/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */ /* * This file is part of libmount from util-linux project. * * Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Karel Zak * * libmount is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. */ /** * SECTION: lock * @title: Locking * @short_description: locking methods for /etc/mtab or another libmount files * * The mtab lock is backwards compatible with the standard linux /etc/mtab * locking. Note, it's necessary to use the same locking schema in all * applications that access the file. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "strutils.h" #include "closestream.h" #include "pathnames.h" #include "mountP.h" #include "monotonic.h" /* * lock handler */ struct libmnt_lock { char *lockfile; /* path to lock file (e.g. /etc/mtab~) */ char *linkfile; /* path to link file (e.g. /etc/mtab~.) */ int lockfile_fd; /* lock file descriptor */ unsigned int locked :1, /* do we own the lock? */ sigblock :1, /* block signals when locked */ simplelock :1; /* use flock rather than normal mtab lock */ sigset_t oldsigmask; }; /** * mnt_new_lock: * @datafile: the file that should be covered by the lock * @id: unique linkfile identifier or 0 (default is getpid()) * * Returns: newly allocated lock handler or NULL on case of error. */ struct libmnt_lock *mnt_new_lock(const char *datafile, pid_t id) { struct libmnt_lock *ml = NULL; char *lo = NULL, *ln = NULL; size_t losz; if (!datafile) return NULL; /* for flock we use "foo.lock, for mtab "foo~" */ losz = strlen(datafile) + sizeof(".lock"); lo = malloc(losz); if (!lo) goto err; /* default is mtab~ lock */ snprintf(lo, losz, "%s~", datafile); if (asprintf(&ln, "%s~.%d", datafile, id ? : getpid()) == -1) { ln = NULL; goto err; } ml = calloc(1, sizeof(*ml) ); if (!ml) goto err; ml->lockfile_fd = -1; ml->linkfile = ln; ml->lockfile = lo; DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "alloc: default linkfile=%s, lockfile=%s", ln, lo)); return ml; err: free(lo); free(ln); free(ml); return NULL; } /** * mnt_free_lock: * @ml: struct libmnt_lock handler * * Deallocates mnt_lock. */ void mnt_free_lock(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { if (!ml) return; DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "free%s", ml->locked ? " !!! LOCKED !!!" : "")); free(ml->lockfile); free(ml->linkfile); free(ml); } /** * mnt_lock_block_signals: * @ml: struct libmnt_lock handler * @enable: TRUE/FALSE * * Block/unblock signals when the lock is locked, the signals are not blocked * by default. * * Returns: <0 on error, 0 on success. */ int mnt_lock_block_signals(struct libmnt_lock *ml, int enable) { if (!ml) return -EINVAL; DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "signals: %s", enable ? "BLOCKED" : "UNBLOCKED")); ml->sigblock = enable ? 1 : 0; return 0; } /* don't export this to API */ int mnt_lock_use_simplelock(struct libmnt_lock *ml, int enable) { size_t sz; if (!ml) return -EINVAL; assert(ml->lockfile); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "flock: %s", enable ? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED")); ml->simplelock = enable ? 1 : 0; sz = strlen(ml->lockfile); assert(sz); if (sz < 1) return -EINVAL; /* Change lock name: * * flock: ".lock" * mtab lock: "~" */ if (ml->simplelock && endswith(ml->lockfile, "~")) memcpy(ml->lockfile + sz - 1, ".lock", 6); else if (!ml->simplelock && endswith(ml->lockfile, ".lock")) memcpy(ml->lockfile + sz - 5, "~", 2); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "new lock filename: '%s'", ml->lockfile)); return 0; } /* * Returns path to lockfile. */ static const char *mnt_lock_get_lockfile(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { return ml ? ml->lockfile : NULL; } /* * Note that the filename is generated by mnt_new_lock() and depends on * getpid() or 'id' argument of the mnt_new_lock() function. * * Returns: unique (per process/thread) path to linkfile. */ static const char *mnt_lock_get_linkfile(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { return ml ? ml->linkfile : NULL; } /* * Simple flocking */ static void unlock_simplelock(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { assert(ml); assert(ml->simplelock); if (ml->lockfile_fd >= 0) { DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "%s: