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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 14:29:10 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-28 14:29:10 +0000 |
commit | 2aa4a82499d4becd2284cdb482213d541b8804dd (patch) | |
tree | b80bf8bf13c3766139fbacc530efd0dd9d54394c /toolkit/xre/MultiInstanceLock.h | |
parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 86.0.1.upstream/86.0.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/toolkit/xre/MultiInstanceLock.h b/toolkit/xre/MultiInstanceLock.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ccc4702c1c --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/xre/MultiInstanceLock.h @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ +/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#ifndef MULTIINSTANCELOCK_H +#define MULTIINSTANCELOCK_H + +#ifdef XP_WIN +# include <windows.h> +#endif + +// These functions manage "multi-instance locks", which are a type of lock +// specifically designed to allow instances of an application, process, or other +// task to detect when other instances relevant to them are running. Each +// instance opens a lock and holds it for the duration of the task of interest +// (which may be the lifetime of the process, or a shorter period). Then while +// the lock is open, it can be used to check whether any other instances of the +// same task are currently running out of the same copy of the binary, in the +// context of any OS user. A process can open any number of locks, so long as +// they use different names. It is necessary for the process to have permission +// to create files in /tmp/ on POSIX systems or ProgramData\[vendor]\ on +// Windows, so this mechanism may not work for sandboxed processes. + +// The implementation is based on file locking. An empty file is created in a +// systemwide (not per-user) location, and a shared (read) lock is taken on that +// file; the value that OpenMultiInstanceLock() returns is the file +// handle/descriptor. When you call IsOtherInstanceRunning(), it will attempt to +// convert that shared lock into an exclusive (write) lock. If that operation +// would succeed, it means that there must not be any other shared locks +// currently taken on that file, so we know there are no other instances +// running. This is a more complex design than most file locks or most other +// concurrency mechanisms, but it is necessary for this use case because of the +// requirement that an instance must be able to detect other instances that were +// started later than it was. If, say, a mutex were used, or another kind of +// exclusive lock, then the first instance that tried to take it would succeed, +// and be unable to tell that another instance had tried to take it later and +// failed. This mechanism allows any number of instances started at any time in +// relation to one another to always be able to detect that the others exist +// (although it does not allow you to know how many others exist). The lock is +// guaranteed to be released if the process holding it crashes or is exec'd into +// something else, because the file is closed when that happens. The file itself +// is not necessarily always deleted on POSIX, because it isn't possible (within +// reason) to guarantee that unlink() is called, but the file is empty and +// created in the /tmp directory, so should not be a serious problem. + +namespace mozilla { + +#ifdef XP_WIN +using MultiInstLockHandle = HANDLE; +# define MULTI_INSTANCE_LOCK_HANDLE_ERROR INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE +#else +using MultiInstLockHandle = int; +# define MULTI_INSTANCE_LOCK_HANDLE_ERROR -1 +#endif + +/* + * nameToken should be a string very briefly naming the lock you are creating + * creating, and it should be unique except for across multiple instances of the + * same application. The vendor name is included in the generated path, so it + * doesn't need to be present in your supplied name. Try to keep this name sort + * of short, ideally under about 64 characters, because creating the lock will + * fail if the final path string (the token + the path hash + the vendor name) + * is longer than the platform's maximum path and/or path component length. + * + * installPath should be the path to the directory containing the application, + * which will be used to form a path specific to that installation. + * + * Returns MULTI_INSTANCE_LOCK_HANDLE_ERROR upon failure, or a handle which can + * later be passed to the other functions declared here upon success. + */ +MultiInstLockHandle OpenMultiInstanceLock(const char* nameToken, + const char16_t* installPath); + +void ReleaseMultiInstanceLock(MultiInstLockHandle lock); + +// aResult will be set to true if another instance *was* found, false if not. +// Return value is true on success, false on error (and aResult won't be set). +bool IsOtherInstanceRunning(MultiInstLockHandle lock, bool* aResult); + +}; // namespace mozilla + +#endif // MULTIINSTANCELOCK_H |