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open! Core
open Core_unix
module Thread = Core_thread

module type S = sig
  (** {2 sysinfo} *)

  module Sysinfo : sig
    (** Result of sysinfo syscall (man 2 sysinfo). *)
    type t =
      { uptime : Time_float.Span.t (** Time since boot *)
      ; load1 : int (** Load average over the last minute *)
      ; load5 : int (** Load average over the last 5 minutes*)
      ; load15 : int (** Load average over the last 15 minutes *)
      ; total_ram : int (** Total usable main memory *)
      ; free_ram : int (** Available memory size *)
      ; shared_ram : int (** Amount of shared memory *)
      ; buffer_ram : int (** Memory used by buffers *)
      ; total_swap : int (** Total swap page size *)
      ; free_swap : int (** Available swap space *)
      ; procs : int (** Number of current processes *)
      ; totalhigh : int (** Total high memory size *)
      ; freehigh : int (** Available high memory size *)
      ; mem_unit : int (** Memory unit size in bytes *)
      }
    [@@deriving sexp, bin_io]

    val sysinfo : (unit -> t) Or_error.t
  end

  (** {2 Filesystem functions} *)

  (** [sendfile ?pos ?len ~fd sock] sends mmap-able data from file descriptor [fd] to
      socket [sock] using offset [pos] and length [len]. Returns the number of characters
      actually written.

      NOTE: If the returned value is unequal to what was requested (= the initial size of
      the data by default), the system call may have been interrupted by a signal, the
      source file may have been truncated during operation, or a timeout may have occurred
      on the socket during sending.  It is currently impossible to find out which of these
      events actually happened.  Calling {!sendfile} several times on the same descriptor
      that only partially accepted data due to a timeout will eventually lead to the Unix
      error [EAGAIN].

      Raises [Unix_error] on Unix-errors. *)
  val sendfile
    : (?pos:int (** Defaults to 0. *)
       -> ?len:int
            (** Defaults to length of data (file) associated with descriptor [fd]. *)
       -> fd:File_descr.t
       -> File_descr.t
       -> int)
      Or_error.t

  (** Type for status of SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option. The socket may either restrict the
      traffic to a given (by name, e.g. "eth0") interface, or do no restriction at all. *)
  module Bound_to_interface : sig
    type t =
      | Any
      | Only of string
    [@@deriving sexp_of]
  end

  (** {2 Non-portable TCP functionality} *)

  type tcp_bool_option =
    | TCP_CORK
        (** (Since Linux 2.2) If set, don’t send out partial frames.  All queued partial
        frames are sent when the option is cleared again.  This is useful for prepending
        headers before calling [sendfile(2)], or for throughput optimization.  As
        currently implemented, there is a 200ms ceiling on the time for which output is
        corked by TCP_CORK.  If this ceiling is reached, queued data is automatically
        transmitted.

        This option should not be used in code intended to be portable. *)
    | TCP_QUICKACK
        (** (Since Linux 2.4.4) Quick ack solves an unfortunate interaction between the
        delayed acks and the Nagle algorithm (TCP_NODELAY).  On fast LANs, the Linux TCP
        stack quickly reaches a CWND (congestion window) of 1 (Linux interprets this as "1
        unacknowledged packet", BSD/Windows and others consider it "1 unacknowledged
        segment of data").

        If Linux determines a connection to be bidirectional, it will delay sending acks,
        hoping to bundle them with other outgoing data.  This can lead to serious
        connection stalls on, say, a TCP market data connection with one second
        heartbeats.  TCP_QUICKACK can be used to prevent entering this delayed ack state.

        This option should not be used in code intended to be portable. *)
  [@@deriving sexp, bin_io]

  type tcp_string_option =
    | TCP_CONGESTION
        (** (Since Linux 2.6.13) Get or set the congestion-control algorithm for this socket.

        The algorithm "reno" is always permitted; other algorithms may be available,
        depending on kernel configuration and loaded modules (see
        /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_allowed_congestion_control; add more using modprobe).

