fix last commit: the filename var was not ment to be removed, sorry

[proxmox-backup.git] / src / tools / process_locker.rs

//! Inter-process reader-writer lock builder.
//!
//! This implemenation uses fcntl record locks with non-blocking
//! F_SETLK command (never blocks).

use failure::*;

use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;

// fixme: use F_OFD_ locks when implemented with nix::fcntl

// Note: flock lock conversion is not atomic, so we need to use fcntl

/// Inter-process reader-writer lock
pub struct ProcessLocker {
    file: std::fs::File,
    exclusive: bool,
    writers: usize,
}

/// Lock guard for shared locks
///
/// Release the lock when it goes out of scope.
pub struct ProcessLockSharedGuard {
    locker: Arc<Mutex<ProcessLocker>>,
}

impl  Drop for ProcessLockSharedGuard {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        let mut data = self.locker.lock().unwrap();

        if data.writers == 0 { panic!("unexpected ProcessLocker state"); }

        if data.writers == 1 && !data.exclusive {

            let op = libc::flock {
                l_type: libc::F_UNLCK as i16,
                l_whence: libc::SEEK_SET as i16,
                l_start: 0,
                l_len: 0,
                l_pid: 0,
            };

            if let Err(err) = nix::fcntl::fcntl(data.file.as_raw_fd(), nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_SETLKW(&op)) {
                panic!("unable to drop writer lock - {}", err);
            }
            data.writers = 0;
        }
    }
}

/// Lock guard for exclusive locks
///
/// Release the lock when it goes out of scope.
pub struct ProcessLockExclusiveGuard {
    locker: Arc<Mutex<ProcessLocker>>,
}

impl  Drop for ProcessLockExclusiveGuard {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        let mut data = self.locker.lock().unwrap();

        if !data.exclusive { panic!("unexpected ProcessLocker state"); }

        let ltype = if data.writers != 0 { libc::F_RDLCK } else { libc::F_UNLCK };
        let op = libc::flock {
            l_type: ltype as i16,
            l_whence: libc::SEEK_SET as i16,
            l_start: 0,
            l_len: 0,
            l_pid: 0,
        };

        if let Err(err) = nix::fcntl::fcntl(data.file.as_raw_fd(), nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_SETLKW(&op)) {
            panic!("unable to drop exclusive lock - {}", err);
        }

        data.exclusive = false;
    }
}

impl ProcessLocker {

    /// Create a new instance for the specified file.
    ///
    /// This simply creates the file if it does not exist.
    pub fn new<P: AsRef<std::path::Path>>(lockfile: P) -> Result<Arc<Mutex<Self>>, Error> {

        let file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
            .create(true)
            .read(true)
            .write(true)
            .open(lockfile)?;

        Ok(Arc::new(Mutex::new(Self {
            file: file,
            exclusive: false,
            writers: 0,
        })))
    }

    fn try_lock(file: &std::fs::File, ltype: i32) -> Result<(), Error> {

        let op = libc::flock {
            l_type: ltype as i16,
            l_whence: libc::SEEK_SET as i16,
            l_start: 0,
            l_len: 0,
            l_pid: 0,
        };

        nix::fcntl::fcntl(file.as_raw_fd(), nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_SETLK(&op))?;

        Ok(())
    }

    /// Try to aquire a shared lock
    ///
    /// On sucess, this makes sure that no other process can get an exclusive lock for the file.
    pub fn try_shared_lock(locker: Arc<Mutex<Self>>) -> Result<ProcessLockSharedGuard, Error> {

        let mut data = locker.lock().unwrap();

        if data.writers == 0 && !data.exclusive {
            if let Err(err) = Self::try_lock(&data.file, libc::F_RDLCK) {
                bail!("unable to get shared lock - {}", err);
            }
        }

        data.writers += 1;

        Ok(ProcessLockSharedGuard { locker: locker.clone()  })
    }

    /// Try to aquire a exclusive lock
    ///
    /// Make sure the we are the only process which has locks for this file (shared or exclusive).
    pub fn try_exclusive_lock(locker: Arc<Mutex<Self>>) -> Result<ProcessLockExclusiveGuard, Error> {

        let mut data = locker.lock().unwrap();

        if data.exclusive {
            bail!("already locked exclusively");
        }

        if let Err(err) = Self::try_lock(&data.file, libc::F_WRLCK) {
            bail!("unable to get exclusive lock - {}", err);
        }

        data.exclusive = true;

        Ok(ProcessLockExclusiveGuard { locker: locker.clone() })
    }
}