Trying to make full suite pass with uds

Type hint all ctx managers in _ringbuf.py
Remove unnecesary send lock on ring chan sender
Handle EOF on ring chan receiver
Rename ringbuf tests to make it less redundant

default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+let
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    uv
+  ];
+
+in
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  inherit nativeBuildInputs;
+
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath nativeBuildInputs;
+  TMPDIR = "/tmp";
+
+  shellHook = ''
+    set -e
+    uv venv .venv --python=3.11
+  '';
+}

examples/service_discovery.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ async def main(service_name):
     async with tractor.open_nursery() as an:
         await an.start_actor(service_name)
 
-        async with tractor.get_registry('127.0.0.1', 1616) as portal:
+        async with tractor.get_registry() as portal:
             print(f"Arbiter is listening on {portal.channel}")
 
         async with tractor.wait_for_actor(service_name) as sockaddr:

pyproject.toml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pdbp>=1.6,<2", # windows only (from `pdbp`)
   # typed IPC msging
   "msgspec>=0.19.0",
+  "cffi>=1.17.1",
 ]
 
 # ------ project ------

tests/test_discovery.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async def test_reg_then_unreg(reg_addr):
         portal = await n.start_actor('actor', enable_modules=[__name__])
         uid = portal.channel.uid
 
-        async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as aportal:
+        async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as aportal:
             # this local actor should be the arbiter
             assert actor is aportal.actor
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ async def spawn_and_check_registry(
     async with tractor.open_root_actor(
         registry_addrs=[reg_addr],
     ):
-        async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as portal:
+        async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as portal:
             # runtime needs to be up to call this
             actor = tractor.current_actor()
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ async def close_chans_before_nursery(
     async with tractor.open_root_actor(
         registry_addrs=[reg_addr],
     ):
-        async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as aportal:
+        async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as aportal:
             try:
                 get_reg = partial(unpack_reg, aportal)
 

tests/test_docs_examples.py

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ def run_example_in_subproc(
         # due to backpressure!!!
         proc = testdir.popen(
             cmdargs,
+            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
             **kwargs,
         )
         assert not proc.returncode
@@ -119,10 +122,14 @@ def test_example(
         code = ex.read()
 
         with run_example_in_subproc(code) as proc:
-            proc.wait()
-            err, _ = proc.stderr.read(), proc.stdout.read()
-            # print(f'STDERR: {err}')
-            # print(f'STDOUT: {out}')
+            err = None
+            try:
+                if not proc.poll():
+                    _, err = proc.communicate(timeout=15)
+
+            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as e:
+                proc.kill()
+                err = e.stderr
 
             # if we get some gnarly output let's aggregate and raise
             if err:

tests/test_eventfd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import trio
+import pytest
+from tractor.ipc import (
+    open_eventfd,
+    EFDReadCancelled,
+    EventFD
+)
+
+
+def test_eventfd_read_cancellation():
+    '''
+    Ensure EventFD.read raises EFDReadCancelled if EventFD.close()
+    is called.
+
+    '''
+    fd = open_eventfd()
+
+    async def _read(event: EventFD):
+        with pytest.raises(EFDReadCancelled):
+            await event.read()
+
+    async def main():
+        async with trio.open_nursery() as n:
+            with (
+                EventFD(fd, 'w') as event,
+                trio.fail_after(3)
+            ):
+                n.start_soon(_read, event)
+                await trio.sleep(0.2)
+                event.close()
+
+    trio.run(main)

tests/test_inter_peer_cancellation.py

@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ async def serve_subactors(
                 )
                 await ipc.send((
                     peer.chan.uid,
-                    peer.chan.raddr,
+                    peer.chan.raddr.unwrap(),
                 ))
 
         print('Spawner exiting spawn serve loop!')

tests/test_local.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async def test_self_is_registered_localportal(reg_addr):
     "Verify waiting on the arbiter to register itself using a local portal."
     actor = tractor.current_actor()
     assert actor.is_arbiter
-    async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as portal:
+    async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as portal:
         assert isinstance(portal, tractor._portal.LocalPortal)
 
         with trio.fail_after(0.2):

tests/test_multi_program.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def test_abort_on_sigint(daemon):
 @tractor_test
 async def test_cancel_remote_arbiter(daemon, reg_addr):
     assert not tractor.current_actor().is_arbiter
-    async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as portal:
+    async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as portal:
         await portal.cancel_actor()
 
     time.sleep(0.1)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def test_cancel_remote_arbiter(daemon, reg_addr):
 
     # no arbiter socket should exist
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
-        async with tractor.get_registry(*reg_addr) as portal:
+        async with tractor.get_registry(reg_addr) as portal:
             pass
 
 

tests/test_ringbuf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,423 @@
+import time
+import hashlib
+
+import trio
+import pytest
+import tractor
+from tractor.ipc import (
+    open_ringbuf,
+    attach_to_ringbuf_receiver,
+    attach_to_ringbuf_sender,
+    attach_to_ringbuf_stream,
+    attach_to_ringbuf_channel,
+    RBToken,
+)
+from tractor._testing.samples import (
+    generate_single_byte_msgs,
+    generate_sample_messages
+)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_read_shm(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    msg_amount: int,
+    token: RBToken,
+) -> str:
+    '''
+    Sub-actor used in `test_ringbuf`.
+
+    Attach to a ringbuf and receive all messages until end of stream.
+    Keep track of how many bytes received and also calculate 
+    sha256 of the whole byte stream.
+
+    Calculate and print performance stats, finally return calculated
+    hash.
+
+    '''
+    await ctx.started()
+    print('reader started')
+    recvd_bytes = 0
+    recvd_hash = hashlib.sha256()
+    start_ts = time.time()
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(token) as receiver:
+        async for msg in receiver:
+            recvd_hash.update(msg)
+            recvd_bytes += len(msg)
+
+    end_ts = time.time()
+    elapsed = end_ts - start_ts
+    elapsed_ms = int(elapsed * 1000)
+
+    print(f'\n\telapsed ms: {elapsed_ms}')
+    print(f'\tmsg/sec: {int(msg_amount / elapsed):,}')
+    print(f'\tbytes/sec: {int(recvd_bytes / elapsed):,}')
+    print(f'\treceived bytes: {recvd_bytes:,}')
+
+    return recvd_hash.hexdigest()
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_write_shm(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    msg_amount: int,
+    rand_min: int,
+    rand_max: int,
+    token: RBToken,
+) -> None:
+    '''
+    Sub-actor used in `test_ringbuf`
+
+    Generate `msg_amount` payloads with
+    `random.randint(rand_min, rand_max)` random bytes at the end,
+    Calculate sha256 hash and send it to parent on `ctx.started`.
+
+    Attach to ringbuf and send all generated messages.
+
+    '''
+    msgs, _total_bytes = generate_sample_messages(
+        msg_amount,
+        rand_min=rand_min,
+        rand_max=rand_max,
+    )
+    print('writer hashing payload...')
+    sent_hash = hashlib.sha256(b''.join(msgs)).hexdigest()
+    print('writer done hashing.')
+    await ctx.started(sent_hash)
+    print('writer started')
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_sender(token, cleanup=False) as sender:
+        for msg in msgs:
+            await sender.send_all(msg)
+
+    print('writer exit')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'msg_amount,rand_min,rand_max,buf_size',
+    [
+        # simple case, fixed payloads, large buffer
+        (100_000, 0, 0, 10 * 1024),
+
+        # guaranteed wrap around on every write
+        (100, 10 * 1024, 20 * 1024, 10 * 1024),
+
+        # large payload size, but large buffer
+        (10_000, 256 * 1024, 512 * 1024, 10 * 1024 * 1024)
+    ],
+    ids=[
+        'fixed_payloads_large_buffer',
+        'wrap_around_every_write',
+        'large_payloads_large_buffer',
+    ]
+)
+def test_ringbuf(
+    msg_amount: int,
+    rand_min: int,
+    rand_max: int,
+    buf_size: int
+):
+    '''
+    - Open a new ring buf on root actor
+    - Open `child_write_shm` ctx in sub-actor which will generate a
+    random payload and send its hash on `ctx.started`, finally sending
+    the payload through the stream.
+    - Open `child_read_shm` ctx in sub-actor which will receive the
+    payload, calculate perf stats and return the hash.
+    - Compare both hashes
+
+    '''
+    async def main():
+        with open_ringbuf(
+            'test_ringbuf',
+            buf_size=buf_size
+        ) as token:
+            proc_kwargs = {'pass_fds': token.fds}
+
+            async with tractor.open_nursery() as an:
+                send_p = await an.start_actor(
+                    'ring_sender',
+                    enable_modules=[__name__],
+                    proc_kwargs=proc_kwargs
+                )
+                recv_p = await an.start_actor(
+                    'ring_receiver',
+                    enable_modules=[__name__],
+                    proc_kwargs=proc_kwargs
+                )
+                async with (
+                    send_p.open_context(
+                        child_write_shm,
+                        token=token,
+                        msg_amount=msg_amount,
+                        rand_min=rand_min,
+                        rand_max=rand_max,
+                    ) as (_sctx, sent_hash),
+                    recv_p.open_context(
+                        child_read_shm,
+                        token=token,
+                        msg_amount=msg_amount
+                    ) as (rctx, _sent),
+                ):
+                    recvd_hash = await rctx.result()
+
+                    assert sent_hash == recvd_hash
+
+                await send_p.cancel_actor()
+                await recv_p.cancel_actor()
+
+
+    trio.run(main)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_blocked_receiver(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    token: RBToken
+):
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(token) as receiver:
+        await ctx.started()
+        await receiver.receive_some()
+
+
+def test_reader_cancel():
+    '''
+    Test that a receiver blocked on eventfd(2) read responds to
+    cancellation.
+
+    '''
+    async def main():
+        with open_ringbuf('test_ring_cancel_reader') as token:
+            async with (
+                tractor.open_nursery() as an,
+                attach_to_ringbuf_sender(token) as _sender,
+            ):
+                recv_p = await an.start_actor(
+                    'ring_blocked_receiver',
+                    enable_modules=[__name__],
+                    proc_kwargs={
+                        'pass_fds': token.fds
+                    }
+                )
+                async with (
+                    recv_p.open_context(
+                        child_blocked_receiver,
+                        token=token
+                    ) as (sctx, _sent),
+                ):
+                    await trio.sleep(1)
+                    await an.cancel()
+
+
+    with pytest.raises(tractor._exceptions.ContextCancelled):
+        trio.run(main)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_blocked_sender(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    token: RBToken
+):
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_sender(token) as sender:
+        await ctx.started()
+        await sender.send_all(b'this will wrap')
+
+
+def test_sender_cancel():
+    '''
+    Test that a sender blocked on eventfd(2) read responds to
+    cancellation.
+
+    '''
+    async def main():
+        with open_ringbuf(
+            'test_ring_cancel_sender',
+            buf_size=1
+        ) as token:
+            async with tractor.open_nursery() as an:
+                recv_p = await an.start_actor(
+                    'ring_blocked_sender',
+                    enable_modules=[__name__],
+                    proc_kwargs={
+                        'pass_fds': token.fds
+                    }
+                )
+                async with (
+                    recv_p.open_context(
+                        child_blocked_sender,
+                        token=token
+                    ) as (sctx, _sent),
+                ):
+                    await trio.sleep(1)
+                    await an.cancel()
+
+
+    with pytest.raises(tractor._exceptions.ContextCancelled):
+        trio.run(main)
+
+
+def test_receiver_max_bytes():
+    '''
+    Test that RingBuffReceiver.receive_some's max_bytes optional
+    argument works correctly, send a msg of size 100, then
+    force receive of messages with max_bytes == 1, wait until
+    100 of these messages are received, then compare join of
+    msgs with original message
+
+    '''
+    msg = generate_single_byte_msgs(100)
+    msgs = []
+
+    async def main():
+        with open_ringbuf(
+            'test_ringbuf_max_bytes',
+            buf_size=10
+        ) as token:
+            async with (
+                trio.open_nursery() as n,
+                attach_to_ringbuf_sender(token, cleanup=False) as sender,
+                attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(token, cleanup=False) as receiver
+            ):
+                async def _send_and_close():
+                    await sender.send_all(msg)
+                    await sender.aclose()
+
+                n.start_soon(_send_and_close)
+                while len(msgs) < len(msg):
+                    msg_part = await receiver.receive_some(max_bytes=1)
+                    assert len(msg_part) == 1
+                    msgs.append(msg_part)
+
+    trio.run(main)
+    assert msg == b''.join(msgs)
+
+
+def test_stapled_ringbuf():
+    '''
+    Open two ringbufs and give tokens to tasks (swap them such that in/out tokens
+    are inversed on each task) which will open the streams and use trio.StapledStream
+    to have a single bidirectional stream.
+
+    Then take turns to send and receive messages.
+
+    '''
+    msg = generate_single_byte_msgs(100)
+    pair_0_msgs = []
+    pair_1_msgs = []
+
+    pair_0_done = trio.Event()
+    pair_1_done = trio.Event()
+
+    async def pair_0(token_in: RBToken, token_out: RBToken):
+        async with attach_to_ringbuf_stream(
+            token_in,
+            token_out,
+            cleanup_in=False,
+            cleanup_out=False
+        ) as stream:
+            # first turn to send
+            await stream.send_all(msg)
+
+            # second turn to receive
+            while len(pair_0_msgs) != len(msg):
+                _msg = await stream.receive_some(max_bytes=1)
+                pair_0_msgs.append(_msg)
+
+            pair_0_done.set()
+            await pair_1_done.wait()
+
+
+    async def pair_1(token_in: RBToken, token_out: RBToken):
+        async with attach_to_ringbuf_stream(
+            token_in,
+            token_out,
+            cleanup_in=False,
+            cleanup_out=False
+        ) as stream:
+            # first turn to receive
+            while len(pair_1_msgs) != len(msg):
+                _msg = await stream.receive_some(max_bytes=1)
+                pair_1_msgs.append(_msg)
+
+            # second turn to send
+            await stream.send_all(msg)
+
+            pair_1_done.set()
+            await pair_0_done.wait()
+
+
+    async def main():
+        with tractor.ipc.open_ringbuf_pair(
+            'test_stapled_ringbuf'
+        ) as (token_0, token_1):
+            async with trio.open_nursery() as n:
+                n.start_soon(pair_0, token_0, token_1)
+                n.start_soon(pair_1, token_1, token_0)
+
+
+    trio.run(main)
+
+    assert msg == b''.join(pair_0_msgs)
+    assert msg == b''.join(pair_1_msgs)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_channel_sender(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    msg_amount_min: int,
+    msg_amount_max: int,
+    token_in: RBToken,
+    token_out: RBToken
+):
+    import random
+    msgs, _total_bytes = generate_sample_messages(
+        random.randint(msg_amount_min, msg_amount_max),
+        rand_min=256,
+        rand_max=1024,
+    )
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_channel(
+        token_in,
+        token_out
+    ) as chan:
+        await ctx.started(msgs)
+
+        for msg in msgs:
+            await chan.send(msg)
+
+
+def test_channel():
+
+    msg_amount_min = 100
+    msg_amount_max = 1000
+
+    async def main():
+        with tractor.ipc.open_ringbuf_pair(
+            'test_ringbuf_transport'
+        ) as (token_0, token_1):
+            async with (
+                attach_to_ringbuf_channel(token_0, token_1) as chan,
+                tractor.open_nursery() as an
+            ):
+                recv_p = await an.start_actor(
+                    'test_ringbuf_transport_sender',
+                    enable_modules=[__name__],
+                    proc_kwargs={
+                        'pass_fds': token_0.fds + token_1.fds
+                    }
+                )
+                async with (
+                    recv_p.open_context(
+                        child_channel_sender,
+                        msg_amount_min=msg_amount_min,
+                        msg_amount_max=msg_amount_max,
+                        token_in=token_1,
+                        token_out=token_0
+                    ) as (ctx, msgs),
+                ):
+                    recv_msgs = []
+                    async for msg in chan:
+                        recv_msgs.append(msg)
+
+                    await recv_p.cancel_actor()
+                    assert recv_msgs == msgs
+
+    trio.run(main)

