glibc/io/lockf.c

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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>

/* lockf is a simplified interface to fcntl's locking facilities.  */

int
lockf (int fd, int cmd, off_t len)
{
  struct flock fl;

  memset ((char *) &fl, '\0', sizeof (fl));

  /* lockf is always relative to the current file position.  */
  fl.l_whence = SEEK_CUR;
  fl.l_start = 0;
  fl.l_len = len;

  switch (cmd)
    {
    case F_TEST:
      /* Test the lock: return 0 if FD is unlocked or locked by this process;
	 return -1, set errno to EACCES, if another process holds the lock.  */
      fl.l_type = F_RDLCK;
      if (__fcntl (fd, F_GETLK, &fl) < 0)
	return -1;
      if (fl.l_type == F_UNLCK || fl.l_pid == __getpid ())
	return 0;
      __set_errno (EACCES);
      return -1;

    case F_ULOCK:
      fl.l_type = F_UNLCK;
      cmd = F_SETLK;
      break;
    case F_LOCK:
      fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
      cmd = F_SETLKW;
      break;
    case F_TLOCK:
      fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
      cmd = F_SETLK;
      break;

    default:
      __set_errno (EINVAL);
      return -1;
    }

  /* lockf() is a cancellation point but so is fcntl() if F_SETLKW is
     used.  Therefore we don't have to care about cancellation here,
     the fcntl() function will take care of it.  */
  return __fcntl (fd, cmd, &fl);
}