cmd, common, node, rpc: move IPC into the node itself

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/utils/client.go b/cmd/utils/client.go
index bac456491..40ebcd729 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/client.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/client.go
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ func NewRemoteRPCClient(ctx *cli.Context) (rpc.Client, error) {
 		endpoint := ctx.Args().First()
 		return NewRemoteRPCClientFromString(endpoint)
 	}
-
 	// use IPC by default
-	endpoint := IPCSocketPath(ctx)
-	return rpc.NewIPCClient(endpoint)
+	return rpc.NewIPCClient(node.DefaultIpcEndpoint())
 }
 
 // NewRemoteRPCClientFromString returns a RPC client which connects to the given
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 1e3e58e51..5d56ba7d0 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ var (
 	}
 	IPCPathFlag = DirectoryFlag{
 		Name:  "ipcpath",
-		Usage: "Filename for IPC socket/pipe",
-		Value: DirectoryString{common.DefaultIpcPath()},
+		Usage: "Filename for IPC socket/pipe within the datadir (explicit paths escape it)",
+		Value: DirectoryString{common.DefaultIpcSocket()},
 	}
 	WSEnabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "ws",
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ func MustMakeDataDir(ctx *cli.Context) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// MakeIpcPath creates an IPC path configuration from the set command line flags,
+// returning an empty string if IPC was explicitly disabled, or the set path.
+func MakeIpcPath(ctx *cli.Context) string {
+	if ctx.GlobalBool(IPCDisabledFlag.Name) {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return ctx.GlobalString(IPCPathFlag.Name)
+}
+
 // MakeNodeKey creates a node key from set command line flags, either loading it
 // from a file or as a specified hex value. If neither flags were provided, this
 // method returns nil and an emphemeral key is to be generated.
@@ -582,6 +591,7 @@ func MakeSystemNode(name, version string, extra []byte, ctx *cli.Context) *node.
 	// Configure the node's service container
 	stackConf := &node.Config{
 		DataDir:         MustMakeDataDir(ctx),
+		IpcPath:         MakeIpcPath(ctx),
 		PrivateKey:      MakeNodeKey(ctx),
 		Name:            MakeNodeName(name, version, ctx),
 		NoDiscovery:     ctx.GlobalBool(NoDiscoverFlag.Name),
@@ -734,63 +744,6 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context) (chain *core.BlockChain, chainDb ethdb.Database
 	return chain, chainDb
 }
 
-func IPCSocketPath(ctx *cli.Context) (ipcpath string) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		ipcpath = common.DefaultIpcPath()
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(IPCPathFlag.Name) {
-			ipcpath = ctx.GlobalString(IPCPathFlag.Name)
-		}
-	} else {
-		ipcpath = common.DefaultIpcPath()
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(DataDirFlag.Name) {
-			ipcpath = filepath.Join(ctx.GlobalString(DataDirFlag.Name), "geth.ipc")
-		}
-		if ctx.GlobalIsSet(IPCPathFlag.Name) {
-			ipcpath = ctx.GlobalString(IPCPathFlag.Name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
-func StartIPC(stack *node.Node, ctx *cli.Context) error {
-	var ethereum *eth.Ethereum
-	if err := stack.Service(&ethereum); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	endpoint := IPCSocketPath(ctx)
-	listener, err := rpc.CreateIPCListener(endpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	server := rpc.NewServer()
-
-	// register package API's this node provides
-	offered := stack.APIs()
-	for _, api := range offered {
-		server.RegisterName(api.Namespace, api.Service)
-		glog.V(logger.Debug).Infof("Register %T under namespace '%s' for IPC service\n", api.Service, api.Namespace)
-	}
-
-	go func() {
-		glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("Start IPC server on %s\n", endpoint)
-		for {
-			conn, err := listener.Accept()
-			if err != nil {
-				glog.V(logger.Error).Infof("Unable to accept connection - %v\n", err)
-			}
-
-			codec := rpc.NewJSONCodec(conn)
-			go server.ServeCodec(codec)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	return nil
-
-}
-
 // StartRPC starts a HTTP JSON-RPC API server.
 func StartRPC(stack *node.Node, ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	for _, api := range stack.APIs() {