        "man 7 tcp" states that getsockopt(... TCP_CONGESTION ...) can return the empty
        string to indicate "uses the default congestion algorithm", but this does not seem
        to be necessarily true; sometimes in that situation it will just return the name
        of the default congestion algorithm. *)
  [@@deriving sexp, bin_io]

  (** [gettcpopt_bool sock opt] Returns the current value of the boolean TCP socket option
      [opt] for socket [sock]. *)
  val gettcpopt_bool : (File_descr.t -> tcp_bool_option -> bool) Or_error.t

  (** [settcpopt_bool sock opt v] sets the current value of the boolean TCP socket option
      [opt] for socket [sock] to value [v]. *)
  val settcpopt_bool : (File_descr.t -> tcp_bool_option -> bool -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [gettcpopt_string sock opt] Returns the current value of the string TCP socket
      option [opt] for socket [sock]. *)
  val gettcpopt_string : (File_descr.t -> tcp_string_option -> string) Or_error.t

  (** [settcpopt_string sock opt v] sets the current value of the string TCP socket option
      [opt] for socket [sock] to value [v]. *)
  val settcpopt_string : (File_descr.t -> tcp_string_option -> string -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [send_nonblocking_no_sigpipe sock ?pos ?len buf] tries to do a nonblocking send on
      socket [sock] given buffer [buf], offset [pos] and length [len].  Prevents
      [SIGPIPE], i.e., raises a Unix-error in that case immediately.  Returns [Some
      bytes_written] or [None] if the operation would have blocked.

      Raises [Invalid_argument] if the designated buffer range is invalid.
      Raises [Unix_error] on Unix-errors. *)
  val send_nonblocking_no_sigpipe
    : (File_descr.t
       -> ?pos:int (** default = 0 *)
       -> ?len:int (** default = [Bytes.length buf - pos] *)
       -> Bytes.t
       -> int option)
      Or_error.t

  (** [send_no_sigpipe sock ?pos ?len buf] tries to do a blocking send on socket [sock]
      given buffer [buf], offset [pos] and length [len]. Prevents [SIGPIPE], i.e., raises
      a Unix-error in that case immediately. Returns the number of bytes written.

      Raises [Invalid_argument] if the designated buffer range is invalid.
      Raises [Unix_error] on Unix-errors. *)
  val send_no_sigpipe
    : (File_descr.t
       -> ?pos:int (** default = 0 *)
       -> ?len:int (** default = [Bytes.length buf - pos] *)
       -> Bytes.t
       -> int)
      Or_error.t

  (** [sendmsg_nonblocking_no_sigpipe sock ?count iovecs] tries to do a nonblocking send
      on socket [sock] using [count] I/O-vectors [iovecs].  Prevents [SIGPIPE],
      i.e., raises a Unix-error in that case immediately.  Returns [Some bytes_written] or
      [None] if the operation would have blocked.

      Raises [Invalid_argument] if the designated ranges are invalid.
      Raises [Unix_error] on Unix-errors. *)
  val sendmsg_nonblocking_no_sigpipe
    : (File_descr.t -> ?count:int -> string IOVec.t array -> int option) Or_error.t

  (** {2 Non-portable socket functionality} *)

  module Peer_credentials : sig
    type t =
      { pid : Pid.t
      ; uid : int
      ; gid : int
      }
    [@@deriving sexp_of]
  end

  (** [peer_credential fd] takes a file descriptor of a unix socket. It returns the pid
      and real ids of the process on the other side, as described in [man 7 socket] entry
      for SO_PEERCRED.
      This is useful in particular in the presence of pid namespace, as the returned pid
      will be a pid in the current namespace, not the namespace of the other process.

