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authorTobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>2006-12-21 23:28:48 +0100
committerTobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home>2006-12-21 23:28:48 +0100
commit1ddefac3dfe654f23fc944df5d7c52a078692012 (patch)
tree7342c58d013c9dc96b4074e5c5a0eef473b8e2ea /inotail.c
parent06be3975d174002702121481310b28a894284339 (diff)
inotail.c: Don't open files over and over again
Up to now files were closed after processing each inotify event which seems to be quite a bit of overhead. The fds are now kept open and are only closed in case of errors.
Diffstat (limited to 'inotail.c')
-rw-r--r--inotail.c30
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/inotail.c b/inotail.c
index 0a519d3..1cb29f6 100644
--- a/inotail.c
+++ b/inotail.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int tail_pipe(struct file_struct *f)
return rc;
}
-static int tail_file(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_units, char mode)
+static int tail_file(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_units, char mode, char forever)
{
int ret = -1;
ssize_t bytes_read = 0;
@@ -216,18 +216,18 @@ static int tail_file(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_units, char mode)
f->fd = open(f->name, O_RDONLY);
if (f->fd < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not open file '%s' (%s)\n", f->name, strerror(errno));
- return -1;
+ return ret;
}
}
if (fstat(f->fd, &finfo) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not stat file '%s' (%s)\n", f->name, strerror(errno));
- goto out;
+ goto err;
}
if (!IS_TAILABLE(finfo.st_mode)) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: '%s' of unsupported file type\n", f->name);
- goto out;
+ goto err;
}
/* We cannot seek on these */
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int tail_file(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_units, char mode)
/* We only get negative offsets on errors */
if (offset < 0)
- goto out;
+ goto err;
if (verbose)
write_header(f->name);
@@ -254,7 +254,12 @@ static int tail_file(struct file_struct *f, unsigned int n_units, char mode)
write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, (size_t) bytes_read);
ret = 0;
-out:
+
+ /* Let the fd open, we'll need it */
+ if (forever)
+ return ret;
+
+err:
if (close(f->fd) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not close file '%s' (%s)\n", f->name, strerror(errno));
ret = -1;
@@ -271,15 +276,15 @@ static int handle_inotify_event(struct inotify_event *inev, struct file_struct *
char fbuf[BUFFER_SIZE];
struct stat finfo;
+#if 0
fil->fd = open(fil->name, O_RDONLY);
if (fil->fd < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not open file '%s' (%s)\n", fil->name, strerror(errno));
goto ignore;
}
-
+#endif
if (fstat(fil->fd, &finfo) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not stat file '%s' (%s)\n", fil->name, strerror(errno));
- close(fil->fd);
goto ignore;
}
@@ -293,9 +298,9 @@ static int handle_inotify_event(struct inotify_event *inev, struct file_struct *
lseek(fil->fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
while ((rc = read(fil->fd, &fbuf, BUFFER_SIZE)) != 0)
write(STDOUT_FILENO, fbuf, rc);
-
+#if 0
close(fil->fd);
-
+#endif
return n_ignored;
} else if (inev->mask & IN_DELETE_SELF) {
fprintf(stderr, "File '%s' deleted.\n", fil->name);
@@ -307,6 +312,9 @@ static int handle_inotify_event(struct inotify_event *inev, struct file_struct *
}
ignore:
+ if (close(fil->fd) < 0)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: Could not close file '%s' (%s)\n", fil->name, strerror(errno));
+
fil->ignore = 1;
n_ignored++;
@@ -437,7 +445,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++) {
files[i].name = filenames[i];
setup_file(&files[i]);
- ret = tail_file(&files[i], n_units, mode);
+ ret = tail_file(&files[i], n_units, mode, forever);
if (ret < 0)
files[i].ignore = 1;
}