Merge pull request #86 from sharkcz/endian

make transport endian aware

transport_generic.go

@@ -4,8 +4,23 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"unsafe"
 )
 
+var nativeEndian binary.ByteOrder
+
+func detectEndianness() binary.ByteOrder {
+	var x uint32 = 0x01020304
+		if *(*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&x)) == 0x01 {
+		return binary.BigEndian
+	}
+	return binary.LittleEndian
+}
+
+func init() {
+	nativeEndian = detectEndianness()
+}
+
 type genericTransport struct {
 	io.ReadWriteCloser
 }
@@ -31,5 +46,5 @@ func (t genericTransport) SendMessage(msg *Message) error {
 			return errors.New("dbus: unix fd passing not enabled")
 		}
 	}
-	return msg.EncodeTo(t, binary.LittleEndian)
+	return msg.EncodeTo(t, nativeEndian)
 }

transport_unix.go

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (t *unixTransport) SendMessage(msg *Message) error {
 		msg.Headers[FieldUnixFDs] = MakeVariant(uint32(len(fds)))
 		oob := syscall.UnixRights(fds...)
 		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		msg.EncodeTo(buf, binary.LittleEndian)
+		msg.EncodeTo(buf, nativeEndian)
 		n, oobn, err := t.UnixConn.WriteMsgUnix(buf.Bytes(), oob, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (t *unixTransport) SendMessage(msg *Message) error {
 			return io.ErrShortWrite
 		}
 	} else {
-		if err := msg.EncodeTo(t, binary.LittleEndian); err != nil {
+		if err := msg.EncodeTo(t, nativeEndian); err != nil {
 			return nil
 		}
 	}