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/*
FreeRTOS+TCP V2.0.11
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*/
/* WinPCap includes. */
#define HAVE_REMOTE
#include "pcap.h"
/* FreeRTOS includes. */
#include "FreeRTOS.h"
#include "task.h"
#include "semphr.h"
/* FreeRTOS+TCP includes. */
#include "FreeRTOS_IP.h"
#include "FreeRTOS_IP_Private.h"
#include "NetworkBufferManagement.h"
/* Thread-safe circular buffers are being used to pass data to and from the PCAP
access functions. */
#include "Win32-Extensions.h"
#include "FreeRTOS_Stream_Buffer.h"
/* Sizes of the thread safe circular buffers used to pass data to and from the
WinPCAP Windows threads. */
#define xSEND_BUFFER_SIZE 32768
#define xRECV_BUFFER_SIZE 32768
/* If ipconfigETHERNET_DRIVER_FILTERS_FRAME_TYPES is set to 1, then the Ethernet
driver will filter incoming packets and only pass the stack those packets it
considers need processing. */
#if( ipconfigETHERNET_DRIVER_FILTERS_FRAME_TYPES == 0 )
#define ipCONSIDER_FRAME_FOR_PROCESSING( pucEthernetBuffer ) eProcessBuffer
#else
#define ipCONSIDER_FRAME_FOR_PROCESSING( pucEthernetBuffer ) eConsiderFrameForProcessing( ( pucEthernetBuffer ) )
#endif
/* Used to insert test code only. */
#define niDISRUPT_PACKETS 0
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
* Windows threads that are outside of the control of the FreeRTOS simulator are
* used to interface with the WinPCAP libraries.
*/
DWORD WINAPI prvWinPcapRecvThread( void *pvParam );
DWORD WINAPI prvWinPcapSendThread( void *pvParam );
/*
* Print out a numbered list of network interfaces that are available on the
* host computer.
*/
static pcap_if_t * prvPrintAvailableNetworkInterfaces( void );
/*
* Open the network interface. The number of the interface to be opened is set
* by the configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE constant in FreeRTOSConfig.h.
*/
static void prvOpenSelectedNetworkInterface( pcap_if_t *pxAllNetworkInterfaces );
static int prvOpenInterface( const char *pucName );
/*
* Configure the capture filter to allow blocking reads, and to filter out
* packets that are not of interest to this demo.
*/
static void prvConfigureCaptureBehaviour( void );
/*
* A function that simulates Ethernet interrupts by periodically polling the
* WinPCap interface for new data.
*/
static void prvInterruptSimulatorTask( void *pvParameters );
/*
* Create the buffers that are used to pass data between the FreeRTOS simulator
* and the Win32 threads that manage WinPCAP.
*/
static void prvCreateThreadSafeBuffers( void );
/*
* Utility function used to format print messages only.
*/
static const char *prvRemoveSpaces( char *pcBuffer, int aBuflen, const char *pcMessage );
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Required by the WinPCap library. */
static char cErrorBuffer[ PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE ];
/* An event used to wake up the Win32 thread that sends data through the WinPCAP
library. */
static void *pvSendEvent = NULL;
/* _HT_ made the PCAP interface number configurable through the program's
parameters in order to test in different machines. */
static BaseType_t xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse = configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE;
/* Handles to the Windows threads that handle the PCAP IO. */
static HANDLE vWinPcapRecvThreadHandle = NULL;
static HANDLE vWinPcapSendThreadHandle = NULL;;
/* The interface being used by WinPCap. */
static pcap_t *pxOpenedInterfaceHandle = NULL;
/* Circular buffers used by the PCAP Win32 threads. */
static StreamBuffer_t *xSendBuffer = NULL;
static StreamBuffer_t *xRecvBuffer = NULL;
/* The MAC address initially set to the constants defined in FreeRTOSConfig.h. */
extern uint8_t ucMACAddress[ 6 ];
/* Logs the number of WinPCAP send failures, for viewing in the debugger only. */
static volatile uint32_t ulWinPCAPSendFailures = 0;
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
BaseType_t xNetworkInterfaceInitialise( void )
{
BaseType_t xReturn = pdFALSE;
pcap_if_t *pxAllNetworkInterfaces;
/* Query the computer the simulation is being executed on to find the
network interfaces it has installed. */
pxAllNetworkInterfaces = prvPrintAvailableNetworkInterfaces();
/* Open the network interface. The number of the interface to be opened is
set by the configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE constant in FreeRTOSConfig.h.
