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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:39:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-06 00:39:23 +0000 |
commit | e3b16b3856bdd5c1645f4609d61bf5a16c026930 (patch) | |
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Adding upstream version 2.19.5+deb10u1.upstream/2.19.5+deb10u1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/lib/Devscripts/DB_File_Lock.pm b/lib/Devscripts/DB_File_Lock.pm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef55d9c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/Devscripts/DB_File_Lock.pm @@ -0,0 +1,364 @@ +# +# DB_File::Lock +# +# by David Harris <dharris@drh.net> +# +# Copyright (c) 1999-2000 David R. Harris. All rights reserved. +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +# under the same terms as Perl itself. +# + +# We rename the package so that we don't have to package it separately. +# package DB_File::Lock; +package Devscripts::DB_File_Lock; + +require 5.004; + +use strict; +use vars qw($VERSION @ISA $locks); + +@ISA = qw(DB_File); +$VERSION = '0.05'; + +use DB_File (); +use Fcntl qw(:flock O_RDWR O_RDONLY O_WRONLY O_CREAT); +use Carp qw(croak carp); +use Symbol (); + +# import function can't be inherited, so this magic required +sub import { + my $ourname = shift; + my @imports + = @_; # dynamic scoped var, still in scope after package call in eval + my $module = caller; + my $calling = $ISA[0]; + eval " package $module; import $calling, \@imports; "; +} + +sub _lock_and_tie { + my $package = shift; + + ## Grab the type of tie + + my $tie_type = pop @_; + + ## There are two ways of passing data defined by DB_File + + my $lock_data; + my @dbfile_data; + + if (@_ == 5) { + $lock_data = pop @_; + @dbfile_data = @_; + } elsif (@_ == 2) { + $lock_data = pop @_; + @dbfile_data = @{ $_[0] }; + } else { + croak "invalid number of arguments"; + } + + ## Decipher the lock_data + + my $mode; + my $nonblocking = 0; + my $lockfile_name = $dbfile_data[0] . ".lock"; + my $lockfile_mode; + + if (lc($lock_data) eq "read") { + $mode = "read"; + } elsif (lc($lock_data) eq "write") { + $mode = "write"; + } elsif (ref($lock_data) eq "HASH") { + $mode = lc $lock_data->{mode}; + croak "invalid mode ($mode)" if ($mode ne "read" and $mode ne "write"); + $nonblocking = $lock_data->{nonblocking}; + $lockfile_name = $lock_data->{lockfile_name} + if (defined $lock_data->{lockfile_name}); + $lockfile_mode = $lock_data->{lockfile_mode}; + } else { + croak "invalid lock_data ($lock_data)"; + } + + ## Warn about opening a lockfile for writing when only locking for reading + + # NOTE: This warning disabled for RECNO because RECNO seems to require O_RDWR + # even when opening only for reading. + + carp +"opening with write access when locking only for reading (use O_RDONLY to fix)" + if (( + $dbfile_data[1] && O_RDWR + or $dbfile_data[1] && O_WRONLY + ) # any kind of write access + and $mode eq "read" # and opening for reading + and $tie_type ne "TIEARRAY" # and not RECNO + ); + + ## Determine the mode of the lockfile, if not given + + # THEORY: if someone can read or write the database file, we must allow + # them to read and write the lockfile. + + if (not defined $lockfile_mode) { + $lockfile_mode = 0600; # we must be allowed to read/write lockfile + $lockfile_mode |= 0060 if ($dbfile_data[2] & 0060); + $lockfile_mode |= 0006 if ($dbfile_data[2] & 0006); + } + + ## Open the lockfile, lock it, and open the database + + my $lockfile_fh = Symbol::gensym(); + my $saved_umask = umask(0000) if (umask() & $lockfile_mode); + my $open_ok = sysopen($lockfile_fh, $lockfile_name, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, + $lockfile_mode); + umask($saved_umask) if (defined $saved_umask); + $open_ok or croak "could not open lockfile ($lockfile_name)"; + + my $flock_flags + = ($mode eq "write" ? LOCK_EX : LOCK_SH) | ($nonblocking ? LOCK_NB : 0); + if (not flock $lockfile_fh, $flock_flags) { + close $lockfile_fh; + return undef if ($nonblocking); + croak "could not flock lockfile"; + } + + my $self + = $tie_type eq "TIEHASH" + ? $package->SUPER::TIEHASH(@_) + : $package->SUPER::TIEARRAY(@_); + if (not $self) { + close $lockfile_fh; + return $self; + } + + ## Store the info for the DESTROY function + + my $id = "" . $self; + $id =~ s/^[^=]+=//; # remove the package name in case re-blessing occurs + $locks->{$id} = $lockfile_fh; + + ## Return the object + + return $self; +} + +sub TIEHASH { + return _lock_and_tie(@_, 'TIEHASH'); +} + +sub TIEARRAY { + return _lock_and_tie(@_, 'TIEARRAY'); +} + +sub DESTROY { + my $self = shift; + + my $id = "" . $self; + $id =~ s/^[^=]+=//; + my $lockfile_fh = $locks->{$id}; + delete $locks->{$id}; + + $self->SUPER::DESTROY(@_); + + # un-flock not needed, as we close here + close $lockfile_fh; +} + +1; +__END__ + +=head1 NAME + +DB_File::Lock - Locking with flock wrapper for DB_File + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + use DB_File::Lock; + use Fcntl qw(:flock O_RDWR O_CREAT); + + $locking = "read"; + $locking = "write"; + $locking = { + mode => "read", + nonblocking => 0, + lockfile_name => "/path/to/shared.lock", + lockfile_mode => 0600, + }; + + [$X =] tie %hash, 'DB_File::Lock', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_HASH, $locking; + [$X =] tie %hash, 'DB_File::Lock', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_BTREE, $locking; + [$X =] tie @array, 'DB_File::Lock', $filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_RECNO, $locking; + + # or place the DB_File arguments inside a list reference: + [$X =] tie %hash, 'DB_File::Lock', [$filename, $flags, $mode, $DB_HASH], $locking; + + ...use the same way as DB_File for the rest of the interface... + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This module provides a wrapper for the DB_File module, adding