setsockopt

/*
 * Document-method: setsockopt
 * call-seq: setsockopt(level, optname, optval)
 *
 * Sets a socket option. These are protocol and system specific, see your
 * local sytem documentation for details.
 *
 * === Parameters
 * * +level+ is an integer, usually one of the SOL_ constants such as
 *   Socket::SOL_SOCKET, or a protocol level.
 * * +optname+ is an integer, usually one of the SO_ constants, such
 *   as Socket::SO_REUSEADDR.
 * * +optval+ is the value of the option, it is passed to the underlying
 *   setsockopt() as a pointer to a certain number of bytes. How this is
 *   done depends on the type:
 *   - Fixnum: value is assigned to an int, and a pointer to the int is
 *     passed, with length of sizeof(int).
 *   - true or false: 1 or 0 (respectively) is assigned to an int, and the
 *     int is passed as for a Fixnum. Note that +false+ must be passed,
 *     not +nil+.
 *   - String: the string's data and length is passed to the socket.
 *
 * === Examples
 *
 * Some socket options are integers with boolean values, in this case
 * #setsockopt could be called like this:
 *   sock.setsockopt(Socket::SOL_SOCKET,Socket::SO_REUSEADDR, true)
 *
 * Some socket options are integers with numeric values, in this case
 * #setsockopt could be called like this:
 *   sock.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_IP, Socket::IP_TTL, 255)
 *
 * Option values may be structs. Passing them can be complex as it involves
 * examining your system headers to determine the correct definition. An
 * example is an +ip_mreq+, which may be defined in your system headers as:
 *   struct ip_mreq {
 *     struct  in_addr imr_multiaddr;
 *     struct  in_addr imr_interface;
 *   };
 * 
 * In this case #setsockopt could be called like this:
 *   optval =  IPAddr.new("224.0.0.251") + Socket::INADDR_ANY
 *   sock.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_IP, Socket::IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, optval)
 *
*/
static VALUE
bsock_setsockopt(sock, lev, optname, val)
    VALUE sock, lev, optname, val;
{
    int level, option;
    rb_io_t *fptr;
    int i;
    char *v;
    int vlen;

    rb_secure(2);
    level = NUM2INT(lev);
    option = NUM2INT(optname);

    switch (TYPE(val)) {
      case T_FIXNUM:
        i = FIX2INT(val);
        goto numval;
      case T_FALSE:
        i = 0;
        goto numval;
      case T_TRUE:
        i = 1;
      numval:
        v = (char*)&i; vlen = sizeof(i);
        break;
      default:
        StringValue(val);
        v = RSTRING(val)->ptr;
        vlen = RSTRING(val)->len;
        break;
    }

    GetOpenFile(sock, fptr);
    if (setsockopt(fileno(fptr->f), level, option, v, vlen) < 0)
        rb_sys_fail(fptr->path);

    return INT2FIX(0);
}