Calling this function will set the pxOpenedInterfaceHandle variable. If,
after calling this function, pxOpenedInterfaceHandle is equal to NULL, then
the interface could not be opened. */
if( pxAllNetworkInterfaces != NULL )
{
prvOpenSelectedNetworkInterface( pxAllNetworkInterfaces );
}
if( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle != NULL )
{
xReturn = pdPASS;
}
return xReturn;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static void prvCreateThreadSafeBuffers( void )
{
/* The buffer used to pass data to be transmitted from a FreeRTOS task to
the Win32 thread that sends via the WinPCAP library. */
if( xSendBuffer == NULL)
{
xSendBuffer = ( StreamBuffer_t * ) malloc( sizeof( *xSendBuffer ) - sizeof( xSendBuffer->ucArray ) + xSEND_BUFFER_SIZE + 1 );
configASSERT( xSendBuffer );
memset( xSendBuffer, '\0', sizeof( *xSendBuffer ) - sizeof( xSendBuffer->ucArray ) );
xSendBuffer->LENGTH = xSEND_BUFFER_SIZE + 1;
}
/* The buffer used to pass received data from the Win32 thread that receives
via the WinPCAP library to the FreeRTOS task. */
if( xRecvBuffer == NULL)
{
xRecvBuffer = ( StreamBuffer_t * ) malloc( sizeof( *xRecvBuffer ) - sizeof( xRecvBuffer->ucArray ) + xRECV_BUFFER_SIZE + 1 );
configASSERT( xRecvBuffer );
memset( xRecvBuffer, '\0', sizeof( *xRecvBuffer ) - sizeof( xRecvBuffer->ucArray ) );
xRecvBuffer->LENGTH = xRECV_BUFFER_SIZE + 1;
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
BaseType_t xNetworkInterfaceOutput( NetworkBufferDescriptor_t * const pxNetworkBuffer, BaseType_t bReleaseAfterSend )
{
size_t xSpace;
iptraceNETWORK_INTERFACE_TRANSMIT();
configASSERT( xIsCallingFromIPTask() == pdTRUE );
/* Both the length of the data being sent and the actual data being sent
are placed in the thread safe buffer used to pass data between the FreeRTOS
tasks and the Win32 thread that sends data via the WinPCAP library. Drop
the packet if there is insufficient space in the buffer to hold both. */
xSpace = uxStreamBufferGetSpace( xSendBuffer );
if( ( pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength <= ( ipconfigNETWORK_MTU + ipSIZE_OF_ETH_HEADER ) ) &&
( xSpace >= ( pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength + sizeof( pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength ) ) ) )
{
/* First write in the length of the data, then write in the data
itself. */
uxStreamBufferAdd( xSendBuffer, 0, ( const uint8_t * ) &( pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength ), sizeof( pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength ) );
uxStreamBufferAdd( xSendBuffer, 0, ( const uint8_t * ) pxNetworkBuffer->pucEthernetBuffer, pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength );
}
else
{
FreeRTOS_debug_printf( ( "xNetworkInterfaceOutput: send buffers full to store %lu\n", pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength ) );
}
/* Kick the Tx task in either case in case it doesn't know the buffer is
full. */
SetEvent( pvSendEvent );
/* The buffer has been sent so can be released. */
if( bReleaseAfterSend != pdFALSE )
{
vReleaseNetworkBufferAndDescriptor( pxNetworkBuffer );
}
return pdPASS;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static pcap_if_t * prvPrintAvailableNetworkInterfaces( void )
{
pcap_if_t * pxAllNetworkInterfaces = NULL, *xInterface;
int32_t lInterfaceNumber = 1;
char cBuffer[ 512 ];
static BaseType_t xInvalidInterfaceDetected = pdFALSE;
if( xInvalidInterfaceDetected == pdFALSE )
{
if( pcap_findalldevs_ex( PCAP_SRC_IF_STRING, NULL, &pxAllNetworkInterfaces, cErrorBuffer ) == -1 )
{
printf( "Could not obtain a list of network interfaces\n%s\n", cErrorBuffer );
pxAllNetworkInterfaces = NULL;
}
else
{
printf( "\r\n\r\nThe following network interfaces are available:\r\n\r\n" );
}
if( pxAllNetworkInterfaces != NULL )
{
/* Print out the list of network interfaces. The first in the list
is interface '1', not interface '0'. */
for( xInterface = pxAllNetworkInterfaces; xInterface != NULL; xInterface = xInterface->next )
{
/* The descriptions of the devices can be full of spaces, clean them
