1 /* Handle locking of password file.
2 Copyright (C) 1996,98,2000,02 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
6 The GNU C 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 The GNU C 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 the GNU C Library; if not, see
18 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
29 /* How long to wait for getting the lock before returning with an error. */
30 #define TIMEOUT 15 /* sec */
32 /* File descriptor for lock file. */
33 static int lock_fd
= -1;
35 /* Prevent problems in multithreaded program by using mutex. */
36 #include <bits/uClibc_mutex.h>
37 __UCLIBC_MUTEX_STATIC(mylock
, PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
);
39 /* Prototypes for local functions. */
40 static void noop_handler (int __sig
);
46 sigset_t saved_set
; /* Saved set of caught signals. */
47 struct sigaction saved_act
; /* Saved signal action. */
48 sigset_t new_set
; /* New set of caught signals. */
49 struct sigaction new_act
; /* New signal action. */
50 struct flock fl
; /* Information struct for locking. */
55 /* Still locked by own process. */
58 /* Prevent problems caused by multiple threads. */
59 __UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK(mylock
);
61 lock_fd
= open (_PATH_PASSWD
, O_WRONLY
| O_CLOEXEC
);
65 #ifndef __ASSUME_O_CLOEXEC
66 /* Make sure file gets correctly closed when process finished. */
67 fcntl (lock_fd
, F_SETFD
, FD_CLOEXEC
);
70 /* Now we have to get exclusive write access. Since multiple
71 process could try this we won't stop when it first fails.
72 Instead we set a timeout for the system call. Once the timer
73 expires it is likely that there are some problems which cannot be
74 resolved by waiting. (sa_flags have no SA_RESTART. Thus SIGALRM
75 will EINTR fcntl(F_SETLKW)
77 It is important that we don't change the signal state. We must
78 restore the old signal behaviour. */
79 memset (&new_act
, '\0', sizeof (new_act
));
80 new_act
.sa_handler
= noop_handler
;
81 __sigfillset (&new_act
.sa_mask
);
83 /* Install new action handler for alarm and save old.
84 * This never fails in Linux. */
85 sigaction (SIGALRM
, &new_act
, &saved_act
);
87 /* Now make sure the alarm signal is not blocked. */
88 __sigemptyset (&new_set
);
89 __sigaddset (&new_set
, SIGALRM
);
90 sigprocmask (SIG_UNBLOCK
, &new_set
, &saved_set
);
92 /* Start timer. If we cannot get the lock in the specified time we
96 /* Try to get the lock. */
97 memset (&fl
, '\0', sizeof (fl
));
101 fl
.l_whence
= SEEK_SET
;
102 result
= fcntl (lock_fd
, F_SETLKW
, &fl
);
107 sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK
, &saved_set
, NULL
);
108 sigaction (SIGALRM
, &saved_act
, NULL
);
118 __UCLIBC_MUTEX_UNLOCK(mylock
);
129 /* There is no lock set. */
133 /* Prevent problems caused by multiple threads. */
134 __UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK(mylock
);
136 result
= close (lock_fd
);
138 /* Mark descriptor as unused. */
142 __UCLIBC_MUTEX_UNLOCK(mylock
);
150 noop_handler (int sig attribute_unused
) {
152 /* We simply return which makes the `fcntl' call return with an error. */