use std::{ io, os::unix::io::{ AsFd, AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, OwnedFd, RawFd, }, path::Path, sync::{ atomic::AtomicBool, Arc, } }; use inotify_sys as ffi; use libc::{ F_GETFL, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK, fcntl, }; use crate::events::Events; use crate::fd_guard::FdGuard; use crate::util::read_into_buffer; use crate::watches::{ WatchDescriptor, WatchMask, Watches, }; #[cfg(feature = "stream")] use crate::stream::EventStream; /// Idiomatic Rust wrapper around Linux's inotify API /// /// `Inotify` is a wrapper around an inotify instance. It generally tries to /// adhere to the underlying inotify API closely, while making access to it /// safe and convenient. /// /// Please refer to the [top-level documentation] for further details and a /// usage example. /// /// [top-level documentation]: crate #[derive(Debug)] pub struct Inotify { fd: Arc, } impl Inotify { /// Creates an [`Inotify`] instance /// /// Initializes an inotify instance by calling [`inotify_init1`]. /// /// This method passes both flags accepted by [`inotify_init1`], not giving /// the user any choice in the matter, as not passing the flags would be /// inappropriate in the context of this wrapper: /// /// - [`IN_CLOEXEC`] prevents leaking file descriptors to other processes. /// - [`IN_NONBLOCK`] controls the blocking behavior of the inotify API, /// which is entirely managed by this wrapper. /// /// # Errors /// /// Directly returns the error from the call to [`inotify_init1`], without /// adding any error conditions of its own. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// use inotify::Inotify; /// /// let inotify = Inotify::init() /// .expect("Failed to initialize an inotify instance"); /// ``` /// /// [`inotify_init1`]: inotify_sys::inotify_init1 /// [`IN_CLOEXEC`]: inotify_sys::IN_CLOEXEC /// [`IN_NONBLOCK`]: inotify_sys::IN_NONBLOCK pub fn init() -> io::Result { let fd = unsafe { // Initialize inotify and pass both `IN_CLOEXEC` and `IN_NONBLOCK`. // // `IN_NONBLOCK` is needed, because `Inotify` manages blocking // behavior for the API consumer, and the way we do that is to make // everything non-blocking by default and later override that as // required. // // Passing `IN_CLOEXEC` prevents leaking file descriptors to // processes executed by this process and seems to be a best // practice. I don't grasp this issue completely and failed to find // any authoritative sources on the topic. There's some discussion in // the open(2) and fcntl(2) man pages, but I didn't find that // helpful in understanding the issue of leaked file descriptors. // For what it's worth, there's a Rust issue about this: // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/12148 ffi::inotify_init1(ffi::IN_CLOEXEC | ffi::IN_NONBLOCK) }; if fd == -1 { return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()); } Ok(Inotify { fd: Arc::new(FdGuard { fd, close_on_drop: AtomicBool::new(true), }), }) } /// Gets an interface that allows adding and removing watches. /// See [`Watches::add`] and [`Watches::remove`]. pub fn watches(&self) -> Watches { Watches::new(self.fd.clone()) } /// Deprecated: use `Inotify.watches().add()` instead #[deprecated = "use `Inotify.watches().add()` instead"] pub fn add_watch

(&mut self, path: P, mask: WatchMask) -> io::Result where P: AsRef { self.watches().add(path, mask) } /// Deprecated: use `Inotify.watches().remove()` instead #[deprecated = "use `Inotify.watches().remove()` instead"] pub fn rm_watch(&mut self, wd: WatchDescriptor) -> io::Result<()> { self.watches().remove(wd) } /// Waits until events are available, then returns them /// /// Blocks the current thread until at least one event is available. If this /// is not desirable, please consider [`Inotify::read_events`]. /// /// This method calls [`Inotify::read_events`] internally and behaves /// essentially the same, apart from the blocking behavior. Please refer to /// the documentation of [`Inotify::read_events`] for more information. pub fn read_events_blocking<'a>(&mut self, buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> io::Result> { unsafe { let res = fcntl(**self.fd, F_GETFL); if res == -1 { return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()); } if fcntl(**self.fd, F_SETFL, res & !O_NONBLOCK) == -1 { return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()); } }; let result = self.read_events(buffer); unsafe { let res = fcntl(**self.fd, F_GETFL); if res == -1 { return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()); } if fcntl(**self.fd, F_SETFL, res | O_NONBLOCK) == -1 { return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()); } }; result } /// Returns one buffer's worth of available events /// /// Reads as many events as possible into `buffer`, and returns an iterator /// over them. If no events are available, an iterator is still returned. If /// you need a method that will block until at least one event is available, /// please consider [`read_events_blocking`]. /// /// Please note that inotify will merge identical successive unread events /// into a single event. This means this method can not be used to count the /// number of file system events. /// /// The `buffer` argument, as the name indicates, is used as a buffer for /// the inotify events. Its contents may be overwritten. /// /// # Errors /// /// This function directly returns all errors from the call to [`read`]. /// In addition, [`ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof`] is returned, if the call to /// [`read`] returns `0`, signaling end-of-file. /// /// If `buffer` is too small, this will result in an error with /// [`ErrorKind::InvalidInput`]. On very old Linux kernels, /// [`ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof`] will be returned instead. /// /// # Examples /// /// ```no_run /// use inotify::Inotify; /// use std::io::ErrorKind; /// /// let mut inotify = Inotify::init() /// .expect("Failed to initialize an inotify instance"); /// /// let mut buffer = [0; 1024]; /// let events = loop { /// match inotify.read_events(&mut buffer) { /// Ok(events) => break events, /// Err(error) if error.kind() == ErrorKind::WouldBlock => continue, /// _ => panic!