tests/test_shm.py

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""
+Shared mem primitives and APIs.
+
+"""
+import uuid
+
+# import numpy
+import pytest
+import trio
+import tractor
+from tractor.ipc._shm import (
+    open_shm_list,
+    attach_shm_list,
+)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_attach_shml_alot(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    shm_key: str,
+) -> None:
+
+    await ctx.started(shm_key)
+
+    # now try to attach a boatload of times in a loop..
+    for _ in range(1000):
+        shml = attach_shm_list(
+            key=shm_key,
+            readonly=False,
+        )
+        assert shml.shm.name == shm_key
+        await trio.sleep(0.001)
+
+
+def test_child_attaches_alot():
+    async def main():
+        async with tractor.open_nursery() as an:
+
+            # allocate writeable list in parent
+            key = f'shml_{uuid.uuid4()}'
+            shml = open_shm_list(
+                key=key,
+            )
+
+            portal = await an.start_actor(
+                'shm_attacher',
+                enable_modules=[__name__],
+            )
+
+            async with (
+                portal.open_context(
+                    child_attach_shml_alot,
+                    shm_key=shml.key,
+                ) as (ctx, start_val),
+            ):
+                assert start_val == key
+                await ctx.result()
+
+            await portal.cancel_actor()
+
+    trio.run(main)
+
+
+@tractor.context
+async def child_read_shm_list(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    shm_key: str,
+    use_str: bool,
+    frame_size: int,
+) -> None:
+
+    # attach in child
+    shml = attach_shm_list(
+        key=shm_key,
+        # dtype=str if use_str else float,
+    )
+    await ctx.started(shml.key)
+
+    async with ctx.open_stream() as stream:
+        async for i in stream:
+            print(f'(child): reading shm list index: {i}')
+
+            if use_str:
+                expect = str(float(i))
+            else:
+                expect = float(i)
+
+            if frame_size == 1:
+                val = shml[i]
+                assert expect == val
+                print(f'(child): reading value: {val}')
+            else:
+                frame = shml[i - frame_size:i]
+                print(f'(child): reading frame: {frame}')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'use_str',
+    [False, True],
+    ids=lambda i: f'use_str_values={i}',
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'frame_size',
+    [1, 2**6, 2**10],
+    ids=lambda i: f'frame_size={i}',
+)
+def test_parent_writer_child_reader(
+    use_str: bool,
+    frame_size: int,
+):
+
+    async def main():
+        async with tractor.open_nursery(
+            # debug_mode=True,
+        ) as an:
+
+            portal = await an.start_actor(
+                'shm_reader',
+                enable_modules=[__name__],
+                debug_mode=True,
+            )
+
+            # allocate writeable list in parent
+            key = 'shm_list'
+            seq_size = int(2 * 2 ** 10)
+            shml = open_shm_list(
+                key=key,
+                size=seq_size,
+                dtype=str if use_str else float,
+                readonly=False,
+            )
+
+            async with (
+                portal.open_context(
+                    child_read_shm_list,
+                    shm_key=key,
+                    use_str=use_str,
+                    frame_size=frame_size,
+                ) as (ctx, sent),
+
+                ctx.open_stream() as stream,
+            ):
+
+                assert sent == key
+
+                for i in range(seq_size):
+
+                    val = float(i)
+                    if use_str:
+                        val = str(val)
+
+                    # print(f'(parent): writing {val}')
+                    shml[i] = val
+
+                    # only on frame fills do we
+                    # signal to the child that a frame's
+                    # worth is ready.
+                    if (i % frame_size) == 0:
+                        print(f'(parent): signalling frame full on {val}')
+                        await stream.send(i)
+                else:
+                    print(f'(parent): signalling final frame on {val}')
+                    await stream.send(i)
+
+            await portal.cancel_actor()
+
+    trio.run(main)

tests/test_spawning.py

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async def movie_theatre_question():
 async def test_movie_theatre_convo(start_method):
     """The main ``tractor`` routine.
     """
-    async with tractor.open_nursery() as n:
+    async with tractor.open_nursery(debug_mode=True) as n:
 
         portal = await n.start_actor(
             'frank',

tractor/__init__.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ from ._root import (
     run_daemon as run_daemon,
     open_root_actor as open_root_actor,
 )
-from ._ipc import Channel as Channel
+from .ipc import Channel as Channel
 from ._portal import Portal as Portal
 from ._runtime import Actor as Actor
 # from . import hilevel as hilevel

tractor/_addr.py

@@ -0,0 +1,310 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from __future__ import annotations
+import os
+import tempfile
+from uuid import uuid4
+from typing import (
+    Protocol,
+    ClassVar,
+    TypeVar,
+    Union,
+    Type
+)
+
+import trio
+from trio import socket
+
+
+NamespaceType = TypeVar('NamespaceType')
+AddressType = TypeVar('AddressType')
+StreamType = TypeVar('StreamType')
+ListenerType = TypeVar('ListenerType')
+
+
+class Address(Protocol[
+    NamespaceType,
+    AddressType,
+    StreamType,
+    ListenerType
+]):
+
+    name_key: ClassVar[str]
+    address_type: ClassVar[Type[AddressType]]
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        ...
+
+    @property
+    def namespace(self) -> NamespaceType|None:
+        ...
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_addr(cls, addr: AddressType) -> Address:
+        ...
+
+    def unwrap(self) -> AddressType:
+        ...
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_random(cls, namespace: NamespaceType | None = None) -> Address:
+        ...
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_root(cls) -> Address:
+        ...
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        ...
+
+    async def open_stream(self, **kwargs) -> StreamType:
+        ...
+
+    async def open_listener(self, **kwargs) -> ListenerType:
+        ...
+
+    async def close_listener(self):
+        ...
+
+
+class TCPAddress(Address[
+    str,
+    tuple[str, int],
+    trio.SocketStream,
+    trio.SocketListener
+]):
+
+    name_key: str = 'tcp'
+    address_type: type = tuple[str, int]
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        host: str,
+        port: int
+    ):
+        if (
+            not isinstance(host, str)
+            or
+            not isinstance(port, int)
+        ):
+            raise TypeError(f'Expected host {host} to be str and port {port} to be int')
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        return self._port != 0
+
+    @property
+    def namespace(self) -> str:
+        return self._host
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_addr(cls, addr: tuple[str, int]) -> TCPAddress:
+        return TCPAddress(addr[0], addr[1])
+
+    def unwrap(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
+        return self._host, self._port
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_random(cls, namespace: str = '127.0.0.1') -> TCPAddress:
+        return TCPAddress(namespace, 0)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_root(cls) -> Address:
+        return TCPAddress('127.0.0.1', 1616)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f'{type(self)} @ {self.unwrap()}'
+
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if not isinstance(other, TCPAddress):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f'Can not compare {type(other)} with {type(self)}'
+            )
+
+        return (
+            self._host == other._host
+            and
+            self._port == other._port
+        )
+
+    async def open_stream(self, **kwargs) -> trio.SocketStream:
+        stream = await trio.open_tcp_stream(
+            self._host,
+            self._port,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        self._host, self._port = stream.socket.getsockname()[:2]
+        return stream
+
+    async def open_listener(self, **kwargs) -> trio.SocketListener:
+        listeners = await trio.open_tcp_listeners(
+            host=self._host,
+            port=self._port,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        assert len(listeners) == 1
+        listener = listeners[0]
+        self._host, self._port = listener.socket.getsockname()[:2]
+        return listener
+
+    async def close_listener(self):
+        ...
+
+
+class UDSAddress(Address[
+    None,
+    str,
+    trio.SocketStream,
+    trio.SocketListener
+]):
+
+    name_key: str = 'uds'
+    address_type: type = str
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        filepath: str
+    ):
+        self._filepath = filepath
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def namespace(self) -> None:
+        return
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_addr(cls, filepath: str) -> UDSAddress:
+        return UDSAddress(filepath)
+
+    def unwrap(self) -> str:
+        return self._filepath
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_random(cls, namespace: None = None) -> UDSAddress:
+        return UDSAddress(f'{tempfile.gettempdir()}/{uuid4()}.sock')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_root(cls) -> Address:
+        return UDSAddress('tractor.sock')
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f'{type(self)} @ {self._filepath}'
+
+    def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
+        if not isinstance(other, UDSAddress):
+            raise TypeError(
+                f'Can not compare {type(other)} with {type(self)}'
+            )
+
+        return self._filepath == other._filepath
+
+    async def open_stream(self, **kwargs) -> trio.SocketStream:
+        stream = await trio.open_unix_socket(
+            self._filepath,
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        return stream
+
+    async def open_listener(self, **kwargs) -> trio.SocketListener:
+        self._sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        await self._sock.bind(self._filepath)
+        self._sock.listen(1)
+        return trio.SocketListener(self._sock)
+
+    async def close_listener(self):
+        self._sock.close()
+        os.unlink(self._filepath)
+
+
+preferred_transport = 'uds'
+
+
+_address_types = (
+    TCPAddress,
+    UDSAddress
+)
+
+
+_default_addrs: dict[str, Type[Address]] = {
+    cls.name_key: cls
+    for cls in _address_types
+}
+
+
+AddressTypes = Union[
+    tuple([
+        cls.address_type
+        for cls in _address_types
+    ])
+]
+
+
+_default_lo_addrs: dict[
+    str,
+    AddressTypes
+] = {
+    cls.name_key: cls.get_root().unwrap()
+    for cls in _address_types
+}
+
+
+def get_address_cls(name: str) -> Type[Address]:
+    return _default_addrs[name]
+
+
+def is_wrapped_addr(addr: any) -> bool:
+    return type(addr) in _address_types
+
+
+def wrap_address(addr: AddressTypes) -> Address:
+
+    if is_wrapped_addr(addr):
+        return addr
+
+    cls = None
+    match addr:
+        case str():
+            cls = UDSAddress
+
+        case tuple() | list():
+            cls = TCPAddress
+
+        case None:
+            cls = get_address_cls(preferred_transport)
+            addr = cls.get_root().unwrap()
+
+        case _:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f'Can not wrap addr {addr} of type {type(addr)}'
+            )
+
+    return cls.from_addr(addr)
+
+
+def default_lo_addrs(transports: list[str]) -> list[AddressTypes]:
+    return [
+        _default_lo_addrs[transport]
+        for transport in transports
+    ]

tractor/_child.py

@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ def parse_uid(arg):
     return str(name), str(uuid)  # ensures str encoding
 
 def parse_ipaddr(arg):
-    host, port = literal_eval(arg)
-    return (str(host), int(port))
+    try:
+        return literal_eval(arg)
+
+    except (ValueError, SyntaxError):
+        # UDS: try to interpret as a straight up str
+        return arg
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

tractor/_context.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ from .msg import (
     pretty_struct,
     _ops as msgops,
 )
-from ._ipc import (
+from .ipc import (
     Channel,
 )
 from ._streaming import (
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ from ._state import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ._portal import Portal
     from ._runtime import Actor
-    from ._ipc import MsgTransport
+    from .ipc import MsgTransport
     from .devx._frame_stack import (
         CallerInfo,
     )
@@ -859,19 +859,10 @@ class Context:
     @property
     def dst_maddr(self) -> str:
         chan: Channel = self.chan
-        dst_addr, dst_port = chan.raddr
         trans: MsgTransport = chan.transport
         # cid: str = self.cid
         # cid_head, cid_tail = cid[:6], cid[-6:]
-        return (
-            f'/ipv4/{dst_addr}'
-            f'/{trans.name_key}/{dst_port}'
-            # f'/{self.chan.uid[0]}'
-            # f'/{self.cid}'
-
-            # f'/cid={cid_head}..{cid_tail}'
-            # TODO: ? not use this ^ right ?
-        )
+        return trans.maddr
 
     dmaddr = dst_maddr
 

tractor/_discovery.py

@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager as acm
 
 from tractor.log import get_logger
 from .trionics import gather_contexts
-from ._ipc import _connect_chan, Channel
+from .ipc import _connect_chan, Channel
+from ._addr import (
+    AddressTypes,
+    Address,
+    preferred_transport,
+    wrap_address
+)
 from ._portal import (
     Portal,
     open_portal,
@@ -48,11 +54,7 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 @acm
-async def get_registry(
-    host: str,
-    port: int,
-
-) -> AsyncGenerator[
+async def get_registry(addr: AddressTypes | None = None) -> AsyncGenerator[
     Portal | LocalPortal | None,
     None,
 ]:
@@ -69,13 +71,13 @@ async def get_registry(
         # (likely a re-entrant call from the arbiter actor)
         yield LocalPortal(
             actor,
-            Channel((host, port))
+            await Channel.from_addr(addr)
         )
     else:
         # TODO: try to look pre-existing connection from
         # `Actor._peers` and use it instead?
         async with (
-            _connect_chan(host, port) as chan,
+            _connect_chan(addr) as chan,
             open_portal(chan) as regstr_ptl,
         ):
             yield regstr_ptl
@@ -89,11 +91,10 @@ async def get_root(
 
     # TODO: rename mailbox to `_root_maddr` when we finally
     # add and impl libp2p multi-addrs?
-    host, port = _runtime_vars['_root_mailbox']
-    assert host is not None
+    addr = _runtime_vars['_root_mailbox']
 
     async with (
-        _connect_chan(host, port) as chan,
+        _connect_chan(addr) as chan,
         open_portal(chan, **kwargs) as portal,
     ):
         yield portal
@@ -134,10 +135,10 @@ def get_peer_by_name(
 @acm
 async def query_actor(
     name: str,
-    regaddr: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
+    regaddr: AddressTypes|None = None,
 
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[
-    tuple[str, int]|None,
+    AddressTypes|None,
     None,
 ]:
     '''
@@ -163,31 +164,31 @@ async def query_actor(
         return
 
     reg_portal: Portal
-    regaddr: tuple[str, int] = regaddr or actor.reg_addrs[0]
-    async with get_registry(*regaddr) as reg_portal:
+    regaddr: Address = wrap_address(regaddr) or actor.reg_addrs[0]
+    async with get_registry(regaddr) as reg_portal:
         # TODO: return portals to all available actors - for now
         # just the last one that registered
-        sockaddr: tuple[str, int] = await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
+        addr: AddressTypes = await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
             'self',
             'find_actor',
             name=name,
         )
-        yield sockaddr
+        yield addr
 
 
 @acm
 async def maybe_open_portal(
-    addr: tuple[str, int],
+    addr: AddressTypes,
     name: str,
 ):
     async with query_actor(
         name=name,
         regaddr=addr,
-    ) as sockaddr:
+    ) as addr:
         pass
 
-    if sockaddr:
-        async with _connect_chan(*sockaddr) as chan:
+    if addr:
+        async with _connect_chan(addr) as chan:
             async with open_portal(chan) as portal:
                 yield portal
     else:
@@ -197,7 +198,8 @@ async def maybe_open_portal(
 @acm
 async def find_actor(
     name: str,
-    registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]|None = None,
+    registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
+    enable_transports: list[str] = [preferred_transport],
 
     only_first: bool = True,
     raise_on_none: bool = False,
@@ -224,15 +226,15 @@ async def find_actor(
         # XXX NOTE: make sure to dynamically read the value on
         # every call since something may change it globally (eg.
         # like in our discovery test suite)!
-        from . import _root
+        from ._addr import default_lo_addrs
         registry_addrs = (
             _runtime_vars['_registry_addrs']
             or
-            _root._default_lo_addrs
+            default_lo_addrs(enable_transports)
         )
 
     maybe_portals: list[
-        AsyncContextManager[tuple[str, int]]
+        AsyncContextManager[AddressTypes]
     ] = list(
         maybe_open_portal(
             addr=addr,
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ async def find_actor(
 @acm
 async def wait_for_actor(
     name: str,
-    registry_addr: tuple[str, int] | None = None,
+    registry_addr: AddressTypes | None = None,
 
 ) -> AsyncGenerator[Portal, None]:
     '''
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ async def wait_for_actor(
             yield peer_portal
             return
 
-    regaddr: tuple[str, int] = (
+    regaddr: AddressTypes = (
         registry_addr
         or
         actor.reg_addrs[0]
@@ -299,8 +301,8 @@ async def wait_for_actor(
     # TODO: use `.trionics.gather_contexts()` like
     # above in `find_actor()` as well?
     reg_portal: Portal
-    async with get_registry(*regaddr) as reg_portal:
-        sockaddrs = await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
+    async with get_registry(regaddr) as reg_portal:
+        addrs = await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
             'self',
             'wait_for_actor',
             name=name,
@@ -308,8 +310,8 @@ async def wait_for_actor(
 
         # get latest registered addr by default?
         # TODO: offer multi-portal yields in multi-homed case?
-        sockaddr: tuple[str, int] = sockaddrs[-1]
+        addr: AddressTypes = addrs[-1]
 
-        async with _connect_chan(*sockaddr) as chan:
+        async with _connect_chan(addr) as chan:
             async with open_portal(chan) as portal:
                 yield portal

tractor/_entry.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from .log import (
 from . import _state
 from .devx import _debug
 from .to_asyncio import run_as_asyncio_guest
+from ._addr import AddressTypes
 from ._runtime import (
     async_main,
     Actor,
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 def _mp_main(
 
     actor: Actor,
-    accept_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]],
+    accept_addrs: list[AddressTypes],
     forkserver_info: tuple[Any, Any, Any, Any, Any],
     start_method: SpawnMethodKey,
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int] | None = None,
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes | None = None,
     infect_asyncio: bool = False,
 
