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1 /* Set file access and modification times.
3 Copyright (C) 2003-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
7 Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or any
8 later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */
20 /* derived from a function in touch.c */
22 #include <config.h>
24 #define _GL_UTIMENS_INLINE _GL_EXTERN_INLINE
25 #include "utimens.h"
27 #include <assert.h>
28 #include <errno.h>
29 #include <fcntl.h>
30 #include <stdbool.h>
31 #include <sys/stat.h>
32 #include <sys/time.h>
33 #include <unistd.h>
35 #include "stat-time.h"
36 #include "timespec.h"
38 #if HAVE_UTIME_H
39 # include <utime.h>
40 #endif
42 /* Some systems (even some that do have <utime.h>) don't declare this
43 structure anywhere. */
44 #ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF
45 struct utimbuf
47 long actime;
48 long modtime;
50 #endif
52 /* Avoid recursion with rpl_futimens or rpl_utimensat. */
53 #undef futimens
54 #undef utimensat
56 /* Solaris 9 mistakenly succeeds when given a non-directory with a
57 trailing slash. Force the use of rpl_stat for a fix. */
58 #ifndef REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_FILE
59 # define REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_FILE 0
60 #endif
62 #if HAVE_UTIMENSAT || HAVE_FUTIMENS
63 /* Cache variables for whether the utimensat syscall works; used to
64 avoid calling the syscall if we know it will just fail with ENOSYS,
65 and to avoid unnecessary work in massaging timestamps if the
66 syscall will work. Multiple variables are needed, to distinguish
67 between the following scenarios on Linux:
68 utimensat doesn't exist, or is in glibc but kernel 2.6.18 fails with ENOSYS
69 kernel 2.6.22 and earlier rejects AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
70 kernel 2.6.25 and earlier reject UTIME_NOW/UTIME_OMIT with non-zero tv_sec
71 kernel 2.6.32 used with xfs or ntfs-3g fail to honor UTIME_OMIT
72 utimensat completely works
73 For each cache variable: 0 = unknown, 1 = yes, -1 = no. */
74 static int utimensat_works_really;
75 static int lutimensat_works_really;
76 #endif /* HAVE_UTIMENSAT || HAVE_FUTIMENS */
78 /* Validate the requested timestamps. Return 0 if the resulting
79 timespec can be used for utimensat (after possibly modifying it to
80 work around bugs in utimensat). Return a positive value if the
81 timespec needs further adjustment based on stat results: 1 if any
82 adjustment is needed for utimes, and 2 if any adjustment is needed
83 for Linux utimensat. Return -1, with errno set to EINVAL, if
84 timespec is out of range. */
85 static int
86 validate_timespec (struct timespec timespec[2])
88 int result = 0;
89 int utime_omit_count = 0;
90 assert (timespec);
91 if ((timespec[0].tv_nsec != UTIME_NOW
92 && timespec[0].tv_nsec != UTIME_OMIT
93 && ! (0 <= timespec[0].tv_nsec
94 && timespec[0].tv_nsec < TIMESPEC_RESOLUTION))
95 || (timespec[1].tv_nsec != UTIME_NOW
96 && timespec[1].tv_nsec != UTIME_OMIT
97 && ! (0 <= timespec[1].tv_nsec
98 && timespec[1].tv_nsec < TIMESPEC_RESOLUTION)))
100 errno = EINVAL;
101 return -1;
103 /* Work around Linux kernel 2.6.25 bug, where utimensat fails with
104 EINVAL if tv_sec is not 0 when using the flag values of tv_nsec.
105 Flag a Linux kernel 2.6.32 bug, where an mtime of UTIME_OMIT
106 fails to bump ctime. */
107 if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW
108 || timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
110 timespec[0].tv_sec = 0;
111 result = 1;
112 if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
113 utime_omit_count++;
115 if (timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW
116 || timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
118 timespec[1].tv_sec = 0;
119 result = 1;
120 if (timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
121 utime_omit_count++;
123 return result + (utime_omit_count == 1);
126 /* Normalize any UTIME_NOW or UTIME_OMIT values in *TS, using stat
127 buffer STATBUF to obtain the current timestamps of the file. If
128 both times are UTIME_NOW, set *TS to NULL (as this can avoid some
129 permissions issues). If both times are UTIME_OMIT, return true
130 (nothing further beyond the prior collection of STATBUF is
131 necessary); otherwise return false. */
132 static bool
133 update_timespec (struct stat const *statbuf, struct timespec *ts[2])
135 struct timespec *timespec = *ts;
136 if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT
137 && timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
138 return true;
139 if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW
140 && timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW)
142 *ts = NULL;
143 return false;
146 if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
147 timespec[0] = get_stat_atime (statbuf);
148 else if (timespec[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW)
149 gettime (&timespec[0]);
151 if (timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
152 timespec[1] = get_stat_mtime (statbuf);
153 else if (timespec[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW)
154 gettime (&timespec[1]);
156 return false;
159 /* Set the access and modification time stamps of FD (a.k.a. FILE) to be
160 TIMESPEC[0] and TIMESPEC[1], respectively.
161 FD must be either negative -- in which case it is ignored --
162 or a file descriptor that is open on FILE.
