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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ *
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+ * Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You may not use this file except in
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+ */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_GUARDED_H_
+#define _SYS_GUARDED_H_
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+#ifdef PRIVATE
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+#if !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) || defined(_DARWIN_C_SOURCE)
+
+#ifndef _GUARDID_T
+#define _GUARDID_T
+typedef __uint64_t guardid_t;
+#endif /* _GUARDID_T */
+
+#if !defined(KERNEL)
+extern int guarded_open_np(const char *path,
+ const guardid_t *guard, u_int guardflags, int flags, ...);
+extern int guarded_kqueue_np(const guardid_t *guard, u_int guardflags);
+extern int guarded_close_np(int fd, const guardid_t *guard);
+extern int change_fdguard_np(int fd, const guardid_t *guard, u_int guardflags,
+ const guardid_t *nguard, u_int nguardflags, int *fdflagsp);
+#endif /* KERNEL */
+
+/*
+ * Guard types.
+ *
+ * GUARD_TYPE_FD: Guarded file descriptor.
+ */
+#define GUARD_TYPE_FD 0x2
+
+/*
+ * File descriptor guard flavors.
+ */
+
+/* Forbid close(2), and the implicit close() that a dup2(2) may do.
+ * Forces close-on-fork to be set immutably too.
+ */
+#define GUARD_CLOSE (1u << 0)
+
+/*
+ * Forbid dup(2), dup2(2), and fcntl(2) subcodes F_DUPFD, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC
+ * on a guarded fd. Also forbids open's of a guarded fd via /dev/fd/
+ * (an implicit dup.)
+ */
+#define GUARD_DUP (1u << 1)
+
+/*
+ * Forbid sending a guarded fd via a socket
+ */
+#define GUARD_SOCKET_IPC (1u << 2)
+
+/*
+ * Forbid creating a fileport from a guarded fd
+ */
+#define GUARD_FILEPORT (1u << 3)
+
+/*
+ * Violating a guard results in an error (EPERM), and potentially
+ * an exception with one or more of the following bits set.
+ */
+enum guard_exception_codes {
+ kGUARD_EXC_CLOSE = 1u << 0, /* close of a guarded fd */
+ kGUARD_EXC_DUP = 1u << 1, /* dup of a guarded fd */
+ kGUARD_EXC_NOCLOEXEC = 1u << 2, /* clear close-on-exec */
+ kGUARD_EXC_SOCKET_IPC = 1u << 3, /* sendmsg of a guarded fd */
+ kGUARD_EXC_FILEPORT = 1u << 4, /* fileport_makeport .. */
+ kGUARD_EXC_MISMATCH = 1u << 5 /* wrong guard for guarded fd */
+};
+
+#endif /* (!_POSIX_C_SOURCE || _DARWIN_C_SOURCE) */
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* PRIVATE */
+
+#endif /* !_SYS_GUARDED_H_ */