      Raises [Unix_error] if something goes wrong (file descriptor doesn't satisfy the
      conditions above, no process on the other side of the socket, etc.). *)
  val peer_credentials : (File_descr.t -> Peer_credentials.t) Or_error.t

  (** {2 Clock functions} *)

  module Clock : sig
    type t

    (** All these functions can raise [Unix_error]. *)

    (** Returns the CPU-clock associated with the thread. *)
    val get : (Thread.t -> t) Or_error.t

    val get_time : (t -> Time_float.Span.t) Or_error.t
    val set_time : (t -> Time_float.Span.t -> unit) Or_error.t
    val get_resolution : (t -> Time_float.Span.t) Or_error.t

    (** The clock measuring the CPU time of a process. *)
    val get_process_clock : (unit -> t) Or_error.t

    (** The clock measuring the CPU time of the current thread. *)
    val get_thread_clock : (unit -> t) Or_error.t
  end

  (** {2 Eventfd functions} *)

  module Eventfd : sig
    module Flags : sig
      type t = private Int63.t [@@deriving sexp_of]

      include Flags.S with type t := t

      (** [EFD_CLOEXEC] *)
      val cloexec : t

      (** [EFD_NONBLOCK] *)
      val nonblock : t

      (** [EFD_SEMAPHORE] *)
      val semaphore : t
    end

    type t = private File_descr.t [@@deriving compare, sexp_of]

    (** [create ?flags init] creates a new event file descriptor with [init] as the
        counter's initial value.  With Linux 2.6.26 or earlier, [flags] must be
        [empty]. *)
    val create : (?flags:Flags.t -> Int32.t -> t) Or_error.t

    (** [read t] will block until [t]'s counter is nonzero, after which its behavior
        depends on whether [t] was created with the {!Flags.semaphore} flag set. If it was
        set, then [read t] will return [1] and decrement [t]'s counter. If it was not set,
        then [read t] will return the value of [t]'s counter and set the counter to [0].
        The returned value should be interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit integer.

        In the case that [t] was created with the {!Flags.nonblock} flag set, this
        function will raise a Unix error with the error code [EAGAIN] or [EWOULDBLOCK],
        instead of blocking. *)
    val read : t -> Int64.t

    (** [write t v] will block until [t]'s counter is less than the max value of a
        [uint64_t], after which it will increment [t]'s counter by [v], which will be
        interpreted as an unsigned 64-bit integer.

        In the case that [t] was created with the {!Flags.nonblock} flag set, this
        function will raise a Unix error with the error code [EAGAIN] or [EWOULDBLOCK],
        instead of blocking. *)
    val write : t -> Int64.t -> unit

    val to_file_descr : t -> File_descr.t
  end

  (** {2 Timerfd functions} *)

  module Timerfd : sig
    (** Clock used to mark the progress of a timer. *)
    module Clock : sig
      type t [@@deriving bin_io, compare, sexp]

      (** Settable system-wide clock. *)
      val realtime : t

      (** Nonsettable clock.  It is not affected by manual changes to the system time. *)
      val monotonic : t
    end

    module Flags : sig
      type t [@@deriving sexp_of]

      include Flags.S with type t := t

      (** [TFD_NONBLOCK] *)
      val nonblock : t

      (** [TFD_CLOEXEC]  *)
      val cloexec : t
    end

    type t = private File_descr.t [@@deriving compare, sexp_of]

    val to_file_descr : t -> File_descr.t

    (** [create ?flags clock] creates a new timer file descriptor.  With Linux 2.6.26 or
        earlier, [flags] must be empty. *)
    val create : (?flags:Flags.t -> Clock.t -> t) Or_error.t

    (** [set_at t at] and [set_after t span] set [t] to fire once, at [at] or after
        [span].  [set_after] treats [span <= 0] as [span = 1ns]; unlike the underlying
        system call, [timerfd_settime], it does not clear the timer if [span = 0].  To
        clear a timerfd, use [Timerfd.clear].

        [set_repeating ?after t interval] sets [t] to fire every [interval] starting after
        [after] (default is [interval]), raising if [interval <= 0].

