Move sideband server side support into reusable form.

[git.git] / sideband.c

diff --git a/sideband.c b/sideband.c
index 861f6219dbf3501d75a8844bf99b99aeac8d5ed9..1b14ff88924668e6803229d4d2cef981823522fb 100644 (file)
--- a/sideband.c
+++ b/sideband.c
@@ -46,3 +46,29 @@ int recv_sideband(const char *me, int in_stream, int out, int err, char *buf, in
        }
        return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * fd is connected to the remote side; send the sideband data
+ * over multiplexed packet stream.
+ */
+ssize_t send_sideband(int fd, int band, const char *data, ssize_t sz, int packet_max)
+{
+       ssize_t ssz = sz;
+       const char *p = data;
+
+       while (sz) {
+               unsigned n;
+               char hdr[5];
+
+               n = sz;
+               if (packet_max - 5 < n)
+                       n = packet_max - 5;
+               sprintf(hdr, "%04x", n + 5);
+               hdr[4] = band;
+               safe_write(fd, hdr, 5);
+               safe_write(fd, p, n);
+               p += n;
+               sz -= n;
+       }
+       return ssz;
+}