apply actual QoS from rmw to the IPC publisher.

rclcpp/include/rclcpp/publisher.hpp

@@ -146,32 +146,34 @@ class Publisher : public PublisherBase
     const rclcpp::QoS & qos,
     const rclcpp::PublisherOptionsWithAllocator<AllocatorT> & options)
   {
-    // Topic is unused for now.
+    (void)qos;
     (void)options;
 
     // If needed, setup intra process communication.
     if (rclcpp::detail::resolve_use_intra_process(options_, *node_base)) {
       auto context = node_base->get_context();
       // Get the intra process manager instance for this context.
       auto ipm = context->get_sub_context<rclcpp::experimental::IntraProcessManager>();
-      // Register the publisher with the intra process manager.
-      if (qos.history() != rclcpp::HistoryPolicy::KeepLast) {
+      // Check if the QoS is compatible with intra-process.
+      auto qos_profile = get_actual_qos();
+      if (qos_profile.history() != rclcpp::HistoryPolicy::KeepLast) {
         throw std::invalid_argument(
                 "intraprocess communication on topic '" + topic +
                 "' allowed only with keep last history qos policy");
       }
-      if (qos.depth() == 0) {
+      if (qos_profile.depth() == 0) {
         throw std::invalid_argument(
                 "intraprocess communication on topic '" + topic +
                 "' is not allowed with a zero qos history depth value");
       }
-      if (qos.durability() == rclcpp::DurabilityPolicy::TransientLocal) {
+      if (qos_profile.durability() == rclcpp::DurabilityPolicy::TransientLocal) {
         buffer_ = rclcpp::experimental::create_intra_process_buffer<
           ROSMessageType, ROSMessageTypeAllocator, ROSMessageTypeDeleter>(
           rclcpp::detail::resolve_intra_process_buffer_type(options_.intra_process_buffer_type),
-          qos,
+          qos_profile,
           std::make_shared<ROSMessageTypeAllocator>(ros_message_type_allocator_));
       }
+      // Register the publisher with the intra process manager.
       uint64_t intra_process_publisher_id = ipm->add_publisher(this->shared_from_this(), buffer_);
       this->setup_intra_process(
         intra_process_publisher_id,

rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_create_subscription.cpp

@@ -92,3 +92,19 @@ TEST_F(TestCreateSubscription, create_with_statistics) {
   ASSERT_NE(nullptr, subscription);
   EXPECT_STREQ("/ns/topic_name", subscription->get_topic_name());
 }
+
+TEST_F(TestCreateSubscription, create_with_intra_process_com) {
+  auto node = std::make_shared<rclcpp::Node>("my_node", "/ns");
+  auto options = rclcpp::SubscriptionOptions();
+  options.use_intra_process_comm = rclcpp::IntraProcessSetting::Enable;
+
+  auto callback = [](test_msgs::msg::Empty::ConstSharedPtr) {};
+  rclcpp::Subscription<test_msgs::msg::Empty>::SharedPtr subscription;
+  ASSERT_NO_THROW(
+  {
+    subscription = rclcpp::create_subscription<test_msgs::msg::Empty>(
+      node, "topic_name", rclcpp::SystemDefaultsQoS(), callback, options);
+  });
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, subscription);
+  EXPECT_STREQ("/ns/topic_name", subscription->get_topic_name());
+}

rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_publisher.cpp

@@ -187,6 +187,21 @@ TEST_F(TestPublisher, various_creation_signatures) {
   }
 }
 
+/*
+   Testing publisher with intraprocess enabled and SystemDefaultQoS
+ */
+TEST_F(TestPublisher, test_publisher_with_system_default_qos) {
+  initialize(rclcpp::NodeOptions().use_intra_process_comms(false));
+  // explicitly enable intra-process comm with publisher option
+  auto options = rclcpp::PublisherOptions();
+  options.use_intra_process_comm = rclcpp::IntraProcessSetting::Enable;
+  using test_msgs::msg::Empty;
+  ASSERT_NO_THROW(
+  {
+    auto publisher = node->create_publisher<Empty>("topic", rclcpp::SystemDefaultsQoS());
+  });
+}
+
 /*
    Testing publisher with intraprocess enabled and invalid QoS
  */
@@ -432,12 +447,10 @@ TEST_F(TestPublisher, intra_process_publish_failures) {
           publisher->get_publisher_handle().get(), msg.get()));
     }
   }
-  RCLCPP_EXPECT_THROW_EQ(
-    node->create_publisher<test_msgs::msg::Empty>(
-      "topic", rclcpp::QoS(0), options),
-    std::invalid_argument(
-      "intraprocess communication on topic 'topic' "
-      "is not allowed with a zero qos history depth value"));
+  // a zero depth with KEEP_LAST doesn't make sense,
+  // this will be interpreted as SystemDefaultQoS by rclcpp.
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(
+    node->create_publisher<test_msgs::msg::Empty>("topic", rclcpp::QoS(0), options));
 }
 
 TEST_F(TestPublisher, inter_process_publish_failures) {