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These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception ** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package. ** ** $QT_END_LICENSE$ ** ****************************************************************************/ #include "qlockfile.h" #include "qlockfile_p.h" #include #include #include QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE /*! \class QLockFile \inmodule QtCore \brief The QLockFile class provides locking between processes using a file. \since 5.1 A lock file can be used to prevent multiple processes from accessing concurrently the same resource. For instance, a configuration file on disk, or a socket, a port, a region of shared memory... Serialization is only guaranteed if all processes that access the shared resource use QLockFile, with the same file path. QLockFile supports two use cases: to protect a resource for a short-term operation (e.g. verifying if a configuration file has changed before saving new settings), and for long-lived protection of a resource (e.g. a document opened by a user in an editor) for an indefinite amount of time. When protecting for a short-term operation, it is acceptable to call lock() and wait until any running operation finishes. When protecting a resource over a long time, however, the application should always call setStaleLockTime(0) and then tryLock() with a short timeout, in order to warn the user that the resource is locked. If the process holding the lock crashes, the lock file stays on disk and can prevent any other process from accessing the shared resource, ever. For this reason, QLockFile tries to detect such a "stale" lock file, based on the process ID written into the file, and (in case that process ID got reused meanwhile), on the last modification time of the lock file (30s by default, for the use case of a short-lived operation). If the lock file is found to be stale, it will be deleted. For the use case of protecting a resource over a long time, you should therefore call setStaleLockTime(0), and when tryLock() returns LockFailedError, inform the user that the document is locked, possibly using getLockInfo() for more details. */ /*! \enum QLockFile::LockError This enum describes the result of the last call to lock() or tryLock(). \value NoError The lock was acquired successfully. \value LockFailedError The lock could not be acquired because another process holds it. \value PermissionError The lock file could not be created, for lack of permissions in the parent directory. \value UnknownError Another error happened, for instance a full partition prevented writing out the lock file. */ /*! Constructs a new lock file object. The object is created in an unlocked state. When calling lock() or tryLock(), a lock file named \a fileName will be created, if it doesn't already exist. \sa lock(), unlock() */ QLockFile::QLockFile(const QString &fileName) : d_ptr(new QLockFilePrivate(fileName)) { } /*! Destroys the lock file object. If the lock was acquired, this will release the lock, by deleting the lock file. */ QLockFile::~QLockFile() { unlock(); } /*! Sets \a staleLockTime to be the time in milliseconds after which a lock file is considered stale. The default value is 30000, i.e. 30 seconds. If your application typically keeps the file locked for more than 30 seconds (for instance while saving megabytes of data for 2 minutes), you should set a bigger value using setStaleLockTime(). The value of \a staleLockTime is used by lock() and tryLock() in order to determine when an existing lock file is considered stale, i.e. left over by a crashed process. This is useful for the case where the PID got reused meanwhile, so the only way to detect a stale lock file is by the fact that it has been around for a long time. \sa staleLockTime() */ void QLockFile::setStaleLockTime(int staleLockTime) { Q_D(QLockFile); d->staleLockTime = staleLockTime; } /*! Returns the time in milliseconds after which a lock file is considered stale. \sa setStaleLockTime() */ int QLockFile::staleLockTime() const { Q_D(const QLockFile); return d->staleLockTime; } /*! Returns \c true if the lock was acquired by this QLockFile instance, otherwise returns \c false. \sa lock(), unlock(), tryLock() */ bool QLockFile::isLocked() const { Q_D(const QLockFile); return d->isLocked; } /*! Creates the lock file. If another process (or another thread) has created the lock file already, this function will block until that process (or thread) releases it. Calling this function multiple times on the same lock from the same thread without unlocking first is not allowed. This function will \e dead-lock when the file is locked recursively. Returns \c true if the lock was acquired, false if it could not be acquired due to an unrecoverable error, such as no permissions in the parent directory. \sa