Can we pass Address of a Function say &Disp() into a Client Socket and Read that address in the Server Socket and Run the Function....Or what the other Way of doing it..

Consider /*Client.c*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#define PORT 5000

void Disp(); // Function Prototype
main()
{
int Sid, a=10;
struct sockaddr_in Cli;
Sid=Socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
Cli.sin_family=AF_INET;
Cli.sin_port=htons(port);
Cli.sin_addr.s_addr=inet_addr("192.160.10.10.");

connect(Sid,(struct sockaddr *)&Cli,sizeof(Cli));
send(Sid,&a,sizeof(a),0);

//In caseof structure passing the address of Structure works
//Can i pass the address of Function Disp and invoke that in Server

//send(Sid,&Disp,sizeof(Disp),0);

close(Sid);
} /*Main Ends Here*/

void Disp()
{
printf("Hello World\n");
} /*Function Ends Here */



/*Server.c*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#define PORT 5000

void Disp(); // Function Prototype
main()
{
int Sid,b;
struct sockaddr_in Ser;

Sid=Socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
Ser.sin_family=AF_INET;
Ser.sin_port=htons(port);
Ser.sin_addr.s_addr=INADDR_ANY;

bind(Sid,(struct sockaddr *)&Ser,sizeof(Ser));
listen(Sid,5);

while(1) {
newDesc=accept(Sid,0,0);

recv(Sid,&b,sizeof(b),0);
printf("Value of Clients A = %d\n",b);

// In caseof structure address if received it works well
// Can i read as Below the address of Function Disp and invoke that in this Server.c

/* recv(Sid,&Disp,sizeof(Disp),0); <--- This is the Problem
Disp(); <----- This is the Problem
*/


close(Sid);
} /*Main Ends Here*/



//Segmentation Fault is the Result...

The two process that you will run (client and server) will have a separate address space. So you can't send an address of a function from the client and run it on the server. (if this is what you want to do).

If you want to call a function from the client in the server you should try a remote procedure call mechanism (RPC - simple, CORBA - complex).