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1 root 1.1 =head1 NAME
2    
3     Linux::Inotify2 - scalable directory/file change notification
4    
5     =head1 SYNOPSIS
6    
7 root 1.19 =head2 Callback Interface
8 root 1.11
9 root 1.1 use Linux::Inotify2;
10    
11 root 1.4 # create a new object
12     my $inotify = new Linux::Inotify2
13 root 1.19 or die "unable to create new inotify object: $!";
14 root 1.4
15     # add watchers
16     $inotify->watch ("/etc/passwd", IN_ACCESS, sub {
17     my $e = shift;
18     my $name = $e->fullname;
19     print "$name was accessed\n" if $e->IN_ACCESS;
20     print "$name is no longer mounted\n" if $e->IN_UNMOUNT;
21     print "$name is gone\n" if $e->IN_IGNORED;
22     print "events for $name have been lost\n" if $e->IN_Q_OVERFLOW;
23    
24 root 1.11 # cancel this watcher: remove no further events
25 root 1.4 $e->w->cancel;
26     });
27    
28 root 1.20 # integration into AnyEvent (works with EV, Glib, Tk, POE...)
29 root 1.25 my $inotify_w = AE::io $inotify->fileno, 0, sub { $inotify->poll };
30 root 1.17
31     # manual event loop
32 root 1.31 $inotify->poll while 1;
33 root 1.17
34 root 1.11 =head2 Streaming Interface
35    
36 root 1.27 use Linux::Inotify2;
37 root 1.11
38     # create a new object
39     my $inotify = new Linux::Inotify2
40 root 1.27 or die "Unable to create new inotify object: $!";
41 root 1.11
42     # create watch
43     $inotify->watch ("/etc/passwd", IN_ACCESS)
44 root 1.27 or die "watch creation failed";
45 root 1.11
46     while () {
47     my @events = $inotify->read;
48 root 1.27 printf "mask\t%d\n", $_->mask foreach @events;
49 root 1.11 }
50    
51 root 1.1 =head1 DESCRIPTION
52    
53 root 1.3 This module implements an interface to the Linux 2.6.13 and later Inotify
54 root 1.24 file/directory change notification system.
55 root 1.2
56 root 1.3 It has a number of advantages over the Linux::Inotify module:
57 root 1.2
58     - it is portable (Linux::Inotify only works on x86)
59     - the equivalent of fullname works correctly
60     - it is better documented
61     - it has callback-style interface, which is better suited for
62     integration.
63    
64 root 1.30 As for the inotify API itself - it is a very tricky, and somewhat
65     unreliable API. For a good overview of the challenges you might run into,
66     see this LWN article: L<https://lwn.net/Articles/605128/>.
67    
68 root 1.6 =head2 The Linux::Inotify2 Class
69    
70 root 1.1 =over 4
71    
72     =cut
73    
74     package Linux::Inotify2;
75    
76     use Scalar::Util ();
77    
78 root 1.20 use common::sense;
79    
80 root 1.26 use Exporter qw(import);
81 root 1.1
82     BEGIN {
83 root 1.31 our $VERSION = '2.0';
84 root 1.20 our @EXPORT = qw(
85 root 1.1 IN_ACCESS IN_MODIFY IN_ATTRIB IN_CLOSE_WRITE
86     IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE IN_OPEN IN_MOVED_FROM IN_MOVED_TO
87 root 1.9 IN_CREATE IN_DELETE IN_DELETE_SELF IN_MOVE_SELF
88 root 1.1 IN_ALL_EVENTS
89     IN_UNMOUNT IN_Q_OVERFLOW IN_IGNORED
90     IN_CLOSE IN_MOVE
91 root 1.28 IN_ISDIR IN_ONESHOT IN_MASK_ADD
92     IN_DONT_FOLLOW IN_EXCL_UNLINK IN_ONLYDIR
93 root 1.1 );
94    
95     require XSLoader;
96     XSLoader::load Linux::Inotify2, $VERSION;
97     }
98    
99     =item my $inotify = new Linux::Inotify2
100    
101     Create a new notify object and return it. A notify object is kind of a
102 root 1.24 container that stores watches on file system names and is responsible for
103 root 1.1 handling event data.
104    
105 root 1.22 On error, C<undef> is returned and C<$!> will be set accordingly. The
106     following errors are documented:
107 root 1.1
108     ENFILE The system limit on the total number of file descriptors has been reached.
109     EMFILE The user limit on the total number of inotify instances has been reached.
110     ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory is available.