        [set_repeating_at t start interval] sets [t] to fire every [interval] starting at
        [start] and raising if [interval <= 0].  A [start] time in the past will cause the
        timer to start immediately. *)
    val set_at : t -> Time_ns.t -> unit

    val set_after : t -> Time_ns.Span.t -> unit
    val set_repeating : ?after:Time_ns.Span.t -> t -> Time_ns.Span.t -> unit
    val set_repeating_at : t -> Time_ns.t -> Time_ns.Span.t -> unit

    (** [clear t] causes [t] to not fire anymore. *)
    val clear : t -> unit

    type repeat =
      { fire_after : Time_ns.Span.t
      ; interval : Time_ns.Span.t
      }

    (** [get t] returns the current state of the timer [t]. *)
    val get : t -> [ `Not_armed | `Fire_after of Time_ns.Span.t | `Repeat of repeat ]

    (**/**)

    (*_ See the Jane Street Style Guide for an explanation of [Private] submodules:

      https://opensource.janestreet.com/standards/#private-submodules *)
    module Private : sig
      val unsafe_timerfd_settime
        :  File_descr.t
        -> bool
        -> initial:Int63.t
        -> interval:Int63.t
        -> Syscall_result.Unit.t
    end
  end

  (** {2 Memfd functions} *)

  module Memfd : sig
    module Flags : sig
      type t [@@deriving sexp_of]

      include Flags.S with type t := t

      (** MFD_CLOEXEC *)
      val cloexec : t

      (** MFD_ALLOW_SEALING *)
      val allow_sealing : t

      (** MFD_HUGETLB *)
      val hugetlb : t

      (** MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL *)
      val noexec_seal : t

      (** MFD_EXEC *)
      val exec : t

      (** MFD_HUGE_2MB *)
      val huge_2mb : t

      (** MFD_HUGE_1GB *)
      val huge_1gb : t
    end

    type t = private File_descr.t [@@deriving sexp_of]

    val to_file_descr : t -> File_descr.t

    (** From memfd_create():

        [create] creates an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor that refers to
        it.  The file behaves like a regular file, and so can be modified, truncated,
        memory-mapped, and so on.  However, unlike a regular file, it lives in RAM and has
        a volatile backing storage.

        Once all references to the file are dropped, it is automatically released.
        Anonymous memory is used for all backing pages of the file.  Therefore, files
        created by [create] have the same semantics as other anonymous memory allocations
        such as those allocated using [mmap] with the [MAP_ANONYMOUS] flag. *)
    val create : (?flags:Flags.t -> ?initial_size:int -> string -> t) Or_error.t
  end

  (** {2 Parent death notifications} *)

  (** [pr_set_pdeathsig s] sets the signal [s] to be sent to the executing process when
      its parent dies.  NOTE: the parent may have died before or while executing this
      system call.  To make sure that you do not miss this event, you should call
      {!getppid} to get the parent process id after this system call.  If the parent has
      died, the returned parent PID will be 1, i.e., the init process will have adopted
      the child.  You should then either send the signal to yourself using [Unix.kill], or
      execute an appropriate handler. *)
  val pr_set_pdeathsig : (Signal.t -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [pr_get_pdeathsig ()] gets the signal that will be sent to the currently executing
      process when its parent dies. *)
  val pr_get_pdeathsig : (unit -> Signal.t) Or_error.t

  (** {2 Task name} *)

  (** [pr_set_name_first16 name] sets the name of the executing thread to [name].  Only
      the first 16 bytes in [name] will be used; the rest is ignored. *)
  val pr_set_name_first16 : (string -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [pr_get_name ()] gets the name of the executing thread.  The name is at most 16
      bytes long. *)
  val pr_get_name : (unit -> string) Or_error.t

  (** {2 Pathname resolution} *)

  (** [file_descr_realpath fd] returns the canonicalized absolute pathname of the file
      associated with file descriptor [fd].

      Raises [Unix_error] on errors. *)
  val file_descr_realpath : (File_descr.t -> string) Or_error.t

  (** [out_channel_realpath oc] returns the canonicalized absolute pathname of the file
      associated with output channel [oc].

