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-rw-r--r--guix/utils.scm66
-rw-r--r--tests/utils.scm32
2 files changed, 95 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/utils.scm b/guix/utils.scm
index 04a74ee29a..5fda2116de 100644
--- a/guix/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/utils.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2013 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
#:use-module (ice-9 regex)
#:use-module (ice-9 match)
#:use-module (ice-9 format)
- #:autoload (system foreign) (pointer->procedure)
+ #:use-module (system foreign)
#:export (bytevector->base16-string
base16-string->bytevector
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
nixpkgs-derivation*
compile-time-value
+ fcntl-flock
memoize
default-keyword-arguments
substitute-keyword-arguments
@@ -224,6 +225,67 @@ buffered data is lost."
;;;
+;;; Advisory file locking.
+;;;
+
+(define %struct-flock
+ ;; 'struct flock' from <fcntl.h>.
+ (list short ; l_type
+ short ; l_whence
+ size_t ; l_start
+ size_t ; l_len
+ int)) ; l_pid
+
+(define F_SETLKW
+ ;; On Linux-based systems, this is usually 7, but not always
+ ;; (exceptions include SPARC.) On GNU/Hurd, it's 9.
+ (compile-time-value
+ (cond ((string-contains %host-type "sparc") 9) ; sparc-*-linux-gnu
+ ((string-contains %host-type "linux") 7) ; *-linux-gnu
+ (else 9)))) ; *-gnu*
+
+(define F_xxLCK
+ ;; The F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, and F_UNLCK constants.
+ (compile-time-value
+ (cond ((string-contains %host-type "sparc") #(1 2 3)) ; sparc-*-linux-gnu
+ ((string-contains %host-type "hppa") #(1 2 3)) ; hppa-*-linux-gnu
+ ((string-contains %host-type "linux") #(0 1 2)) ; *-linux-gnu
+ (else #(1 2 3))))) ; *-gnu*
+
+(define fcntl-flock
+ (let* ((ptr (dynamic-func "fcntl" (dynamic-link)))
+ (proc (pointer->procedure int ptr `(,int ,int *))))
+ (lambda (fd-or-port operation)
+ "Perform locking OPERATION on the file beneath FD-OR-PORT. OPERATION
+must be a symbol, one of 'read-lock, 'write-lock, or 'unlock."
+ (define (operation->int op)
+ (case op
+ ((read-lock) (vector-ref F_xxLCK 0))
+ ((write-lock) (vector-ref F_xxLCK 1))
+ ((unlock) (vector-ref F_xxLCK 2))
+ (else (error "invalid fcntl-flock operation" op))))
+
+ (define fd
+ (if (port? fd-or-port)
+ (fileno fd-or-port)
+ fd-or-port))
+
+ ;; XXX: 'fcntl' is a vararg function, but here we happily use the
+ ;; standard ABI; crossing fingers.
+ (let ((err (proc fd
+ F_SETLKW ; lock & wait
+ (make-c-struct %struct-flock
+ (list (operation->int operation)
+ SEEK_SET
+ 0 0 ; whole file
+ 0)))))
+ (or (zero? err)
+
+ ;; Presumably we got EAGAIN or so.
+ (throw 'flock-error fd))))))
+
+
+;;;
;;; Miscellaneous.
;;;
diff --git a/tests/utils.scm b/tests/utils.scm
index 017d9170fa..b5706aa792 100644
--- a/tests/utils.scm
+++ b/tests/utils.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -139,6 +139,36 @@
(append pids1 pids2)))
(equal? (get-bytevector-all decompressed) data)))))
+(test-equal "fcntl-flock"
+ 0 ; the child's exit status
+ (let ((file (open-input-file (search-path %load-path "guix.scm"))))
+ (fcntl-flock file 'read-lock)
+ (match (primitive-fork)
+ (0
+ (dynamic-wind
+ (const #t)
+ (lambda ()
+ ;; Taking a read lock should be OK.
+ (fcntl-flock file 'read-lock)
+ (fcntl-flock file 'unlock)
+
+ (catch 'flock-error
+ (lambda ()
+ ;; Taking an exclusive lock should raise an exception.
+ (fcntl-flock file 'write-lock))
+ (lambda args
+ (primitive-exit 0)))
+ (primitive-exit 1))
+ (lambda ()
+ (primitive-exit 2))))
+ (pid
+ (match (waitpid pid)
+ ((_ . status)
+ (let ((result (status:exit-val status)))
+ (fcntl-flock file 'unlock)
+ (close-port file)
+ result)))))))
+
;; This is actually in (guix store).
(test-equal "store-path-package-name"
"bash-4.2-p24"