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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 - David Goulet <david.goulet@polymtl.ca>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; only version 2
+ * of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <lttngerr.h>
+
+#include "ust-comm.h"
+
+/*
+ * Send msg containing a command to an UST application via sock and wait for
+ * the reply.
+ *
+ * Return -1 on error or if reply fails else return 0.
+ */
+int ustcomm_send_command(int sock, struct lttcomm_ust_msg *msg)
+{
+ ssize_t len;
+ struct lttcomm_ust_reply reply;
+
+ DBG("Sending UST command %d to sock %d", msg->cmd, sock);
+
+ /* Send UST msg */
+ len = lttcomm_send_unix_sock(sock, msg, sizeof(*msg));
+ if (len < 0) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ DBG("Receiving UST reply on sock %d", sock);
+
+ /* Get UST reply */
+ len = lttcomm_recv_unix_sock(sock, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+ if (len < 0) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (reply.ret_code != LTTCOMM_OK) {
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+
+error:
+ return -1;
+}