Add some Rust utility functions and print support

This gives an indication in the log that Tor was built with Rust
support, as well as laying some groundwork for further string-returning
APIs to be converted to Rust

3 files changed, 73 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/compat_rust.c b/src/common/compat_rust.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..366fd4037b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/compat_rust.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2017, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file rust_compat.c
+ * \brief Rust FFI compatibility functions and helpers. This file is only built
+ * if Rust is not used.
+ **/
+
+#include "compat_rust.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+/**
+ * Free storage pointed to by <b>str</b>, and itself.
+ */
+void
+rust_str_free(rust_str_t str)
+{
+    char *s = (char *)str;
+    tor_free(s);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return zero-terminated contained string.
+ */
+const char *
+rust_str_get(const rust_str_t str)
+{
+    return (const char *)str;
+}
+
+/* If we were using Rust, we'd say so on startup. */
+rust_str_t
+rust_welcome_string(void)
+{
+    char *s = tor_malloc_zero(1);
+    return (rust_str_t)s;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/common/compat_rust.h b/src/common/compat_rust.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..752a29b56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/compat_rust.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2017, The Tor Project, Inc. */
+/* See LICENSE for licensing information */
+
+/**
+ * \file rust_compat.h
+ * \brief Headers for rust_compat.c
+ **/
+
+#ifndef TOR_RUST_COMPAT_H
+#define TOR_RUST_COMPAT_H
+
+#include "torint.h"
+
+/**
+ * Strings allocated in Rust must be freed from Rust code again. Let's make
+ * it less likely to accidentally mess up and call tor_free() on it, because
+ * currently it'll just work but might break at any time.
+ */
+typedef uintptr_t rust_str_t;
+
+void rust_str_free(rust_str_t);
+
+const char *rust_str_get(const rust_str_t);
+
+rust_str_t rust_welcome_string(void);
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/common/include.am b/src/common/include.am
index e285ef5f86..b37b363b82 100644
--- a/src/common/include.am
+++ b/src/common/include.am
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ LIBOR_A_SRC = \
   $(threads_impl_source)				\
   $(readpassphrase_source)
 
+if USE_RUST
+else
+LIBOR_A_SRC += src/common/compat_rust.c
+endif
+
 src/common/src_common_libor_testing_a-log.$(OBJEXT) \
   src/common/log.$(OBJEXT): micro-revision.i
 
@@ -146,6 +151,7 @@ COMMONHEADERS = \
   src/common/compat.h				\
   src/common/compat_libevent.h			\
   src/common/compat_openssl.h			\
+  src/common/compat_rust.h			\
   src/common/compat_threads.h			\
   src/common/compat_time.h			\
   src/common/compress.h			\