 ) -> None:
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ def nest_from_op(
 def _trio_main(
     actor: Actor,
     *,
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int] | None = None,
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes | None = None,
     infect_asyncio: bool = False,
 
 ) -> None:

tractor/_exceptions.py

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ._context import Context
     from .log import StackLevelAdapter
     from ._stream import MsgStream
-    from ._ipc import Channel
+    from .ipc import Channel
 
 log = get_logger('tractor')
 

tractor/_portal.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ from .trionics import maybe_open_nursery
 from ._state import (
     current_actor,
 )
-from ._ipc import Channel
+from .ipc import Channel
 from .log import get_logger
 from .msg import (
     # Error,

tractor/_root.py

@@ -43,21 +43,18 @@ from .devx import _debug
 from . import _spawn
 from . import _state
 from . import log
-from ._ipc import _connect_chan
+from .ipc import (
+    _connect_chan,
+)
+from ._addr import (
+    AddressTypes,
+    wrap_address,
+    preferred_transport,
+    default_lo_addrs
+)
 from ._exceptions import is_multi_cancelled
 
 
-# set at startup and after forks
-_default_host: str = '127.0.0.1'
-_default_port: int = 1616
-
-# default registry always on localhost
-_default_lo_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = [(
-    _default_host,
-    _default_port,
-)]
-
-
 logger = log.get_logger('tractor')
 
 
@@ -66,10 +63,12 @@ async def open_root_actor(
 
     *,
     # defaults are above
-    registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]|None = None,
+    registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
 
     # defaults are above
-    arbiter_addr: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
+    arbiter_addr: tuple[AddressTypes]|None = None,
+
+    enable_transports: list[str] = [preferred_transport],
 
     name: str|None = 'root',
 
@@ -195,11 +194,9 @@ async def open_root_actor(
         )
         registry_addrs = [arbiter_addr]
 
-    registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = (
-        registry_addrs
-        or
-        _default_lo_addrs
-    )
+    if not registry_addrs:
+        registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = default_lo_addrs(enable_transports)
+
     assert registry_addrs
 
     loglevel = (
@@ -248,10 +245,10 @@ async def open_root_actor(
         enable_stack_on_sig()
 
     # closed into below ping task-func
-    ponged_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
+    ponged_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = []
 
     async def ping_tpt_socket(
-        addr: tuple[str, int],
+        addr: AddressTypes,
         timeout: float = 1,
     ) -> None:
         '''
@@ -271,7 +268,7 @@ async def open_root_actor(
             # be better to eventually have a "discovery" protocol
             # with basic handshake instead?
             with trio.move_on_after(timeout):
-                async with _connect_chan(*addr):
+                async with _connect_chan(addr):
                     ponged_addrs.append(addr)
 
         except OSError:
@@ -284,10 +281,10 @@ async def open_root_actor(
         for addr in registry_addrs:
             tn.start_soon(
                 ping_tpt_socket,
-                tuple(addr),  # TODO: just drop this requirement?
+                addr,
             )
 
-    trans_bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
+    trans_bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = []
 
     # Create a new local root-actor instance which IS NOT THE
     # REGISTRAR
@@ -311,9 +308,12 @@ async def open_root_actor(
         )
         # DO NOT use the registry_addrs as the transport server
         # addrs for this new non-registar, root-actor.
-        for host, port in ponged_addrs:
-            # NOTE: zero triggers dynamic OS port allocation
-            trans_bind_addrs.append((host, 0))
+        for addr in ponged_addrs:
+            waddr = wrap_address(addr)
+            print(waddr)
+            trans_bind_addrs.append(
+                waddr.get_random(namespace=waddr.namespace)
+            )
 
     # Start this local actor as the "registrar", aka a regular
     # actor who manages the local registry of "mailboxes" of
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ async def open_root_actor(
 
         # NOTE that if the current actor IS THE REGISTAR, the
         # following init steps are taken:
-        # - the tranport layer server is bound to each (host, port)
+        # - the tranport layer server is bound to each addr
         #   pair defined in provided registry_addrs, or the default.
         trans_bind_addrs = registry_addrs
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def run_daemon(
 
     # runtime kwargs
     name: str | None = 'root',
-    registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = _default_lo_addrs,
+    registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
 
     start_method: str | None = None,
     debug_mode: bool = False,

tractor/_rpc.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from trio import (
     TaskStatus,
 )
 
-from ._ipc import Channel
+from .ipc import Channel
 from ._context import (
     Context,
 )

tractor/_runtime.py

@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@ from tractor.msg import (
     pretty_struct,
     types as msgtypes,
 )
-from ._ipc import Channel
+from .ipc import Channel
+from ._addr import (
+    AddressTypes,
+    Address,
+    wrap_address,
+    preferred_transport,
+    default_lo_addrs
+)
 from ._context import (
     mk_context,
     Context,
@@ -179,11 +186,11 @@ class Actor:
         enable_modules: list[str] = [],
         uid: str|None = None,
         loglevel: str|None = None,
-        registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]|None = None,
+        registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
         spawn_method: str|None = None,
 
         # TODO: remove!
-        arbiter_addr: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
+        arbiter_addr: AddressTypes|None = None,
 
     ) -> None:
         '''
@@ -223,7 +230,7 @@ class Actor:
                 DeprecationWarning,
                 stacklevel=2,
             )
-            registry_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = [arbiter_addr]
+            registry_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = [arbiter_addr]
 
         # marked by the process spawning backend at startup
         # will be None for the parent most process started manually
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@ class Actor:
         ] = {}
 
         self._listeners: list[trio.abc.Listener] = []
+        self._listen_addrs: list[Address] = []
         self._parent_chan: Channel|None = None
         self._forkserver_info: tuple|None = None
 
@@ -269,13 +277,13 @@ class Actor:
 
         # when provided, init the registry addresses property from
         # input via the validator.
-        self._reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
+        self._reg_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = []
         if registry_addrs:
-            self.reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = registry_addrs
+            self.reg_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = registry_addrs
             _state._runtime_vars['_registry_addrs'] = registry_addrs
 
     @property
-    def reg_addrs(self) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
+    def reg_addrs(self) -> list[AddressTypes]:
         '''
         List of (socket) addresses for all known (and contactable)
         registry actors.
@@ -286,7 +294,7 @@ class Actor:
     @reg_addrs.setter
     def reg_addrs(
         self,
-        addrs: list[tuple[str, int]],
+        addrs: list[AddressTypes],
     ) -> None:
         if not addrs:
             log.warning(
@@ -295,16 +303,7 @@ class Actor:
             )
             return
 
-        # always sanity check the input list since it's critical
-        # that addrs are correct for discovery sys operation.
-        for addr in addrs:
-            if not isinstance(addr, tuple):
-                raise ValueError(
-                    'Expected `Actor.reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]`\n'
-                    f'Got {addrs}'
-                )
-
-            self._reg_addrs = addrs
+        self._reg_addrs = addrs
 
     async def wait_for_peer(
         self,
@@ -1024,11 +1023,11 @@ class Actor:
 
     async def _from_parent(
         self,
-        parent_addr: tuple[str, int]|None,
+        parent_addr: AddressTypes|None,
 
     ) -> tuple[
         Channel,
-        list[tuple[str, int]]|None,
+        list[AddressTypes]|None,
     ]:
         '''
         Bootstrap this local actor's runtime config from its parent by
@@ -1040,16 +1039,13 @@ class Actor:
             # Connect back to the parent actor and conduct initial
             # handshake. From this point on if we error, we
             # attempt to ship the exception back to the parent.
-            chan = Channel(
-                destaddr=parent_addr,
-            )
-            await chan.connect()
+            chan = await Channel.from_addr(wrap_address(parent_addr))
 
             # TODO: move this into a `Channel.handshake()`?
             # Initial handshake: swap names.
             await self._do_handshake(chan)
 
-            accept_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]|None = None
+            accept_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None
 
             if self._spawn_method == "trio":
 
@@ -1066,7 +1062,7 @@ class Actor:
                     # if "trace"/"util" mode is enabled?
                     f'{pretty_struct.pformat(spawnspec)}\n'
                 )
-                accept_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = spawnspec.bind_addrs
+                accept_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = spawnspec.bind_addrs
 
                 # TODO: another `Struct` for rtvs..
                 rvs: dict[str, Any] = spawnspec._runtime_vars
@@ -1173,8 +1169,7 @@ class Actor:
         self,
         handler_nursery: Nursery,
         *,
-        # (host, port) to bind for channel server
-        listen_sockaddrs: list[tuple[str, int]]|None = None,
+        listen_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
 
         task_status: TaskStatus[Nursery] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1186,41 +1181,45 @@ class Actor:
         `.cancel_server()` is called.
 
         '''
-        if listen_sockaddrs is None:
-            listen_sockaddrs = [(None, 0)]
+        if listen_addrs is None:
+            listen_addrs = default_lo_addrs([preferred_transport])
+
+        else:
+            listen_addrs: list[Address] = [
+                wrap_address(a) for a in listen_addrs
+            ]
 
         self._server_down = trio.Event()
         try:
             async with trio.open_nursery() as server_n:
+                listeners: list[trio.abc.Listener] = [
+                    await addr.open_listener()
+                    for addr in listen_addrs
+                ]
+                await server_n.start(
+                    partial(
+                        trio.serve_listeners,
+                        handler=self._stream_handler,
+                        listeners=listeners,
 
-                for host, port in listen_sockaddrs:
-                    listeners: list[trio.abc.Listener] = await server_n.start(
-                        partial(
-                            trio.serve_tcp,
-
-                            handler=self._stream_handler,
-                            port=port,
-                            host=host,
-
-                            # NOTE: configured such that new
-                            # connections will stay alive even if
-                            # this server is cancelled!
-                            handler_nursery=handler_nursery,
-                        )
+                        # NOTE: configured such that new
+                        # connections will stay alive even if
+                        # this server is cancelled!
+                        handler_nursery=handler_nursery
                     )
-                    sockets: list[trio.socket] = [
-                        getattr(listener, 'socket', 'unknown socket')
-                        for listener in listeners
-                    ]
-                    log.runtime(
-                        'Started TCP server(s)\n'
-                        f'|_{sockets}\n'
-                    )
-                    self._listeners.extend(listeners)
+                )
+                log.runtime(
+                    'Started server(s)\n'
+                    '\n'.join([f'|_{addr}' for addr in listen_addrs])
+                )
+                self._listen_addrs.extend(listen_addrs)
+                self._listeners.extend(listeners)
 
                 task_status.started(server_n)
 
         finally:
+            for addr in listen_addrs:
+                await addr.close_listener()
             # signal the server is down since nursery above terminated
             self._server_down.set()
 
@@ -1579,26 +1578,21 @@ class Actor:
         return False
 
     @property
-    def accept_addrs(self) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
+    def accept_addrs(self) -> list[AddressTypes]:
         '''
         All addresses to which the transport-channel server binds
         and listens for new connections.
 
         '''
-        # throws OSError on failure
-        return [
-            listener.socket.getsockname() 
-            for listener in self._listeners
-        ]  # type: ignore
+        return [a.unwrap() for a in self._listen_addrs]
 
     @property
-    def accept_addr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
+    def accept_addr(self) -> AddressTypes:
         '''
         Primary address to which the IPC transport server is
         bound and listening for new connections.
 
         '''
-        # throws OSError on failure
         return self.accept_addrs[0]
 
     def get_parent(self) -> Portal:
@@ -1670,7 +1664,7 @@ class Actor:
 
 async def async_main(
     actor: Actor,
-    accept_addrs: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
+    accept_addrs: AddressTypes|None = None,
 
     # XXX: currently ``parent_addr`` is only needed for the
     # ``multiprocessing`` backend (which pickles state sent to
@@ -1679,7 +1673,7 @@ async def async_main(
     # change this to a simple ``is_subactor: bool`` which will
     # be False when running as root actor and True when as
     # a subactor.
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int]|None = None,
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes|None = None,
     task_status: TaskStatus[None] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
 
 ) -> None:
@@ -1769,7 +1763,7 @@ async def async_main(
                         partial(
                             actor._serve_forever,
                             service_nursery,
-                            listen_sockaddrs=accept_addrs,
+                            listen_addrs=accept_addrs,
                         )
                     )
                 except OSError as oserr:
@@ -1785,7 +1779,7 @@ async def async_main(
 
                     raise
 
-                accept_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = actor.accept_addrs
+                accept_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = actor.accept_addrs
 
                 # NOTE: only set the loopback addr for the 
                 # process-tree-global "root" mailbox since
@@ -1793,9 +1787,8 @@ async def async_main(
                 # their root actor over that channel.
                 if _state._runtime_vars['_is_root']:
                     for addr in accept_addrs:
-                        host, _ = addr
-                        # TODO: generic 'lo' detector predicate
-                        if '127.0.0.1' in host:
+                        waddr = wrap_address(addr)
+                        if waddr == waddr.get_root():
                             _state._runtime_vars['_root_mailbox'] = addr
 
                 # Register with the arbiter if we're told its addr
@@ -1810,24 +1803,21 @@ async def async_main(
                 # only on unique actor uids?
                 for addr in actor.reg_addrs:
                     try:
-                        assert isinstance(addr, tuple)
-                        assert addr[1]  # non-zero after bind
+                        waddr = wrap_address(addr)
+                        assert waddr.is_valid
                     except AssertionError:
                         await _debug.pause()
 
-                    async with get_registry(*addr) as reg_portal:
+                    async with get_registry(addr) as reg_portal:
                         for accept_addr in accept_addrs:
-
-                            if not accept_addr[1]:
-                                await _debug.pause()
-
-                            assert accept_addr[1]
+                            accept_addr = wrap_address(accept_addr)
+                            assert accept_addr.is_valid
 
                             await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
                                 'self',
                                 'register_actor',
                                 uid=actor.uid,
-                                sockaddr=accept_addr,
+                                addr=accept_addr.unwrap(),
                             )
 
                     is_registered: bool = True
@@ -1954,12 +1944,13 @@ async def async_main(
         ):
             failed: bool = False
             for addr in actor.reg_addrs:
-                assert isinstance(addr, tuple)
+                waddr = wrap_address(addr)
+                assert waddr.is_valid
                 with trio.move_on_after(0.5) as cs:
                     cs.shield = True
                     try:
                         async with get_registry(
-                            *addr,
+                            addr,
                         ) as reg_portal:
                             await reg_portal.run_from_ns(
                                 'self',
@@ -2037,7 +2028,7 @@ class Arbiter(Actor):
 
         self._registry: dict[
             tuple[str, str],
-            tuple[str, int],
+            AddressTypes,
         ] = {}
         self._waiters: dict[
             str,
@@ -2053,18 +2044,18 @@ class Arbiter(Actor):
         self,
         name: str,
 
-    ) -> tuple[str, int]|None:
+    ) -> AddressTypes|None:
 
-        for uid, sockaddr in self._registry.items():
+        for uid, addr in self._registry.items():
             if name in uid:
-                return sockaddr
+                return addr
 
         return None
 
     async def get_registry(
         self
 
-    ) -> dict[str, tuple[str, int]]:
+    ) -> dict[str, AddressTypes]:
         '''
         Return current name registry.
 
@@ -2084,7 +2075,7 @@ class Arbiter(Actor):
         self,
         name: str,
 
-    ) -> list[tuple[str, int]]:
+    ) -> list[AddressTypes]:
         '''
         Wait for a particular actor to register.
 
@@ -2092,44 +2083,41 @@ class Arbiter(Actor):
         registered.
 
