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28 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
29 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
31 #include <sys/types.h>
43 static int acquire_lock(const char *name, int flags);
44 static void cleanup(void);
45 static void killed(int sig);
46 static void timeout(int sig);
47 static void usage(void);
48 static void wait_for_lock(const char *name);
50 static const char *lockname;
51 static int lockfd = -1;
53 static volatile sig_atomic_t timed_out;
56 * Execute an arbitrary command while holding a file lock.
59 main(int argc, char **argv)
61 int ch, flags, silent, status, waitsec;
66 waitsec = -1; /* Infinite. */
67 while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "sknt:")) != -1) {
81 waitsec = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 0);
82 if (*optarg == '\0' || *endptr != '\0' || waitsec < 0)
84 "invalid timeout \"%s\"", optarg);
91 if (argc - optind < 2)
93 lockname = argv[optind++];
96 if (waitsec > 0) { /* Set up a timeout. */
99 act.sa_handler = timeout;
100 sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
101 act.sa_flags = 0; /* Note that we do not set SA_RESTART. */
102 sigaction(SIGALRM, &act, NULL);
106 * If the "-k" option is not given, then we must not block when
107 * acquiring the lock. If we did, then the lock holder would
108 * unlink the file upon releasing the lock, and we would acquire
109 * a lock on a file with no directory entry. Then another
110 * process could come along and acquire the same lock. To avoid
111 * this problem, we separate out the actions of waiting for the
112 * lock to be available and of actually acquiring the lock.
114 * That approach produces behavior that is technically correct;
115 * however, it causes some performance & ordering problems for
116 * locks that have a lot of contention. First, it is unfair in
117 * the sense that a released lock isn't necessarily granted to
118 * the process that has been waiting the longest. A waiter may
119 * be starved out indefinitely. Second, it creates a thundering
120 * herd situation each time the lock is released.
122 * When the "-k" option is used, the unlink race no longer
123 * exists. In that case we can block while acquiring the lock,
124 * avoiding the separate step of waiting for the lock. This
125 * yields fairness and improved performance.
127 lockfd = acquire_lock(lockname, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
128 while (lockfd == -1 && !timed_out && waitsec != 0) {
130 lockfd = acquire_lock(lockname, flags);
132 wait_for_lock(lockname);
133 lockfd = acquire_lock(lockname, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
138 if (lockfd == -1) { /* We failed to acquire the lock. */
141 errx(EX_TEMPFAIL, "%s: already locked", lockname);
143 /* At this point, we own the lock. */
144 if (atexit(cleanup) == -1)
145 err(EX_OSERR, "atexit failed");
146 if ((child = fork()) == -1)
147 err(EX_OSERR, "cannot fork");
148 if (child == 0) { /* The child process. */
150 execvp(argv[0], argv);
154 /* This is the parent process. */
155 signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
156 signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_IGN);
157 signal(SIGTERM, killed);
158 if (waitpid(child, &status, 0) == -1)
159 err(EX_OSERR, "waitpid failed");
160 return (WIFEXITED(status) ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : EX_SOFTWARE);
164 * Try to acquire a lock on the given file, creating the file if
165 * necessary. The flags argument is O_NONBLOCK or 0, depending on
166 * whether we should wait for the lock. Returns an open file descriptor
167 * on success, or -1 on failure.
170 acquire_lock(const char *name, int flags)
174 if ((fd = open(name, O_RDONLY|O_EXLOCK|flags, 0666)) == -1) {
175 if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
177 else if (errno == ENOENT && (flags & O_CREAT) == 0)
178 err(EX_UNAVAILABLE, "%s", name);
179 err(EX_CANTCREAT, "cannot open %s", name);
185 * Remove the lock file.
192 flock(lockfd, LOCK_UN);
198 * Signal handler for SIGTERM. Cleans up the lock file, then re-raises
206 signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
207 if (kill(getpid(), sig) == -1)
208 err(EX_OSERR, "kill failed");
212 * Signal handler for SIGALRM.
215 timeout(int sig __unused)
226 "usage: lockf [-kns] [-t seconds] file command [arguments]\n");
231 * Wait until it might be possible to acquire a lock on the given file.
232 * If the file does not exist, return immediately without creating it.
235 wait_for_lock(const char *name)
239 if ((fd = open(name, O_RDONLY|O_EXLOCK, 0666)) == -1) {
240 if (errno == ENOENT || errno == EINTR)
242 err(EX_CANTCREAT, "cannot open %s", name);