sftp_aio.c, sftp.h: Add capping to the sftp aio read API

Signed-off-by: Eshan Kelkar <eshankelkar@galorithm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com>
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Eshan Kelkar
2023-12-07 10:16:48 +05:30
committed by Jakub Jelen
parent d2d5e717f3
commit 91990f9dfa
2 changed files with 22 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -634,6 +634,12 @@ LIBSSH_API void sftp_aio_free(sftp_aio aio);
* calling sftp_close() or to keep it open and perform some more operations
* on it.
*
* This function caps the length a user is allowed to read from an sftp file,
* the value of len parameter after capping is returned on success.
*
* The value used for the cap is same as the value of the max_read_length
* field of the sftp_limits_t returned by sftp_limits().
*
* @param file The opened sftp file handle to be read from.
*
* @param len Number of bytes to read.
@@ -641,11 +647,14 @@ LIBSSH_API void sftp_aio_free(sftp_aio aio);
* @param aio Pointer to a location where the sftp aio handle
* (corresponding to the sent request) should be stored.
*
* @returns SSH_OK on success, SSH_ERROR on error with sftp and ssh
* @returns On success, the number of bytes the server is
* requested to read (value of len parameter after
* capping). On error, SSH_ERROR with sftp and ssh
* errors set.
*
* @warning When calling this function, the internal offset is
* updated corresponding to the len parameter.
* @warning When calling this function, the internal file offset is
* updated corresponding to the number of bytes requested
* to read.
*
* @warning A call to sftp_aio_begin_read() sends a request to
* the server. When the server answers, libssh allocates
@@ -660,9 +669,9 @@ LIBSSH_API void sftp_aio_free(sftp_aio aio);
* @see sftp_get_error()
* @see ssh_get_error()
*/
LIBSSH_API int sftp_aio_begin_read(sftp_file file,
size_t len,
sftp_aio *aio);
LIBSSH_API ssize_t sftp_aio_begin_read(sftp_file file,
size_t len,
sftp_aio *aio);
/**
* @brief Wait for an asynchronous read to complete and store the read data