//===- DirectoryWatcher.h - Listens for directory file changes --*- C++ -*-===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_DIRECTORYWATCHER_DIRECTORYWATCHER_H #define LLVM_CLANG_DIRECTORYWATCHER_DIRECTORYWATCHER_H #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h" #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h" #include #include #include namespace clang { /// Provides notifications for file changes in a directory. /// /// Invokes client-provided function on every filesystem event in the watched /// directory. Initially the the watched directory is scanned and for every file /// found, an event is synthesized as if the file was added. /// /// This is not a general purpose directory monitoring tool - list of /// limitations follows. /// /// Only flat directories with no subdirectories are supported. In case /// subdirectories are present the behavior is unspecified - events *might* be /// passed to Receiver on macOS (due to FSEvents being used) while they /// *probably* won't be passed on Linux (due to inotify being used). /// /// Known potential inconsistencies /// - For files that are deleted befor the initial scan processed them, clients /// might receive Removed notification without any prior Added notification. /// - Multiple notifications might be produced when a file is added to the /// watched directory during the initial scan. We are choosing the lesser evil /// here as the only known alternative strategy would be to invalidate the /// watcher instance and force user to create a new one whenever filesystem /// event occurs during the initial scan but that would introduce continuous /// restarting failure mode (watched directory is not always "owned" by the same /// process that is consuming it). Since existing clients can handle duplicate /// events well, we decided for simplicity. /// /// Notifications are provided only for changes done through local user-space /// filesystem interface. Specifically, it's unspecified if notification would /// be provided in case of a: /// - a file mmap-ed and changed /// - a file changed via remote (NFS) or virtual (/proc) FS access to monitored /// directory /// - another filesystem mounted to the watched directory /// /// No support for LLVM VFS. /// /// It is unspecified whether notifications for files being deleted are sent in /// case the whole watched directory is sent. /// /// Directories containing "too many" files and/or receiving events "too /// frequently" are not supported - if the initial scan can't be finished before /// the watcher instance gets invalidated (see WatcherGotInvalidated) there's no /// good error handling strategy - the only option for client is to destroy the /// watcher, restart watching with new instance and hope it won't repeat. class DirectoryWatcher { public: struct Event { enum class EventKind { Removed, /// Content of a file was modified. Modified, /// The watched directory got deleted. WatchedDirRemoved, /// The DirectoryWatcher that originated this event is no longer valid and /// its behavior is unspecified. /// /// The prime case is kernel signalling to OS-specific implementation of /// DirectoryWatcher some resource limit being hit. /// *Usually* kernel starts dropping or squashing events together after /// that and so would DirectoryWatcher. This means that *some* events /// might still be passed to Receiver but this behavior is unspecified. /// /// Another case is after the watched directory itself is deleted. /// WatcherGotInvalidated will be received at least once during /// DirectoryWatcher instance lifetime - when handling errors this is done /// on best effort basis, when an instance is being destroyed then this is /// guaranteed. /// /// The only proper response to this kind of event is to destruct the /// originating DirectoryWatcher instance and create a new one. WatcherGotInvalidated }; EventKind Kind; /// Filename that this event is related to or an empty string in /// case this event is related to the watched directory itself. std::string Filename; Event(EventKind Kind, llvm::StringRef Filename) : Kind(Kind), Filename(Filename) {} }; /// Returns nullptr if \param Path doesn't exist or isn't a directory. /// Returns nullptr if OS kernel API told us we can't start watching. In such /// case it's unclear whether just retrying has any chance to succeeed. static std::unique_ptr create(llvm::StringRef Path, std::function Events, bool IsInitial)> Receiver, bool WaitForInitialSync); virtual ~DirectoryWatcher() = default; DirectoryWatcher(const DirectoryWatcher &) = delete; DirectoryWatcher &operator=(const DirectoryWatcher &) = delete; DirectoryWatcher(DirectoryWatcher &&) = default; protected: DirectoryWatcher() = default; }; } // namespace clang #endif // LLVM_CLANG_DIRECTORYWATCHER_DIRECTORYWATCHER_H