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   1#ifndef TEMPFILE_H
   2#define TEMPFILE_H
   3
   4#include "list.h"
   5
   6/*
   7 * Handle temporary files.
   8 *
   9 * The tempfile API allows temporary files to be created, deleted, and
  10 * atomically renamed. Temporary files that are still active when the
  11 * program ends are cleaned up automatically. Lockfiles (see
  12 * "lockfile.h") are built on top of this API.
  13 *
  14 *
  15 * Calling sequence
  16 * ----------------
  17 *
  18 * The caller:
  19 *
  20 * * Allocates a `struct tempfile`. Once the structure is passed to
  21 *   `create_tempfile()`, its storage must remain valid until
  22 *   `delete_tempfile()` or `rename_tempfile()` is called on it.
  23 *
  24 * * Attempts to create a temporary file by calling
  25 *   `create_tempfile()`.
  26 *
  27 * * Writes new content to the file by either:
  28 *
  29 *   * writing to the file descriptor returned by `create_tempfile()`
  30 *     (also available via `tempfile->fd`).
  31 *
  32 *   * calling `fdopen_tempfile()` to get a `FILE` pointer for the
  33 *     open file and writing to the file using stdio.
  34 *
  35 *   Note that the file descriptor returned by create_tempfile()
  36 *   is marked O_CLOEXEC, so the new contents must be written by
  37 *   the current process, not any spawned one.
  38 *
  39 * When finished writing, the caller can:
  40 *
  41 * * Close the file descriptor and remove the temporary file by
  42 *   calling `delete_tempfile()`.
  43 *
  44 * * Close the temporary file and rename it atomically to a specified
  45 *   filename by calling `rename_tempfile()`. This relinquishes
  46 *   control of the file.
  47 *
  48 * * Close the file descriptor without removing or renaming the
  49 *   temporary file by calling `close_tempfile_gently()`, and later call
  50 *   `delete_tempfile()` or `rename_tempfile()`.
  51 *
  52 * After the temporary file is renamed or deleted, the `tempfile`
  53 * object may be reused or freed.
  54 *
  55 * If the program exits before `rename_tempfile()` or
  56 * `delete_tempfile()` is called, an `atexit(3)` handler will close
  57 * and remove the temporary file.
  58 *
  59 * If you need to close the file descriptor yourself, do so by calling
  60 * `close_tempfile_gently()`. You should never call `close(2)` or `fclose(3)`
  61 * yourself, otherwise the `struct tempfile` structure would still
  62 * think that the file descriptor needs to be closed, and a later
  63 * cleanup would result in duplicate calls to `close(2)`. Worse yet,
  64 * if you close and then later open another file descriptor for a
  65 * completely different purpose, then the unrelated file descriptor
  66 * might get closed.
  67 *
  68 *
  69 * Error handling
  70 * --------------
  71 *
  72 * `create_tempfile()` returns a file descriptor on success or -1 on
  73 * failure. On errors, `errno` describes the reason for failure.
  74 *
  75 * `delete_tempfile()`, `rename_tempfile()`, and `close_tempfile_gently()`
  76 * return 0 on success. On failure they set `errno` appropriately and return
  77 * -1. `delete` and `rename` (but not `close`) do their best to delete the
  78 * temporary file before returning.
  79 */
  80
  81struct tempfile {
  82        volatile struct volatile_list_head list;
  83        volatile sig_atomic_t active;
  84        volatile int fd;
  85        FILE *volatile fp;
  86        volatile pid_t owner;
  87        struct strbuf filename;
  88};
  89
  90/*
  91 * Attempt to create a temporary file at the specified `path`. Return
  92 * a file descriptor for writing to it, or -1 on error. It is an error
  93 * if a file already exists at that path.
  94 */
  95extern int create_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path);
  96
  97/*
  98 * Register an existing file as a tempfile, meaning that it will be
  99 * deleted when the program exits. The tempfile is considered closed,
 100 * but it can be worked with like any other closed tempfile (for
 101 * example, it can be opened using reopen_tempfile()).
 102 */
 103extern void register_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path);
 104
 105
 106/*
 107 * mks_tempfile functions
 108 *
 109 * The following functions attempt to create and open temporary files
 110 * with names derived automatically from a template, in the manner of
 111 * mkstemps(), and arrange for them to be deleted if the program ends
 112 * before they are deleted explicitly. There is a whole family of such
 113 * functions, named according to the following pattern:
 114 *
 115 *     x?mks_tempfile_t?s?m?()
 116 *
 117 * The optional letters have the following meanings:
 118 *
 119 *   x - die if the temporary file cannot be created.
 120 *
 121 *   t - create the temporary file under $TMPDIR (as opposed to
 122 *       relative to the current directory). When these variants are
 123 *       used, template should be the pattern for the filename alone,
 124 *       without a path.
 125 *
 126 *   s - template includes a suffix that is suffixlen characters long.
 127 *
 128 *   m - the temporary file should be created with the specified mode
 129 *       (otherwise, the mode is set to 0600).
