1 /* Handle locking of password file.
2 Copyright (C) 1996-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library 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 GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #include <libc-lock.h>
26 #include <sigsetops.h>
28 #include <kernel-features.h>
31 /* Name of the lock file. */
32 #define PWD_LOCKFILE "/etc/.pwd.lock"
34 /* How long to wait for getting the lock before returning with an
36 #define TIMEOUT 15 /* sec */
39 /* File descriptor for lock file. */
40 static int lock_fd
= -1;
42 /* Prevent problems in multithreaded program by using mutex. */
43 __libc_lock_define_initialized (static, lock
)
46 /* Prototypes for local functions. */
47 static void noop_handler (int __sig
);
50 /* We cannot simply return in error cases. We have to close the file
51 and perhaps restore the signal handler. */
52 #define RETURN_CLOSE_FD(code) \
54 if ((code) < 0 && lock_fd >= 0) \
59 __libc_lock_unlock (lock); \
63 #define RETURN_RESTORE_HANDLER(code) \
65 /* Restore old action handler for alarm. We don't need to know \
66 about the current one. */ \
67 __sigaction (SIGALRM, &saved_act, NULL); \
68 RETURN_CLOSE_FD (code); \
71 #define RETURN_CLEAR_ALARM(code) \
75 /* Restore old set of handled signals. We don't need to know \
76 about the current one.*/ \
77 __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &saved_set, NULL); \
78 RETURN_RESTORE_HANDLER (code); \
85 sigset_t saved_set
; /* Saved set of caught signals. */
86 struct sigaction saved_act
; /* Saved signal action. */
87 sigset_t new_set
; /* New set of caught signals. */
88 struct sigaction new_act
; /* New signal action. */
89 struct flock fl
; /* Information struct for locking. */
93 /* Still locked by own process. */
96 /* Prevent problems caused by multiple threads. */
97 __libc_lock_lock (lock
);
99 int oflags
= O_WRONLY
| O_CREAT
| O_CLOEXEC
;
100 lock_fd
= __open (PWD_LOCKFILE
, oflags
, 0600);
102 /* Cannot create lock file. */
103 RETURN_CLOSE_FD (-1);
105 /* Now we have to get exclusive write access. Since multiple
106 process could try this we won't stop when it first fails.
107 Instead we set a timeout for the system call. Once the timer
108 expires it is likely that there are some problems which cannot be
111 It is important that we don't change the signal state. We must
112 restore the old signal behaviour. */
113 memset (&new_act
, '\0', sizeof (struct sigaction
));
114 new_act
.sa_handler
= noop_handler
;
115 __sigfillset (&new_act
.sa_mask
);
116 new_act
.sa_flags
= 0ul;
118 /* Install new action handler for alarm and save old. */
119 if (__sigaction (SIGALRM
, &new_act
, &saved_act
) < 0)
120 /* Cannot install signal handler. */
121 RETURN_CLOSE_FD (-1);
123 /* Now make sure the alarm signal is not blocked. */
124 __sigemptyset (&new_set
);
125 __sigaddset (&new_set
, SIGALRM
);
126 if (__sigprocmask (SIG_UNBLOCK
, &new_set
, &saved_set
) < 0)
127 RETURN_RESTORE_HANDLER (-1);
129 /* Start timer. If we cannot get the lock in the specified time we
133 /* Try to get the lock. */
134 memset (&fl
, '\0', sizeof (struct flock
));
136 fl
.l_whence
= SEEK_SET
;
137 result
= __fcntl (lock_fd
, F_SETLKW
, &fl
);
139 RETURN_CLEAR_ALARM (result
);
141 weak_alias (__lckpwdf
, lckpwdf
)
150 /* There is no lock set. */
154 /* Prevent problems caused by multiple threads. */
155 __libc_lock_lock (lock
);
157 result
= __close (lock_fd
);
159 /* Mark descriptor as unused. */
163 __libc_lock_unlock (lock
);
168 weak_alias (__ulckpwdf
, ulckpwdf
)
172 noop_handler (int sig
)
174 /* We simply return which makes the `fcntl' call return with an error. */