         '''
-        sockaddrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = []
-        sockaddr: tuple[str, int]
+        addrs: list[AddressTypes] = []
+        addr: AddressTypes
 
         mailbox_info: str = 'Actor registry contact infos:\n'
-        for uid, sockaddr in self._registry.items():
+        for uid, addr in self._registry.items():
             mailbox_info += (
                 f'|_uid: {uid}\n'
-                f'|_sockaddr: {sockaddr}\n\n'
+                f'|_addr: {addr}\n\n'
             )
             if name == uid[0]:
-                sockaddrs.append(sockaddr)
+                addrs.append(addr)
 
-        if not sockaddrs:
+        if not addrs:
             waiter = trio.Event()
             self._waiters.setdefault(name, []).append(waiter)
             await waiter.wait()
 
             for uid in self._waiters[name]:
                 if not isinstance(uid, trio.Event):
-                    sockaddrs.append(self._registry[uid])
+                    addrs.append(self._registry[uid])
 
         log.runtime(mailbox_info)
-        return sockaddrs
+        return addrs
 
     async def register_actor(
         self,
         uid: tuple[str, str],
-        sockaddr: tuple[str, int]
-
+        addr: AddressTypes
     ) -> None:
         uid = name, hash = (str(uid[0]), str(uid[1]))
-        addr = (host, port) = (
-            str(sockaddr[0]),
-            int(sockaddr[1]),
-        )
-        if port == 0:
+        waddr: Address = wrap_address(addr)
+        if not waddr.is_valid:
+            # should never be 0-dynamic-os-alloc
             await _debug.pause()
-        assert port  # should never be 0-dynamic-os-alloc
+
         self._registry[uid] = addr
 
         # pop and signal all waiter events

tractor/_spawn.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from tractor._state import (
     _runtime_vars,
 )
 from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._addr import AddressTypes
 from tractor._portal import Portal
 from tractor._runtime import Actor
 from tractor._entry import _mp_main
@@ -392,14 +393,15 @@ async def new_proc(
     errors: dict[tuple[str, str], Exception],
 
     # passed through to actor main
-    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]],
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int],
+    bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes],
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes,
     _runtime_vars: dict[str, Any],  # serialized and sent to _child
 
     *,
 
     infect_asyncio: bool = False,
-    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED
+    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+    proc_kwargs: dict[str, any] = {}
 
 ) -> None:
 
@@ -419,6 +421,7 @@ async def new_proc(
         _runtime_vars,  # run time vars
         infect_asyncio=infect_asyncio,
         task_status=task_status,
+        proc_kwargs=proc_kwargs
     )
 
 
@@ -429,12 +432,13 @@ async def trio_proc(
     errors: dict[tuple[str, str], Exception],
 
     # passed through to actor main
-    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]],
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int],
+    bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes],
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes,
     _runtime_vars: dict[str, Any],  # serialized and sent to _child
     *,
     infect_asyncio: bool = False,
-    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED
+    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+    proc_kwargs: dict[str, any] = {}
 
 ) -> None:
     '''
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ async def trio_proc(
     proc: trio.Process|None = None
     try:
         try:
-            proc: trio.Process = await trio.lowlevel.open_process(spawn_cmd)
+            proc: trio.Process = await trio.lowlevel.open_process(spawn_cmd, **proc_kwargs)
             log.runtime(
                 'Started new child\n'
                 f'|_{proc}\n'
@@ -517,15 +521,15 @@ async def trio_proc(
 
         # send a "spawning specification" which configures the
         # initial runtime state of the child.
-        await chan.send(
-            SpawnSpec(
-                _parent_main_data=subactor._parent_main_data,
-                enable_modules=subactor.enable_modules,
-                reg_addrs=subactor.reg_addrs,
-                bind_addrs=bind_addrs,
-                _runtime_vars=_runtime_vars,
-            )
+        sspec = SpawnSpec(
+            _parent_main_data=subactor._parent_main_data,
+            enable_modules=subactor.enable_modules,
+            reg_addrs=subactor.reg_addrs,
+            bind_addrs=bind_addrs,
+            _runtime_vars=_runtime_vars,
         )
+        log.runtime(f'Sending spawn spec: {str(sspec)}')
+        await chan.send(sspec)
 
         # track subactor in current nursery
         curr_actor: Actor = current_actor()
@@ -635,12 +639,13 @@ async def mp_proc(
     subactor: Actor,
     errors: dict[tuple[str, str], Exception],
     # passed through to actor main
-    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]],
-    parent_addr: tuple[str, int],
+    bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes],
+    parent_addr: AddressTypes,
     _runtime_vars: dict[str, Any],  # serialized and sent to _child
     *,
     infect_asyncio: bool = False,
-    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED
+    task_status: TaskStatus[Portal] = trio.TASK_STATUS_IGNORED,
+    proc_kwargs: dict[str, any] = {}
 
 ) -> None:
 

tractor/_streaming.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ from tractor.msg import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ._runtime import Actor
     from ._context import Context
-    from ._ipc import Channel
+    from .ipc import Channel
 
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)

tractor/_supervise.py

@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ import warnings
 
 import trio
 
+
 from .devx._debug import maybe_wait_for_debugger
+from ._addr import (
+    AddressTypes,
+    preferred_transport,
+    get_address_cls
+)
 from ._state import current_actor, is_main_process
 from .log import get_logger, get_loglevel
 from ._runtime import Actor
@@ -47,8 +53,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
 
-_default_bind_addr: tuple[str, int] = ('127.0.0.1', 0)
-
 
 class ActorNursery:
     '''
@@ -130,8 +134,9 @@ class ActorNursery:
 
         *,
 
-        bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]] = [_default_bind_addr],
+        bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes]|None = None,
         rpc_module_paths: list[str]|None = None,
+        enable_transports: list[str] = [preferred_transport],
         enable_modules: list[str]|None = None,
         loglevel: str|None = None,  # set log level per subactor
         debug_mode: bool|None = None,
@@ -141,6 +146,7 @@ class ActorNursery:
         # a `._ria_nursery` since the dependent APIs have been
         # removed!
         nursery: trio.Nursery|None = None,
+        proc_kwargs: dict[str, any] = {}
 
     ) -> Portal:
         '''
@@ -155,6 +161,12 @@ class ActorNursery:
             or get_loglevel()
         )
 
+        if not bind_addrs:
+            bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes] = [
+                get_address_cls(transport).get_random().unwrap()
+                for transport in enable_transports
+            ]
+
         # configure and pass runtime state
         _rtv = _state._runtime_vars.copy()
         _rtv['_is_root'] = False
@@ -204,6 +216,7 @@ class ActorNursery:
                 parent_addr,
                 _rtv,  # run time vars
                 infect_asyncio=infect_asyncio,
+                proc_kwargs=proc_kwargs
             )
         )
 
@@ -222,11 +235,12 @@ class ActorNursery:
         *,
 
         name: str | None = None,
-        bind_addrs: tuple[str, int] = [_default_bind_addr],
+        bind_addrs: AddressTypes|None = None,
         rpc_module_paths: list[str] | None = None,
         enable_modules: list[str] | None = None,
         loglevel: str | None = None,  # set log level per subactor
         infect_asyncio: bool = False,
+        proc_kwargs: dict[str, any] = {},
 
         **kwargs,  # explicit args to ``fn``
 
@@ -257,6 +271,7 @@ class ActorNursery:
             # use the run_in_actor nursery
             nursery=self._ria_nursery,
             infect_asyncio=infect_asyncio,
+            proc_kwargs=proc_kwargs
         )
 
         # XXX: don't allow stream funcs

tractor/_testing/samples.py

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import os
+import random
+
+
+def generate_single_byte_msgs(amount: int) -> bytes:
+    '''
+    Generate a byte instance of len `amount` with:
+
+    ```
+    byte_at_index(i) = (i % 10).encode()
+    ```
+
+    this results in constantly repeating sequences of:
+
+    b'0123456789'
+
+    '''
+    return b''.join(str(i % 10).encode() for i in range(amount))
+
+
+def generate_sample_messages(
+    amount: int,
+    rand_min: int = 0,
+    rand_max: int = 0,
+    silent: bool = False,
+) -> tuple[list[bytes], int]:
+    '''
+    Generate bytes msgs for tests.
+
+    Messages will have the following format:
+
+    ```
+    b'[{i:08}]' + os.urandom(random.randint(rand_min, rand_max))
+    ```
+
+    so for message index 25:
+
+    b'[00000025]' + random_bytes
+
+    '''
+    msgs = []
+    size = 0
+
+    log_interval = None
+    if not silent:
+        print(f'\ngenerating {amount} messages...')
+
+        # calculate an apropiate log interval based on
+        # max message size
+        max_msg_size = 10 + rand_max
+
+        if max_msg_size <= 32 * 1024:
+            log_interval = 10_000
+
+        else:
+            log_interval = 1000
+
+    for i in range(amount):
+        msg = f'[{i:08}]'.encode('utf-8')
+
+        if rand_max > 0:
+            msg += os.urandom(
+                random.randint(rand_min, rand_max))
+
+        size += len(msg)
+
+        msgs.append(msg)
+
+        if (
+            not silent
+            and
+            i > 0
+            and
+            i % log_interval == 0
+        ):
+            print(f'{i} generated')
+
+    if not silent:
+        print(f'done, {size:,} bytes in total')
+
+    return msgs, size

tractor/devx/_debug.py

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ from tractor._state import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from trio.lowlevel import Task
     from threading import Thread
-    from tractor._ipc import Channel
+    from tractor.ipc import Channel
     from tractor._runtime import (
         Actor,
     )

tractor/ipc/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+import platform
+
+from ._transport import (
+    MsgTransportKey as MsgTransportKey,
+    MsgType as MsgType,
+    MsgTransport as MsgTransport,
+    MsgpackTransport as MsgpackTransport
+)
+
+from ._tcp import MsgpackTCPStream as MsgpackTCPStream
+from ._uds import MsgpackUDSStream as MsgpackUDSStream
+
+from ._types import (
+    transport_from_addr as transport_from_addr,
+    transport_from_stream as transport_from_stream,
+)
+
+from ._chan import (
+    _connect_chan as _connect_chan,
+    Channel as Channel
+)
+
+if platform.system() == 'Linux':
+    from ._linux import (
+        EFD_SEMAPHORE as EFD_SEMAPHORE,
+        EFD_CLOEXEC as EFD_CLOEXEC,
+        EFD_NONBLOCK as EFD_NONBLOCK,
+        open_eventfd as open_eventfd,
+        write_eventfd as write_eventfd,
+        read_eventfd as read_eventfd,
+        close_eventfd as close_eventfd,
+        EFDReadCancelled as EFDReadCancelled,
+        EventFD as EventFD,
+    )
+
+    from ._ringbuf import (
+        RBToken as RBToken,
+        open_ringbuf as open_ringbuf,
+        RingBuffSender as RingBuffSender,
+        RingBuffReceiver as RingBuffReceiver,
+        open_ringbuf_pair as open_ringbuf_pair,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_receiver as attach_to_ringbuf_receiver,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_sender as attach_to_ringbuf_sender,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_stream as attach_to_ringbuf_stream,
+        RingBuffBytesSender as RingBuffBytesSender,
+        RingBuffBytesReceiver as RingBuffBytesReceiver,
+        RingBuffChannel as RingBuffChannel,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_schannel as attach_to_ringbuf_schannel,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_rchannel as attach_to_ringbuf_rchannel,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_channel as attach_to_ringbuf_channel,
+    )

tractor/ipc/_chan.py

@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Inter-process comms abstractions
+
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
+from contextlib import (
+    asynccontextmanager as acm,
+    contextmanager as cm,
+)
+import platform
+from pprint import pformat
+import typing
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+)
+
+import trio
+
+from tractor.ipc._transport import MsgTransport
+from tractor.ipc._types import (
+    transport_from_addr,
+    transport_from_stream,
+)
+from tractor._addr import (
+    wrap_address,
+    Address,
+    AddressTypes
+)
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._exceptions import (
+    MsgTypeError,
+    pack_from_raise,
+)
+from tractor.msg import MsgCodec
+
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+_is_windows = platform.system() == 'Windows'
+
+
+class Channel:
+    '''
+    An inter-process channel for communication between (remote) actors.
+
+    Wraps a ``MsgStream``: transport + encoding IPC connection.
+
+    Currently we only support ``trio.SocketStream`` for transport
+    (aka TCP) and the ``msgpack`` interchange format via the ``msgspec``
+    codec libary.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+
+        self,
+        transport: MsgTransport|None = None,
+        # TODO: optional reconnection support?
+        # auto_reconnect: bool = False,
+        # on_reconnect: typing.Callable[..., typing.Awaitable] = None,
+
+    ) -> None:
+
+        # self._recon_seq = on_reconnect
+        # self._autorecon = auto_reconnect
+
+        # Either created in ``.connect()`` or passed in by
+        # user in ``.from_stream()``.
+        self._transport: MsgTransport|None = transport
+
+        # set after handshake - always uid of far end
+        self.uid: tuple[str, str]|None = None
+
+        self._aiter_msgs = self._iter_msgs()
+        self._exc: Exception|None = None  # set if far end actor errors
+        self._closed: bool = False
+
+        # flag set by ``Portal.cancel_actor()`` indicating remote
+        # (possibly peer) cancellation of the far end actor
+        # runtime.
+        self._cancel_called: bool = False
+
+    @property
+    def stream(self) -> trio.abc.Stream | None:
+        return self._transport.stream if self._transport else None
+
+    @property
+    def msgstream(self) -> MsgTransport:
+        log.info(
+            '`Channel.msgstream` is an old name, use `._transport`'
+        )
+        return self._transport
+
+    @property
+    def transport(self) -> MsgTransport:
+        return self._transport
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_stream(
+        cls,
+        stream: trio.abc.Stream,
+    ) -> Channel:
+        transport_cls = transport_from_stream(stream)
+        return Channel(
+            transport=transport_cls(stream)
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def from_addr(
+        cls,
+        addr: AddressTypes,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> Channel:
+        addr: Address = wrap_address(addr)
+        transport_cls = transport_from_addr(addr)
+        transport = await transport_cls.connect_to(addr, **kwargs)
+
+        log.transport(
+            f'Opened channel[{type(transport)}]: {transport.laddr} -> {transport.raddr}'
+        )
+        return Channel(transport=transport)
+
+    @cm
+    def apply_codec(
+        self,
+        codec: MsgCodec,
+    ) -> None:
+        '''
+        Temporarily override the underlying IPC msg codec for
+        dynamic enforcement of messaging schema.
+
+        '''
+        orig: MsgCodec = self._transport.codec
+        try:
+            self._transport.codec = codec
+            yield
+        finally:
+            self._transport.codec = orig
+
+    # TODO: do a .src/.dst: str for maddrs?
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        if not self._transport:
+            return '<Channel with inactive transport?>'
+
+        return repr(
+            self._transport
+        ).replace(  # type: ignore
+            "socket.socket",
+            "Channel",
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def laddr(self) -> Address|None:
+        return self._transport.laddr if self._transport else None
+
+    @property
+    def raddr(self) -> Address|None:
+        return self._transport.raddr if self._transport else None
+
+    # TODO: something like,
+    # `pdbp.hideframe_on(errors=[MsgTypeError])`
+    # instead of the `try/except` hack we have rn..
+    # seems like a pretty useful thing to have in general
+    # along with being able to filter certain stack frame(s / sets)
+    # possibly based on the current log-level?
+    async def send(
+        self,
+        payload: Any,
+
+        hide_tb: bool = False,
+
+    ) -> None:
+        '''
+        Send a coded msg-blob over the transport.
+
+        '''
+        __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
+        try:
+            log.transport(
+                '=> send IPC msg:\n\n'
+                f'{pformat(payload)}\n'
+            )
+            # assert self._transport  # but why typing?
+            await self._transport.send(
+                payload,
+                hide_tb=hide_tb,
+            )
+        except BaseException as _err:
+            err = _err  # bind for introspection
+            if not isinstance(_err, MsgTypeError):
+                # assert err
+                __tracebackhide__: bool = False
+            else:
+                try:
+                    assert err.cid
+
+                except KeyError:
+                    raise err
+
+            raise
+
+    async def recv(self) -> Any:
+        assert self._transport
+        return await self._transport.recv()
+
+        # TODO: auto-reconnect features like 0mq/nanomsg?
+        # -[ ] implement it manually with nods to SC prot
+        #      possibly on multiple transport backends?
+        #  -> seems like that might be re-inventing scalability
+        #     prots tho no?
+        # try:
+        #     return await self._transport.recv()
+        # except trio.BrokenResourceError:
+        #     if self._autorecon:
+        #         await self._reconnect()
+        #         return await self.recv()
+        #     raise
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+
+        log.transport(
+            f'Closing channel to {self.uid} '
+            f'{self.laddr} -> {self.raddr}'
+        )
+        assert self._transport
+        await self._transport.stream.aclose()
+        self._closed = True
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        await self.connect()
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *args):
+        await self.aclose(*args)
+
+    def __aiter__(self):
+        return self._aiter_msgs
+
+    # ?TODO? run any reconnection sequence?
+    # -[ ] prolly should be impl-ed as deco-API?
+    #
+    # async def _reconnect(self) -> None:
+    #     """Handle connection failures by polling until a reconnect can be
+    #     established.
+    #     """
+    #     down = False
+    #     while True:
+    #         try:
+    #             with trio.move_on_after(3) as cancel_scope:
+    #                 await self.connect()
+    #             cancelled = cancel_scope.cancelled_caught
+    #             if cancelled:
+    #                 log.transport(
+    #                     "Reconnect timed out after 3 seconds, retrying...")
+    #                 continue
+    #             else:
+    #                 log.transport("Stream connection re-established!")
+
+    #                 # on_recon = self._recon_seq
+    #                 # if on_recon:
+    #                 #     await on_recon(self)
+
+    #                 break
+    #         except (OSError, ConnectionRefusedError):
+    #             if not down:
+    #                 down = True
+    #                 log.transport(
+    #                     f"Connection to {self.raddr} went down, waiting"
+    #                     " for re-establishment")
+    #             await trio.sleep(1)
+
+    async def _iter_msgs(
+        self
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
+        '''
+        Yield `MsgType` IPC msgs decoded and deliverd from
+        an underlying `MsgTransport` protocol.
+
+        This is a streaming routine alo implemented as an async-gen
+        func (same a `MsgTransport._iter_pkts()`) gets allocated by
+        a `.__call__()` inside `.__init__()` where it is assigned to
+        the `._aiter_msgs` attr.
+
+        '''
+        assert self._transport
+        while True:
+            try:
+                async for msg in self._transport:
+                    match msg:
+                        # NOTE: if transport/interchange delivers
+                        # a type error, we pack it with the far
+                        # end peer `Actor.uid` and relay the
+                        # `Error`-msg upward to the `._rpc` stack
+                        # for normal RAE handling.
+                        case MsgTypeError():
+                            yield pack_from_raise(
+                                local_err=msg,
+                                cid=msg.cid,
+
+                                # XXX we pack it here bc lower
+                                # layers have no notion of an
+                                # actor-id ;)
+                                src_uid=self.uid,
+                            )
+                        case _:
+                            yield msg
+
+            except trio.BrokenResourceError:
+
+                # if not self._autorecon:
+                raise
+
+            await self.aclose()
+
+            # if self._autorecon:  # attempt reconnect
+            #     await self._reconnect()
+            #     continue
+
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return self._transport.connected() if self._transport else False
+
+
+@acm
+async def _connect_chan(
+    addr: AddressTypes
+) -> typing.AsyncGenerator[Channel, None]:
+    '''
+    Create and connect a channel with disconnect on context manager
+    teardown.
+
+    '''
+    chan = await Channel.from_addr(addr)
+    yield chan
+    with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
+        await chan.aclose()

