1 files changed, 79 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/perl/lib/Nix/SSH.pm b/perl/lib/Nix/SSH.pm
index 584c44500981..c8792043c20c 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Nix/SSH.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Nix/SSH.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
+package Nix::SSH;
+
 use strict;
 use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+use IPC::Open2;
+
+our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT = qw(
+  sshOpts openSSHConnection closeSSHConnection
+  readN readInt writeInt writeString writeStrings
+  connectToRemoteNix
+);
+
 
 our @sshOpts = split ' ', ($ENV{"NIX_SSHOPTS"} or "");
 
@@ -8,6 +19,7 @@ push @sshOpts, "-x";
 my $sshStarted = 0;
 my $sshHost;
 
+
 # Open a master SSH connection to `host', unless there already is a
 # running master connection (as determined by `-O check').
 sub openSSHConnection {
@@ -18,7 +30,7 @@ sub openSSHConnection {
 
     my $tmpDir = tempdir("nix-ssh.XXXXXX", CLEANUP => 1, TMPDIR => 1)
         or die "cannot create a temporary directory";
-    
+
     push @sshOpts, "-S", "$tmpDir/control";
 
     # Start the master.  We can't use the `-f' flag (fork into
@@ -39,6 +51,7 @@ sub openSSHConnection {
     return 0;
 }
 
+
 # Tell the master SSH client to exit.
 sub closeSSHConnection {
     if ($sshStarted) {
@@ -48,6 +61,70 @@ sub closeSSHConnection {
     }
 }
 
+
+sub readN {
+    my ($bytes, $from) = @_;
+    my $res = "";
+    while ($bytes > 0) {
+        my $s;
+        my $n = sysread($from, $s, $bytes);
+        die "I/O error reading from remote side\n" if !defined $n;
+        die "got EOF while expecting $bytes bytes from remote side\n" if !$n;
+        $bytes -= $n;
+        $res .= $s;
+    }
+    return $res;
+}
+
+
+sub readInt {
+    my ($from) = @_;
+    return unpack("L<x4", readN(8, $from));
+}
+
+
+sub writeInt {
+    my ($n, $to) = @_;
+    syswrite($to, pack("L<x4", $n)) or die;
+}
+
+
+sub writeString {
+    my ($s, $to) = @_;
+    my $len = length $s;
+    my $req .= pack("L<x4", $len);
+    $req .= $s;
+    $req .= "\000" x (8 - $len % 8) if $len % 8;
+    syswrite($to, $req) or die;
+}
+
+
+sub writeStrings {
+    my ($ss, $to) = @_;
+    writeInt(scalar(@{$ss}), $to);
+    writeString($_, $to) foreach @{$ss};
+}
+
+
+sub connectToRemoteNix {
+    my ($sshHost, $sshOpts) = @_;
+
+    # Start ‘nix-store --serve’ on the remote host.
+    my ($from, $to);
+    my $pid = open2($from, $to, "ssh $sshHost @{$sshOpts} nix-store --serve --write");
+
+    # Do the handshake.
+    my $SERVE_MAGIC_1 = 0x390c9deb; # FIXME
+    my $clientVersion = 0x200;
+    syswrite($to, pack("L<x4L<x4", $SERVE_MAGIC_1, $clientVersion)) or die;
+    die "did not get valid handshake from remote host\n" if readInt($from) != 0x5452eecb;
+    my $serverVersion = readInt($from);
+    die "unsupported server version\n" if $serverVersion < 0x200 || $serverVersion >= 0x300;
+
+    return ($from, $to, $pid);
+}
+
+
 END { my $saved = $?; closeSSHConnection; $? = $saved; }
 
-return 1;
+1;