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