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1 /* GLIB - Library of useful routines for C programming
2 * gmappedfile.c: Simplified wrapper around the mmap() function.
4 * Copyright 2005 Matthias Clasen
6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20 #include "config.h"
22 #include <errno.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <sys/stat.h>
25 #include <fcntl.h>
26 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
27 #include <sys/mman.h>
28 #endif
30 #include "glibconfig.h"
32 #ifdef G_OS_UNIX
33 #include <unistd.h>
34 #endif
36 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
37 #include <windows.h>
38 #include <io.h>
40 #undef fstat
41 #define fstat(a,b) _fstati64(a,b)
42 #undef stat
43 #define stat _stati64
45 #ifndef S_ISREG
46 #define S_ISREG(m) (((m) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFREG)
47 #endif
49 #endif
51 #include "gconvert.h"
52 #include "gerror.h"
53 #include "gfileutils.h"
54 #include "gmappedfile.h"
55 #include "gmem.h"
56 #include "gmessages.h"
57 #include "gstdio.h"
58 #include "gstrfuncs.h"
59 #include "gatomic.h"
61 #include "glibintl.h"
64 #ifndef _O_BINARY
65 #define _O_BINARY 0
66 #endif
68 #ifndef MAP_FAILED
69 #define MAP_FAILED ((void *) -1)
70 #endif
72 /**
73 * GMappedFile:
75 * The #GMappedFile represents a file mapping created with
76 * g_mapped_file_new(). It has only private members and should
77 * not be accessed directly.
80 struct _GMappedFile
82 gchar *contents;
83 gsize length;
84 gpointer free_func;
85 int ref_count;
86 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
87 HANDLE mapping;
88 #endif
91 static void
92 g_mapped_file_destroy (GMappedFile *file)
94 if (file->length)
96 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
97 munmap (file->contents, file->length);
98 #endif
99 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
100 UnmapViewOfFile (file->contents);
101 CloseHandle (file->mapping);
102 #endif
105 g_slice_free (GMappedFile, file);
108 static GMappedFile*
109 mapped_file_new_from_fd (int fd,
110 gboolean writable,
111 const gchar *filename,
112 GError **error)
114 GMappedFile *file;
115 struct stat st;
117 file = g_slice_new0 (GMappedFile);
118 file->ref_count = 1;
119 file->free_func = g_mapped_file_destroy;
121 if (fstat (fd, &st) == -1)
123 int save_errno = errno;
124 gchar *display_filename = filename ? g_filename_display_name (filename) : NULL;
126 g_set_error (error,
127 G_FILE_ERROR,
128 g_file_error_from_errno (save_errno),
129 _("Failed to get attributes of file ā€œ%s%s%s%sā€: fstat() failed: %s"),
130 display_filename ? display_filename : "fd",
131 display_filename ? "' " : "",
132 display_filename ? display_filename : "",
133 display_filename ? "'" : "",
134 g_strerror (save_errno));
135 g_free (display_filename);
136 goto out;
139 /* mmap() on size 0 will fail with EINVAL, so we avoid calling mmap()
140 * in that case -- but only if we have a regular file; we still want
141 * attempts to mmap a character device to fail, for example.
143 if (st.st_size == 0 && S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
145 file->length = 0;
146 file->contents = NULL;
147 return file;
150 file->contents = MAP_FAILED;
152 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
153 if (st.st_size > G_MAXSIZE)
155 errno = EINVAL;
157 else
159 file->length = (gsize) st.st_size;
160 file->contents = (gchar *) mmap (NULL, file->length,
161 writable ? PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE : PROT_READ,
162 MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
164 #endif
165 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
166 file->length = st.st_size;
167 file->mapping = CreateFileMapping ((HANDLE) _get_osfhandle (fd), NULL,
168 writable ? PAGE_WRITECOPY : PAGE_READONLY,
169 0, 0,
170 NULL);
171 if (file->mapping != NULL)
173 file->contents = MapViewOfFile (file->mapping,
174 writable ? FILE_MAP_COPY : FILE_MAP_READ,
175 0, 0,
177 if (file->contents == NULL)
179 file->contents = MAP_FAILED;
180 CloseHandle (file->mapping);
181 file->mapping = NULL;
184 #endif
187 if (file->contents == MAP_FAILED)
189 int save_errno = errno;
190 gchar *display_filename = filename ? g_filename_display_name (filename) : NULL;
192 g_set_error (error,
193 G_FILE_ERROR,
194 g_file_error_from_errno (save_errno),
195 _("Failed to map %s%s%s%s: mmap() failed: %s"),
196 display_filename ? display_filename : "fd",
197 display_filename ? "' " : "",
198 display_filename ? display_filename : "",
199 display_filename ? "'" : "",
200 g_strerror (save_errno));
201 g_free (display_filename);
202 goto out;
205 return file;
207 out:
208 g_slice_free (GMappedFile, file);
210 return NULL;
214 * g_mapped_file_new:
215 * @filename: (type filename): The path of the file to load, in the GLib
216 * filename encoding
217 * @writable: whether the mapping should be writable
218 * @error: return location for a #GError, or %NULL
220 * Maps a file into memory. On UNIX, this is using the mmap() function.
222 * If @writable is %TRUE, the mapped buffer may be modified, otherwise
223 * it is an error to modify the mapped buffer. Modifications to the buffer
224 * are not visible to other processes mapping the same file, and are not
225 * written back to the file.