tractor/ipc/_linux.py

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+Linux specifics, for now we are only exposing EventFD
+
+'''
+import os
+import errno
+
+import cffi
+import trio
+
+ffi = cffi.FFI()
+
+# Declare the C functions and types we plan to use.
+#    - eventfd: for creating the event file descriptor
+#    - write:   for writing to the file descriptor
+#    - read:    for reading from the file descriptor
+#    - close:   for closing the file descriptor
+ffi.cdef(
+    '''
+    int eventfd(unsigned int initval, int flags);
+
+    ssize_t write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
+    ssize_t read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+
+    int close(int fd);
+    '''
+)
+
+
+# Open the default dynamic library (essentially 'libc' in most cases)
+C = ffi.dlopen(None)
+
+
+# Constants from <sys/eventfd.h>, if needed.
+EFD_SEMAPHORE = 1
+EFD_CLOEXEC = 0o2000000
+EFD_NONBLOCK = 0o4000
+
+
+def open_eventfd(initval: int = 0, flags: int = 0) -> int:
+    '''
+    Open an eventfd with the given initial value and flags.
+    Returns the file descriptor on success, otherwise raises OSError.
+
+    '''
+    fd = C.eventfd(initval, flags)
+    if fd < 0:
+        raise OSError(errno.errorcode[ffi.errno], 'eventfd failed')
+    return fd
+
+
+def write_eventfd(fd: int, value: int) -> int:
+    '''
+    Write a 64-bit integer (uint64_t) to the eventfd's counter.
+
+    '''
+    # Create a uint64_t* in C, store `value`
+    data_ptr = ffi.new('uint64_t *', value)
+
+    # Call write(fd, data_ptr, 8)
+    # We expect to write exactly 8 bytes (sizeof(uint64_t))
+    ret = C.write(fd, data_ptr, 8)
+    if ret < 0:
+        raise OSError(errno.errorcode[ffi.errno], 'write to eventfd failed')
+    return ret
+
+
+def read_eventfd(fd: int) -> int:
+    '''
+    Read a 64-bit integer (uint64_t) from the eventfd, returning the value.
+    Reading resets the counter to 0 (unless using EFD_SEMAPHORE).
+
+    '''
+    # Allocate an 8-byte buffer in C for reading
+    buf = ffi.new('char[]', 8)
+
+    ret = C.read(fd, buf, 8)
+    if ret < 0:
+        raise OSError(errno.errorcode[ffi.errno], 'read from eventfd failed')
+    # Convert the 8 bytes we read into a Python integer
+    data_bytes = ffi.unpack(buf, 8)  # returns a Python bytes object of length 8
+    value = int.from_bytes(data_bytes, byteorder='little', signed=False)
+    return value
+
+
+def close_eventfd(fd: int) -> int:
+    '''
+    Close the eventfd.
+
+    '''
+    ret = C.close(fd)
+    if ret < 0:
+        raise OSError(errno.errorcode[ffi.errno], 'close failed')
+
+
+class EFDReadCancelled(Exception):
+    ...
+
+
+class EventFD:
+    '''
+    Use a previously opened eventfd(2), meant to be used in
+    sub-actors after root actor opens the eventfds then passes
+    them through pass_fds
+
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        fd: int,
+        omode: str
+    ):
+        self._fd: int = fd
+        self._omode: str = omode
+        self._fobj = None
+        self._cscope: trio.CancelScope | None = None
+
+    @property
+    def fd(self) -> int | None:
+        return self._fd
+
+    def write(self, value: int) -> int:
+        return write_eventfd(self._fd, value)
+
+    async def read(self) -> int:
+        '''
+        Async wrapper for `read_eventfd(self.fd)`
+
+        `trio.to_thread.run_sync` is used, need to use a `trio.CancelScope`
+        in order to make it cancellable when `self.close()` is called.
+
+        '''
+        self._cscope = trio.CancelScope()
+        with self._cscope:
+            return await trio.to_thread.run_sync(
+                read_eventfd, self._fd,
+                abandon_on_cancel=True
+            )
+
+        if self._cscope.cancelled_caught:
+            raise EFDReadCancelled
+
+        self._cscope = None
+
+    def read_direct(self) -> int:
+        '''
+        Direct call to `read_eventfd(self.fd)`, unless `eventfd` was
+        opened with `EFD_NONBLOCK` its gonna block the thread.
+
+        '''
+        return read_eventfd(self._fd)
+
+    def open(self):
+        self._fobj = os.fdopen(self._fd, self._omode)
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self._fobj:
+            try:
+                self._fobj.close()
+
+            except OSError:
+                ...
+
+        if self._cscope:
+            self._cscope.cancel()
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.open()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        self.close()

tractor/ipc/_mp_bs.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+Utils to tame mp non-SC madeness
+
+'''
+def disable_mantracker():
+    '''
+    Disable all ``multiprocessing``` "resource tracking" machinery since
+    it's an absolute multi-threaded mess of non-SC madness.
+
+    '''
+    from multiprocessing import resource_tracker as mantracker
+
+    # Tell the "resource tracker" thing to fuck off.
+    class ManTracker(mantracker.ResourceTracker):
+        def register(self, name, rtype):
+            pass
+
+        def unregister(self, name, rtype):
+            pass
+
+        def ensure_running(self):
+            pass
+
+    # "know your land and know your prey"
+    # https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ozzco
+    mantracker._resource_tracker = ManTracker()
+    mantracker.register = mantracker._resource_tracker.register
+    mantracker.ensure_running = mantracker._resource_tracker.ensure_running
+    mantracker.unregister = mantracker._resource_tracker.unregister
+    mantracker.getfd = mantracker._resource_tracker.getfd

tractor/ipc/_ringbuf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,654 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+IPC Reliable RingBuffer implementation
+
+'''
+from __future__ import annotations
+import struct
+from typing import (
+    ContextManager,
+    AsyncContextManager
+)
+from contextlib import (
+    contextmanager as cm,
+    asynccontextmanager as acm
+)
+from multiprocessing.shared_memory import SharedMemory
+
+import trio
+from msgspec import (
+    Struct,
+    to_builtins
+)
+
+from ._linux import (
+    open_eventfd,
+    EFDReadCancelled,
+    EventFD
+)
+from ._mp_bs import disable_mantracker
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._exceptions import (
+    InternalError
+)
+
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+disable_mantracker()
+
+_DEFAULT_RB_SIZE = 10 * 1024
+
+
+class RBToken(Struct, frozen=True):
+    '''
+    RingBuffer token contains necesary info to open the three
+    eventfds and the shared memory
+
+    '''
+    shm_name: str
+
+    write_eventfd: int  # used to signal writer ptr advance
+    wrap_eventfd: int  # used to signal reader ready after wrap around
+    eof_eventfd: int  # used to signal writer closed
+
+    buf_size: int
+
+    def as_msg(self):
+        return to_builtins(self)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_msg(cls, msg: dict) -> RBToken:
+        if isinstance(msg, RBToken):
+            return msg
+
+        return RBToken(**msg)
+
+    @property
+    def fds(self) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
+        '''
+        Useful for `pass_fds` params
+
+        '''
+        return (
+            self.write_eventfd,
+            self.wrap_eventfd,
+            self.eof_eventfd
+        )
+
+
+@cm
+def open_ringbuf(
+    shm_name: str,
+    buf_size: int = _DEFAULT_RB_SIZE,
+) -> ContextManager[RBToken]:
+    '''
+    Handle resources for a ringbuf (shm, eventfd), yield `RBToken` to
+    be used with `attach_to_ringbuf_sender` and `attach_to_ringbuf_receiver`
+
+    '''
+    shm = SharedMemory(
+        name=shm_name,
+        size=buf_size,
+        create=True
+    )
+    try:
+        with (
+            EventFD(open_eventfd(), 'r') as write_event,
+            EventFD(open_eventfd(), 'r') as wrap_event,
+            EventFD(open_eventfd(), 'r') as eof_event,
+        ):
+            token = RBToken(
+                shm_name=shm_name,
+                write_eventfd=write_event.fd,
+                wrap_eventfd=wrap_event.fd,
+                eof_eventfd=eof_event.fd,
+                buf_size=buf_size
+            )
+            yield token
+
+    finally:
+        shm.unlink()
+
+
+Buffer = bytes | bytearray | memoryview
+
+
+'''
+IPC Reliable Ring Buffer
+
+`eventfd(2)` is used for wrap around sync, to signal writes to
+the reader and end of stream.
+
+'''
+
+
+class RingBuffSender(trio.abc.SendStream):
+    '''
+    Ring Buffer sender side implementation
+
+    Do not use directly! manage with `attach_to_ringbuf_sender`
+    after having opened a ringbuf context with `open_ringbuf`.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        token: RBToken,
+        cleanup: bool = False
+    ):
+        self._token = RBToken.from_msg(token)
+        self._shm: SharedMemory | None = None
+        self._write_event = EventFD(self._token.write_eventfd, 'w')
+        self._wrap_event = EventFD(self._token.wrap_eventfd, 'r')
+        self._eof_event = EventFD(self._token.eof_eventfd, 'w')
+        self._ptr = 0
+
+        self._cleanup = cleanup
+        self._send_lock = trio.StrictFIFOLock()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        if not self._shm:
+            raise ValueError('shared memory not initialized yet!')
+        return self._shm.name
+
+    @property
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return self._token.buf_size
+
+    @property
+    def ptr(self) -> int:
+        return self._ptr
+
+    @property
+    def write_fd(self) -> int:
+        return self._write_event.fd
+
+    @property
+    def wrap_fd(self) -> int:
+        return self._wrap_event.fd
+
+    async def _wait_wrap(self):
+        await self._wrap_event.read()
+
+    async def send_all(self, data: Buffer):
+        async with self._send_lock:
+            # while data is larger than the remaining buf
+            target_ptr = self.ptr + len(data)
+            while target_ptr > self.size:
+                # write all bytes that fit
+                remaining = self.size - self.ptr
+                self._shm.buf[self.ptr:] = data[:remaining]
+                # signal write and wait for reader wrap around
+                self._write_event.write(remaining)
+                await self._wait_wrap()
+
+                # wrap around and trim already written bytes
+                self._ptr = 0
+                data = data[remaining:]
+                target_ptr = self._ptr + len(data)
+
+            # remaining data fits on buffer
+            self._shm.buf[self.ptr:target_ptr] = data
+            self._write_event.write(len(data))
+            self._ptr = target_ptr
+
+    async def wait_send_all_might_not_block(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def open(self):
+        self._shm = SharedMemory(
+            name=self._token.shm_name,
+            size=self._token.buf_size,
+            create=False
+        )
+        self._write_event.open()
+        self._wrap_event.open()
+        self._eof_event.open()
+
+    def close(self):
+        self._eof_event.write(
+            self._ptr if self._ptr > 0 else self.size
+        )
+
+        if self._cleanup:
+            self._write_event.close()
+            self._wrap_event.close()
+            self._eof_event.close()
+            self._shm.close()
+
+    async def aclose(self):
+        async with self._send_lock:
+            self.close()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.open()
+        return self
+
+
+class RingBuffReceiver(trio.abc.ReceiveStream):
+    '''
+    Ring Buffer receiver side implementation
+
+    Do not use directly! manage with `attach_to_ringbuf_receiver`
+    after having opened a ringbuf context with `open_ringbuf`.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        token: RBToken,
+        cleanup: bool = True,
+    ):
+        self._token = RBToken.from_msg(token)
+        self._shm: SharedMemory | None = None
+        self._write_event = EventFD(self._token.write_eventfd, 'w')
+        self._wrap_event = EventFD(self._token.wrap_eventfd, 'r')
+        self._eof_event = EventFD(self._token.eof_eventfd, 'r')
+        self._ptr: int = 0
+        self._write_ptr: int = 0
+        self._end_ptr: int = -1
+
+        self._cleanup: bool = cleanup
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        if not self._shm:
+            raise ValueError('shared memory not initialized yet!')
+        return self._shm.name
+
+    @property
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        return self._token.buf_size
+
+    @property
+    def ptr(self) -> int:
+        return self._ptr
+
+    @property
+    def write_fd(self) -> int:
+        return self._write_event.fd
+
+    @property
+    def wrap_fd(self) -> int:
+        return self._wrap_event.fd
+
+    async def _eof_monitor_task(self):
+        '''
+        Long running EOF event monitor, automatically run in bg by
+        `attach_to_ringbuf_receiver` context manager, if EOF event
+        is set its value will be the end pointer (highest valid
+        index to be read from buf, after setting the `self._end_ptr`
+        we close the write event which should cancel any blocked
+        `self._write_event.read()`s on it.
+
+        '''
+        try:
+            self._end_ptr = await self._eof_event.read()
+            self._write_event.close()
+
+        except EFDReadCancelled:
+            ...
+
+        except trio.Cancelled:
+            ...
+
+    async def receive_some(self, max_bytes: int | None = None) -> bytes:
+        '''
+        Receive up to `max_bytes`, if no `max_bytes` is provided
+        a reasonable default is used.
+
+        '''
+        if max_bytes is None:
+            max_bytes: int = _DEFAULT_RB_SIZE
+
+        if max_bytes < 1:
+            raise ValueError("max_bytes must be >= 1")
+
+        # delta is remaining bytes we havent read
+        delta = self._write_ptr - self._ptr
+        if delta == 0:
+            # we have read all we can, see if new data is available
+            if self._end_ptr < 0:
+                # if we havent been signaled about EOF yet
+                try:
+                    delta = await self._write_event.read()
+                    self._write_ptr += delta
+
+                except EFDReadCancelled:
+                    # while waiting for new data `self._write_event` was closed
+                    # this means writer signaled EOF
+                    if self._end_ptr > 0:
+                        # final self._write_ptr modification and recalculate delta
+                        self._write_ptr = self._end_ptr
+                        delta = self._end_ptr - self._ptr
+
+                    else:
+                        # shouldnt happen cause self._eof_monitor_task always sets
+                        # self._end_ptr before closing self._write_event
+                        raise InternalError(
+                            'self._write_event.read cancelled but self._end_ptr is not set'
+                        )
+
+            else:
+                # no more bytes to read and self._end_ptr set, EOF reached
+                return b''
+
+        # dont overflow caller
+        delta = min(delta, max_bytes)
+
+        target_ptr = self._ptr + delta
+
+        # fetch next segment and advance ptr
+        segment = bytes(self._shm.buf[self._ptr:target_ptr])
+        self._ptr = target_ptr
+
+        if self._ptr == self.size:
+            # reached the end, signal wrap around
+            self._ptr = 0
+            self._write_ptr = 0
+            self._wrap_event.write(1)
+
+        return segment
+
+    def open(self):
+        self._shm = SharedMemory(
+            name=self._token.shm_name,
+            size=self._token.buf_size,
+            create=False
+        )
+        self._write_event.open()
+        self._wrap_event.open()
+        self._eof_event.open()
+
+    def close(self):
+        if self._cleanup:
+            self._write_event.close()
+            self._wrap_event.close()
+            self._eof_event.close()
+            self._shm.close()
+
+    async def aclose(self):
+        self.close()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.open()
+        return self
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(
+    token: RBToken,
+    cleanup: bool = True
+) -> AsyncContextManager[RingBuffReceiver]:
+    '''
+    Attach a RingBuffReceiver from a previously opened
+    RBToken.
+
+    Launches `receiver._eof_monitor_task` in a `trio.Nursery`.
+    '''
+    async with (
+        trio.open_nursery() as n,
+        RingBuffReceiver(
+            token,
+            cleanup=cleanup
+        ) as receiver
+    ):
+        n.start_soon(receiver._eof_monitor_task)
+        yield receiver
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_sender(
+    token: RBToken,
+    cleanup: bool = True
+) -> AsyncContextManager[RingBuffSender]:
+    '''
+    Attach a RingBuffSender from a previously opened
+    RBToken.
+
+    '''
+    async with RingBuffSender(
+        token,
+        cleanup=cleanup
+    ) as sender:
+        yield sender
+
+
+@cm
+def open_ringbuf_pair(
+    name: str,
+    buf_size: int = _DEFAULT_RB_SIZE
+) -> ContextManager[tuple(RBToken, RBToken)]:
+    '''
+    Handle resources for a ringbuf pair to be used for
+    bidirectional messaging.
+
+    '''
+    with (
+        open_ringbuf(
+            name + '.pair0',
+            buf_size=buf_size
+        ) as token_0,
+
+        open_ringbuf(
+            name + '.pair1',
+            buf_size=buf_size
+        ) as token_1
+    ):
+        yield token_0, token_1
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_stream(
+    token_in: RBToken,
+    token_out: RBToken,
+    cleanup_in: bool = True,
+    cleanup_out: bool = True
+) -> AsyncContextManager[trio.StapledStream]:
+    '''
+    Attach a trio.StapledStream from a previously opened
+    ringbuf pair.
+
+    '''
+    async with (
+        attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(
+            token_in,
+            cleanup=cleanup_in
+        ) as receiver,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_sender(
+            token_out,
+            cleanup=cleanup_out
+        ) as sender,
+    ):
+        yield trio.StapledStream(sender, receiver)
+
+
+
+class RingBuffBytesSender(trio.abc.SendChannel[bytes]):
+    '''
+    In order to guarantee full messages are received, all bytes
+    sent by `RingBuffBytesSender` are preceded with a 4 byte header
+    which decodes into a uint32 indicating the actual size of the
+    next payload.
+
+    Optional batch mode:
+
+    If `batch_size` > 1 messages wont get sent immediately but will be
+    stored until `batch_size` messages are pending, then it will send
+    them all at once.
+
+    `batch_size` can be changed dynamically but always call, `flush()`
+    right before.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sender: RingBuffSender,
+        batch_size: int = 1
+    ):
+        self._sender = sender
+        self.batch_size = batch_size
+        self._batch_msg_len = 0
+        self._batch: bytes = b''
+
+    async def flush(self) -> None:
+        await self._sender.send_all(self._batch)
+        self._batch = b''
+        self._batch_msg_len = 0
+
+    async def send(self, value: bytes) -> None:
+        msg: bytes = struct.pack("<I", len(value)) + value
+        if self.batch_size == 1:
+            await self._sender.send_all(msg)
+            return
+
+        self._batch += msg
+        self._batch_msg_len += 1
+        if self._batch_msg_len == self.batch_size:
+            await self.flush()
+
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        await self._sender.aclose()
+
+
+class RingBuffBytesReceiver(trio.abc.ReceiveChannel[bytes]):
+    '''
+    See `RingBuffBytesSender` docstring.
+
+    A `tricycle.BufferedReceiveStream` is used for the
+    `receive_exactly` API.
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        receiver: RingBuffReceiver
+    ):
+        self._receiver = receiver
+
+    async def _receive_exactly(self, num_bytes: int) -> bytes:
+        '''
+        Fetch bytes from receiver until we read exactly `num_bytes`
+        or end of stream is signaled.
+
+        '''
+        payload = b''
+        while len(payload) < num_bytes:
+            remaining = num_bytes - len(payload)
+
+            new_bytes = await self._receiver.receive_some(
+                max_bytes=remaining
+            )
+
+            if new_bytes == b'':
+                raise trio.EndOfChannel
+
+            payload += new_bytes
+
+        return payload
+
+    async def receive(self) -> bytes:
+        header: bytes = await self._receive_exactly(4)
+        size: int
+        size, = struct.unpack("<I", header)
+        if size == 0:
+            raise trio.EndOfChannel
+        return await self._receive_exactly(size)
+
+    async def aclose(self) -> None:
+        await self._receiver.aclose()
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_rchannel(
+    token: RBToken,
+    cleanup: bool = True
+) -> AsyncContextManager[RingBuffBytesReceiver]:
+    '''
+    Attach a RingBuffBytesReceiver from a previously opened
+    RBToken.
+    '''
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_receiver(
+        token, cleanup=cleanup
+    ) as receiver:
+        yield RingBuffBytesReceiver(receiver)
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_schannel(
+    token: RBToken,
+    cleanup: bool = True,
+    batch_size: int = 1,
+) -> AsyncContextManager[RingBuffBytesSender]:
+    '''
+    Attach a RingBuffBytesSender from a previously opened
+    RBToken.
+    '''
+    async with attach_to_ringbuf_sender(
+        token, cleanup=cleanup
+    ) as sender:
+        yield RingBuffBytesSender(sender, batch_size=batch_size)
+
+
+class RingBuffChannel(trio.abc.Channel[bytes]):
+    '''
+    Combine `RingBuffBytesSender` and `RingBuffBytesReceiver`
+    in order to expose the bidirectional `trio.abc.Channel` API.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sender: RingBuffBytesSender,
+        receiver: RingBuffBytesReceiver
+    ):
+        self._sender = sender
+        self._receiver = receiver
+
+    async def send(self, value: bytes):
+        await self._sender.send(value)
+
+    async def receive(self) -> bytes:
+        return await self._receiver.receive()
+
+    async def aclose(self):
+        await self._receiver.aclose()
+        await self._sender.aclose()
+
+
+@acm
+async def attach_to_ringbuf_channel(
+    token_in: RBToken,
+    token_out: RBToken,
+    cleanup_in: bool = True,
+    cleanup_out: bool = True
+) -> AsyncContextManager[RingBuffChannel]:
+    '''
+    Attach to an already opened ringbuf pair and return
+    a `RingBuffChannel`.
+
+    '''
+    async with (
+        attach_to_ringbuf_rchannel(
+            token_in,
+            cleanup=cleanup_in
+        ) as receiver,
+        attach_to_ringbuf_schannel(
+            token_out,
+            cleanup=cleanup_out
+        ) as sender,
+    ):
+        yield RingBuffChannel(sender, receiver)