163 If FD is nonnegative, then FILE can be NULL, which means
164 use just futimes (or equivalent) instead of utimes (or equivalent),
165 and fail if on an old system without futimes (or equivalent).
166 If TIMESPEC is null, set the time stamps to the current time.
167 Return 0 on success, -1 (setting errno) on failure. */
170 fdutimens (int fd, char const *file, struct timespec const timespec[2])
172 struct timespec adjusted_timespec[2];
173 struct timespec *ts = timespec ? adjusted_timespec : NULL;
174 int adjustment_needed = 0;
175 struct stat st;
177 if (ts)
179 adjusted_timespec[0] = timespec[0];
180 adjusted_timespec[1] = timespec[1];
181 adjustment_needed = validate_timespec (ts);
183 if (adjustment_needed < 0)
184 return -1;
186 /* Require that at least one of FD or FILE are potentially valid, to avoid
187 a Linux bug where futimens (AT_FDCWD, NULL) changes "." rather
188 than failing. */
189 if (fd < 0 && !file)
191 errno = EBADF;
192 return -1;
195 /* Some Linux-based NFS clients are buggy, and mishandle time stamps
196 of files in NFS file systems in some cases. We have no
197 configure-time test for this, but please see
198 <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132673> for references to
199 some of the problems with Linux 2.6.16. If this affects you,
200 compile with -DHAVE_BUGGY_NFS_TIME_STAMPS; this is reported to
201 help in some cases, albeit at a cost in performance. But you
202 really should upgrade your kernel to a fixed version, since the
203 problem affects many applications. */
205 #if HAVE_BUGGY_NFS_TIME_STAMPS
206 if (fd < 0)
207 sync ();
208 else
209 fsync (fd);
210 #endif
212 /* POSIX 2008 added two interfaces to set file timestamps with
213 nanosecond resolution; newer Linux implements both functions via
214 a single syscall. We provide a fallback for ENOSYS (for example,
215 compiling against Linux 2.6.25 kernel headers and glibc 2.7, but
216 running on Linux 2.6.18 kernel). */
217 #if HAVE_UTIMENSAT || HAVE_FUTIMENS
218 if (0 <= utimensat_works_really)
220 int result;
221 # if __linux__ || __sun
222 /* As recently as Linux kernel 2.6.32 (Dec 2009), several file
223 systems (xfs, ntfs-3g) have bugs with a single UTIME_OMIT,
224 but work if both times are either explicitly specified or
225 UTIME_NOW. Work around it with a preparatory [f]stat prior
226 to calling futimens/utimensat; fortunately, there is not much
227 timing impact due to the extra syscall even on file systems
228 where UTIME_OMIT would have worked.
230 The same bug occurs in Solaris 11.1 (Apr 2013).
232 FIXME: Simplify this for Linux in 2016 and for Solaris in
233 2024, when file system bugs are no longer common. */
234 if (adjustment_needed == 2)
236 if (fd < 0 ? stat (file, &st) : fstat (fd, &st))
237 return -1;
238 if (ts[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
239 ts[0] = get_stat_atime (&st);
240 else if (ts[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
241 ts[1] = get_stat_mtime (&st);
242 /* Note that st is good, in case utimensat gives ENOSYS. */
243 adjustment_needed++;
245 # endif
246 # if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
247 if (fd < 0)
249 result = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, ts, 0);
250 # ifdef __linux__
251 /* Work around a kernel bug:
252 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/442352
253 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/449910
254 It appears that utimensat can mistakenly return 280 rather
255 than -1 upon ENOSYS failure.
256 FIXME: remove in 2010 or whenever the offending kernels
257 are no longer in common use. */
258 if (0 < result)
259 errno = ENOSYS;
260 # endif /* __linux__ */
261 if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
263 utimensat_works_really = 1;
264 return result;
267 # endif /* HAVE_UTIMENSAT */
268 # if HAVE_FUTIMENS
269 if (0 <= fd)
271 result = futimens (fd, ts);
272 # ifdef __linux__
273 /* Work around the same bug as above. */
274 if (0 < result)
275 errno = ENOSYS;
276 # endif /* __linux__ */
277 if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
279 utimensat_works_really = 1;
280 return result;
283 # endif /* HAVE_FUTIMENS */
285 utimensat_works_really = -1;
286 lutimensat_works_really = -1;
287 #endif /* HAVE_UTIMENSAT || HAVE_FUTIMENS */
289 /* The platform lacks an interface to set file timestamps with
290 nanosecond resolution, so do the best we can, discarding any
291 fractional part of the timestamp. */
293 if (adjustment_needed || (REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_FILE && fd < 0))
295 if (adjustment_needed != 3
296 && (fd < 0 ? stat (file, &st) : fstat (fd, &st)))
297 return -1;
298 if (ts && update_timespec (&st, &ts))
299 return 0;
303 #if HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
304 struct timeval timeval[2];
305 struct timeval *t;
306 if (ts)
308 timeval[0].tv_sec = ts[0].tv_sec;
309 timeval[0].tv_usec = ts[0].tv_nsec / 1000;
310 timeval[1].tv_sec = ts[1].tv_sec;
311 timeval[1].tv_usec = ts[1].tv_nsec / 1000;
312 t = timeval;
314 else
315 t = NULL;
317 if (fd < 0)
319 # if HAVE_FUTIMESAT
320 return futimesat (AT_FDCWD, file, t);
321 # endif
323 else
325 /* If futimesat or futimes fails here, don't try to speed things
326 up by returning right away. glibc can incorrectly fail with
327 errno == ENOENT if /proc isn't mounted. Also, Mandrake 10.0
328 in high security mode doesn't allow ordinary users to read
329 /proc/self, so glibc incorrectly fails with errno == EACCES.
330 If errno == EIO, EPERM, or EROFS, it's probably safe to fail
331 right away, but these cases are rare enough that they're not
332 worth optimizing, and who knows what other messed-up systems
333 are out there? So play it safe and fall back on the code
334 below. */
336 # if (HAVE_FUTIMESAT && !FUTIMESAT_NULL_BUG) || HAVE_FUTIMES
337 # if HAVE_FUTIMESAT && !FUTIMESAT_NULL_BUG
338 # undef futimes
339 # define futimes(fd, t) futimesat (fd, NULL, t)
340 # endif
341 if (futimes (fd, t) == 0)
343 # if __linux__ && __GLIBC__
344 /* Work around a longstanding glibc bug, still present as
345 of 2010-12-27. On older Linux kernels that lack both
346 utimensat and utimes, glibc's futimes rounds instead of
347 truncating when falling back on utime. The same bug
348 occurs in futimesat with a null 2nd arg. */
349 if (t)
351 bool abig = 500000 <= t[0].tv_usec;
352 bool mbig = 500000 <= t[1].tv_usec;
353 if ((abig | mbig) && fstat (fd, &st) == 0)
355 /* If these two subtractions overflow, they'll
356 track the overflows inside the buggy glibc. */
357 time_t adiff = st.st_atime - t[0].tv_sec;
358 time_t mdiff = st.st_mtime - t[1].tv_sec;
360 struct timeval *tt = NULL;
361 struct timeval truncated_timeval[2];
362 truncated_timeval[0] = t[0];
363 truncated_timeval[1] = t[1];
364 if (abig && adiff == 1 && get_stat_atime_ns (&st) == 0)
366 tt = truncated_timeval;
367 tt[0].tv_usec = 0;
369 if (mbig && mdiff == 1 && get_stat_mtime_ns (&st) == 0)
371 tt = truncated_timeval;
372 tt[1].tv_usec = 0;
374 if (tt)
375 futimes (fd, tt);
378 # endif
380 return 0;
382 # endif
384 #endif /* HAVE_FUTIMESAT || HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
386 if (!file)
388 #if ! ((HAVE_FUTIMESAT && !FUTIMESAT_NULL_BUG) \
389 || (HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES && HAVE_FUTIMES))
390 errno = ENOSYS;
391 #endif
392 return -1;
395 #if HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES
396 return utimes (file, t);
397 #else
399 struct utimbuf utimbuf;
400 struct utimbuf *ut;
401 if (ts)
403 utimbuf.actime = ts[0].tv_sec;
404 utimbuf.modtime = ts[1].tv_sec;
405 ut = &utimbuf;
407 else
408 ut = NULL;
410 return utime (file, ut);
412 #endif /* !HAVE_WORKING_UTIMES */