locking. + +When you need locking, simply use this module in place of DB_File and +add an extra argument onto the tie command specifying if the file should +be locked for reading or writing. + +The alternative is to write code like: + + open(LOCK, "<$db_filename.lock") or die; + flock(LOCK, LOCK_SH) or die; + tie(%db_hash, 'DB_File', $db_filename, O_RDONLY, 0600, $DB_HASH) or die; + ... then read the database ... + untie(%db_hash); + close(LOCK); + +This module lets you write + + tie(%db_hash, 'DB_File::Lock', $db_filename, O_RDONLY, 0600, $DB_HASH, 'read') or die; + ... then read the database ... + untie(%db_hash); + +This is better for two reasons: + +(1) Less cumbersome to write. + +(2) A fatal exception in the code working on the database which does +not lead to process termination will probably not close the lockfile +and therefore cause a dropped lock. + +=head1 USAGE DETAILS + +Tie to the database file by adding an additional locking argument +to the list of arguments to be passed through to DB_File, such as: + + tie(%db_hash, 'DB_File::Lock', $db_filename, O_RDONLY, 0600, $DB_HASH, 'read'); + +or enclose the arguments for DB_File in a list reference: + + tie(%db_hash, 'DB_File::Lock', [$db_filename, O_RDONLY, 0600, $DB_HASH], 'read'); + +The filename used for the lockfile defaults to "$filename.lock" +(the filename of the DB_File with ".lock" appended). Using a lockfile +separate from the database file is recommended because it prevents weird +interactions with the underlying database file library + +The additional locking argument added to the tie call can be: + +(1) "read" -- acquires a shared lock for reading + +(2) "write" -- acquires an exclusive lock for writing + +(3) A hash with the following keys (all optional except for the "mode"): + +=over 4 + +=item mode + +the locking mode, "read" or "write". + +=item lockfile_name + +specifies the name of the lockfile to use. Default +is "$filename.lock". This is useful for locking multiple resources with +the same lockfiles. + +=item nonblocking + +determines if the flock call on the lockfile should +block waiting for a lock, or if it should return failure if a lock can +not be immediately attained. If "nonblocking" is set and a lock can not +be attained, the tie command will fail. Currently, I'm not sure how to +differentiate this between a failure form the DB_File layer. + +=item lockfile_mode + +determines the mode for the sysopen call in opening +the lockfile. The default mode will be formulated to allow anyone that +can read or write the DB_File permission to read and write the lockfile. +(This is because some systems may require that one have write access to +a file to lock it for reading, I understand.) The umask will be prevented +from applying to this mode. + +=back + +Note: One may import the same values from DB_File::Lock as one may import +from DB_File. + +=head1 GOOD LOCKING ETIQUETTE + +To avoid locking problems, realize that it is B<critical> that you release +the lock as soon as possible. See the lock as a "hot potato", something +that you must work with and get rid of as quickly as possible. See the +sections of code where you have a lock as "critical" sections. Make sure +that you call "untie" as soon as possible. + +It is often better to write: + + # open database file with lock + # work with database + # lots of processing not related to database + # work with database + # close database and release lock + +as: + + # open database file with lock + # work with database + # close database and release lock + + # lots of processing not related to database + + # open database file with lock + # work with database + # close database and release lock + +Also realize that when acquiring two locks at the same time, a deadlock +situation can be caused. + +You can enter a deadlock situation if two processes simultaneously try to +acquire locks on two separate databases. Each has locked only one of +the databases, and cannot continue without locking the second. Yet this +will never be freed because it is locked by the other process. If your +processes all ask for their DB files in the same order, this situation +cannot occur. + +=head1 OTHER LOCKING MODULES + +There are three locking wrappers for DB_File in CPAN right now. Each one +implements locking differently and has different goals in mind. It is +therefore worth knowing the difference, so that you can pick the right +one for your application. + +Here are the three locking wrappers: + +Tie::DB_Lock -- DB_File wrapper which creates copies of the database file +for read access, so that you have kind of a multiversioning concurrent +read system. However, updates are still serial. Use for databases where +reads may be lengthy and consistency problems may occur. + +Tie::DB_LockFile -- DB_File wrapper that has the ability to lock and +unlock the database while it is being used. Avoids the tie-before-flock +problem by simply re-tie-ing the database when you get or drop a +lock. Because of the flexibility in dropping and re-acquiring the lock +in the middle of a session, this can be massaged into a system that will +work with long updates and/or reads if the application follows the hints +in the POD documentation. + +DB_File::Lock (this module) -- extremely lightweight DB_File wrapper +that simply flocks a lockfile before tie-ing the database and drops the +lock after the untie. Allows one to use the same lockfile for multiple +databases to avoid deadlock problems, if desired. Use for databases where +updates are reads are quick and simple flock locking semantics are enough. + +(This text duplicated in the POD documentation, by the way.) + +=head1 AUTHOR + +David Harris <dharris@drh.net> + +Helpful insight from Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org> + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +DB_File(3). + +=cut |