 130 *
 131 * None of these functions modify template. If the caller wants to
 132 * know the (absolute) path of the file that was created, it can be
 133 * read from tempfile->filename.
 134 *
 135 * On success, the functions return a file descriptor that is open for
 136 * writing the temporary file. On errors, they return -1 and set errno
 137 * appropriately (except for the "x" variants, which die() on errors).
 138 */
 139
 140/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 141extern int mks_tempfile_sm(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 142                           const char *template, int suffixlen, int mode);
 143
 144/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 145static inline int mks_tempfile_s(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 146                                 const char *template, int suffixlen)
 147{
 148        return mks_tempfile_sm(tempfile, template, suffixlen, 0600);
 149}
 150
 151/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 152static inline int mks_tempfile_m(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 153                                 const char *template, int mode)
 154{
 155        return mks_tempfile_sm(tempfile, template, 0, mode);
 156}
 157
 158/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 159static inline int mks_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 160                               const char *template)
 161{
 162        return mks_tempfile_sm(tempfile, template, 0, 0600);
 163}
 164
 165/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 166extern int mks_tempfile_tsm(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 167                            const char *template, int suffixlen, int mode);
 168
 169/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 170static inline int mks_tempfile_ts(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 171                                  const char *template, int suffixlen)
 172{
 173        return mks_tempfile_tsm(tempfile, template, suffixlen, 0600);
 174}
 175
 176/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 177static inline int mks_tempfile_tm(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 178                                  const char *template, int mode)
 179{
 180        return mks_tempfile_tsm(tempfile, template, 0, mode);
 181}
 182
 183/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 184static inline int mks_tempfile_t(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 185                                 const char *template)
 186{
 187        return mks_tempfile_tsm(tempfile, template, 0, 0600);
 188}
 189
 190/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 191extern int xmks_tempfile_m(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 192                           const char *template, int mode);
 193
 194/* See "mks_tempfile functions" above. */
 195static inline int xmks_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile,
 196                                const char *template)
 197{
 198        return xmks_tempfile_m(tempfile, template, 0600);
 199}
 200
 201/*
 202 * Associate a stdio stream with the temporary file (which must still
 203 * be open). Return `NULL` (*without* deleting the file) on error. The
 204 * stream is closed automatically when `close_tempfile_gently()` is called or
 205 * when the file is deleted or renamed.
 206 */
 207extern FILE *fdopen_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *mode);
 208
 209static inline int is_tempfile_active(struct tempfile *tempfile)
 210{
 211        return tempfile && tempfile->active;
 212}
 213
 214/*
 215 * Return the path of the lockfile. The return value is a pointer to a
 216 * field within the lock_file object and should not be freed.
 217 */
 218extern const char *get_tempfile_path(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 219
 220extern int get_tempfile_fd(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 221extern FILE *get_tempfile_fp(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 222
 223/*
 224 * If the temporary file is still open, close it (and the file pointer
 225 * too, if it has been opened using `fdopen_tempfile()`) without
 226 * deleting the file. Return 0 upon success. On failure to `close(2)`,
 227 * return a negative value. Usually `delete_tempfile()` or `rename_tempfile()`
 228 * should eventually be called regardless of whether `close_tempfile_gently()`
 229 * succeeds.
 230 */
 231extern int close_tempfile_gently(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 232
 233/*
 234 * Re-open a temporary file that has been closed using
 235 * `close_tempfile_gently()` but not yet deleted or renamed. This can be used
 236 * to implement a sequence of operations like the following:
 237 *
 238 * * Create temporary file.
 239 *
 240 * * Write new contents to file, then `close_tempfile_gently()` to cause the
 241 *   contents to be written to disk.
 242 *
 243 * * Pass the name of the temporary file to another program to allow
 244 *   it (and nobody else) to inspect or even modify the file's
 245 *   contents.
 246 *
 247 * * `reopen_tempfile()` to reopen the temporary file. Make further
 248 *   updates to the contents.
 249 *
 250 * * `rename_tempfile()` to move the file to its permanent location.
 251 */
 252extern int reopen_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 253
 254/*
 255 * Close the file descriptor and/or file pointer and remove the
 256 * temporary file associated with `tempfile`. It is a NOOP to call
 257 * `delete_tempfile()` for a `tempfile` object that has already been
 258 * deleted or renamed.
 259 */
 260extern void delete_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile);
 261
 262/*
 263 * Close the file descriptor and/or file pointer if they are still
 264 * open, and atomically rename the temporary file to `path`. `path`
 265 * must be on the same filesystem as the lock file. Return 0 on
 266 * success. On failure, delete the temporary file and return -1, with
 267 * `errno` set to the value from the failing call to `close(2)` or
 268 * `rename(2)`. It is a bug to call `rename_tempfile()` for a
 269 * `tempfile` object that is not currently active.
 270 */
 271extern int rename_tempfile(struct tempfile *tempfile, const char *path);
 272
 273#endif /* TEMPFILE_H */