AcceptEx() - winsock2.h

The AcceptEx function accepts a new connection, returns the local and remote address, and receives the first block of data sent by the client application.

Syntax

BOOL AcceptEx(
  _In_  SOCKET       sListenSocket,
  _In_  SOCKET       sAcceptSocket,
  _In_  PVOID        lpOutputBuffer,
  _In_  DWORD        dwReceiveDataLength,
  _In_  DWORD        dwLocalAddressLength,
  _In_  DWORD        dwRemoteAddressLength,
  _Out_ LPDWORD      lpdwBytesReceived,
  _In_  LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped
);

Example

#ifndef UNICODE
#define UNICODE
#endif

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <ws2tcpip.h>
#include <mswsock.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// Need to link with Ws2_32.lib
#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")

int main()
{
    //----------------------------------------
    // Declare and initialize variables
    WSADATA wsaData;
    int iResult = 0;
    BOOL bRetVal = FALSE;

    HANDLE hCompPort;
    HANDLE hCompPort2;
    
    LPFN_ACCEPTEX lpfnAcceptEx = NULL;
    GUID GuidAcceptEx = WSAID_ACCEPTEX;
    WSAOVERLAPPED olOverlap;

    SOCKET ListenSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
    SOCKET AcceptSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
    sockaddr_in service;
    char lpOutputBuf[1024];
    int outBufLen = 1024;
    DWORD dwBytes;

    hostent *thisHost;
    char *ip;
    u_short port;

    // Initialize Winsock
    iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData);
    if (iResult != NO_ERROR) {
        wprintf(L"Error at WSAStartup\n");
        return 1;
    }    

    // Create a handle for the completion port
    hCompPort = CreateIoCompletionPort(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, NULL, (u_long) 0, 0);
    if (hCompPort == NULL) {
        wprintf(L"CreateIoCompletionPort failed with error: %u\n",
            GetLastError() );
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }
            
    // Create a listening socket
    ListenSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    if (ListenSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
        wprintf(L"Create of ListenSocket socket failed with error: %u\n",
            WSAGetLastError() );
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    // Associate the listening socket with the completion port
    CreateIoCompletionPort((HANDLE) ListenSocket, hCompPort, (u_long) 0, 0);

    //----------------------------------------
    // Bind the listening socket to the local IP address
    // and port 27015
    port = 27015;
    thisHost = gethostbyname("");
    ip = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) *thisHost->h_addr_list);

    service.sin_family = AF_INET;
    service.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
    service.sin_port = htons(port);

    if (bind(ListenSocket, (SOCKADDR *) & service, sizeof (service)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
        wprintf(L"bind failed with error: %u\n", WSAGetLastError());
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    //----------------------------------------
    // Start listening on the listening socket
    iResult = listen(ListenSocket, 100);
    if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
        wprintf(L"listen failed with error: %u\n", WSAGetLastError());
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    wprintf(L"Listening on address: %s:%d\n", ip, port);

    // Load the AcceptEx function into memory using WSAIoctl.
    // The WSAIoctl function is an extension of the ioctlsocket()
    // function that can use overlapped I/O. The function's 3rd
    // through 6th parameters are input and output buffers where
    // we pass the pointer to our AcceptEx function. This is used
    // so that we can call the AcceptEx function directly, rather
    // than refer to the Mswsock.lib library.
    iResult = WSAIoctl(ListenSocket, SIO_GET_EXTENSION_FUNCTION_POINTER,
             &GuidAcceptEx, sizeof (GuidAcceptEx), 
             &lpfnAcceptEx, sizeof (lpfnAcceptEx), 
             &dwBytes, NULL, NULL);
    if (iResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
        wprintf(L"WSAIoctl failed with error: %u\n", WSAGetLastError());
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    // Create an accepting socket
    AcceptSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    if (AcceptSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
        wprintf(L"Create accept socket failed with error: %u\n", WSAGetLastError());
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    // Empty our overlapped structure and accept connections.
    memset(&olOverlap, 0, sizeof (olOverlap));

    bRetVal = lpfnAcceptEx(ListenSocket, AcceptSocket, lpOutputBuf,
                 outBufLen - ((sizeof (sockaddr_in) + 16) * 2),
                 sizeof (sockaddr_in) + 16, sizeof (sockaddr_in) + 16, 
                 &dwBytes, &olOverlap);
    if (bRetVal == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"AcceptEx failed with error: %u\n", WSAGetLastError());
        closesocket(AcceptSocket);
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }

    // Associate the accept socket with the completion port
    hCompPort2 = CreateIoCompletionPort((HANDLE) AcceptSocket, hCompPort, (u_long) 0, 0); 
    // hCompPort2 should be hCompPort if this succeeds
    if (hCompPort2 == NULL) {
        wprintf(L"CreateIoCompletionPort associate failed with error: %u\n",
            GetLastError() );
        closesocket(AcceptSocket);
        closesocket(ListenSocket);
        WSACleanup();
        return 1;
    }
    
    // Continue on to use send, recv, TransmitFile(), etc.,.
    //...

    return 0;
}

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