      Raises [Unix_error] on errors. *)
  val out_channel_realpath : (Out_channel.t -> string) Or_error.t

  (** [in_channel_realpath ic] returns the canonicalized absolute pathname of the file
      associated with input channel [ic].

      Raises [Unix_error] on errors.
  *)
  val in_channel_realpath : (In_channel.t -> string) Or_error.t

  (** {2 Affinity} *)

  (** Setting the CPU affinity causes a thread to only run on the cores chosen. You can
      find out how many cores a system has in /proc/cpuinfo. This can be useful in two
      ways: first, it limits a process to a core so that it won't interfere with processes
      on other cores. Second, you save time by not moving the process back and forth
      between CPUs, which sometimes invalidates their cache.

      See [man sched_setaffinity] for details.

      Note, in particular, that affinity is a "per-thread attribute that can be adjusted
      independently for each of the threads in a thread group", and so omitting [~pid] (or
      specifying [?pid] as [None]) "will set the attribute for the calling thread", and
      "passing the value returned from a call to getpid will set the attribute for the
      main thread of the thread group". (A thread group is what you might think of as
      a process.) *)
  val sched_setaffinity : (?pid:Pid.t -> cpuset:int list -> unit -> unit) Or_error.t

  val sched_getaffinity : (?pid:Pid.t -> unit -> int list) Or_error.t

  (** [sched_setaffinity_this_thread] is equivalent to [sched_setaffinity ?pid:None],
      though happens to be implemented by using [gettid] rather than passing [pid=0] to
      [sched_setaffinity]. It exists for historical reasons, and may be removed in the
      future. *)
  val sched_setaffinity_this_thread : (cpuset:int list -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [cores ()] returns the number of cores on the machine.  This may be different
      than the number of cores available to the calling process. *)
  val cores : (unit -> int) Or_error.t

  (** Parse a kernel %*pbl-format CPU list (e.g. [1,2,3,10-15]) into an [int list]. *)
  val cpu_list_of_string_exn : string -> int list

  (** [isolated_cpus ()] returns the list of cores marked as isolated. *)
  val isolated_cpus : (unit -> int list) Or_error.t

  (** [online_cpus ()] returns the list of cores online for scheduling. *)
  val online_cpus : (unit -> int list) Or_error.t

  (** [cpus_local_to_nic ~ifname] returns the list of cores NUMA-local to [ifname]. *)
  val cpus_local_to_nic : (ifname:string -> int list) Or_error.t

  (** [get_terminal_size term] returns [(rows, cols)], the number of rows and columns of
      the controlling terminal (raises if no controlling terminal), or of the specified
      file descriptor (useful when writing to stdout, because stdout doesn't have to be
      the controlling terminal). *)
  val get_terminal_size : ([ `Controlling | `Fd of File_descr.t ] -> int * int) Or_error.t

  (** [Priority.t] is what is usually referred to as the "nice" value of a process.  It is
      also known as the "dynamic" priority.  It is used with normal (as opposed to
      real-time) processes that have static priority zero.  See [Unix.Scheduler.set] for
      setting the static priority. *)
  module Priority : sig
    type t [@@deriving sexp]

    val equal : t -> t -> bool
    val of_int : int -> t
    val to_int : t -> int
    val incr : t -> t
    val decr : t -> t
  end

  (** The meaning of [pid]s for [get/setpriority] is a bit weird. According to the POSIX
      standard the priority is per process (pid), however in Linux the priority is per
      thread (tid/LWP): [man 2 setpriority] says, in the "BUGS" section, that "According
      to POSIX, the nice value is a per-process setting. However, under the current
      Linux/NPTL implementation of POSIX threads, the nice value is a per-thread attribute
      ... portable applications should avoid relying on the Linux behavior".

