suplib/src/LockFile.m3


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 * $Id: LockFile.m3.html,v 1.3 2010-04-29 17:20:02 wagner Exp $ 

MODULE LockFile;

IMPORT
  File, Fmt, FS, OSError, OSErrorPosix, Pathname, Process, RegularFile,
  TempFiles, Text, Uerror;

REVEAL
  T = BRANDED OBJECT
    name: Pathname.T;
    file: RegularFile.T;
  END;

VAR  (* CONST *)
  EagainAtom := OSErrorPosix.ErrnoAtom(Uerror.EAGAIN);
  EnoentAtom := OSErrorPosix.ErrnoAtom(Uerror.ENOENT);

PROCEDURE Lock(name: Pathname.T): T
  RAISES {OSError.E} =
  VAR
    f: File.T;
    rf: RegularFile.T;
    ok: BOOLEAN;
    pidText: TEXT;
    pidBytes: REF ARRAY OF File.Byte;
    lf: T;
  BEGIN
    f := FS.OpenFile(name, truncate := FALSE);
    TRY
      IF f.status().type # RegularFile.FileType THEN
	OSErrorPosix.Raise0(Uerror.EEXIST);
      END;
      rf := NARROW(f, RegularFile.T);

      (* This little business works around a bug in "FilePosix.m3".  POSIX
	 says that if the file is already locked, the "fcntl" call can
	 return either "EACCES" or "EAGAIN", but the code in "FilePosix.m3"
	 only checks for the former. *)
      TRY
	ok := rf.lock();
      EXCEPT OSError.E(l) =>
	IF l.head = EagainAtom THEN ok := FALSE ELSE RAISE OSError.E(l) END;
      END;
      IF NOT ok THEN
	RETURN NIL;
      END;

      (* At this point, we own the lock.  Arrange for the file to be
	 cleaned up if we die prematurely. *)
      TempFiles.Note(name);

      (* Write our PID into the file, for identification.  We don't use
	 a "FileWr.T" for this, because if we did, we would have to keep
	 it open for the lifetime of the lock.  (Closing a "FileWr.T"
	 closes the underlying "File.T" as well, which would unlock it.)
	 To avoid that, we write the bytes directly to the file. *)
      pidText := Fmt.Pad(Fmt.Int(Process.GetMyID()), 10) & "\n";
      pidBytes := NEW(REF ARRAY OF File.Byte, Text.Length(pidText));
      FOR i := FIRST(pidBytes^) TO LAST(pidBytes^) DO
	pidBytes[i] := ORD(Text.GetChar(pidText, i));
      END;
      rf.write(pidBytes^);

      lf := NEW(T, name := name, file := rf);
      f := NIL;
      RETURN lf;
    FINALLY
      IF f # NIL THEN  (* Clean up the file descriptor on failure. *)
	f.close();
      END;
    END;
  END Lock;

PROCEDURE Unlock(lf: T)
  RAISES {OSError.E} =
  BEGIN
    TRY
      TempFiles.Forget(lf.name);
      FS.DeleteFile(lf.name);
    EXCEPT OSError.E(l) =>
      IF l.head # EnoentAtom THEN
	RAISE OSError.E(l);
      END;
    END;
    lf.file.unlock();
    lf.file.close();
  END Unlock;

BEGIN
END LockFile.

interface Uerror is in: