1 /* Inotify support for Emacs
3 Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
7 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
28 #include "character.h"
29 #include "frame.h" /* Required for termhooks.h. */
30 #include "termhooks.h"
32 static Lisp_Object Qaccess
; /* IN_ACCESS */
33 static Lisp_Object Qattrib
; /* IN_ATTRIB */
34 static Lisp_Object Qclose_write
; /* IN_CLOSE_WRITE */
35 static Lisp_Object Qclose_nowrite
; /* IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE */
36 static Lisp_Object Qcreate
; /* IN_CREATE */
37 static Lisp_Object Qdelete
; /* IN_DELETE */
38 static Lisp_Object Qdelete_self
; /* IN_DELETE_SELF */
39 static Lisp_Object Qmodify
; /* IN_MODIFY */
40 static Lisp_Object Qmove_self
; /* IN_MOVE_SELF */
41 static Lisp_Object Qmoved_from
; /* IN_MOVED_FROM */
42 static Lisp_Object Qmoved_to
; /* IN_MOVED_TO */
43 static Lisp_Object Qopen
; /* IN_OPEN */
45 static Lisp_Object Qall_events
; /* IN_ALL_EVENTS */
46 static Lisp_Object Qmove
; /* IN_MOVE */
47 static Lisp_Object Qclose
; /* IN_CLOSE */
49 static Lisp_Object Qdont_follow
; /* IN_DONT_FOLLOW */
50 static Lisp_Object Qexcl_unlink
; /* IN_EXCL_UNLINK */
51 static Lisp_Object Qmask_add
; /* IN_MASK_ADD */
52 static Lisp_Object Qoneshot
; /* IN_ONESHOT */
53 static Lisp_Object Qonlydir
; /* IN_ONLYDIR */
55 static Lisp_Object Qignored
; /* IN_IGNORED */
56 static Lisp_Object Qisdir
; /* IN_ISDIR */
57 static Lisp_Object Qq_overflow
; /* IN_Q_OVERFLOW */
58 static Lisp_Object Qunmount
; /* IN_UNMOUNT */
60 #include <sys/inotify.h>
61 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
63 /* Ignore bits that might be undefined on old GNU/Linux systems. */
64 #ifndef IN_EXCL_UNLINK
65 # define IN_EXCL_UNLINK 0
67 #ifndef IN_DONT_FOLLOW
68 # define IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0
74 /* File handle for inotify. */
75 static int inotifyfd
= -1;
77 /* Assoc list of files being watched.
79 (watch-descriptor . callback)
81 static Lisp_Object watch_list
;
84 make_watch_descriptor (int wd
)
86 /* TODO replace this with a Misc Object! */
87 return make_number (wd
);
91 mask_to_aspects (uint32_t mask
) {
92 Lisp_Object aspects
= Qnil
;
94 aspects
= Fcons (Qaccess
, aspects
);
96 aspects
= Fcons (Qattrib
, aspects
);
97 if (mask
& IN_CLOSE_WRITE
)
98 aspects
= Fcons (Qclose_write
, aspects
);
99 if (mask
& IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
)
100 aspects
= Fcons (Qclose_nowrite
, aspects
);
101 if (mask
& IN_CREATE
)
102 aspects
= Fcons (Qcreate
, aspects
);
103 if (mask
& IN_DELETE
)
104 aspects
= Fcons (Qdelete
, aspects
);
105 if (mask
& IN_DELETE_SELF
)
106 aspects
= Fcons (Qdelete_self
, aspects
);
107 if (mask
& IN_MODIFY
)
108 aspects
= Fcons (Qmodify
, aspects
);
109 if (mask
& IN_MOVE_SELF
)
110 aspects
= Fcons (Qmove_self
, aspects
);
111 if (mask
& IN_MOVED_FROM
)
112 aspects
= Fcons (Qmoved_from
, aspects
);
113 if (mask
& IN_MOVED_TO
)
114 aspects
= Fcons (Qmoved_to
, aspects
);
116 aspects
= Fcons (Qopen
, aspects
);
117 if (mask
& IN_IGNORED
)
118 aspects
= Fcons (Qignored
, aspects
);
120 aspects
= Fcons (Qisdir
, aspects
);
121 if (mask
& IN_Q_OVERFLOW
)
122 aspects
= Fcons (Qq_overflow
, aspects
);
123 if (mask
& IN_UNMOUNT
)
124 aspects
= Fcons (Qunmount
, aspects
);
129 inotifyevent_to_event (Lisp_Object watch_object
, struct inotify_event
const *ev
)
131 Lisp_Object name
= Qnil
;
134 size_t const len
= strlen (ev
->name
);
135 name
= make_unibyte_string (ev
->name
, min (len
, ev
->len
));
136 name
= DECODE_FILE (name
);
139 return list2 (list4 (make_watch_descriptor (ev
->wd
),
140 mask_to_aspects (ev
->mask
),
142 make_number (ev
->cookie
)),
143 XCDR (watch_object
));
146 /* This callback is called when the FD is available for read. The inotify
147 events are read from FD and converted into input_events. */
149 inotify_callback (int fd
, void *_
)
151 struct input_event event
;
152 Lisp_Object watch_object
;
159 if (ioctl (fd
, FIONREAD
, &to_read
) == -1)
162 build_string ("Error while trying to retrieve file system events"));
163 buffer
= xmalloc (to_read
);
164 n
= read (fd
, buffer
, to_read
);
170 build_string ("Error while trying to read file system events"));
174 event
.kind
= FILE_NOTIFY_EVENT
;
177 while (i
< (size_t)n
)
179 struct inotify_event
*ev
= (struct inotify_event
*)&buffer
[i
];
181 watch_object
= Fassoc (make_watch_descriptor (ev
->wd
), watch_list
);
182 if (!NILP (watch_object
))
184 event
.arg
= inotifyevent_to_event (watch_object
, ev
);
186 /* If event was removed automatically: Drop it from watch list. */
187 if (ev
->mask
& IN_IGNORED
)
188 watch_list
= Fdelete (watch_object
, watch_list
);
190 if (!NILP (event
.arg
))
191 kbd_buffer_store_event (&event
);
194 i
+= sizeof (*ev
) + ev
->len
;
201 symbol_to_inotifymask (Lisp_Object symb
)
203 if (EQ (symb
, Qaccess
))
205 else if (EQ (symb
, Qattrib
))
207 else if (EQ (symb
, Qclose_write
))
208 return IN_CLOSE_WRITE
;
209 else if (EQ (symb
, Qclose_nowrite
))
210 return IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
;
211 else if (EQ (symb
, Qcreate
))
213 else if (EQ (symb
, Qdelete
))
215 else if (EQ (symb
, Qdelete_self
))
216 return IN_DELETE_SELF
;
217 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmodify
))
219 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmove_self
))
221 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmoved_from
))
222 return IN_MOVED_FROM
;
223 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmoved_to
))
225 else if (EQ (symb
, Qopen
))
227 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmove
))
229 else if (EQ (symb
, Qclose
))
232 else if (EQ (symb
, Qdont_follow
))
233 return IN_DONT_FOLLOW
;
234 else if (EQ (symb
, Qexcl_unlink
))
235 return IN_EXCL_UNLINK
;
236 else if (EQ (symb
, Qmask_add
))
238 else if (EQ (symb
, Qoneshot
))
240 else if (EQ (symb
, Qonlydir
))
243 else if (EQ (symb
, Qt
) || EQ (symb
, Qall_events
))
244 return IN_ALL_EVENTS
;
246 xsignal2 (Qfile_notify_error
, build_string ("Unknown aspect"), symb
);
250 aspect_to_inotifymask (Lisp_Object aspect
)
254 Lisp_Object x
= aspect
;
258 mask
|= symbol_to_inotifymask (XCAR (x
));
264 return symbol_to_inotifymask (aspect
);
267 DEFUN ("inotify-add-watch", Finotify_add_watch
, Sinotify_add_watch
, 3, 3, 0,
268 doc
: /* Add a watch for FILE-NAME to inotify.
270 Return a watch descriptor. The watch will look for ASPECT events and
271 invoke CALLBACK when an event occurs.
273 ASPECT might be one of the following symbols or a list of those symbols:
292 The following symbols can also be added to a list of aspects:
300 Watching a directory is not recursive. CALLBACK is passed a single argument
301 EVENT which contains an event structure of the format
303 (WATCH-DESCRIPTOR ASPECTS NAME COOKIE)
305 WATCH-DESCRIPTOR is the same object that was returned by this function. It can
306 be tested for equality using `equal'. ASPECTS describes the event. It is a
307 list of ASPECT symbols described above and can also contain one of the following
315 If a directory is watched then NAME is the name of file that caused the event.
317 COOKIE is an object that can be compared using `equal' to identify two matching
318 renames (moved-from and moved-to).