a little. printf() can only be used here because the network is not
up yet - so no other network tasks will be running. */
printf( "Interface %d - %s\n", lInterfaceNumber, prvRemoveSpaces( cBuffer, sizeof( cBuffer ), xInterface->name ) );
printf( " (%s)\n", prvRemoveSpaces(cBuffer, sizeof( cBuffer ), xInterface->description ? xInterface->description : "No description" ) );
printf( "\n" );
lInterfaceNumber++;
}
}
if( lInterfaceNumber == 1 )
{
/* The interface number was never incremented, so the above for() loop
did not execute meaning no interfaces were found. */
printf( " \nNo network interfaces were found.\n" );
pxAllNetworkInterfaces = NULL;
}
printf( "\r\nThe interface that will be opened is set by " );
printf( "\"configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE\", which\r\nshould be defined in FreeRTOSConfig.h\r\n" );
if( ( xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse < 1L ) || ( xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse >= lInterfaceNumber ) )
{
printf( "\r\nERROR: configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE is set to %d, which is an invalid value.\r\n", xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse );
printf( "Please set configNETWORK_INTERFACE_TO_USE to one of the interface numbers listed above,\r\n" );
printf( "then re-compile and re-start the application. Only Ethernet (as opposed to WiFi)\r\n" );
printf( "interfaces are supported.\r\n\r\nHALTING\r\n\r\n\r\n" );
xInvalidInterfaceDetected = pdTRUE;
if( pxAllNetworkInterfaces != NULL )
{
/* Free the device list, as no devices are going to be opened. */
pcap_freealldevs( pxAllNetworkInterfaces );
pxAllNetworkInterfaces = NULL;
}
}
else
{
printf( "Attempting to open interface number %d.\n", xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse );
}
}
return pxAllNetworkInterfaces;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static int prvOpenInterface( const char *pucName )
{
static char pucInterfaceName[ 256 ];
if( pucName != NULL )
{
strncpy( pucInterfaceName, pucName, sizeof( pucInterfaceName ) );
}
pxOpenedInterfaceHandle = pcap_open( pucInterfaceName, /* The name of the selected interface. */
ipTOTAL_ETHERNET_FRAME_SIZE, /* The size of the packet to capture. */
PCAP_OPENFLAG_PROMISCUOUS, /* Open in promiscuous mode as the MAC and
IP address is going to be "simulated", and
not be the real MAC and IP address. This allows
traffic to the simulated IP address to be routed
to uIP, and traffic to the real IP address to be
routed to the Windows TCP/IP stack. */
100,
NULL, /* No authentication is required as this is
not a remote capture session. */
cErrorBuffer
);
if ( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle == NULL )
{
printf( "\n%s is not supported by WinPcap and cannot be opened\n", pucInterfaceName );
return 1;
}
else
{
/* Configure the capture filter to allow blocking reads, and to filter
out packets that are not of interest to this demo. */
prvConfigureCaptureBehaviour();
}
return 0;
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static void prvOpenSelectedNetworkInterface( pcap_if_t *pxAllNetworkInterfaces )
{
pcap_if_t *pxInterface;
int32_t x;
/* Walk the list of devices until the selected device is located. */
pxInterface = pxAllNetworkInterfaces;
for( x = 0L; x < ( xConfigNetworkInterfaceToUse - 1L ); x++ )
{
pxInterface = pxInterface->next;
}
/* Open the selected interface. */
if( prvOpenInterface( pxInterface->name ) == 0 )
{
printf( "Successfully opened interface number %d.\n", x + 1 );
}
else
{
printf( "Failed to open interface number %d.\n", x + 1 );
}
/* The device list is no longer required. */
pcap_freealldevs( pxAllNetworkInterfaces );
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static void prvConfigureCaptureBehaviour( void )
{
struct bpf_program xFilterCode;
uint32_t ulNetMask;
/* Set up a filter so only the packets of interest are passed to the IP
stack. cErrorBuffer is used for convenience to create the string. Don't
confuse this with an error message. */
