glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c

/* Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <mntent.h>
#include <paths.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/statfs.h>
#include <bits/libc-lock.h>


/* XXX Currently the Linux kernel sources do not define a super magic number
   for the shmfs and the kernel assigns the value 0 to f_type.  */
#ifndef SHMFS_SUPER_MAGIC
# define SHMFS_SUPER_MAGIC	0
#endif

/* Mount point of the shared memory filesystem.  */
static struct
{
  char *dir;
  size_t dirlen;
} mountpoint;

/* This is the default directory.  */
const char defaultdir[] = "/var/shm/";

/* Protect the `mountpoint' variable above.  */
__libc_once_define (static, once);


/* Determine where the shmfs is mounted (if at all).  */
static void
where_is_shmfs (void)
{
  char buf[512];
  struct statfs f;
  struct mntent resmem;
  struct mntent *mp;
  FILE *fp;

  /* The canonical place is /var/shm.  This is at least what the
     documentation tells everybody to do.  */
  if (__statfs ("/var/shm", &f) == 0 && f.f_type == SHMFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
    {
      /* It is in the normal place.  */
      mountpoint.dir = (char *) defaultdir;
      mountpoint.dirlen = strlen ("/var/shm/");

      return;
    }

  /* OK, do it the hard way.  Look through the /proc/mounts file and if
     this does not exist through /etc/fstab to find the mount point.  */
  fp = __setmntent ("/proc/mounts", "r");
  if (__builtin_expect (fp == NULL, 0))
    {
      fp = __setmntent (_PATH_MNTTAB, "r");
      if (__builtin_expect (fp == NULL, 0))
	/* There is nothing we can do.  Blind guesses are not helpful.  */
	return;
    }

  /* Now read the entries.  */
  while ((mp = __getmntent_r (fp, &resmem, buf, sizeof buf)) != NULL)
    if (strcmp (mp->mnt_type, "shm") == 0)
      {
	/* Found it.  There might be more than one place where the
           filesystem is mounted but one is enough for us.  */
	size_t namelen = strlen (mp->mnt_dir);

	if (namelen == 0)
	  /* Hum, maybe some crippled entry.  Keep on searching.  */
	  continue;

	mountpoint.dir = (char *) malloc (namelen + 2);
	if (mountpoint.dir != NULL)
	  {
	    char *cp = __mempcpy (mountpoint.dir, mp->mnt_dir, namelen);
	    if (cp[-1] != '/')
	      *cp++ = '/';
	    *cp = '\0';
	    mountpoint.dirlen = cp - mountpoint.dir;
	  }

	break;
      }

  /* Close the stream.  */
  __endmntent (fp);
}


/* Open shared memory object.  This implementation assumes the shmfs
   implementation introduced in the late 2.3.x kernel series to be
   available.  Normally the filesystem will be mounted at /var/shm but
   we fall back on searching for the actual mount point should opening
   such a file fail.  */
int
shm_open (const char *name, int oflag, mode_t mode)
{
  size_t namelen;
  char *fname;

  /* Determine where the shmfs is mounted.  */
  __libc_once (once, where_is_shmfs);

  /* If we don't know the mount points there is nothing we can do.  Ever.  */
  if (mountpoint.dir == NULL)
    {
      __set_errno (ENOSYS);
      return -1;
    }

  /* Construct the filename.  */
  while (name[0] == '/')
    ++name;

  if (name[0] == '\0')
    {
      /* The name "/" is not supported.  */
      __set_errno (EINVAL);
      return -1;
    }

  namelen = strlen (name);
  fname = (char *) alloca (mountpoint.dirlen + namelen + 1);
  __mempcpy (__mempcpy (fname, mountpoint.dir, mountpoint.dirlen),
	     name, namelen + 1);

  /* And get the file descriptor.
     XXX Maybe we should test each descriptor whether it really is for a
     file on the shmfs.  If this is what should be done the whole function
     should be revamped since we can determine whether shmfs is available
     while trying to open the file, all in one turn.  */
  return open (fname, oflag, mode);
}


/* Unlink a shared memory object.  */
int
shm_unlink (const char *name)
{
  size_t namelen;
  char *fname;

  /* Determine where the shmfs is mounted.  */
  __libc_once (once, where_is_shmfs);

  if (mountpoint.dir == NULL)
    {
      /* We cannot find the shmfs.  If `name' is really a shared
	 memory object it must have been created by another process
	 and we have no idea where that process found the mountpoint.  */
      __set_errno (ENOENT);
      return -1;
    }

  /* Construct the filename.  */
  while (name[0] == '/')
    ++name;

  if (name[0] == '\0')
    {
      /* The name "/" is not supported.  */
      __set_errno (ENOENT);
      return -1;
    }

  namelen = strlen (name);
  fname = (char *) alloca (mountpoint.dirlen + namelen + 1);
  __mempcpy (__mempcpy (fname, mountpoint.dir, mountpoint.dirlen),
	     name, namelen + 1);

  /* And get the file descriptor.
     XXX Maybe we should test each descriptor whether it really is for a
     file on the shmfs.  If this is what should be done the whole function
     should be revamped since we can determine whether shmfs is available
     while trying to open the file, all in one turn.  */
  return unlink (fname);
}


void
freeit (void)
{
  if (mountpoint.dir != NULL && mountpoint.dir != defaultdir)
    free (mountpoint.dir);
}


/* Make sure the table is freed if we want to free everything before
   exiting.  */
text_set_element (__libc_subfreeres, freeit);