416 /* Set the access and modification time stamps of FILE to be
417 TIMESPEC[0] and TIMESPEC[1], respectively. */
419 utimens (char const *file, struct timespec const timespec[2])
421 return fdutimens (-1, file, timespec);
424 /* Set the access and modification time stamps of FILE to be
425 TIMESPEC[0] and TIMESPEC[1], respectively, without dereferencing
426 symlinks. Fail with ENOSYS if the platform does not support
427 changing symlink timestamps, but FILE was a symlink. */
429 lutimens (char const *file, struct timespec const timespec[2])
431 struct timespec adjusted_timespec[2];
432 struct timespec *ts = timespec ? adjusted_timespec : NULL;
433 int adjustment_needed = 0;
434 struct stat st;
436 if (ts)
438 adjusted_timespec[0] = timespec[0];
439 adjusted_timespec[1] = timespec[1];
440 adjustment_needed = validate_timespec (ts);
442 if (adjustment_needed < 0)
443 return -1;
445 /* The Linux kernel did not support symlink timestamps until
446 utimensat, in version 2.6.22, so we don't need to mimic
447 fdutimens' worry about buggy NFS clients. But we do have to
448 worry about bogus return values. */
450 #if HAVE_UTIMENSAT
451 if (0 <= lutimensat_works_really)
453 int result;
454 # if __linux__ || __sun
455 /* As recently as Linux kernel 2.6.32 (Dec 2009), several file
456 systems (xfs, ntfs-3g) have bugs with a single UTIME_OMIT,
457 but work if both times are either explicitly specified or
458 UTIME_NOW. Work around it with a preparatory lstat prior to
459 calling utimensat; fortunately, there is not much timing
460 impact due to the extra syscall even on file systems where
461 UTIME_OMIT would have worked.
463 The same bug occurs in Solaris 11.1 (Apr 2013).
465 FIXME: Simplify this for Linux in 2016 and for Solaris in
466 2024, when file system bugs are no longer common. */
467 if (adjustment_needed == 2)
469 if (lstat (file, &st))
470 return -1;
471 if (ts[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
472 ts[0] = get_stat_atime (&st);
473 else if (ts[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT)
474 ts[1] = get_stat_mtime (&st);
475 /* Note that st is good, in case utimensat gives ENOSYS. */
476 adjustment_needed++;
478 # endif
479 result = utimensat (AT_FDCWD, file, ts, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
480 # ifdef __linux__
481 /* Work around a kernel bug:
482 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/442352
483 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/449910
484 It appears that utimensat can mistakenly return 280 rather
485 than -1 upon ENOSYS failure.
486 FIXME: remove in 2010 or whenever the offending kernels
487 are no longer in common use. */
488 if (0 < result)
489 errno = ENOSYS;
490 # endif
491 if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
493 utimensat_works_really = 1;
494 lutimensat_works_really = 1;
495 return result;
498 lutimensat_works_really = -1;
499 #endif /* HAVE_UTIMENSAT */
501 /* The platform lacks an interface to set file timestamps with
502 nanosecond resolution, so do the best we can, discarding any
503 fractional part of the timestamp. */
505 if (adjustment_needed || REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_FILE)
507 if (adjustment_needed != 3 && lstat (file, &st))
508 return -1;
509 if (ts && update_timespec (&st, &ts))
510 return 0;
513 /* On Linux, lutimes is a thin wrapper around utimensat, so there is
514 no point trying lutimes if utimensat failed with ENOSYS. */
515 #if HAVE_LUTIMES && !HAVE_UTIMENSAT
517 struct timeval timeval[2];
518 struct timeval *t;
519 int result;
520 if (ts)
522 timeval[0].tv_sec = ts[0].tv_sec;
523 timeval[0].tv_usec = ts[0].tv_nsec / 1000;
524 timeval[1].tv_sec = ts[1].tv_sec;
525 timeval[1].tv_usec = ts[1].tv_nsec / 1000;
526 t = timeval;
528 else
529 t = NULL;
531 result = lutimes (file, t);
532 if (result == 0 || errno != ENOSYS)
533 return result;
535 #endif /* HAVE_LUTIMES && !HAVE_UTIMENSAT */
537 /* Out of luck for symlinks, but we still handle regular files. */
538 if (!(adjustment_needed || REPLACE_FUNC_STAT_FILE) && lstat (file, &st))
539 return -1;
540 if (!S_ISLNK (st.st_mode))
541 return fdutimens (-1, file, ts);
542 errno = ENOSYS;
543 return -1;