9p: add new protocol support code

This adds a new protocol processing support code based on Anthony Liguori's
9p library code.  This code performs protocol marshalling/unmarshalling using
printf like strings to represent protocol elements.  It is my intent to use
them to replace the current functions in conv.c as well as the 
p9_create_* functions.

This should make the client implementation much more clear, and also make it
much easier to add new protocol extensions by limiting the number of places
in which changes need to be made.

Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.h b/net/9p/protocol.h
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+++ b/net/9p/protocol.h
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+/*
+ * net/9p/protocol.h
+ *
+ * 9P Protocol Support Code
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 by Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *  Base on code from Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 by IBM, Corp.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to:
+ *  Free Software Foundation
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ *  Boston, MA  02111-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+int
+p9pdu_vwritef(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int optional, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
+
+int p9pdu_readf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int optional, const char *fmt, ...);