111    
112 root 1.4 Example:
113    
114     my $inotify = new Linux::Inotify2
115     or die "Unable to create new inotify object: $!";
116    
117 root 1.1 =cut
118    
119     sub new {
120     my ($class) = @_;
121    
122     my $fd = inotify_init;
123    
124     return unless $fd >= 0;
125    
126     bless { fd => $fd }, $class
127     }
128    
129 root 1.11 =item $watch = $inotify->watch ($name, $mask[, $cb])
130 root 1.1
131     Add a new watcher to the given notifier. The watcher will create events
132     on the pathname C<$name> as given in C<$mask>, which can be any of the
133 root 1.4 following constants (all exported by default) ORed together.
134    
135 root 1.24 "file" refers to any file system object in the watched object (always a
136 root 1.4 directory), that is files, directories, symlinks, device nodes etc., while
137 root 1.24 "object" refers to the object the watcher has been set on itself:
138 root 1.4
139     IN_ACCESS object was accessed
140     IN_MODIFY object was modified
141     IN_ATTRIB object metadata changed
142     IN_CLOSE_WRITE writable fd to file / to object was closed
143     IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE readonly fd to file / to object closed
144     IN_OPEN object was opened
145     IN_MOVED_FROM file was moved from this object (directory)
146     IN_MOVED_TO file was moved to this object (directory)
147     IN_CREATE file was created in this object (directory)
148     IN_DELETE file was deleted from this object (directory)
149     IN_DELETE_SELF object itself was deleted
150 root 1.9 IN_MOVE_SELF object itself was moved
151 root 1.4 IN_ALL_EVENTS all of the above events
152 root 1.1
153     IN_ONESHOT only send event once
154 root 1.15 IN_ONLYDIR only watch the path if it is a directory
155 root 1.28 IN_DONT_FOLLOW don't follow a sym link (Linux 2.6.15+)
156     IN_EXCL_UNLINK don't create events for unlinked objects (Linux 2.6.36+)
157 root 1.15 IN_MASK_ADD not supported with the current version of this module
158 root 1.1
159 root 1.4 IN_CLOSE same as IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE
160     IN_MOVE same as IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO
161 root 1.1
162 root 1.11 C<$cb> is a perl code reference that, if given, is called for each
163     event. It receives a C<Linux::Inotify2::Event> object.
164 root 1.1
165     The returned C<$watch> object is of class C<Linux::Inotify2::Watch>.
166    
167     On error, C<undef> is returned and C<$!> will be set accordingly. The
168     following errors are documented:
169    
170     EBADF The given file descriptor is not valid.
171     EINVAL The given event mask contains no legal events.
172     ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.
173     ENOSPC The user limit on the total number of inotify watches was reached or the kernel failed to allocate a needed resource.
174     EACCESS Read access to the given file is not permitted.
175    
176     Example, show when C</etc/passwd> gets accessed and/or modified once:
177    
178     $inotify->watch ("/etc/passwd", IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY, sub {
179     my $e = shift;
180     print "$e->{w}{name} was accessed\n" if $e->IN_ACCESS;
181     print "$e->{w}{name} was modified\n" if $e->IN_MODIFY;
182     print "$e->{w}{name} is no longer mounted\n" if $e->IN_UNMOUNT;
183     print "events for $e->{w}{name} have been lost\n" if $e->IN_Q_OVERFLOW;
184    
185     $e->w->cancel;
186     });
187    
188     =cut
189    
190     sub watch {
191     my ($self, $name, $mask, $cb) = @_;
192    
193     my $wd = inotify_add_watch $self->{fd}, $name, $mask;
194    
195     return unless $wd >= 0;
196    
197     my $w = $self->{w}{$wd} = bless {
198     inotify => $self,
199     wd => $wd,
200     name => $name,
201     mask => $mask,
202     cb => $cb,
203 root 1.13 }, "Linux::Inotify2::Watch";
204 root 1.1
205     Scalar::Util::weaken $w->{inotify};
206    
207     $w
208     }
209    
210 root 1.4 =item $inotify->fileno
211 root 1.1
212 root 1.24 Returns the file descriptor for this notify object. When in non-blocking
213     mode, you are responsible for calling the C<poll> method when this file
214     descriptor becomes ready for reading.
215 root 1.1
216     =cut
217    
218     sub fileno {
219     $_[0]{fd}
220     }
221    
222 root 1.11 =item $inotify->blocking ($blocking)
223    
224     Clears ($blocking true) or sets ($blocking false) the C<O_NONBLOCK> flag on the file descriptor.
225    
226     =cut
227    
228     sub blocking {
229     my ($self, $blocking) = @_;
230    
231     inotify_blocking $self->{fd}, $blocking;
232     }
233    
234 root 1.4 =item $count = $inotify->poll
235 root 1.1
236 root 1.24 Reads events from the kernel and handles them. If the notify file
237     descriptor is blocking (the default), then this method waits for at least
238 root 1.31 one event. Otherwise it returns immediately when no pending events could
239     be read.
