runtimeverification / runtimeverification/haskell-backend

(Proposal) kore-rpc - communicate via named pipe

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Description

Currently, kore-rpc seems to communicate only via a TCP socket. One problem with this is that we cannot have two instances of kore-rpcrunning in parallel, unless we manually choose port numbers so they do not collide. With named pipe, we could simply create one in a temporary directory, and we would not have to care about whether another instance is running or not. I propose that we add a new parameter, --named-pipe <filename>, to kore-rpc, that could be used instead of --server-port.

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Start at the kore-rpc entry point and inspect how the existing --server-port option configures TCP communication. Determine how a --named-pipe alternative should integrate; done means two kore-rpc instances can communicate through separate named pipes without port collisions.

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Tech stack
haskell
Domain
cli, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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