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1 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2  *
3  * pqcomm.h
4  * Definitions common to frontends and backends.
5  *
6  * NOTE: for historical reasons, this does not correspond to pqcomm.c.
7  * pqcomm.c's routines are declared in libpq.h.
8  *
9  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2024, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
10  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
11  *
12  * src/include/libpq/pqcomm.h
13  *
14  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
15  */
16 #ifndef PQCOMM_H
17 #define PQCOMM_H
18 
19 #include <sys/socket.h>
20 #include <sys/un.h>
21 #include <netdb.h>
22 #include <netinet/in.h>
23 
24 /*
25  * The definitions for the request/response codes are kept in a separate file
26  * for ease of use in third party programs.
27  */
28 #include "libpq/protocol.h"
29 
30 typedef struct
31 {
32  struct sockaddr_storage addr;
34 } SockAddr;
35 
36 typedef struct
37 {
38  int family;
40 } AddrInfo;
41 
42 /* Configure the UNIX socket location for the well known port. */
43 
44 #define UNIXSOCK_PATH(path, port, sockdir) \
45  (AssertMacro(sockdir), \
46  AssertMacro(*(sockdir) != '\0'), \
47  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/.s.PGSQL.%d", \
48  (sockdir), (port)))
49 
50 /*
51  * The maximum workable length of a socket path is what will fit into
52  * struct sockaddr_un. This is usually only 100 or so bytes :-(.
53  *
54  * For consistency, always pass a MAXPGPATH-sized buffer to UNIXSOCK_PATH(),
55  * then complain if the resulting string is >= UNIXSOCK_PATH_BUFLEN bytes.
56  * (Because the standard API for getaddrinfo doesn't allow it to complain in
57  * a useful way when the socket pathname is too long, we have to test for
58  * this explicitly, instead of just letting the subroutine return an error.)
59  */
60 #define UNIXSOCK_PATH_BUFLEN sizeof(((struct sockaddr_un *) NULL)->sun_path)
61 
62 /*
63  * A host that looks either like an absolute path or starts with @ is
64  * interpreted as a Unix-domain socket address.
65  */
66 static inline bool
67 is_unixsock_path(const char *path)
68 {
69  return is_absolute_path(path) || path[0] == '@';
70 }
71 
72 /*
73  * These manipulate the frontend/backend protocol version number.
74  *
75  * The major number should be incremented for incompatible changes. The minor
76  * number should be incremented for compatible changes (eg. additional
77  * functionality).
78  *
79  * If a backend supports version m.n of the protocol it must actually support
80  * versions m.[0..n]. Backend support for version m-1 can be dropped after a
81  * `reasonable' length of time.
82  *
83  * A frontend isn't required to support anything other than the current
84  * version.
85  */
86 
87 #define PG_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(v) ((v) >> 16)
88 #define PG_PROTOCOL_MINOR(v) ((v) & 0x0000ffff)
89 #define PG_PROTOCOL_FULL(v) (PG_PROTOCOL_MAJOR(v) * 10000 + PG_PROTOCOL_MINOR(v))
90 #define PG_PROTOCOL(m,n) (((m) << 16) | (n))
91 
92 /*
93  * The earliest and latest frontend/backend protocol version supported.
94  * (Only protocol version 3 is currently supported)
95  */
96 
97 #define PG_PROTOCOL_EARLIEST PG_PROTOCOL(3,0)
98 #define PG_PROTOCOL_LATEST PG_PROTOCOL(3,0)
99 
100 typedef uint32 ProtocolVersion; /* FE/BE protocol version number */
101 
103 
104 
105 /*
106  * Packet lengths are 4 bytes in network byte order.
107  *
108  * The initial length is omitted from the packet layouts appearing below.
109  */
110 
112 
113 /*
114  * In protocol 3.0 and later, the startup packet length is not fixed, but
115  * we set an arbitrary limit on it anyway. This is just to prevent simple
116  * denial-of-service attacks via sending enough data to run the server
117  * out of memory.
118  */
119 #define MAX_STARTUP_PACKET_LENGTH 10000
120 
121 
123 
124 
125 /*
126  * A client can also send a cancel-current-operation request to the postmaster.
127  * This is uglier than sending it directly to the client's backend, but it
128  * avoids depending on out-of-band communication facilities.
129  *
130  * The cancel request code must not match any protocol version number
131  * we're ever likely to use. This random choice should do.
132  */
133 #define CANCEL_REQUEST_CODE PG_PROTOCOL(1234,5678)
134 
135 typedef struct CancelRequestPacket
136 {
137  /* Note that each field is stored in network byte order! */
138  MsgType cancelRequestCode; /* code to identify a cancel request */
139  uint32 backendPID; /* PID of client's backend */
140  uint32 cancelAuthCode; /* secret key to authorize cancel */
142 
143 /* Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation is required for direct connections
144  * to avoid protocol confusion attacks (e.g https://alpaca-attack.com/).
145  *
146  * ALPN is specified in RFC 7301
147  *
148  * This string should be registered at:
149  * https://www.iana.org/assignments/tls-extensiontype-values/tls-extensiontype-values.xhtml#alpn-protocol-ids
150  *
151  * OpenSSL uses this wire-format for the list of alpn protocols even in the
152  * API. Both server and client take the same format parameter but the client
153  * actually sends it to the server as-is and the server it specifies the
154  * preference order to use to choose the one selected to send back.
155  *
156  * c.f. https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man3/SSL_CTX_set_alpn_select_cb.html
157  *
158  * The #define can be used to initialize a char[] vector to use directly in the API
159  */
160 #define PG_ALPN_PROTOCOL "postgresql"
161 #define PG_ALPN_PROTOCOL_VECTOR { 10, 'p','o','s','t','g','r','e','s','q','l' }
162 
163 /*
164  * A client can also start by sending a SSL or GSSAPI negotiation request to
165  * get a secure channel.
166  */
167 #define NEGOTIATE_SSL_CODE PG_PROTOCOL(1234,5679)
168 #define NEGOTIATE_GSS_CODE PG_PROTOCOL(1234,5680)
169 
170 #endif /* PQCOMM_H */
unsigned int uint32
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#define is_absolute_path(filename)
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unsigned int socklen_t
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static bool is_unixsock_path(const char *path)
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uint32 PacketLen
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uint32 ProtocolVersion
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struct CancelRequestPacket CancelRequestPacket
uint32 AuthRequest
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ProtocolVersion MsgType
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int family
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SockAddr addr
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MsgType cancelRequestCode
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uint32 backendPID
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uint32 cancelAuthCode
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socklen_t salen
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