240    
241     Returns the count of events that have been handled (which can be C<0> in case
242     events have been received but have been ignored or handled internally).
243 root 1.1
244 root 1.31 Croaks when an error occurs.
245 root 1.1
246     =cut
247    
248     sub poll {
249 root 1.11 scalar &read
250     }
251    
252 root 1.24 =item @events = $inotify->read
253 root 1.11
254 root 1.24 Reads events from the kernel. Blocks when the file descriptor is in
255     blocking mode (default) until any event arrives. Returns list of
256     C<Linux::Inotify2::Event> objects or empty list if none (non-blocking
257 root 1.31 mode or events got ignored).
258    
259     Croaks on error.
260 root 1.24
261     Normally you shouldn't use this function, but instead use watcher
262     callbacks and call C<< ->poll >>.
263 root 1.11
264     =cut
265    
266     sub read {
267 root 1.1 my ($self) = @_;
268    
269 root 1.4 my @ev = inotify_read $self->{fd};
270 root 1.11 my @res;
271 root 1.4
272     for (@ev) {
273 root 1.29 $_->{wd}=-1; $_->{mask} = IN_Q_OVERFLOW;#d#
274 root 1.4
275     exists $self->{ignore}{$_->{wd}}
276     and next; # watcher has been canceled
277    
278 root 1.29 push @res, bless $_, "Linux::Inotify2::Event";
279 root 1.12
280 root 1.29 my $w = $_->{w} = $self->{w}{$_->{wd}}
281     or do {
282     # no such watcher, but maybe we can do overflow handling
283     if ($_->{mask} & IN_Q_OVERFLOW) {
284     if ($self->{on_overflow}) {
285     $self->{on_overflow}($_);
286     } else {
287     $self->broadcast ($_);
288     }
289     }
290     next;
291     };
292 root 1.11
293 root 1.29 $w->{cb}($_) if $w->{cb};
294 root 1.16 $w->cancel if $_->{mask} & (IN_IGNORED | IN_UNMOUNT | IN_ONESHOT | IN_DELETE_SELF);
295 root 1.1 }
296 root 1.4
297     delete $self->{ignore};
298    
299 root 1.29 wantarray ? @res : scalar @res
300     }
301    
302     =item $inotify->on_overflow ($cb->($ev))
303    
304     Sets the callback to be used for overflow handling
305     (default: C<undef>): When C<read> receives an event with C<IN_Q_OVERFLOW>
306     set, it will invoke this callback with the event.
307    
308     When the callback is C<undef>, then it broadcasts the event to all
309     registered watchers, i.e., C<undef> is equivalent to:
310    
311     sub { $inotify->broadcast ($_[0]) }
312    
313     =cut
314    
315     sub on_overflow {
316     my $prev = $_[0]{on_overflow};
317    
318     $_[0]{on_overflow} = $_[1]
319     if @_ >= 2;
320    
321     $prev
322     }
323    
324     =item $inotify->broadcast ($ev)
325    
326     Invokes all registered watcher callbacks and passes the given event to
327     them. Most useful in overflow handlers.
328    
329     =cut
330    
331     sub broadcast {
332     my ($self, $ev) = @_;
333    
334     for my $w (values %{ $self->{w} }) {
335     local $ev->{w} = $w;
336     $w->{cb}($ev) if $w->{cb};
337     }
338 root 1.1 }
339    
340     sub DESTROY {
341     inotify_close $_[0]{fd}
342     }
343    
344     =back
345    
346     =head2 The Linux::Inotify2::Event Class
347    
348 root 1.24 Objects of this class are handed as first argument to the watcher
349 root 1.1 callback. It has the following members and methods:
350    
351     =over 4
352    
353     =item $event->w
354    
355     =item $event->{w}
356    
357 root 1.29 The watcher object for this event, if one is available. Generally, you cna
358     only rely on the value of this member inside watcher callbacks.
359 root 1.1
360     =item $event->name
361    
362     =item $event->{name}
363    
364 root 1.24 The path of the file system object, relative to the watched name.
365 root 1.1
366 root 1.23 =item $event->fullname
367 root 1.1
368     Returns the "full" name of the relevant object, i.e. including the C<name>
369 root 1.24 member of the watcher (if the watch object is on a directory and a
370     directory entry is affected), or simply the C<name> member itself when the
371     object is the watch object itself.
372 root 1.1
373 root 1.29 This call requires C<< $event->{w} >> to be valid, which is generally only
374     the case within watcher callbacks.
