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

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#include <alloca.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

#include <linux/posix_types.h>

#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)


extern int __getdents __P ((int fd, char *buf, size_t nbytes));

/* For Linux we need a special version of this file since the
   definition of `struct dirent' is not the same for the kernel and
   the libc.  There is one additional field which might be introduced
   in the kernel structure in the future.

   He is the kernel definition of `struct dirent' as of 2.1.20:  */

struct kernel_dirent
  {
    long int d_ino;
    __kernel_off_t d_off;
    unsigned short int d_reclen;
    char d_name[256];
  };


/* The problem here is that we cannot simply read the next NBYTES
   bytes.  We need to take the additional field into account.  We use
   some heuristic.  Assuming the directory contains names with 14
   characters on average we can compute an estimate number of entries
   which fit in the buffer.  Taking this number allows us to specify a
   correct number of bytes to read.  If we should be wrong, we can reset
   the file descriptor.  */
ssize_t
__getdirentries (fd, buf, nbytes, basep)
     int fd;
     char *buf;
     size_t nbytes;
     off_t *basep;
{
  off_t base = __lseek (fd, (off_t) 0, SEEK_CUR);
  off_t last_offset = base;
  size_t red_nbytes;
  struct kernel_dirent *skdp, *kdp;
  struct dirent *dp;
  int retval;
  const size_t size_diff = (offsetof (struct dirent, d_name)
			    - offsetof (struct kernel_dirent, d_name));

  red_nbytes = nbytes - ((nbytes / (offsetof (struct dirent, d_name) + 14))
			 * size_diff);

  dp = (struct dirent *) buf;
  skdp = kdp = __alloca (red_nbytes);

  retval = __getdents (fd, (char *) kdp, red_nbytes);

  while ((char *) kdp < (char *) skdp + retval)
    {
      const size_t alignment = __alignof__ (struct dirent);
      /* Since kdp->d_reclen is already aligned for the kernel structure
	 this may compute a value that is bigger than necessary.  */
      size_t new_reclen = ((kdp->d_reclen + size_diff + alignment - 1)
			   & ~(alignment - 1));
      if ((char *) dp + new_reclen > buf + nbytes)
	{
	  /* Our heuristic failed.  We read too many entries.  Reset
	     the stream.  */
	  __lseek (fd, last_offset, SEEK_SET);
	  break;
	}

      last_offset = kdp->d_off;
      dp->d_ino = kdp->d_ino;
      dp->d_off = kdp->d_off;
      dp->d_reclen = new_reclen;
      dp->d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;
      memcpy (dp->d_name, kdp->d_name,
	      kdp->d_reclen - offsetof (struct kernel_dirent, d_name));

      dp = (struct dirent *) ((char *) dp + new_reclen);
      kdp = (struct kernel_dirent *) (((char *) kdp) + kdp->d_reclen);
    }

  if (basep)
    *basep = base;

  return (char *) dp - buf;
}

weak_alias (__getdirentries, getdirentries)