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1 #include "cache.h"
2
3 static struct cache_def {
4 char path[PATH_MAX];
5 int len;
6 int flags;
7 } cache;
8
9 /*
10 * Returns the length (on a path component basis) of the longest
11 * common prefix match of 'name' and the cached path string.
12 */
13 static inline int longest_match_lstat_cache(int len, const char *name)
14 {
15 int max_len, match_len = 0, i = 0;
16
17 max_len = len < cache.len ? len : cache.len;
18 while (i < max_len && name[i] == cache.path[i]) {
19 if (name[i] == '/')
20 match_len = i;
21 i++;
22 }
23 /* Is the cached path string a substring of 'name'? */
24 if (i == cache.len && cache.len < len && name[cache.len] == '/')
25 match_len = cache.len;
26 /* Is 'name' a substring of the cached path string? */
27 else if ((i == len && len < cache.len && cache.path[len] == '/') ||
28 (i == len && len == cache.len))
29 match_len = len;
30 return match_len;
31 }
32
33 static inline void reset_lstat_cache(void)
34 {
35 cache.path[0] = '\0';
36 cache.len = 0;
37 cache.flags = 0;
38 }
39
40 #define FL_DIR (1 << 0)
41 #define FL_SYMLINK (1 << 1)
42 #define FL_LSTATERR (1 << 2)
43 #define FL_ERR (1 << 3)
44
45 /*
46 * Check if name 'name' of length 'len' has a symlink leading
47 * component, or if the directory exists and is real.
48 *
49 * To speed up the check, some information is allowed to be cached.
50 * This can be indicated by the 'track_flags' argument.
51 */
52 static int lstat_cache(int len, const char *name,
53 int track_flags)
54 {
55 int match_len, last_slash, last_slash_dir;
56 int match_flags, ret_flags, save_flags, max_len;
57 struct stat st;
58
59 /*
60 * Check to see if we have a match from the cache for the
61 * symlink path type.
62 */
63 match_len = last_slash = longest_match_lstat_cache(len, name);
64 match_flags = cache.flags & track_flags & FL_SYMLINK;
65 if (match_flags && match_len == cache.len)
66 return match_flags;
67 /*
68 * If we now have match_len > 0, we would know that the
69 * matched part will always be a directory.
70 *
71 * Also, if we are tracking directories and 'name' is a
72 * substring of the cache on a path component basis, we can
73 * return immediately.
74 */
75 match_flags = track_flags & FL_DIR;
76 if (match_flags && len == match_len)
77 return match_flags;
78
79 /*
80 * Okay, no match from the cache so far, so now we have to
81 * check the rest of the path components.
82 */
83 ret_flags = FL_DIR;
84 last_slash_dir = last_slash;
85 max_len = len < PATH_MAX ? len : PATH_MAX;
86 while (match_len < max_len) {
87 do {
88 cache.path[match_len] = name[match_len];
89 match_len++;
90 } while (match_len < max_len && name[match_len] != '/');
91 if (match_len >= max_len)
92 break;
93 last_slash = match_len;
94 cache.path[last_slash] = '\0';
95
96 if (lstat(cache.path, &st)) {
97 ret_flags = FL_LSTATERR;
98 } else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
99 last_slash_dir = last_slash;
100 continue;
101 } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
102 ret_flags = FL_SYMLINK;
103 } else {
104 ret_flags = FL_ERR;
105 }
106 break;
107 }
108
109 /*
110 * At the end update the cache. Note that max 2 different
111 * path types, FL_SYMLINK and FL_DIR, can be cached for the
112 * moment!
113 */
114 save_flags = ret_flags & track_flags & FL_SYMLINK;
115 if (save_flags && last_slash > 0 && last_slash < PATH_MAX) {
116 cache.path[last_slash] = '\0';
117 cache.len = last_slash;
118 cache.flags = save_flags;
119 } else if (track_flags & FL_DIR &&
120 last_slash_dir > 0 && last_slash_dir < PATH_MAX) {
121 /*
122 * We have a separate test for the directory case,
123 * since it could be that we have found a symlink and
124 * the track_flags says that we cannot cache this
125 * fact, so the cache would then have been left empty
126 * in this case.
127 *
128 * But if we are allowed to track real directories, we
129 * can still cache the path components before the last
130 * one (the found symlink component).
131 */
132 cache.path[last_slash_dir] = '\0';
133 cache.len = last_slash_dir;
134 cache.flags = FL_DIR;
135 } else {
136 reset_lstat_cache();
137 }
138 return ret_flags;
139 }
140
141 /*
142 * Return non-zero if path 'name' has a leading symlink component
143 */
144 int has_symlink_leading_path(int len, const char *name)
145 {
146 return lstat_cache(len, name,
147 FL_SYMLINK|FL_DIR) &
148 FL_SYMLINK;
149 }