asynctest.c

/*
 * asynctest.c: use async notification to read stdin
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
 * Copyright (C) 2001 O'Reilly & Associates
 *
 * The source code in this file can be freely used, adapted,
 * and redistributed in source or binary form, so long as an
 * acknowledgment appears in derived source files.  The citation
 * should list that the code comes from the book "Linux Device
 * Drivers" by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet, published
 * by O'Reilly & Associates.   No warranty is attached;
 * we cannot take responsibility for errors or fitness for use.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

int gotdata=0;
void sighandler(int signo)
{
    if (signo==SIGIO)
        gotdata++;
    return;
}

char buffer[4096];

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int count;
    struct sigaction action;

    memset(&action, 0, sizeof(action));
    action.sa_handler = sighandler;
    action.sa_flags = 0;

    sigaction(SIGIO, &action, NULL);

    fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETOWN, getpid());
    fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_GETFL) | FASYNC);

    while(1) {
        /* this only returns if a signal arrives */
        sleep(86400); /* one day */
        if (!gotdata)
            continue;
        count=read(0, buffer, 4096);
        /* buggy: if avail data is more than 4kbytes... */
        write(1,buffer,count);
        gotdata=0;
    }
}