unflocking", mnt_lock_get_lockfile(ml))); close(ml->lockfile_fd); } } static int lock_simplelock(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { const char *lfile; int rc; assert(ml); assert(ml->simplelock); lfile = mnt_lock_get_lockfile(ml); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "%s: locking", lfile)); if (ml->sigblock) { sigset_t sigs; sigemptyset(&ml->oldsigmask); sigfillset(&sigs); sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigs, &ml->oldsigmask); } ml->lockfile_fd = open(lfile, O_RDONLY|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH); if (ml->lockfile_fd < 0) { rc = -errno; goto err; } rc = fchmod(ml->lockfile_fd, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH); if (rc < 0) { rc = -errno; goto err; } while (flock(ml->lockfile_fd, LOCK_EX) < 0) { int errsv; if ((errno == EAGAIN) || (errno == EINTR)) continue; errsv = errno; close(ml->lockfile_fd); ml->lockfile_fd = -1; rc = -errsv; goto err; } ml->locked = 1; return 0; err: if (ml->sigblock) sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &ml->oldsigmask, NULL); return rc; } /* * traditional mtab locking */ static void mnt_lockalrm_handler(int sig __attribute__((__unused__))) { /* do nothing, say nothing, be nothing */ } /* * Waits for F_SETLKW, unfortunately we have to use SIGALRM here to interrupt * fcntl() to avoid neverending waiting. * * Returns: 0 on success, 1 on timeout, -errno on error. */ static int mnt_wait_mtab_lock(struct libmnt_lock *ml, struct flock *fl, time_t maxtime) { struct timeval now; struct sigaction sa, osa; int ret = 0; gettime_monotonic(&now); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "(%d) waiting for F_SETLKW (now=%lu, maxtime=%lu, diff=%lu)", getpid(), (unsigned long) now.tv_sec, (unsigned long) maxtime, (unsigned long) (maxtime - now.tv_sec))); if (now.tv_sec >= maxtime) return 1; /* timeout */ /* setup ALARM handler -- we don't want to wait forever */ sa.sa_flags = 0; sa.sa_handler = mnt_lockalrm_handler; sigfillset (&sa.sa_mask); sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, &osa); alarm(maxtime - now.tv_sec); if (fcntl(ml->lockfile_fd, F_SETLKW, fl) == -1) ret = errno == EINTR ? 1 : -errno; alarm(0); /* restore old sigaction */ sigaction(SIGALRM, &osa, NULL); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "(%d) leaving mnt_wait_setlkw(), rc=%d", getpid(), ret)); return ret; } /* * Create the mtab lock file. * * The old code here used flock on a lock file /etc/mtab~ and deleted * this lock file afterwards. However, as rgooch remarks, that has a * race: a second mount may be waiting on the lock and proceed as * soon as the lock file is deleted by the first mount, and immediately * afterwards a third mount comes, creates a new /etc/mtab~, applies * flock to that, and also proceeds, so that the second and third mount * are now both scribbling in /etc/mtab. * * The new code uses a link() instead of a creat(), where we proceed * only if it was us that created the lock, and hence we always have * to delete the lock afterwards. Now the use of flock() is in principle * superfluous, but avoids an arbitrary sleep(). * * Where does the link point to? Obvious choices are mtab and mtab~~. * HJLu points out that the latter leads to races. Right now we use * mtab~.pid instead. * * * The original mount locking code has used sleep(1) between attempts and * maximal number of attempts has been 5. * * There was a very small number of attempts and extremely long waiting (1s) * that is useless on machines with large number of mount processes. * * Now we wait for a few thousand microseconds between attempts and we have a global * time limit (30s) rather than a limit for the number of attempts. The advantage * is that this method also counts time which we spend in fcntl(F_SETLKW) and * the number of attempts is not restricted. * -- kzak@redhat.com [Mar-2007] * * * This mtab locking code has been refactored and moved to libmount. The mtab * locking is really not perfect (e.g. SIGALRM), but it's stable, reliable and * backwardly compatible code. * * Don't forget that this code has to be compatible with 3rd party mounts * (/sbin/mount.foo) and has to work with NFS. * -- kzak@redhat.com [May-2009] */ /* maximum seconds between the