("Error while reading events"), /// } /// }; /// /// for event in events { /// // Handle event /// } /// ``` /// /// [`read_events_blocking`]: Self::read_events_blocking /// [`read`]: libc::read /// [`ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof`]: std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof /// [`ErrorKind::InvalidInput`]: std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput pub fn read_events<'a>(&mut self, buffer: &'a mut [u8]) -> io::Result> { let num_bytes = read_into_buffer(**self.fd, buffer); let num_bytes = match num_bytes { 0 => { return Err( io::Error::new( io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "`read` return `0`, signaling end-of-file" ) ); } -1 => { let error = io::Error::last_os_error(); return Err(error); }, _ if num_bytes < 0 => { panic!("{} {} {} {} {} {}", "Unexpected return value from `read`. Received a negative", "value that was not `-1`. According to the `read` man page", "this shouldn't happen, as either `-1` is returned on", "error, `0` on end-of-file, or a positive value for the", "number of bytes read. Returned value:", num_bytes, ); } _ => { // The value returned by `read` should be `isize`. Let's quickly // verify this with the following assignment, so we can be sure // our cast below is valid. let num_bytes: isize = num_bytes; // The type returned by `read` is `isize`, and we've ruled out // all negative values with the match arms above. This means we // can safely cast to `usize`. debug_assert!(num_bytes > 0); num_bytes as usize } }; Ok(Events::new(Arc::downgrade(&self.fd), buffer, num_bytes)) } /// Deprecated: use `into_event_stream()` instead, which enforces a single `Stream` and predictable reads. /// Using this method to create multiple `EventStream` instances from one `Inotify` is unsupported, /// as they will contend over one event source and each produce unpredictable stream contents. #[deprecated = "use `into_event_stream()` instead, which enforces a single Stream and predictable reads"] #[cfg(feature = "stream")] pub fn event_stream(&mut self, buffer: T) -> io::Result> where T: AsMut<[u8]> + AsRef<[u8]>, { EventStream::new(self.fd.clone(), buffer) } /// Create a stream which collects events. Consumes the `Inotify` instance. /// /// Returns a `Stream` over all events that are available. This stream is an /// infinite source of events. /// /// An internal buffer which can hold the largest possible event is used. #[cfg(feature = "stream")] pub fn into_event_stream(self, buffer: T) -> io::Result> where T: AsMut<[u8]> + AsRef<[u8]>, { EventStream::new(self.fd, buffer) } /// Creates an `Inotify` instance using the file descriptor which was originally /// initialized in `Inotify::init`. This is intended to be used to transform an /// `EventStream` back into an `Inotify`. Do not attempt to clone `Inotify` with this. #[cfg(feature = "stream")] pub(crate) fn from_file_descriptor(fd: Arc) -> Self { Inotify { fd, } } /// Closes the inotify instance /// /// Closes the file descriptor referring to the inotify instance. The user /// usually doesn't have to call this function, as the underlying inotify /// instance is closed automatically, when [`Inotify`] is dropped. /// /// # Errors /// /// Directly returns the error from the call to [`close`], without adding any /// error conditions of its own. /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// use inotify::Inotify; /// /// let mut inotify = Inotify::init() /// .expect("Failed to initialize an inotify instance"); /// /// inotify.close() /// .expect("Failed to close inotify instance"); /// ``` /// /// [`close`]: libc::close pub fn close(self) -> io::Result<()> { // `self` will be dropped when this method returns. If this is the only // owner of `fd`, the `Arc` will also be dropped. The `Drop` // implementation for `FdGuard` will attempt to close the file descriptor // again, unless this flag here is cleared. self.fd.should_not_close(); match unsafe { ffi::close(**self.fd) } { 0 => Ok(()), _ => Err(io::Error::last_os_error()), } } } impl AsRawFd for Inotify { #[inline] fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd { self.fd.as_raw_fd() } } impl FromRawFd for Inotify { unsafe fn from_raw_fd(fd: RawFd) -> Self { Inotify { fd: Arc::new(FdGuard::from_raw_fd(fd)) } } } impl IntoRawFd for Inotify { #[inline] fn into_raw_fd(self) -> RawFd { self.fd.should_not_close(); self.fd.fd } } impl AsFd for Inotify { #[inline] fn as_fd(&self) -> BorrowedFd<'_> { self.fd.as_fd() } } impl From for OwnedFd { fn from(fd: Inotify) -> OwnedFd { unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(fd.into_raw_fd()) } } } impl From for Inotify { fn from(fd: OwnedFd) -> Inotify { unsafe { Inotify::from_raw_fd(fd.into_raw_fd()) } } }