tractor/ipc/_shm.py

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+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+SC friendly shared memory management geared at real-time
+processing.
+
+Support for ``numpy`` compatible array-buffers is provided but is
+considered optional within the context of this runtime-library.
+
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+from sys import byteorder
+import time
+from typing import Optional
+from multiprocessing import shared_memory as shm
+from multiprocessing.shared_memory import (
+    SharedMemory,
+    ShareableList,
+)
+
+from msgspec import (
+    Struct,
+    to_builtins
+)
+import tractor
+
+from tractor.ipc._mp_bs import disable_mantracker
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+
+
+_USE_POSIX = getattr(shm, '_USE_POSIX', False)
+if _USE_POSIX:
+    from _posixshmem import shm_unlink
+
+
+try:
+    import numpy as np
+    from numpy.lib import recfunctions as rfn
+    import nptyping
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+disable_mantracker()
+
+
+class SharedInt:
+    '''
+    Wrapper around a single entry shared memory array which
+    holds an ``int`` value used as an index counter.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        shm: SharedMemory,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._shm = shm
+
+    @property
+    def value(self) -> int:
+        return int.from_bytes(self._shm.buf, byteorder)
+
+    @value.setter
+    def value(self, value) -> None:
+        self._shm.buf[:] = value.to_bytes(self._shm.size, byteorder)
+
+    def destroy(self) -> None:
+        if _USE_POSIX:
+            # We manually unlink to bypass all the "resource tracker"
+            # nonsense meant for non-SC systems.
+            name = self._shm.name
+            try:
+                shm_unlink(name)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                # might be a teardown race here?
+                log.warning(f'Shm for {name} already unlinked?')
+
+
+class NDToken(Struct, frozen=True):
+    '''
+    Internal represenation of a shared memory ``numpy`` array "token"
+    which can be used to key and load a system (OS) wide shm entry
+    and correctly read the array by type signature.
+
+    This type is msg safe.
+
+    '''
+    shm_name: str  # this servers as a "key" value
+    shm_first_index_name: str
+    shm_last_index_name: str
+    dtype_descr: tuple
+    size: int  # in struct-array index / row terms
+
+    # TODO: use nptyping here on dtypes
+    @property
+    def dtype(self) -> list[tuple[str, str, tuple[int, ...]]]:
+        return np.dtype(
+            list(
+                map(tuple, self.dtype_descr)
+            )
+        ).descr
+
+    def as_msg(self):
+        return to_builtins(self)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_msg(cls, msg: dict) -> NDToken:
+        if isinstance(msg, NDToken):
+            return msg
+
+        # TODO: native struct decoding
+        # return _token_dec.decode(msg)
+
+        msg['dtype_descr'] = tuple(map(tuple, msg['dtype_descr']))
+        return NDToken(**msg)
+
+
+# _token_dec = msgspec.msgpack.Decoder(NDToken)
+
+# TODO: this api?
+# _known_tokens = tractor.ActorVar('_shm_tokens', {})
+# _known_tokens = tractor.ContextStack('_known_tokens', )
+# _known_tokens = trio.RunVar('shms', {})
+
+# TODO: this should maybe be provided via
+# a `.trionics.maybe_open_context()` wrapper factory?
+# process-local store of keys to tokens
+_known_tokens: dict[str, NDToken] = {}
+
+
+def get_shm_token(key: str) -> NDToken | None:
+    '''
+    Convenience func to check if a token
+    for the provided key is known by this process.
+
+    Returns either the ``numpy`` token or a string for a shared list.
+
+    '''
+    return _known_tokens.get(key)
+
+
+def _make_token(
+    key: str,
+    size: int,
+    dtype: np.dtype,
+
+) -> NDToken:
+    '''
+    Create a serializable token that can be used
+    to access a shared array.
+
+    '''
+    return NDToken(
+        shm_name=key,
+        shm_first_index_name=key + "_first",
+        shm_last_index_name=key + "_last",
+        dtype_descr=tuple(np.dtype(dtype).descr),
+        size=size,
+    )
+
+
+class ShmArray:
+    '''
+    A shared memory ``numpy.ndarray`` API.
+
+    An underlying shared memory buffer is allocated based on
+    a user specified ``numpy.ndarray``. This fixed size array
+    can be read and written to by pushing data both onto the "front"
+    or "back" of a set index range. The indexes for the "first" and
+    "last" index are themselves stored in shared memory (accessed via
+    ``SharedInt`` interfaces) values such that multiple processes can
+    interact with the same array using a synchronized-index.
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        shmarr: np.ndarray,
+        first: SharedInt,
+        last: SharedInt,
+        shm: SharedMemory,
+        # readonly: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._array = shmarr
+
+        # indexes for first and last indices corresponding
+        # to fille data
+        self._first = first
+        self._last = last
+
+        self._len = len(shmarr)
+        self._shm = shm
+        self._post_init: bool = False
+
+        # pushing data does not write the index (aka primary key)
+        self._write_fields: list[str] | None = None
+        dtype = shmarr.dtype
+        if dtype.fields:
+            self._write_fields = list(shmarr.dtype.fields.keys())[1:]
+
+    # TODO: ringbuf api?
+
+    @property
+    def _token(self) -> NDToken:
+        return NDToken(
+            shm_name=self._shm.name,
+            shm_first_index_name=self._first._shm.name,
+            shm_last_index_name=self._last._shm.name,
+            dtype_descr=tuple(self._array.dtype.descr),
+            size=self._len,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def token(self) -> dict:
+        """Shared memory token that can be serialized and used by
+        another process to attach to this array.
+        """
+        return self._token.as_msg()
+
+    @property
+    def index(self) -> int:
+        return self._last.value % self._len
+
+    @property
+    def array(self) -> np.ndarray:
+        '''
+        Return an up-to-date ``np.ndarray`` view of the
+        so-far-written data to the underlying shm buffer.
+
+        '''
+        a = self._array[self._first.value:self._last.value]
+
+        # first, last = self._first.value, self._last.value
+        # a = self._array[first:last]
+
+        # TODO: eventually comment this once we've not seen it in the
+        # wild in a long time..
+        # XXX: race where first/last indexes cause a reader
+        # to load an empty array..
+        if len(a) == 0 and self._post_init:
+            raise RuntimeError('Empty array race condition hit!?')
+            # breakpoint()
+
+        return a
+
+    def ustruct(
+        self,
+        fields: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+
+        # type that all field values will be cast to
+        # in the returned view.
+        common_dtype: np.dtype = float,
+
+    ) -> np.ndarray:
+
+        array = self._array
+
+        if fields:
+            selection = array[fields]
+            # fcount = len(fields)
+        else:
+            selection = array
+            # fcount = len(array.dtype.fields)
+
+        # XXX: manual ``.view()`` attempt that also doesn't work.
+        # uview = selection.view(
+        #     dtype='<f16',
+        # ).reshape(-1, 4, order='A')
+
+        # assert len(selection) == len(uview)
+
+        u = rfn.structured_to_unstructured(
+            selection,
+            # dtype=float,
+            copy=True,
+        )
+
+        # unstruct = np.ndarray(u.shape, dtype=a.dtype, buffer=shm.buf)
+        # array[:] = a[:]
+        return u
+        # return ShmArray(
+        #     shmarr=u,
+        #     first=self._first,
+        #     last=self._last,
+        #     shm=self._shm
+        # )
+
+    def last(
+        self,
+        length: int = 1,
+
+    ) -> np.ndarray:
+        '''
+        Return the last ``length``'s worth of ("row") entries from the
+        array.
+
+        '''
+        return self.array[-length:]
+
+    def push(
+        self,
+        data: np.ndarray,
+
+        field_map: Optional[dict[str, str]] = None,
+        prepend: bool = False,
+        update_first: bool = True,
+        start: int | None = None,
+
+    ) -> int:
+        '''
+        Ring buffer like "push" to append data
+        into the buffer and return updated "last" index.
+
+        NB: no actual ring logic yet to give a "loop around" on overflow
+        condition, lel.
+
+        '''
+        length = len(data)
+
+        if prepend:
+            index = (start or self._first.value) - length
+
+            if index < 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f'Array size of {self._len} was overrun during prepend.\n'
+                    f'You have passed {abs(index)} too many datums.'
+                )
+
+        else:
+            index = start if start is not None else self._last.value
+
+        end = index + length
+
+        if field_map:
+            src_names, dst_names = zip(*field_map.items())
+        else:
+            dst_names = src_names = self._write_fields
+
+        try:
+            self._array[
+                list(dst_names)
+            ][index:end] = data[list(src_names)][:]
+
+            # NOTE: there was a race here between updating
+            # the first and last indices and when the next reader
+            # tries to access ``.array`` (which due to the index
+            # overlap will be empty). Pretty sure we've fixed it now
+            # but leaving this here as a reminder.
+            if (
+                prepend
+                and update_first
+                and length
+            ):
+                assert index < self._first.value
+
+            if (
+                index < self._first.value
+                and update_first
+            ):
+                assert prepend, 'prepend=True not passed but index decreased?'
+                self._first.value = index
+
+            elif not prepend:
+                self._last.value = end
+
+            self._post_init = True
+            return end
+
+        except ValueError as err:
+            if field_map:
+                raise
+
+            # should raise if diff detected
+            self.diff_err_fields(data)
+            raise err
+
+    def diff_err_fields(
+        self,
+        data: np.ndarray,
+    ) -> None:
+        # reraise with any field discrepancy
+        our_fields, their_fields = (
+            set(self._array.dtype.fields),
+            set(data.dtype.fields),
+        )
+
+        only_in_ours = our_fields - their_fields
+        only_in_theirs = their_fields - our_fields
+
+        if only_in_ours:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Input array is missing field(s): {only_in_ours}"
+            )
+        elif only_in_theirs:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Input array has unknown field(s): {only_in_theirs}"
+            )
+
+    # TODO: support "silent" prepends that don't update ._first.value?
+    def prepend(
+        self,
+        data: np.ndarray,
+    ) -> int:
+        end = self.push(data, prepend=True)
+        assert end
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self._first._shm.close()
+        self._last._shm.close()
+        self._shm.close()
+
+    def destroy(self) -> None:
+        if _USE_POSIX:
+            # We manually unlink to bypass all the "resource tracker"
+            # nonsense meant for non-SC systems.
+            shm_unlink(self._shm.name)
+
+        self._first.destroy()
+        self._last.destroy()
+
+    def flush(self) -> None:
+        # TODO: flush to storage backend like markestore?
+        ...
+
+
+def open_shm_ndarray(
+    size: int,
+    key: str | None = None,
+    dtype: np.dtype | None = None,
+    append_start_index: int | None = None,
+    readonly: bool = False,
+
+) -> ShmArray:
+    '''
+    Open a memory shared ``numpy`` using the standard library.
+
+    This call unlinks (aka permanently destroys) the buffer on teardown
+    and thus should be used from the parent-most accessor (process).
+
+    '''
+    # create new shared mem segment for which we
+    # have write permission
+    a = np.zeros(size, dtype=dtype)
+    a['index'] = np.arange(len(a))
+
+    shm = SharedMemory(
+        name=key,
+        create=True,
+        size=a.nbytes
+    )
+    array = np.ndarray(
+        a.shape,
+        dtype=a.dtype,
+        buffer=shm.buf
+    )
+    array[:] = a[:]
+    array.setflags(write=int(not readonly))
+
+    token = _make_token(
+        key=key,
+        size=size,
+        dtype=dtype,
+    )
+
+    # create single entry arrays for storing an first and last indices
+    first = SharedInt(
+        shm=SharedMemory(
+            name=token.shm_first_index_name,
+            create=True,
+            size=4,  # std int
+        )
+    )
+
+    last = SharedInt(
+        shm=SharedMemory(
+            name=token.shm_last_index_name,
+            create=True,
+            size=4,  # std int
+        )
+    )
+
+    # Start the "real-time" append-updated (or "pushed-to") section
+    # after some start index: ``append_start_index``. This allows appending
+    # from a start point in the array which isn't the 0 index and looks
+    # something like,
+    # -------------------------
+    # |              |        i
+    # _________________________
+    # <-------------> <------->
+    #  history         real-time
+    #
+    # Once fully "prepended", the history section will leave the
+    # ``ShmArray._start.value: int = 0`` and the yet-to-be written
+    # real-time section will start at ``ShmArray.index: int``.
+
+    # this sets the index to nearly 2/3rds into the the length of
+    # the buffer leaving at least a "days worth of second samples"
+    # for the real-time section.
+    if append_start_index is None:
+        append_start_index = round(size * 0.616)
+
+    last.value = first.value = append_start_index
+
+    shmarr = ShmArray(
+        array,
+        first,
+        last,
+        shm,
+    )
+
+    assert shmarr._token == token
+    _known_tokens[key] = shmarr.token
+
+    # "unlink" created shm on process teardown by
+    # pushing teardown calls onto actor context stack
+    stack = tractor.current_actor().lifetime_stack
+    stack.callback(shmarr.close)
+    stack.callback(shmarr.destroy)
+
+    return shmarr
+
+
+def attach_shm_ndarray(
+    token: tuple[str, str, tuple[str, str]],
+    readonly: bool = True,
+
+) -> ShmArray:
+    '''
+    Attach to an existing shared memory array previously
+    created by another process using ``open_shared_array``.
+
+    No new shared mem is allocated but wrapper types for read/write
+    access are constructed.
+
+    '''
+    token = NDToken.from_msg(token)
+    key = token.shm_name
+
+    if key in _known_tokens:
+        assert NDToken.from_msg(_known_tokens[key]) == token, "WTF"
+
+    # XXX: ugh, looks like due to the ``shm_open()`` C api we can't
+    # actually place files in a subdir, see discussion here:
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/11103289
+
+    # attach to array buffer and view as per dtype
+    _err: Optional[Exception] = None
+    for _ in range(3):
+        try:
+            shm = SharedMemory(
+                name=key,
+                create=False,
+            )
+            break
+        except OSError as oserr:
+            _err = oserr
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+    else:
+        if _err:
+            raise _err
+
+    shmarr = np.ndarray(
+        (token.size,),
+        dtype=token.dtype,
+        buffer=shm.buf
+    )
+    shmarr.setflags(write=int(not readonly))
+
+    first = SharedInt(
+        shm=SharedMemory(
+            name=token.shm_first_index_name,
+            create=False,
+            size=4,  # std int
+        ),
+    )
+    last = SharedInt(
+        shm=SharedMemory(
+            name=token.shm_last_index_name,
+            create=False,
+            size=4,  # std int
+        ),
+    )
+
+    # make sure we can read
+    first.value
+
+    sha = ShmArray(
+        shmarr,
+        first,
+        last,
+        shm,
+    )
+    # read test
+    sha.array
+
+    # Stash key -> token knowledge for future queries
+    # via `maybe_opepn_shm_array()` but only after we know
+    # we can attach.
+    if key not in _known_tokens:
+        _known_tokens[key] = token
+
+    # "close" attached shm on actor teardown
+    tractor.current_actor().lifetime_stack.callback(sha.close)
+
+    return sha
+
+
+def maybe_open_shm_ndarray(
+    key: str,  # unique identifier for segment
+    size: int,
+    dtype: np.dtype | None = None,
+    append_start_index: int = 0,
+    readonly: bool = True,
+
+) -> tuple[ShmArray, bool]:
+    '''
+    Attempt to attach to a shared memory block using a "key" lookup
+    to registered blocks in the users overall "system" registry
+    (presumes you don't have the block's explicit token).
+
+    This function is meant to solve the problem of discovering whether
+    a shared array token has been allocated or discovered by the actor
+    running in **this** process. Systems where multiple actors may seek
+    to access a common block can use this function to attempt to acquire
+    a token as discovered by the actors who have previously stored
+    a "key" -> ``NDToken`` map in an actor local (aka python global)
+    variable.
+
+    If you know the explicit ``NDToken`` for your memory segment instead
+    use ``attach_shm_array``.
+
+    '''
+    try:
+        # see if we already know this key
+        token = _known_tokens[key]
+        return (
+            attach_shm_ndarray(
+                token=token,
+                readonly=readonly,
+            ),
+            False,  # not newly opened
+        )
+    except KeyError:
+        log.warning(f"Could not find {key} in shms cache")
+        if dtype:
+            token = _make_token(
+                key,
+                size=size,
+                dtype=dtype,
+            )
+        else:
+
+            try:
+                return (
+                    attach_shm_ndarray(
+                        token=token,
+                        readonly=readonly,
+                    ),
+                    False,
+                )
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                log.warning(f"Could not attach to shm with token {token}")
+
+        # This actor does not know about memory
+        # associated with the provided "key".
+        # Attempt to open a block and expect
+        # to fail if a block has been allocated
+        # on the OS by someone else.
+        return (
+            open_shm_ndarray(
+                key=key,
+                size=size,
+                dtype=dtype,
+                append_start_index=append_start_index,
+                readonly=readonly,
+            ),
+            True,
+        )
+
+
+class ShmList(ShareableList):
+    '''
+    Carbon copy of ``.shared_memory.ShareableList`` with a few
+    enhancements:
+
+    - readonly mode via instance var flag  `._readonly: bool`
+    - ``.__getitem__()`` accepts ``slice`` inputs
+    - exposes the underlying buffer "name" as a ``.key: str``
+
+    '''
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        sequence: list | None = None,
+        *,
+        name: str | None = None,
+        readonly: bool = True
+
+    ) -> None:
+        self._readonly = readonly
+        self._key = name
+        return super().__init__(
+            sequence=sequence,
+            name=name,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def key(self) -> str:
+        return self._key
+
+    @property
+    def readonly(self) -> bool:
+        return self._readonly
+
+    def __setitem__(
+        self,
+        position,
+        value,
+
+    ) -> None:
+
+        # mimick ``numpy`` error
+        if self._readonly:
+            raise ValueError('assignment destination is read-only')
+
+        return super().__setitem__(position, value)
+
+    def __getitem__(
+        self,
+        indexish,
+    ) -> list:
+
+        # NOTE: this is a non-writeable view (copy?) of the buffer
+        # in a new list instance.
+        if isinstance(indexish, slice):
+            return list(self)[indexish]
+
+        return super().__getitem__(indexish)
+
+    # TODO: should we offer a `.array` and `.push()` equivalent
+    # to the `ShmArray`?
+    # currently we have the following limitations:
+    # - can't write slices of input using traditional slice-assign
+    #   syntax due to the ``ShareableList.__setitem__()`` implementation.
+    # - ``list(shmlist)`` returns a non-mutable copy instead of
+    #   a writeable view which would be handier numpy-style ops.
+
+
+def open_shm_list(
+    key: str,
+    sequence: list | None = None,
+    size: int = int(2 ** 10),
+    dtype: float | int | bool | str | bytes | None = float,
+    readonly: bool = True,
+
+) -> ShmList:
+
+    if sequence is None:
+        default = {
+            float: 0.,
+            int: 0,
+            bool: True,
+            str: 'doggy',
+            None: None,
+        }[dtype]
+        sequence = [default] * size
+
+    shml = ShmList(
+        sequence=sequence,
+        name=key,
+        readonly=readonly,
+    )
+
+    # "close" attached shm on actor teardown
+    try:
+        actor = tractor.current_actor()
+        actor.lifetime_stack.callback(shml.shm.close)
+        actor.lifetime_stack.callback(shml.shm.unlink)
+    except RuntimeError:
+        log.warning('tractor runtime not active, skipping teardown steps')
+
+    return shml
+
+
+def attach_shm_list(
+    key: str,
+    readonly: bool = False,
+
+) -> ShmList:
+
+    return ShmList(
+        name=key,
+        readonly=readonly,
+    )

tractor/ipc/_tcp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+TCP implementation of tractor.ipc._transport.MsgTransport protocol 
+
+'''
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import trio
+
+from tractor.msg import MsgCodec
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._addr import TCPAddress
+from tractor.ipc._transport import MsgpackTransport
+
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+# TODO: typing oddity.. not sure why we have to inherit here, but it
+# seems to be an issue with `get_msg_transport()` returning
+# a `Type[Protocol]`; probably should make a `mypy` issue?
+class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgpackTransport):
+    '''
+    A ``trio.SocketStream`` delivering ``msgpack`` formatted data
+    using the ``msgspec`` codec lib.
+
+    '''
+    address_type = TCPAddress
+    layer_key: int = 4
+
+    # def __init__(
+    #     self,
+    #     stream: trio.SocketStream,
+    #     prefix_size: int = 4,
+    #     codec: CodecType = None,
+
+    # ) -> None:
+    #     super().__init__(
+    #         stream,
+    #         prefix_size=prefix_size,
+    #         codec=codec
+    #     )
+
+    @property
+    def maddr(self) -> str:
+        host, port = self.raddr.unwrap()
+        return (
+            f'/ipv4/{host}'
+            f'/{self.address_type.name_key}/{port}'
+            # f'/{self.chan.uid[0]}'
+            # f'/{self.cid}'
+
+            # f'/cid={cid_head}..{cid_tail}'
+            # TODO: ? not use this ^ right ?
+        )
+
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return self.stream.socket.fileno() != -1
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def connect_to(
+        cls,
+        destaddr: TCPAddress,
+        prefix_size: int = 4,
+        codec: MsgCodec|None = None,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> MsgpackTCPStream:
+        stream = await trio.open_tcp_stream(
+            *destaddr.unwrap(),
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        return MsgpackTCPStream(
+            stream,
+            prefix_size=prefix_size,
+            codec=codec
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_stream_addrs(
+        cls,
+        stream: trio.SocketStream
+    ) -> tuple[
+        tuple[str, int],
+        tuple[str, int]
+    ]:
+        lsockname = stream.socket.getsockname()
+        rsockname = stream.socket.getpeername()
+        return (
+            TCPAddress.from_addr(tuple(lsockname[:2])),
+            TCPAddress.from_addr(tuple(rsockname[:2])),
+        )

tractor/ipc/_transport.py

@@ -13,41 +13,32 @@
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+typing.Protocol based generic msg API, implement this class to add backends for
+tractor.ipc.Channel
 
-"""
-Inter-process comms abstractions
-
-"""
+'''
 from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import (
+    runtime_checkable,
+    Type,
+    Protocol,
+    TypeVar,
+    ClassVar
+)
 from collections.abc import (
     AsyncGenerator,
     AsyncIterator,
 )
-from contextlib import (
-    asynccontextmanager as acm,
-    contextmanager as cm,
-)
-import platform
-from pprint import pformat
 import struct
-import typing
-from typing import (
-    Any,
-    Callable,
-    runtime_checkable,
-    Protocol,
-    Type,
-    TypeVar,
-)
 
+import trio
 import msgspec
 from tricycle import BufferedReceiveStream
-import trio
 
 from tractor.log import get_logger
 from tractor._exceptions import (
     MsgTypeError,
-    pack_from_raise,
     TransportClosed,
     _mk_send_mte,
     _mk_recv_mte,
@@ -59,30 +50,13 @@ from tractor.msg import (
     types as msgtypes,
     pretty_struct,
 )
+from tractor._addr import Address
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
 
-_is_windows = platform.system() == 'Windows'
 
-
-def get_stream_addrs(
-    stream: trio.SocketStream
-) -> tuple[
-    tuple[str, int],  # local
-    tuple[str, int],  # remote
-]:
-    '''
-    Return the `trio` streaming transport prot's socket-addrs for
-    both the local and remote sides as a pair.
-
-    '''
-    # rn, should both be IP sockets
-    lsockname = stream.socket.getsockname()
-    rsockname = stream.socket.getpeername()
-    return (
-        tuple(lsockname[:2]),
-        tuple(rsockname[:2]),
-    )
+# (codec, transport)
+MsgTransportKey = tuple[str, str]
 
 
 # from tractor.msg.types import MsgType
@@ -92,9 +66,6 @@ def get_stream_addrs(
 MsgType = TypeVar('MsgType')
 
 
-# TODO: break up this mod into a subpkg so we can start adding new
-# backends and move this type stuff into a dedicated file.. Bo
-#
 @runtime_checkable
 class MsgTransport(Protocol[MsgType]):
 #
@@ -102,11 +73,11 @@ class MsgTransport(Protocol[MsgType]):
 # eventual msg definition/types?
 # - https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Protocol
 
-    stream: trio.SocketStream
+    stream: trio.abc.Stream
     drained: list[MsgType]
 
-    def __init__(self, stream: trio.SocketStream) -> None:
-        ...
+    address_type: ClassVar[Type[Address]]
+    codec_key: ClassVar[str]
 
     # XXX: should this instead be called `.sendall()`?
     async def send(self, msg: MsgType) -> None:
@@ -126,26 +97,47 @@ class MsgTransport(Protocol[MsgType]):
     def drain(self) -> AsyncIterator[dict]:
         ...
 
+    @classmethod
+    def key(cls) -> MsgTransportKey:
+        return cls.codec_key, cls.address_type.name_key
+
     @property
-    def laddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
+    def laddr(self) -> Address:
         ...
 
     @property
-    def raddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
+    def raddr(self) -> Address:
+        ...
+
+    @property
+    def maddr(self) -> str:
+        ...
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def connect_to(
+        cls,
+        addr: Address,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> MsgTransport:
+        ...
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_stream_addrs(
+        cls,
+        stream: trio.abc.Stream
+    ) -> tuple[
+        Address,  # local
+        Address   # remote
+    ]:
+        '''
+        Return the `trio` streaming transport prot's addrs for both
+        the local and remote sides as a pair.
+
+        '''
         ...
 