sprintf( cErrorBuffer, "broadcast or multicast or ether host %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x",
ucMACAddress[0], ucMACAddress[1], ucMACAddress[2], ucMACAddress[3], ucMACAddress[4], ucMACAddress[5] );
ulNetMask = ( configNET_MASK3 << 24UL ) | ( configNET_MASK2 << 16UL ) | ( configNET_MASK1 << 8L ) | configNET_MASK0;
if( pcap_compile( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle, &xFilterCode, cErrorBuffer, 1, ulNetMask ) < 0 )
{
printf( "\nThe packet filter string is invalid\n" );
}
else
{
if( pcap_setfilter( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle, &xFilterCode ) < 0 )
{
printf( "\nAn error occurred setting the packet filter.\n" );
}
/* When pcap_compile() succeeds, it allocates memory for the memory pointed to by the bpf_program struct
parameter.pcap_freecode() will free that memory. */
pcap_freecode( &xFilterCode );
}
/* Create the buffers used to pass packets between the FreeRTOS simulator
and the Win32 threads that are handling WinPCAP. */
prvCreateThreadSafeBuffers();
if( pvSendEvent == NULL )
{
/* Create event used to signal the Win32 WinPCAP Tx thread. */
pvSendEvent = CreateEvent( NULL, FALSE, TRUE, NULL );
/* Create the Win32 thread that handles WinPCAP Rx. */
vWinPcapRecvThreadHandle = CreateThread(
NULL, /* Pointer to thread security attributes. */
0, /* Initial thread stack size, in bytes. */
prvWinPcapRecvThread, /* Pointer to thread function. */
NULL, /* Argument for new thread. */
0, /* Creation flags. */
NULL );
/* Use the cores that are not used by the FreeRTOS tasks. */
SetThreadAffinityMask( vWinPcapRecvThreadHandle, ~0x01u );
/* Create the Win32 thread that handlers WinPCAP Tx. */
vWinPcapSendThreadHandle = CreateThread(
NULL, /* Pointer to thread security attributes. */
0, /* initial thread stack size, in bytes. */
prvWinPcapSendThread, /* Pointer to thread function. */
NULL, /* Argument for new thread. */
0, /* Creation flags. */
NULL );
/* Use the cores that are not used by the FreeRTOS tasks. */
SetThreadAffinityMask( vWinPcapSendThreadHandle, ~0x01u );
/* Create a task that simulates an interrupt in a real system. This will
block waiting for packets, then send a message to the IP task when data
is available. */
xTaskCreate( prvInterruptSimulatorTask, "MAC_ISR", configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE, NULL, configMAC_ISR_SIMULATOR_PRIORITY, NULL );
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
/* WinPCAP function. */
void pcap_callback( u_char *user, const struct pcap_pkthdr *pkt_header, const u_char *pkt_data )
{
(void)user;
/* THIS IS CALLED FROM A WINDOWS THREAD - DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY FREERTOS CALLS
OR TO PRINT OUT MESSAGES HERE. */
/* Pass data to the FreeRTOS simulator on a thread safe circular buffer. */
if( ( pkt_header->caplen <= ( ipconfigNETWORK_MTU + ipSIZE_OF_ETH_HEADER ) ) &&
( uxStreamBufferGetSpace( xRecvBuffer ) >= ( ( ( size_t ) pkt_header->caplen ) + sizeof( *pkt_header ) ) ) )
{
uxStreamBufferAdd( xRecvBuffer, 0, ( const uint8_t* ) pkt_header, sizeof( *pkt_header ) );
uxStreamBufferAdd( xRecvBuffer, 0, ( const uint8_t* ) pkt_data, ( size_t ) pkt_header->caplen );
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
DWORD WINAPI prvWinPcapRecvThread ( void *pvParam )
{
( void ) pvParam;
/* THIS IS A WINDOWS THREAD - DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY FREERTOS CALLS OR TO PRINT
OUT MESSAGES HERE. */
for( ;; )
{
pcap_dispatch( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle, 1, pcap_callback, ( u_char * ) "mydata" );
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
DWORD WINAPI prvWinPcapSendThread( void *pvParam )
{
size_t xLength;
uint8_t ucBuffer[ ipconfigNETWORK_MTU + ipSIZE_OF_ETH_HEADER ];
static char cErrorMessage[ 1024 ];
const DWORD xMaxMSToWait = 1000;
/* THIS IS A WINDOWS THREAD - DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY FREERTOS CALLS OR TO PRINT
OUT MESSAGES HERE. */
/* Remove compiler warnings about unused parameters. */
( void ) pvParam;
for( ;; )
{
/* Wait until notified of something to send. */