first and the last attempt */ #define MOUNTLOCK_MAXTIME 30 /* sleep time (in microseconds, max=999999) between attempts */ #define MOUNTLOCK_WAITTIME 5000 static void unlock_mtab(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { if (!ml) return; if (!ml->locked && ml->lockfile && ml->linkfile) { /* We (probably) have all the files, but we don't own the lock, * Really? Check it! Maybe ml->locked wasn't set properly * because the code was interrupted by a signal. Paranoia? Yes. * * We own the lock when linkfile == lockfile. */ struct stat lo, li; if (!stat(ml->lockfile, &lo) && !stat(ml->linkfile, &li) && lo.st_dev == li.st_dev && lo.st_ino == li.st_ino) ml->locked = 1; } if (ml->linkfile) unlink(ml->linkfile); if (ml->lockfile_fd >= 0) close(ml->lockfile_fd); if (ml->locked && ml->lockfile) { unlink(ml->lockfile); DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "unlink %s", ml->lockfile)); } } static int lock_mtab(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { int i, rc = -1; struct timespec waittime; struct timeval maxtime; const char *lockfile, *linkfile; if (!ml) return -EINVAL; if (ml->locked) return 0; lockfile = mnt_lock_get_lockfile(ml); if (!lockfile) return -EINVAL; linkfile = mnt_lock_get_linkfile(ml); if (!linkfile) return -EINVAL; if (ml->sigblock) { /* * Block all signals when locked, mnt_unlock_file() will * restore the old mask. */ sigset_t sigs; sigemptyset(&ml->oldsigmask); sigfillset(&sigs); sigdelset(&sigs, SIGTRAP); sigdelset(&sigs, SIGALRM); sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigs, &ml->oldsigmask); } i = open(linkfile, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_CLOEXEC, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR); if (i < 0) { /* linkfile does not exist (as a file) and we cannot create it. * Read-only or full filesystem? Too many files open in the system? */ if (errno > 0) rc = -errno; goto failed; } close(i); gettime_monotonic(&maxtime); maxtime.tv_sec += MOUNTLOCK_MAXTIME; waittime.tv_sec = 0; waittime.tv_nsec = (1000 * MOUNTLOCK_WAITTIME); /* Repeat until it was us who made the link */ while (!ml->locked) { struct timeval now; struct flock flock; int j; j = link(linkfile, lockfile); if (j == 0) ml->locked = 1; if (j < 0 && errno != EEXIST) { if (errno > 0) rc = -errno; goto failed; } ml->lockfile_fd = open(lockfile, O_WRONLY|O_CLOEXEC); if (ml->lockfile_fd < 0) { /* Strange... Maybe the file was just deleted? */ int errsv = errno; gettime_monotonic(&now); if (errsv == ENOENT && now.tv_sec < maxtime.tv_sec) { ml->locked = 0; continue; } if (errsv > 0) rc = -errsv; goto failed; } flock.l_type = F_WRLCK; flock.l_whence = SEEK_SET; flock.l_start = 0; flock.l_len = 0; if (ml->locked) { /* We made the link. Now claim the lock. */ if (fcntl (ml->lockfile_fd, F_SETLK, &flock) == -1) { DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "%s: can't F_SETLK lockfile, errno=%d\n", lockfile, errno)); /* proceed, since it was us who created the lockfile anyway */ } break; } else { /* Someone else made the link. Wait. */ int err = mnt_wait_mtab_lock(ml, &flock, maxtime.tv_sec); if (err == 1) { DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "%s: can't create link: time out (perhaps " "there is a stale lock file?)", lockfile)); rc = -ETIMEDOUT; goto failed; } else if (err < 0) { rc = err; goto failed; } nanosleep(&waittime, NULL); close(ml->lockfile_fd); ml->lockfile_fd = -1; } } DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "%s: (%d) successfully locked", lockfile, getpid())); unlink(linkfile); return 0; failed: mnt_unlock_file(ml); return rc; } /** * mnt_lock_file * @ml: pointer to struct libmnt_lock instance * * Creates a lock file (e.g. /etc/mtab~). Note that this function may * use alarm(). * * Your application always has to call mnt_unlock_file() before exit. * * Traditional mtab locking scheme: * * 1. create linkfile (e.g. /etc/mtab~.$PID) * 2. link linkfile --> lockfile (e.g. /etc/mtab~.