 
-# TODO: typing oddity.. not sure why we have to inherit here, but it
-# seems to be an issue with `get_msg_transport()` returning
-# a `Type[Protocol]`; probably should make a `mypy` issue?
-class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
-    '''
-    A ``trio.SocketStream`` delivering ``msgpack`` formatted data
-    using the ``msgspec`` codec lib.
-
-    '''
-    layer_key: int = 4
-    name_key: str = 'tcp'
+class MsgpackTransport(MsgTransport):
 
     # TODO: better naming for this?
     # -[ ] check how libp2p does naming for such things?
@@ -153,7 +145,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        stream: trio.SocketStream,
+        stream: trio.abc.Stream,
         prefix_size: int = 4,
 
         # XXX optionally provided codec pair for `msgspec`:
@@ -161,18 +153,11 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         #
         # TODO: define this as a `Codec` struct which can be
         # overriden dynamically by the application/runtime?
-        codec: tuple[
-            Callable[[Any], Any]|None,  # coder
-            Callable[[type, Any], Any]|None,  # decoder
-        ]|None = None,
+        codec: MsgCodec = None,
 
     ) -> None:
-
         self.stream = stream
-        assert self.stream.socket
-
-        # should both be IP sockets
-        self._laddr, self._raddr = get_stream_addrs(stream)
+        self._laddr, self._raddr = self.get_stream_addrs(stream)
 
         # create read loop instance
         self._aiter_pkts = self._iter_packets()
@@ -255,8 +240,8 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 raise TransportClosed(
                     message=(
                         f'IPC transport already closed by peer\n'
-                        f'x]> {type(trans_err)}\n'
-                        f'  |_{self}\n'
+                        f'x)> {type(trans_err)}\n'
+                        f' |_{self}\n'
                     ),
                     loglevel=loglevel,
                 ) from trans_err
@@ -273,8 +258,8 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 raise TransportClosed(
                     message=(
                         f'IPC transport already manually closed locally?\n'
-                        f'x]> {type(closure_err)} \n'
-                        f'  |_{self}\n'
+                        f'x)> {type(closure_err)} \n'
+                        f' |_{self}\n'
                     ),
                     loglevel='error',
                     raise_on_report=(
@@ -289,8 +274,8 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
                 raise TransportClosed(
                     message=(
                         f'IPC transport already gracefully closed\n'
-                        f']>\n'
-                        f' |_{self}\n'
+                        f')>\n'
+                        f'|_{self}\n'
                     ),
                     loglevel='transport',
                     # cause=???  # handy or no?
@@ -436,15 +421,7 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
         #         __tracebackhide__: bool = False
         #     raise
 
-    @property
-    def laddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
-        return self._laddr
-
-    @property
-    def raddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]:
-        return self._raddr
-
-    async def recv(self) -> Any:
+    async def recv(self) -> msgtypes.MsgType:
         return await self._aiter_pkts.asend(None)
 
     async def drain(self) -> AsyncIterator[dict]:
@@ -464,357 +441,10 @@ class MsgpackTCPStream(MsgTransport):
     def __aiter__(self):
         return self._aiter_pkts
 
-    def connected(self) -> bool:
-        return self.stream.socket.fileno() != -1
-
-
-def get_msg_transport(
-
-    key: tuple[str, str],
-
-) -> Type[MsgTransport]:
-
-    return {
-        ('msgpack', 'tcp'): MsgpackTCPStream,
-    }[key]
-
-
-class Channel:
-    '''
-    An inter-process channel for communication between (remote) actors.
-
-    Wraps a ``MsgStream``: transport + encoding IPC connection.
-
-    Currently we only support ``trio.SocketStream`` for transport
-    (aka TCP) and the ``msgpack`` interchange format via the ``msgspec``
-    codec libary.
-
-    '''
-    def __init__(
-
-        self,
-        destaddr: tuple[str, int]|None,
-
-        msg_transport_type_key: tuple[str, str] = ('msgpack', 'tcp'),
-
-        # TODO: optional reconnection support?
-        # auto_reconnect: bool = False,
-        # on_reconnect: typing.Callable[..., typing.Awaitable] = None,
-
-    ) -> None:
-
-        # self._recon_seq = on_reconnect
-        # self._autorecon = auto_reconnect
-
-        self._destaddr = destaddr
-        self._transport_key = msg_transport_type_key
-
-        # Either created in ``.connect()`` or passed in by
-        # user in ``.from_stream()``.
-        self._stream: trio.SocketStream|None = None
-        self._transport: MsgTransport|None = None
-
-        # set after handshake - always uid of far end
-        self.uid: tuple[str, str]|None = None
-
-        self._aiter_msgs = self._iter_msgs()
-        self._exc: Exception|None = None  # set if far end actor errors
-        self._closed: bool = False
-
-        # flag set by ``Portal.cancel_actor()`` indicating remote
-        # (possibly peer) cancellation of the far end actor
-        # runtime.
-        self._cancel_called: bool = False
+    @property
+    def laddr(self) -> Address:
+        return self._laddr
 
     @property
-    def msgstream(self) -> MsgTransport:
-        log.info(
-            '`Channel.msgstream` is an old name, use `._transport`'
-        )
-        return self._transport
-
-    @property
-    def transport(self) -> MsgTransport:
-        return self._transport
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_stream(
-        cls,
-        stream: trio.SocketStream,
-        **kwargs,
-
-    ) -> Channel:
-
-        src, dst = get_stream_addrs(stream)
-        chan = Channel(
-            destaddr=dst,
-            **kwargs,
-        )
-
-        # set immediately here from provided instance
-        chan._stream: trio.SocketStream = stream
-        chan.set_msg_transport(stream)
-        return chan
-
-    def set_msg_transport(
-        self,
-        stream: trio.SocketStream,
-        type_key: tuple[str, str]|None = None,
-
-        # XXX optionally provided codec pair for `msgspec`:
-        # https://jcristharif.com/msgspec/extending.html#mapping-to-from-native-types
-        codec: MsgCodec|None = None,
-
-    ) -> MsgTransport:
-        type_key = (
-            type_key
-            or
-            self._transport_key
-        )
-        # get transport type, then
-        self._transport = get_msg_transport(
-            type_key
-        # instantiate an instance of the msg-transport
-        )(
-            stream,
-            codec=codec,
-        )
-        return self._transport
-
-    @cm
-    def apply_codec(
-        self,
-        codec: MsgCodec,
-
-    ) -> None:
-        '''
-        Temporarily override the underlying IPC msg codec for
-        dynamic enforcement of messaging schema.
-
-        '''
-        orig: MsgCodec = self._transport.codec
-        try:
-            self._transport.codec = codec
-            yield
-        finally:
-            self._transport.codec = orig
-
-    # TODO: do a .src/.dst: str for maddrs?
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        if not self._transport:
-            return '<Channel with inactive transport?>'
-
-        return repr(
-            self._transport.stream.socket._sock
-        ).replace(  # type: ignore
-            "socket.socket",
-            "Channel",
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def laddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]|None:
-        return self._transport.laddr if self._transport else None
-
-    @property
-    def raddr(self) -> tuple[str, int]|None:
-        return self._transport.raddr if self._transport else None
-
-    async def connect(
-        self,
-        destaddr: tuple[Any, ...] | None = None,
-        **kwargs
-
-    ) -> MsgTransport:
-
-        if self.connected():
-            raise RuntimeError("channel is already connected?")
-
-        destaddr = destaddr or self._destaddr
-        assert isinstance(destaddr, tuple)
-
-        stream = await trio.open_tcp_stream(
-            *destaddr,
-            **kwargs
-        )
-        transport = self.set_msg_transport(stream)
-
-        log.transport(
-            f'Opened channel[{type(transport)}]: {self.laddr} -> {self.raddr}'
-        )
-        return transport
-
-    # TODO: something like,
-    # `pdbp.hideframe_on(errors=[MsgTypeError])`
-    # instead of the `try/except` hack we have rn..
-    # seems like a pretty useful thing to have in general
-    # along with being able to filter certain stack frame(s / sets)
-    # possibly based on the current log-level?
-    async def send(
-        self,
-        payload: Any,
-
-        hide_tb: bool = False,
-
-    ) -> None:
-        '''
-        Send a coded msg-blob over the transport.
-
-        '''
-        __tracebackhide__: bool = hide_tb
-        try:
-            log.transport(
-                '=> send IPC msg:\n\n'
-                f'{pformat(payload)}\n'
-            )
-            # assert self._transport  # but why typing?
-            await self._transport.send(
-                payload,
-                hide_tb=hide_tb,
-            )
-        except BaseException as _err:
-            err = _err  # bind for introspection
-            if not isinstance(_err, MsgTypeError):
-                # assert err
-                __tracebackhide__: bool = False
-            else:
-                assert err.cid
-
-            raise
-
-    async def recv(self) -> Any:
-        assert self._transport
-        return await self._transport.recv()
-
-        # TODO: auto-reconnect features like 0mq/nanomsg?
-        # -[ ] implement it manually with nods to SC prot
-        #      possibly on multiple transport backends?
-        #  -> seems like that might be re-inventing scalability
-        #     prots tho no?
-        # try:
-        #     return await self._transport.recv()
-        # except trio.BrokenResourceError:
-        #     if self._autorecon:
-        #         await self._reconnect()
-        #         return await self.recv()
-        #     raise
-
-    async def aclose(self) -> None:
-
-        log.transport(
-            f'Closing channel to {self.uid} '
-            f'{self.laddr} -> {self.raddr}'
-        )
-        assert self._transport
-        await self._transport.stream.aclose()
-        self._closed = True
-
-    async def __aenter__(self):
-        await self.connect()
-        return self
-
-    async def __aexit__(self, *args):
-        await self.aclose(*args)
-
-    def __aiter__(self):
-        return self._aiter_msgs
-
-    # ?TODO? run any reconnection sequence?
-    # -[ ] prolly should be impl-ed as deco-API?
-    #
-    # async def _reconnect(self) -> None:
-    #     """Handle connection failures by polling until a reconnect can be
-    #     established.
-    #     """
-    #     down = False
-    #     while True:
-    #         try:
-    #             with trio.move_on_after(3) as cancel_scope:
-    #                 await self.connect()
-    #             cancelled = cancel_scope.cancelled_caught
-    #             if cancelled:
-    #                 log.transport(
-    #                     "Reconnect timed out after 3 seconds, retrying...")
-    #                 continue
-    #             else:
-    #                 log.transport("Stream connection re-established!")
-
-    #                 # on_recon = self._recon_seq
-    #                 # if on_recon:
-    #                 #     await on_recon(self)
-
-    #                 break
-    #         except (OSError, ConnectionRefusedError):
-    #             if not down:
-    #                 down = True
-    #                 log.transport(
-    #                     f"Connection to {self.raddr} went down, waiting"
-    #                     " for re-establishment")
-    #             await trio.sleep(1)
-
-    async def _iter_msgs(
-        self
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, None]:
-        '''
-        Yield `MsgType` IPC msgs decoded and deliverd from
-        an underlying `MsgTransport` protocol.
-
-        This is a streaming routine alo implemented as an async-gen
-        func (same a `MsgTransport._iter_pkts()`) gets allocated by
-        a `.__call__()` inside `.__init__()` where it is assigned to
-        the `._aiter_msgs` attr.
-
-        '''
-        assert self._transport
-        while True:
-            try:
-                async for msg in self._transport:
-                    match msg:
-                        # NOTE: if transport/interchange delivers
-                        # a type error, we pack it with the far
-                        # end peer `Actor.uid` and relay the
-                        # `Error`-msg upward to the `._rpc` stack
-                        # for normal RAE handling.
-                        case MsgTypeError():
-                            yield pack_from_raise(
-                                local_err=msg,
-                                cid=msg.cid,
-
-                                # XXX we pack it here bc lower
-                                # layers have no notion of an
-                                # actor-id ;)
-                                src_uid=self.uid,
-                            )
-                        case _:
-                            yield msg
-
-            except trio.BrokenResourceError:
-
-                # if not self._autorecon:
-                raise
-
-            await self.aclose()
-
-            # if self._autorecon:  # attempt reconnect
-            #     await self._reconnect()
-            #     continue
-
-    def connected(self) -> bool:
-        return self._transport.connected() if self._transport else False
-
-
-@acm
-async def _connect_chan(
-    host: str,
-    port: int
-
-) -> typing.AsyncGenerator[Channel, None]:
-    '''
-    Create and connect a channel with disconnect on context manager
-    teardown.
-
-    '''
-    chan = Channel((host, port))
-    await chan.connect()
-    yield chan
-    with trio.CancelScope(shield=True):
-        await chan.aclose()
+    def raddr(self) -> Address:
+        return self._raddr

tractor/ipc/_types.py

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+from typing import Type
+
+import trio
+import socket
+
+from tractor._addr import Address
+from tractor.ipc._transport import (
+    MsgTransportKey,
+    MsgTransport
+)
+from tractor.ipc._tcp import MsgpackTCPStream
+from tractor.ipc._uds import MsgpackUDSStream
+
+
+# manually updated list of all supported msg transport types
+_msg_transports = [
+    MsgpackTCPStream,
+    MsgpackUDSStream
+]
+
+
+# convert a MsgTransportKey to the corresponding transport type
+_key_to_transport: dict[MsgTransportKey, Type[MsgTransport]] = {
+    cls.key(): cls
+    for cls in _msg_transports
+}
+
+# convert an Address wrapper to its corresponding transport type
+_addr_to_transport: dict[Type[Address], Type[MsgTransport]] = {
+    cls.address_type: cls
+    for cls in _msg_transports
+}
+
+
+def transport_from_addr(
+    addr: Address,
+    codec_key: str = 'msgpack',
+) -> Type[MsgTransport]:
+    '''
+    Given a destination address and a desired codec, find the
+    corresponding `MsgTransport` type.
+
+    '''
+    try:
+        return _addr_to_transport[type(addr)]
+
+    except KeyError:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            f'No known transport for address {repr(addr)}'
+        )
+
+
+def transport_from_stream(
+    stream: trio.abc.Stream,
+    codec_key: str = 'msgpack'
+) -> Type[MsgTransport]:
+    '''
+    Given an arbitrary `trio.abc.Stream` and a desired codec,
+    find the corresponding `MsgTransport` type.
+
+    '''
+    transport = None
+    if isinstance(stream, trio.SocketStream):
+        sock = stream.socket
+        match sock.family:
+            case socket.AF_INET | socket.AF_INET6:
+                transport = 'tcp'
+
+            case socket.AF_UNIX:
+                transport = 'uds'
+
+            case _:
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    f'Unsupported socket family: {sock.family}'
+                )
+
+    if not transport:
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            f'Could not figure out transport type for stream type {type(stream)}'
+        )
+
+    key = (codec_key, transport)
+
+    return _key_to_transport[key]

tractor/ipc/_uds.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# tractor: structured concurrent "actors".
+# Copyright 2018-eternity Tyler Goodlet.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+Unix Domain Socket implementation of tractor.ipc._transport.MsgTransport protocol 
+
+'''
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import trio
+
+from tractor.msg import MsgCodec
+from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._addr import UDSAddress
+from tractor.ipc._transport import MsgpackTransport
+
+
+log = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class MsgpackUDSStream(MsgpackTransport):
+    '''
+    A ``trio.SocketStream`` delivering ``msgpack`` formatted data
+    using the ``msgspec`` codec lib.
+
+    '''
+    address_type = UDSAddress
+    layer_key: int = 7
+
+    # def __init__(
+    #     self,
+    #     stream: trio.SocketStream,
+    #     prefix_size: int = 4,
+    #     codec: CodecType = None,
+
+    # ) -> None:
+    #     super().__init__(
+    #         stream,
+    #         prefix_size=prefix_size,
+    #         codec=codec
+    #     )
+
+    @property
+    def maddr(self) -> str:
+        filepath = self.raddr.unwrap()
+        return (
+            f'/ipv4/localhost'
+            f'/{self.address_type.name_key}/{filepath}'
+            # f'/{self.chan.uid[0]}'
+            # f'/{self.cid}'
+
+            # f'/cid={cid_head}..{cid_tail}'
+            # TODO: ? not use this ^ right ?
+        )
+
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return self.stream.socket.fileno() != -1
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def connect_to(
+        cls,
+        addr: UDSAddress,
+        prefix_size: int = 4,
+        codec: MsgCodec|None = None,
+        **kwargs
+    ) -> MsgpackUDSStream:
+        stream = await trio.open_unix_socket(
+            addr.unwrap(),
+            **kwargs
+        )
+        return MsgpackUDSStream(
+            stream,
+            prefix_size=prefix_size,
+            codec=codec
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_stream_addrs(
+        cls,
+        stream: trio.SocketStream
+    ) -> tuple[UDSAddress, UDSAddress]:
+        return (
+            UDSAddress.from_addr(stream.socket.getsockname()),
+            UDSAddress.from_addr(stream.socket.getsockname()),
+        )

tractor/log.py

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class StackLevelAdapter(LoggerAdapter):
     ) -> None:
         '''
         IPC transport level msg IO; generally anything below
-        `._ipc.Channel` and friends.
+        `.ipc.Channel` and friends.
 
         '''
         return self.log(5, msg)
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def get_logger(
         # NOTE: for handling for modules that use ``get_logger(__name__)``
         # we make the following stylistic choice:
         # - always avoid duplicate project-package token
-        #   in msg output: i.e. tractor.tractor _ipc.py in header
+        #   in msg output: i.e. tractor.tractor.ipc._chan.py in header
         #   looks ridiculous XD
         # - never show the leaf module name in the {name} part
         #   since in python the {filename} is always this same

tractor/msg/types.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from tractor.msg import (
     pretty_struct,
 )
 from tractor.log import get_logger
+from tractor._addr import AddressTypes
 
 
 log = get_logger('tractor.msgspec')
@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@ class SpawnSpec(
 
     # TODO: not just sockaddr pairs?
     # -[ ] abstract into a `TransportAddr` type?
-    reg_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]
-    bind_addrs: list[tuple[str, int]]
+    reg_addrs: list[AddressTypes]
+    bind_addrs: list[AddressTypes]
 
 
 # TODO: caps based RPC support in the payload?

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 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "cffi" },
     { name = "colorlog" },
     { name = "msgspec" },
     { name = "pdbp" },
@@ -342,6 +371,7 @@ dev = [
 
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