      As a result, if you omit [?pid] or pass [?pid:None], only the current thread will be
      affected; passing [~pid:(getpid ())] will only affect the main thread of the current
      process. *)

  (** Set the thread's priority in the Linux scheduler. Omitting the [pid] argument means
      that (only) the calling thread will be affected. *)
  val setpriority : (?pid:Pid.t -> Priority.t -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** Get the thread's priority in the Linux scheduler. Omitting the [pid] argument means
      that the calling thread's priority will be retrieved. *)
  val getpriority : (?pid:Pid.t -> unit -> Priority.t) Or_error.t

  (** [get_ipv4_address_for_interface "eth0"] returns the IP address assigned to eth0, or
      throws an exception if no IP address is configured. *)
  val get_ipv4_address_for_interface : (string -> string) Or_error.t

  (** [get_mac_address] returns the mac address of [ifname] in the canonical form, e.g.
      "aa:bb:cc:12:34:56". *)
  val get_mac_address : (ifname:string -> string) Or_error.t

  (** [bind_to_interface fd (Only "eth0")] restricts packets from being
      received/sent on the given file descriptor [fd] on any interface other than "eth0".
      Use [bind_to_interface fd Any] to allow traffic on any interface.  The bindings are
      not cumulative; you may only select one interface, or [Any].

      Not to be confused with a traditional BSD sockets API [bind()] call, this
      Linux-specific socket option ([SO_BINDTODEVICE]) is used for applications on
      multi-homed machines with specific security concerns.  For similar functionality
      when using multicast, see {!Core_unix.mcast_set_ifname}. *)
  val bind_to_interface : (File_descr.t -> Bound_to_interface.t -> unit) Or_error.t

  (** [get_bind_to_interface fd] returns the current interface the socket is bound to. It
      uses getsockopt() with Linux-specific [SO_BINDTODEVICE] option. Empty string means
      it is not bound to any specific interface. See [man 7 socket] for more information.
  *)

  val get_bind_to_interface : (File_descr.t -> Bound_to_interface.t) Or_error.t

  module Epoll : Epoll.S

  module Extended_file_attributes : sig
    (** Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes (files,
        directories, symlinks, etc). They are extensions to the normal attributes which
        are associated with all inodes in the system (i.e. the 'man 2 stat' data). A
        complete overview of extended attributes concepts can be found in 'man 5 attr'.

        [getxattr] retrieves the value of the extended attribute identified by name and
        associated with the given path in the filesystem.

        The [name] includes a namespace prefix - there may be several, disjoint namespaces
        associated with an individual inode. The [value] is a chunk of arbitrary textual
        or binary data.

        If the attribute exists, it is returned as [Ok string]. Several common errors are
        returned as possible constructors, namely:
        - [ENOATTR]: The named attribute does not exist, or the process has no access to
          this attribute.
        - [ERANGE]: The size of the value buffer is too small to hold the result.
        - [ENOTSUP]: Extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are
          disabled.

        Many other errors are possible, and will raise an exception. See the man pages for
        full details. *)

    module Get_attr_result : sig
      type t =
        | Ok of string
        | ENOATTR
        | ERANGE
        | ENOTSUP
      [@@deriving sexp_of]
    end

    val getxattr
      : (follow_symlinks:bool -> path:string -> name:string -> Get_attr_result.t)
        Or_error.t

    (** [setxattr] sets the value of the extended attribute identified by name and
        associated with the given path in the filesystem.

        [how] defaults to [`Set], in which case the extended attribute will be created if
        need be, or will simply replace the value if the attribute exists. If [how] is
        [`Create], then [setxattr] returns [EEXIST] if the named attribute exists already.
        If [how] is [`Replace], then [setxattr] returns [ENOATTR] if the named attribute
        does not already exist.

        [ENOTSUP] means extended attributes are not supported by the filesystem, or are
        disabled. Many other errors are possible, and will raise an exception. See the man
        pages for full details. *)

    module Set_attr_result : sig
      type t =
        | Ok
        | EEXIST
        | ENOATTR
        | ENOTSUP
      [@@deriving sexp_of]
    end

    val setxattr
      : (?how:[ `Set | `Create | `Replace ]
         -> follow_symlinks:bool
         -> path:string
         -> name:string
         -> value:string
         -> unit
         -> Set_attr_result.t)
        Or_error.t
  end
end