maint: prefer C23-style nullptr
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1 /* sync - update the super block
2 Copyright (C) 1994-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Jim Meyering */
19 #include <config.h>
20 #include <assert.h>
21 #include <getopt.h>
22 #include <stdio.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "system.h"
26 #include "die.h"
27 #include "error.h"
29 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
30 #define PROGRAM_NAME "sync"
32 #define AUTHORS \
33 proper_name ("Jim Meyering"), \
34 proper_name ("Giuseppe Scrivano")
36 #ifndef HAVE_SYNCFS
37 # define HAVE_SYNCFS 0
38 #endif
40 enum sync_mode
42 MODE_FILE,
43 MODE_DATA,
44 MODE_FILE_SYSTEM,
45 MODE_SYNC
48 static struct option const long_options[] =
50 {"data", no_argument, nullptr, 'd'},
51 {"file-system", no_argument, nullptr, 'f'},
52 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
53 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
54 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
57 void
58 usage (int status)
60 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
61 emit_try_help ();
62 else
64 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION] [FILE]...\n"), program_name);
65 fputs (_("\
66 Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage\n\
67 \n\
68 If one or more files are specified, sync only them,\n\
69 or their containing file systems.\n\
70 \n\
71 "), stdout);
73 fputs (_("\
74 -d, --data sync only file data, no unneeded metadata\n\
75 "), stdout);
76 fputs (_("\
77 -f, --file-system sync the file systems that contain the files\n\
78 "), stdout);
80 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
81 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
82 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME);
84 exit (status);
87 /* Sync the specified FILE, or file systems associated with FILE.
88 Return 1 on success. */
90 static bool
91 sync_arg (enum sync_mode mode, char const *file)
93 bool ret = true;
94 int open_flags = O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK;
95 int fd;
97 #if defined _AIX || defined __CYGWIN__
98 /* AIX 7.1, CYGWIN 2.9.0, fsync requires write access to file. */
99 if (mode == MODE_FILE)
100 open_flags = O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK;
101 #endif
103 /* Note O_PATH might be supported with syncfs(),
104 though as of Linux 3.18 is not. */
105 fd = open (file, open_flags);
106 if (fd < 0)
108 /* Use the O_RDONLY errno, which is significant
109 with directories for example. */
110 int rd_errno = errno;
111 if (open_flags != (O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK))
112 fd = open (file, O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
113 if (fd < 0)
115 error (0, rd_errno, _("error opening %s"), quoteaf (file));
116 return false;
120 /* We used O_NONBLOCK above to not hang with fifos,
121 so reset that here. */
122 int fdflags = fcntl (fd, F_GETFL);
123 if (fdflags == -1
124 || fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, fdflags & ~O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
126 error (0, errno, _("couldn't reset non-blocking mode %s"),
127 quoteaf (file));
128 ret = false;
131 if (ret == true)
133 int sync_status = -1;
135 switch (mode)
137 case MODE_DATA:
138 sync_status = fdatasync (fd);
139 break;
141 case MODE_FILE:
142 sync_status = fsync (fd);
143 break;
145 #if HAVE_SYNCFS
146 case MODE_FILE_SYSTEM:
147 sync_status = syncfs (fd);
148 break;
149 #endif
151 default:
152 assert ("invalid sync_mode");
155 if (sync_status < 0)
157 error (0, errno, _("error syncing %s"), quoteaf (file));
158 ret = false;
162 if (close (fd) < 0)
164 error (0, errno, _("failed to close %s"), quoteaf (file));
165 ret = false;
168 return ret;
172 main (int argc, char **argv)
174 int c;
175 bool args_specified;
176 bool arg_data = false, arg_file_system = false;
177 enum sync_mode mode;
178 bool ok = true;
180 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
181 set_program_name (argv[0]);
182 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
183 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
184 textdomain (PACKAGE);
186 atexit (close_stdout);
188 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "df", long_options, nullptr))
189 != -1)
191 switch (c)
193 case 'd':
194 arg_data = true;
195 break;
197 case 'f':
198 arg_file_system = true;
199 break;
201 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
203 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
205 default:
206 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
210 args_specified = optind < argc;
212 if (arg_data && arg_file_system)
214 die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
215 _("cannot specify both --data and --file-system"));
218 if (!args_specified && arg_data)
219 die (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("--data needs at least one argument"));
221 if (! args_specified || (arg_file_system && ! HAVE_SYNCFS))
222 mode = MODE_SYNC;
223 else if (arg_file_system)
224 mode = MODE_FILE_SYSTEM;
225 else if (! arg_data)
226 mode = MODE_FILE;
227 else
228 mode = MODE_DATA;
230 if (mode == MODE_SYNC)
231 sync ();
232 else
234 for (; optind < argc; optind++)
235 ok &= sync_arg (mode, argv[optind]);
238 return ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;