glx_query.c

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/**
 * \file glx_query.c
 * Generic utility functions to query internal data from the server.
 * 
 * \author Ian Romanick <[e-mail]>
 */

#include "glxclient.h"

/**
 * GLX protocol structure for the ficticious "GXLGenericGetString" request.
 * 
 * This is a non-existant protocol packet.  It just so happens that all of
 * the real protocol packets used to request a string from the server have
 * an identical binary layout.  The only difference between them is the
 * meaning of the \c for_whom field and the value of the \c glxCode.
 */
typedef struct GLXGenericGetString {
    CARD8 reqType;
    CARD8 glxCode;
    CARD16 length B16;
    CARD32 for_whom B32;
    CARD32 name B32;
} xGLXGenericGetStringReq;

/* These defines are only needed to make the GetReq macro happy.
 */
#define sz_xGLXGenericGetStringReq 12
#define X_GLXGenericGetString 0

/**
 * Query the Server GLX string and cache it in the display private.
 * This routine will allocate the necessay space for the string.
 */
char *
__glXGetStringFromServer( Display * dpy, int opcode, CARD32 glxCode,
			  CARD32 for_whom, CARD32 name )
{
    xGLXGenericGetStringReq *req;
    xGLXSingleReply reply;
    int length;
    int numbytes;
    char * buf;


    LockDisplay( dpy );


    /* All of the GLX protocol requests for getting a string from the server
     * look the same.  The exact meaning of the for_whom field is usually
     * either the screen number (for glXQueryServerString) or the context tag
     * (for GLXSingle).
     */

    GetReq( GLXGenericGetString, req );
    req->reqType = opcode;
    req->glxCode = glxCode;
    req->for_whom = for_whom;
    req->name = name;

    _XReply( dpy, (xReply *) & reply, 0, False );

    length = reply.length * 4;
    numbytes = reply.size;

    buf = (char *) Xmalloc( numbytes );
    if ( buf != NULL ) {
        _XRead( dpy, buf, numbytes );
	length -= numbytes;
    }

    _XEatData( dpy, length );

    UnlockDisplay( dpy );
    SyncHandle();

    return buf;
}