Thread: Ring of processes (litle test of comunication) !!!

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    Ring of processes (litle test of comunication) !!!

    Hello,

    I have this ring of process.

    Code:
       if (pipe (fd) == -1) {
          perror("Could not create pipe");
          exit(1);
       }
       if ((dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO) == -1) ||
           (dup2(fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)) {
          perror("Could not dup pipes");
          exit(1);
       }
       if ((close(fd[0]) == -1) || (close(fd[1]) == -1)) {
          perror("Could not close extra descriptors");
          exit(1);
       } 
            /* create the remaining processes with their connecting pipes */
       for (i = 1; i < nprocs;  i++) {
          if (pipe (fd) == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Could not create pipe %d: %s\n",
                i, strerror(errno));
             exit(1);
          }  
          if ((childpid = fork()) == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Could not create child %d: %s\n",
                i, strerror(errno));
             exit(1);
          }  
          if (childpid > 0)        /* for parent process, reassign stdout */
              error = dup2(fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
          else
              error = dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
          if (error == -1) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Could not dup pipes for iteration %d: %s\n",
                     i, strerror(errno));
             exit(1);
          }  
          if ((close(fd[0]) == -1) || (close(fd[1]) == -1)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Could not close extra descriptors %d: %s\n",
                    i, strerror(errno));
             exit(1);
          }
          if (childpid)
             break;
       }
      
       
       if (i!=nprocs) while (( wait(&status)==-1)&&(errno==EINTR));   
                                     
       fprintf(stderr, "This is process %d with ID %d and parent id %d\n",
          i, (int)getpid(), (int)getppid());
    
    exit (0);
    }
    I want to test the comunication between them, so i am trying to full-up a matrix of thier process IDs, I tried to write the IDs in several ways but I didn't succeed.

    This part of the code is to be inserted before the wait system call.

    Code:
       int status,  int next_ID,*ID;
    
       ID=calloc(nprocs,sizeof(int));   
       
       ID[0]=(int)getpid();
       next_ID=ID[0];  
       
       for (j=1;j<nprocs;j++){
       	
       		char * temp_buf;
       		temp_buf=malloc(100);   		
       		
       		sprintf(temp_buf,"%d",next_ID);
       		fwrite(temp_buf,sizeof(int),1,stdout);   		
       		
       		fread(temp_buf,sizeof(int),1,stdin);   		
       		next_ID=atoi(temp_buf);
       		
       		//fprintf(stdout,"%d",next_ID);
       		//fscanf(stdin,"%d",&next_ID);
       		//printf("%d",next_ID);
       		//scanf("%d",&next_ID);
       		
       		ID[j]=next_ID;
       		   		
       		free(temp_buf);
       }

    This to see if each process have the IDs of the others.

    Code:
    	for(j=0;j<nprocs ;j++){
       		fprintf(stderr, "		The element %d in the matrix is %d\n",j,ID[j]);
    The problem is that the program blocking and I don't know why. I thought that may be i should delay the process ID exchanges until all the ring is done but i didn't succeed also.



    Any idea of why this is not working ????

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    Call me AirBronto
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    you have way to much unreadable code going on and your variable nameing convetions need alot of work

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