WaitForSingleObject( pvSendEvent, xMaxMSToWait );
/* Is there more than the length value stored in the circular buffer
used to pass data from the FreeRTOS simulator into this Win32 thread? */
while( uxStreamBufferGetSize( xSendBuffer ) > sizeof( xLength ) )
{
uxStreamBufferGet( xSendBuffer, 0, ( uint8_t * ) &xLength, sizeof( xLength ), pdFALSE );
uxStreamBufferGet( xSendBuffer, 0, ( uint8_t* ) ucBuffer, xLength, pdFALSE );
if( pcap_sendpacket( pxOpenedInterfaceHandle, ucBuffer, xLength ) != 0 )
{
ulWinPCAPSendFailures++;
}
}
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static void prvInterruptSimulatorTask( void *pvParameters )
{
struct pcap_pkthdr xHeader;
static struct pcap_pkthdr *pxHeader;
const uint8_t *pucPacketData;
uint8_t ucRecvBuffer[ ipconfigNETWORK_MTU + ipSIZE_OF_ETH_HEADER ];
NetworkBufferDescriptor_t *pxNetworkBuffer;
IPStackEvent_t xRxEvent = { eNetworkRxEvent, NULL };
eFrameProcessingResult_t eResult;
/* Remove compiler warnings about unused parameters. */
( void ) pvParameters;
for( ;; )
{
/* Does the circular buffer used to pass data from the Win32 thread that
handles WinPCAP Rx into the FreeRTOS simulator contain another packet? */
if( uxStreamBufferGetSize( xRecvBuffer ) > sizeof( xHeader ) )
{
/* Get the next packet. */
uxStreamBufferGet( xRecvBuffer, 0, (uint8_t*)&xHeader, sizeof( xHeader ), pdFALSE );
uxStreamBufferGet( xRecvBuffer, 0, (uint8_t*)ucRecvBuffer, ( size_t ) xHeader.len, pdFALSE );
pucPacketData = ucRecvBuffer;
pxHeader = &xHeader;
iptraceNETWORK_INTERFACE_RECEIVE();
/* Check for minimal size. */
if( pxHeader->len >= sizeof( EthernetHeader_t ) )
{
eResult = ipCONSIDER_FRAME_FOR_PROCESSING( pucPacketData );
}
else
{
eResult = eReleaseBuffer;
}
if( eResult == eProcessBuffer )
{
/* Will the data fit into the frame buffer? */
if( pxHeader->len <= ipTOTAL_ETHERNET_FRAME_SIZE )
{
/* Obtain a buffer into which the data can be placed. This
is only an interrupt simulator, not a real interrupt, so it
is ok to call the task level function here, but note that
some buffer implementations cannot be called from a real
interrupt. */
pxNetworkBuffer = pxGetNetworkBufferWithDescriptor( pxHeader->len, 0 );
if( pxNetworkBuffer != NULL )
{
memcpy( pxNetworkBuffer->pucEthernetBuffer, pucPacketData, pxHeader->len );
pxNetworkBuffer->xDataLength = ( size_t ) pxHeader->len;
#if( niDISRUPT_PACKETS == 1 )
{
pxNetworkBuffer = vRxFaultInjection( pxNetworkBuffer, pucPacketData );
}
#endif /* niDISRUPT_PACKETS */
if( pxNetworkBuffer != NULL )
{
xRxEvent.pvData = ( void * ) pxNetworkBuffer;
/* Data was received and stored. Send a message to
the IP task to let it know. */
if( xSendEventStructToIPTask( &xRxEvent, ( TickType_t ) 0 ) == pdFAIL )
{
/* The buffer could not be sent to the stack so
must be released again. This is only an
interrupt simulator, not a real interrupt, so it
is ok to use the task level function here, but
note no all buffer implementations will allow
this function to be executed from a real
interrupt. */
vReleaseNetworkBufferAndDescriptor( pxNetworkBuffer );
iptraceETHERNET_RX_EVENT_LOST();
}
}
else
{
/* The packet was already released or stored inside
vRxFaultInjection(). Don't release it here. */
}
}
else
{
iptraceETHERNET_RX_EVENT_LOST();
}
}
else
{
/* Log that a packet was dropped because it would have
overflowed the buffer, but there may be more buffers to
process. */
}
}
}
else
{
/* There is no real way of simulating an interrupt. Make sure
other tasks can run. */
vTaskDelay( configWINDOWS_MAC_INTERRUPT_SIMULATOR_DELAY );
}
}
}
/*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
static const char *prvRemoveSpaces( char *pcBuffer, int aBuflen, const char *pcMessage )
{
char *pcTarget = pcBuffer;
/* Utility function used to formap messages being printed only. */
while( ( *pcMessage != 0 ) && ( pcTarget < ( pcBuffer + aBuflen - 1 ) ) )
{
*( pcTarget++ ) = *pcMessage;
if( isspace( *pcMessage ) != pdFALSE )
{
while( isspace( *pcMessage ) != pdFALSE )
{
pcMessage++;
}
}
else
{
pcMessage++;
}
}
*pcTarget = '\0';
return pcBuffer;
}