unlock(), tryLock() */ bool QLockFile::lock() { return tryLock(-1); } /*! Attempts to create the lock file. This function returns \c true if the lock was obtained; otherwise it returns \c false. If another process (or another thread) has created the lock file already, this function will wait for at most \a timeout milliseconds for the lock file to become available. Note: Passing a negative number as the \a timeout is equivalent to calling lock(), i.e. this function will wait forever until the lock file can be locked if \a timeout is negative. If the lock was obtained, it must be released with unlock() before another process (or thread) can successfully lock it. Calling this function multiple times on the same lock from the same thread without unlocking first is not allowed, this function will \e always return false when attempting to lock the file recursively. \sa lock(), unlock() */ bool QLockFile::tryLock(int timeout) { Q_D(QLockFile); QElapsedTimer timer; if (timeout > 0) timer.start(); int sleepTime = 100; forever { d->lockError = d->tryLock_sys(); switch (d->lockError) { case NoError: d->isLocked = true; return true; case PermissionError: case UnknownError: return false; case LockFailedError: if (!d->isLocked && d->isApparentlyStale()) { // Stale lock from another thread/process // Ensure two processes don't remove it at the same time QLockFile rmlock(d->fileName + QStringLiteral(".rmlock")); if (rmlock.tryLock()) { if (d->isApparentlyStale() && d->removeStaleLock()) continue; } } break; } if (timeout == 0 || (timeout > 0 && timer.hasExpired(timeout))) return false; QThread::msleep(sleepTime); if (sleepTime < 5 * 1000) sleepTime *= 2; } // not reached return false; } /*! \fn void QLockFile::unlock() Releases the lock, by deleting the lock file. Calling unlock() without locking the file first, does nothing. \sa lock(), tryLock() */ /*! Retrieves information about the current owner of the lock file. If tryLock() returns \c false, and error() returns LockFailedError, this function can be called to find out more information about the existing lock file: \list \li the PID of the application (returned in \a pid) \li the \a hostname it's running on (useful in case of networked filesystems), \li the name of the application which created it (returned in \a appname), \endlist Note that tryLock() automatically deleted the file if there is no running application with this PID, so LockFailedError can only happen if there is an application with this PID (it could be unrelated though). This can be used to inform users about the existing lock file and give them the choice to delete it. After removing the file using removeStaleLockFile(), the application can call tryLock() again. This function returns \c true if the information could be successfully retrieved, false if the lock file doesn't exist or doesn't contain the expected data. This can happen if the lock file was deleted between the time where tryLock() failed and the call to this function. Simply call tryLock() again if this happens. */ bool QLockFile::getLockInfo(qint64 *pid, QString *hostname, QString *appname) const { Q_D(const QLockFile); return d->getLockInfo(pid, hostname, appname); } bool QLockFilePrivate::getLockInfo(qint64 *pid, QString *hostname, QString *appname) const { QFile reader(fileName); if (!reader.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) return false; QByteArray pidLine = reader.readLine(); pidLine.chop(1); QByteArray appNameLine = reader.readLine(); appNameLine.chop(1); QByteArray hostNameLine = reader.readLine(); hostNameLine.chop(1); if (pidLine.isEmpty()) return false; qint64 thePid = pidLine.toLongLong(); if (pid) *pid = thePid; if (appname) *appname = QString::fromUtf8(appNameLine); if (hostname) *hostname = QString::fromUtf8(hostNameLine); return thePid > 0; } /*! Attempts to forcefully remove an existing lock file. Calling this is not recommended when protecting a short-lived operation: QLockFile already takes care of removing lock files after they are older than staleLockTime(). This method should only be called when protecting a resource for a long time, i.e. with staleLockTime(0), and after tryLock() returned LockFailedError, and the user agreed on removing the lock file. Returns \c true on success, false if the lock file couldn't be removed. This happens on Windows, when the application owning the lock is still running. */ bool QLockFile::removeStaleLockFile() { Q_D(QLockFile); if (d->isLocked) { qWarning("removeStaleLockFile can only be called when not holding the lock"); return false; } return d->removeStaleLock(); } /*! Returns the lock file error status. If tryLock() returns \c false, this function can be called to find out the reason why the locking failed. */ QLockFile::LockError QLockFile::error() const { Q_D(const QLockFile); return d->lockError; } QT_END_NAMESPACE