message));
+ return res;
+}
+
+}
+}