$PID --> /etc/mtab~) * 3. a) link() success: setups F_SETLK lock (see fcntl(2)) * b) link() failed: wait (max 30s) on F_SETLKW lock, goto 2. * * Note that when the lock is used by mnt_update_table() interface then libmount * uses flock() for private library file /run/mount/utab. The fcntl(2) is used only * for backwardly compatible stuff like /etc/mtab. * * Returns: 0 on success or negative number in case of error (-ETIMEOUT is case * of stale lock file). */ int mnt_lock_file(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { if (!ml) return -EINVAL; if (ml->simplelock) return lock_simplelock(ml); return lock_mtab(ml); } /** * mnt_unlock_file: * @ml: lock struct * * Unlocks the file. The function could be called independently of the * lock status (for example from exit(3)). */ void mnt_unlock_file(struct libmnt_lock *ml) { if (!ml) return; DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "(%d) %s", getpid(), ml->locked ? "unlocking" : "cleaning")); if (ml->simplelock) unlock_simplelock(ml); else unlock_mtab(ml); ml->locked = 0; ml->lockfile_fd = -1; if (ml->sigblock) { DBG(LOCKS, ul_debugobj(ml, "restoring sigmask")); sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &ml->oldsigmask, NULL); } } #ifdef TEST_PROGRAM static struct libmnt_lock *lock; /* * read number from @filename, increment the number and * write the number back to the file */ static void increment_data(const char *filename, int verbose, int loopno) { long num; FILE *f; char buf[256]; if (!(f = fopen(filename, "r" UL_CLOEXECSTR))) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%d: failed to open: %s", getpid(), filename); if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%d failed read: %s", getpid(), filename); fclose(f); num = atol(buf) + 1; if (!(f = fopen(filename, "w" UL_CLOEXECSTR))) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%d: failed to open: %s", getpid(), filename); fprintf(f, "%ld", num); if (close_stream(f) != 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "write failed: %s", filename); if (verbose) fprintf(stderr, "%d: %s: %ld --> %ld (loop=%d)\n", getpid(), filename, num - 1, num, loopno); } static void clean_lock(void) { if (!lock) return; mnt_unlock_file(lock); mnt_free_lock(lock); } static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) sig_handler(int sig) { errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "\n%d: catch signal: %s\n", getpid(), strsignal(sig)); } static int test_lock(struct libmnt_test *ts, int argc, char *argv[]) { time_t synctime = 0; unsigned int usecs; const char *datafile = NULL; int verbose = 0, loops = 0, l, idx = 1; if (argc < 3) return -EINVAL; if (strcmp(argv[idx], "--synctime") == 0) { synctime = (time_t) atol(argv[idx + 1]); idx += 2; } if (idx < argc && strcmp(argv[idx], "--verbose") == 0) { verbose = 1; idx++; } if (idx < argc) datafile = argv[idx++]; if (idx < argc) loops = atoi(argv[idx++]); if (!datafile || !loops) return -EINVAL; if (verbose) fprintf(stderr, "%d: start: synctime=%u, datafile=%s, loops=%d\n", getpid(), (int) synctime, datafile, loops); atexit(clean_lock); /* be paranoid and call exit() (=clean_lock()) for all signals */ { int sig = 0; struct sigaction sa; sa.sa_handler = sig_handler; sa.sa_flags = 0; sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask); while (sigismember(&sa.sa_mask, ++sig) != -1 && sig != SIGCHLD) sigaction (sig, &sa, (struct sigaction *) 0); } /* start the test in exactly defined time */ if (synctime) { struct timeval tv; gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); if (synctime && synctime - tv.tv_sec > 1) { usecs = ((synctime - tv.tv_sec) * 1000000UL) - (1000000UL - tv.tv_usec); xusleep(usecs); } } for (l = 0; l < loops; l++) { lock = mnt_new_lock(datafile, 0); if (!lock) return -1; if (mnt_lock_file(lock) != 0) { fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to lock %s file\n", getpid(), datafile); return -1; } increment_data(datafile, verbose, l); mnt_unlock_file(lock); mnt_free_lock(lock); lock = NULL; /* The mount command usually finishes after a mtab update. We * simulate this via short sleep -- it's also enough to make * concurrent processes happy. */ if (synctime) xusleep(25000); } return 0; } /* * Note that this test should be executed from a script that creates many * parallel processes, otherwise this test does not make sense. */ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct libmnt_test tss[] = { { "--lock", test_lock, " [--synctime ] [--verbose] " "increment a number in datafile" }, { NULL } }; return mnt_run_test(tss, argc, argv); } #endif /* TEST_PROGRAM */