320 See inotify(7) and inotify_add_watch(2) for further information. The inotify fd
321 is managed internally and there is no corresponding inotify_init. Use
322 `inotify-rm-watch' to remove a watch.
324 (Lisp_Object file_name
, Lisp_Object aspect
, Lisp_Object callback
)
327 Lisp_Object watch_object
;
328 Lisp_Object encoded_file_name
;
329 Lisp_Object watch_descriptor
;
332 CHECK_STRING (file_name
);
336 inotifyfd
= inotify_init1 (IN_NONBLOCK
|IN_CLOEXEC
);
340 build_string ("File watching feature (inotify) is not available"));
342 add_read_fd (inotifyfd
, &inotify_callback
, NULL
);
345 mask
= aspect_to_inotifymask (aspect
);
346 encoded_file_name
= ENCODE_FILE (file_name
);
347 watchdesc
= inotify_add_watch (inotifyfd
, SSDATA (encoded_file_name
), mask
);
349 xsignal2 (Qfile_notify_error
,
350 build_string ("Could not add watch for file"), file_name
);
352 watch_descriptor
= make_watch_descriptor (watchdesc
);
354 /* Delete existing watch object. */
355 watch_object
= Fassoc (watch_descriptor
, watch_list
);
356 if (!NILP (watch_object
))
357 watch_list
= Fdelete (watch_object
, watch_list
);
359 /* Store watch object in watch list. */
360 watch_object
= Fcons (watch_descriptor
, callback
);
361 watch_list
= Fcons (watch_object
, watch_list
);
363 return watch_descriptor
;
366 DEFUN ("inotify-rm-watch", Finotify_rm_watch
, Sinotify_rm_watch
, 1, 1, 0,
367 doc
: /* Remove an existing WATCH-DESCRIPTOR.
369 WATCH-DESCRIPTOR should be an object returned by `inotify-add-watch'.
371 See inotify_rm_watch(2) for more information.
373 (Lisp_Object watch_descriptor
)
375 Lisp_Object watch_object
;
376 int wd
= XINT (watch_descriptor
);
378 if (inotify_rm_watch (inotifyfd
, wd
) == -1)
379 xsignal2 (Qfile_notify_error
,
380 build_string ("Could not rm watch"), watch_descriptor
);
382 /* Remove watch descriptor from watch list. */
383 watch_object
= Fassoc (watch_descriptor
, watch_list
);
384 if (!NILP (watch_object
))
385 watch_list
= Fdelete (watch_object
, watch_list
);
387 /* Cleanup if no more files are watched. */
388 if (NILP (watch_list
))
390 emacs_close (inotifyfd
);
391 delete_read_fd (inotifyfd
);
399 syms_of_inotify (void)
401 DEFSYM (Qaccess
, "access");
402 DEFSYM (Qattrib
, "attrib");
403 DEFSYM (Qclose_write
, "close-write");
404 DEFSYM (Qclose_nowrite
, "close-nowrite");
405 DEFSYM (Qcreate
, "create");
406 DEFSYM (Qdelete
, "delete");
407 DEFSYM (Qdelete_self
, "delete-self");
408 DEFSYM (Qmodify
, "modify");
409 DEFSYM (Qmove_self
, "move-self");
410 DEFSYM (Qmoved_from
, "moved-from");
411 DEFSYM (Qmoved_to
, "moved-to");
412 DEFSYM (Qopen
, "open");
414 DEFSYM (Qall_events
, "all-events");
415 DEFSYM (Qmove
, "move");
416 DEFSYM (Qclose
, "close");
418 DEFSYM (Qdont_follow
, "dont-follow");
419 DEFSYM (Qexcl_unlink
, "excl-unlink");
420 DEFSYM (Qmask_add
, "mask-add");
421 DEFSYM (Qoneshot
, "oneshot");
422 DEFSYM (Qonlydir
, "onlydir");
424 DEFSYM (Qignored
, "ignored");
425 DEFSYM (Qisdir
, "isdir");
426 DEFSYM (Qq_overflow
, "q-overflow");
427 DEFSYM (Qunmount
, "unmount");
429 defsubr (&Sinotify_add_watch
);
430 defsubr (&Sinotify_rm_watch
);
432 staticpro (&watch_list
);
434 Fprovide (intern_c_string ("inotify"), Qnil
);
437 #endif /* HAVE_INOTIFY */