375    
376 root 1.1 =item $event->mask
377    
378     =item $event->{mask}
379    
380 root 1.24 The received event mask. In addition to the events described for C<<
381     $inotify->watch >>, the following flags (exported by default) can be set:
382 root 1.1
383 root 1.4 IN_ISDIR event object is a directory
384     IN_Q_OVERFLOW event queue overflowed
385    
386 root 1.10 # when any of the following flags are set,
387     # then watchers for this event are automatically canceled
388 root 1.24 IN_UNMOUNT filesystem for watched object was unmounted
389 root 1.4 IN_IGNORED file was ignored/is gone (no more events are delivered)
390 root 1.10 IN_ONESHOT only one event was generated
391 root 1.29 IN_Q_OVERFLOW queue overflow - event might not be specific to a watcher
392 root 1.1
393     =item $event->IN_xxx
394    
395 root 1.24 Returns a boolean that returns true if the event mask contains any events
396     specified by the mask. All of the C<IN_xxx> constants can be used as
397     methods.
398 root 1.1
399     =item $event->cookie
400    
401     =item $event->{cookie}
402    
403 root 1.10 The event cookie to "synchronize two events". Normally zero, this value is
404     set when two events relating to the same file are generated. As far as I
405     know, this only happens for C<IN_MOVED_FROM> and C<IN_MOVED_TO> events, to
406     identify the old and new name of a file.
407 root 1.1
408 root 1.29 Note that the inotify API makes it impossible to know whether there will
409     be a C<IN_MOVED_TO> event - you might receive only one of the events,
410     and even if you receive both, there might be any number of events in
411     between. The best approach seems to be to implement a small timeout
412     after C<IN_MOVED_FROM> to see if a matching C<IN_MOVED_TO> event will be
413     received - 2ms seem to work relatively well.
414    
415 root 1.1 =back
416    
417     =cut
418    
419     package Linux::Inotify2::Event;
420    
421     sub w { $_[0]{w} }
422     sub name { $_[0]{name} }
423     sub mask { $_[0]{mask} }
424     sub cookie { $_[0]{cookie} }
425    
426     sub fullname {
427     length $_[0]{name}
428     ? "$_[0]{w}{name}/$_[0]{name}"
429     : $_[0]{w}{name};
430     }
431    
432 root 1.20 for my $name (@Linux::Inotify2::EXPORT) {
433 root 1.1 my $mask = &{"Linux::Inotify2::$name"};
434    
435 root 1.24 *$name = sub { $_[0]{mask} & $mask };
436 root 1.1 }
437    
438     =head2 The Linux::Inotify2::Watch Class
439    
440 root 1.24 Watcher objects are created by calling the C<watch> method of a notifier.
441 root 1.1
442     It has the following members and methods:
443    
444 root 1.14 =over 4
445    
446 root 1.1 =item $watch->name
447    
448     =item $watch->{name}
449    
450     The name as specified in the C<watch> call. For the object itself, this is
451     the empty string. For directory watches, this is the name of the entry
452     without leading path elements.
453    
454     =item $watch->mask
455    
456     =item $watch->{mask}
457    
458     The mask as specified in the C<watch> call.
459    
460     =item $watch->cb ([new callback])
461    
462     =item $watch->{cb}
463    
464     The callback as specified in the C<watch> call. Can optionally be changed.
465    
466     =item $watch->cancel
467    
468 root 1.24 Cancels/removes this watcher. Future events, even if already queued queued,
469 root 1.1 will not be handled and resources will be freed.
470    
471 root 1.14 =back
472    
473 root 1.1 =cut
474    
475     package Linux::Inotify2::Watch;
476    
477     sub name { $_[0]{name} }
478     sub mask { $_[0]{mask} }
479    
480     sub cb {
481     $_[0]{cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
482     $_[0]{cb}
483     }
484    
485     sub cancel {
486     my ($self) = @_;
487    
488 root 1.4 my $inotify = delete $self->{inotify}
489     or return 1; # already canceled
490    
491     delete $inotify->{w}{$self->{wd}}; # we are no longer there
492     $inotify->{ignore}{$self->{wd}} = 1; # ignore further events for one poll
493    
494     (Linux::Inotify2::inotify_rm_watch $inotify->{fd}, $self->{wd})
495 root 1.1 ? 1 : undef
496     }
497    
498     =head1 SEE ALSO
499    
500 root 1.19 L<AnyEvent>, L<Linux::Inotify>.
501 root 1.1
502     =head1 AUTHOR
503    
504     Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
505     http://home.schmorp.de/
506    
507     =cut
508    
509     1