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+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*-
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Benjamin Berg <bberg@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_SUCCESS 0
+#define GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED 1
+#define GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_ARGUMENTS_INVALID 3
+#define GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_INVALID_USER 4
+
+#ifndef __linux__
+#error "gsd-backlight-helper does not work on non-Linux"
+#endif
+
+static void
+usage(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ fprintf (stderr, "Usage: %s device brightness\n", argv[0]);
+ fprintf (stderr, " device: The backlight directory starting with \"/sys/class/backlight/\"\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, " brightness: The new brightness to write\n");
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ char tmp[512];
+ char *device = NULL;
+ int fd, len, res;
+ int uid, euid;
+ int brightness;
+ int result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED;
+ DIR *dp = NULL;
+ struct dirent *ep;
+
+ /* check calling UID */
+ uid = getuid ();
+ euid = geteuid ();
+ if (uid != 0 || euid != 0) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "This program can only be used by the root user\n");
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_INVALID_USER;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ if (argc != 3) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Need to be called with exactly two arguments\n");
+ usage (argc, argv);
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_ARGUMENTS_INVALID;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ errno = 0;
+ brightness = strtol (argv[2], NULL, 0);
+ if (errno) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Invalid brightness argument (%d: %s)\n", errno, strerror (errno));
+ usage (argc, argv);
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ dp = opendir ("/sys/class/backlight");
+ if (dp == NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Could not open /sys/class/backlight (%d: %s)\n", errno, strerror (errno));
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ /* May be NULL if the path cannot be resolved */
+ device = realpath (argv[1], NULL);
+
+ while ((ep = readdir (dp))) {
+ char *path;
+
+ if (ep->d_name[0] == '.')
+ continue;
+
+ /* Leave room for "/brightness" */
+ snprintf (tmp, sizeof(tmp) - 11, "/sys/class/backlight/%s", ep->d_name);
+ path = realpath (tmp, NULL);
+ if (path && device && strcmp (path, device) == 0) {
+ free (path);
+ strcat (tmp, "/brightness");
+
+ fd = open (tmp, O_WRONLY);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Could not open brightness sysfs file (%d: %s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ len = snprintf (tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%d", brightness);
+ if ((res = write (fd, tmp, len)) != len) {
+ if (res == -1)
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Writing to file (%d: %s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+ else
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Wrote the wrong length (%d of %d bytes)!\n", res, len);
+
+ close (fd);
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ close (fd);
+
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_SUCCESS;
+ goto done;
+ } else {
+ free (path);
+ }
+ }
+
+ result = GSD_BACKLIGHT_HELPER_EXIT_CODE_FAILED;
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error: Could not find the specified backlight \"%s\"\n", argv[1]);
+
+done:
+ if (device)
+ free (device);
+ if (dp)
+ closedir (dp);
+
+ return result;
+}
+