227 * Note that modifications of the underlying file might affect the contents
228 * of the #GMappedFile. Therefore, mapping should only be used if the file
229 * will not be modified, or if all modifications of the file are done
230 * atomically (e.g. using g_file_set_contents()).
232 * If @filename is the name of an empty, regular file, the function
233 * will successfully return an empty #GMappedFile. In other cases of
234 * size 0 (e.g. device files such as /dev/null), @error will be set
235 * to the #GFileError value #G_FILE_ERROR_INVAL.
237 * Returns: a newly allocated #GMappedFile which must be unref'd
238 * with g_mapped_file_unref(), or %NULL if the mapping failed.
240 * Since: 2.8
242 GMappedFile *
243 g_mapped_file_new (const gchar *filename,
244 gboolean writable,
245 GError **error)
247 GMappedFile *file;
248 int fd;
250 g_return_val_if_fail (filename != NULL, NULL);
251 g_return_val_if_fail (!error || *error == NULL, NULL);
253 fd = g_open (filename, (writable ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY) | _O_BINARY, 0);
254 if (fd == -1)
256 int save_errno = errno;
257 gchar *display_filename = g_filename_display_name (filename);
259 g_set_error (error,
260 G_FILE_ERROR,
261 g_file_error_from_errno (save_errno),
262 _("Failed to open file ā€œ%sā€: open() failed: %s"),
263 display_filename,
264 g_strerror (save_errno));
265 g_free (display_filename);
266 return NULL;
269 file = mapped_file_new_from_fd (fd, writable, filename, error);
271 close (fd);
273 return file;
278 * g_mapped_file_new_from_fd:
279 * @fd: The file descriptor of the file to load
280 * @writable: whether the mapping should be writable
281 * @error: return location for a #GError, or %NULL
283 * Maps a file into memory. On UNIX, this is using the mmap() function.
285 * If @writable is %TRUE, the mapped buffer may be modified, otherwise
286 * it is an error to modify the mapped buffer. Modifications to the buffer
287 * are not visible to other processes mapping the same file, and are not
288 * written back to the file.
290 * Note that modifications of the underlying file might affect the contents
291 * of the #GMappedFile. Therefore, mapping should only be used if the file
292 * will not be modified, or if all modifications of the file are done
293 * atomically (e.g. using g_file_set_contents()).
295 * Returns: a newly allocated #GMappedFile which must be unref'd
296 * with g_mapped_file_unref(), or %NULL if the mapping failed.
298 * Since: 2.32
300 GMappedFile *
301 g_mapped_file_new_from_fd (gint fd,
302 gboolean writable,
303 GError **error)
305 return mapped_file_new_from_fd (fd, writable, NULL, error);
309 * g_mapped_file_get_length:
310 * @file: a #GMappedFile
312 * Returns the length of the contents of a #GMappedFile.
314 * Returns: the length of the contents of @file.
316 * Since: 2.8
318 gsize
319 g_mapped_file_get_length (GMappedFile *file)
321 g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, 0);
323 return file->length;
327 * g_mapped_file_get_contents:
328 * @file: a #GMappedFile
330 * Returns the contents of a #GMappedFile.
332 * Note that the contents may not be zero-terminated,
333 * even if the #GMappedFile is backed by a text file.
335 * If the file is empty then %NULL is returned.
337 * Returns: the contents of @file, or %NULL.
339 * Since: 2.8
341 gchar *
342 g_mapped_file_get_contents (GMappedFile *file)
344 g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, NULL);
346 return file->contents;
350 * g_mapped_file_free:
351 * @file: a #GMappedFile
353 * This call existed before #GMappedFile had refcounting and is currently
354 * exactly the same as g_mapped_file_unref().
356 * Since: 2.8
357 * Deprecated:2.22: Use g_mapped_file_unref() instead.
359 void
360 g_mapped_file_free (GMappedFile *file)
362 g_mapped_file_unref (file);
366 * g_mapped_file_ref:
367 * @file: a #GMappedFile
369 * Increments the reference count of @file by one. It is safe to call
370 * this function from any thread.
372 * Returns: the passed in #GMappedFile.
374 * Since: 2.22
376 GMappedFile *
377 g_mapped_file_ref (GMappedFile *file)
379 g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, NULL);
381 g_atomic_int_inc (&file->ref_count);
383 return file;
387 * g_mapped_file_unref:
388 * @file: a #GMappedFile
390 * Decrements the reference count of @file by one. If the reference count
391 * drops to 0, unmaps the buffer of @file and frees it.
393 * It is safe to call this function from any thread.
395 * Since 2.22
397 void
398 g_mapped_file_unref (GMappedFile *file)
400 g_return_if_fail (file != NULL);
402 if (g_atomic_int_dec_and_test (&file->ref_count))
403 g_mapped_file_destroy (file);
407 * g_mapped_file_get_bytes:
408 * @file: a #GMappedFile
410 * Creates a new #GBytes which references the data mapped from @file.
411 * The mapped contents of the file must not be modified after creating this
412 * bytes object, because a #GBytes should be immutable.
414 * Returns: (transfer full): A newly allocated #GBytes referencing data
415 * from @file
417 * Since: 2.34
419 GBytes *
420 g_mapped_file_get_bytes (GMappedFile *file)
422 g_return_val_if_fail (file != NULL, NULL);
424 return g_bytes_new_with_free_func (file->contents,
425 file->length,
426 (GDestroyNotify) g_mapped_file_unref,
427 g_mapped_file_ref (file));