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Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -04001/*
2 * Inode based directory notification for Linux
3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2005 John McCutchan
5 */
6
7#ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
8#define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
9
Ulrich Drepper40065532008-07-23 21:29:32 -070010/* For O_CLOEXEC */
11#include <linux/fcntl.h>
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040012#include <linux/types.h>
13
14/*
15 * struct inotify_event - structure read from the inotify device for each event
16 *
17 * When you are watching a directory, you will receive the filename for events
18 * such as IN_CREATE, IN_DELETE, IN_OPEN, IN_CLOSE, ..., relative to the wd.
19 */
20struct inotify_event {
21 __s32 wd; /* watch descriptor */
22 __u32 mask; /* watch mask */
23 __u32 cookie; /* cookie to synchronize two events */
24 __u32 len; /* length (including nulls) of name */
25 char name[0]; /* stub for possible name */
26};
27
28/* the following are legal, implemented events that user-space can watch for */
29#define IN_ACCESS 0x00000001 /* File was accessed */
30#define IN_MODIFY 0x00000002 /* File was modified */
31#define IN_ATTRIB 0x00000004 /* Metadata changed */
32#define IN_CLOSE_WRITE 0x00000008 /* Writtable file was closed */
33#define IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE 0x00000010 /* Unwrittable file closed */
34#define IN_OPEN 0x00000020 /* File was opened */
35#define IN_MOVED_FROM 0x00000040 /* File was moved from X */
36#define IN_MOVED_TO 0x00000080 /* File was moved to Y */
37#define IN_CREATE 0x00000100 /* Subfile was created */
38#define IN_DELETE 0x00000200 /* Subfile was deleted */
39#define IN_DELETE_SELF 0x00000400 /* Self was deleted */
John McCutchan89204c42005-08-15 12:13:28 -040040#define IN_MOVE_SELF 0x00000800 /* Self was moved */
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040041
42/* the following are legal events. they are sent as needed to any watch */
43#define IN_UNMOUNT 0x00002000 /* Backing fs was unmounted */
44#define IN_Q_OVERFLOW 0x00004000 /* Event queued overflowed */
45#define IN_IGNORED 0x00008000 /* File was ignored */
46
47/* helper events */
48#define IN_CLOSE (IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) /* close */
49#define IN_MOVE (IN_MOVED_FROM | IN_MOVED_TO) /* moves */
50
51/* special flags */
John McCutchan8140a502005-12-12 00:37:14 -080052#define IN_ONLYDIR 0x01000000 /* only watch the path if it is a directory */
53#define IN_DONT_FOLLOW 0x02000000 /* don't follow a sym link */
John McCutchan7ea60402005-09-06 15:18:02 -070054#define IN_MASK_ADD 0x20000000 /* add to the mask of an already existing watch */
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040055#define IN_ISDIR 0x40000000 /* event occurred against dir */
56#define IN_ONESHOT 0x80000000 /* only send event once */
57
58/*
59 * All of the events - we build the list by hand so that we can add flags in
60 * the future and not break backward compatibility. Apps will get only the
61 * events that they originally wanted. Be sure to add new events here!
62 */
63#define IN_ALL_EVENTS (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
64 IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
John McCutchan89204c42005-08-15 12:13:28 -040065 IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \
66 IN_MOVE_SELF)
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040067
Ulrich Drepper40065532008-07-23 21:29:32 -070068/* Flags for sys_inotify_init1. */
69#define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
70
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040071#ifdef __KERNEL__
72
73#include <linux/dcache.h>
74#include <linux/fs.h>
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -040075
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -070076/*
77 * struct inotify_watch - represents a watch request on a specific inode
78 *
79 * h_list is protected by ih->mutex of the associated inotify_handle.
80 * i_list, mask are protected by inode->inotify_mutex of the associated inode.
81 * ih, inode, and wd are never written to once the watch is created.
82 *
83 * Callers must use the established inotify interfaces to access inotify_watch
84 * contents. The content of this structure is private to the inotify
85 * implementation.
86 */
87struct inotify_watch {
88 struct list_head h_list; /* entry in inotify_handle's list */
89 struct list_head i_list; /* entry in inode's list */
90 atomic_t count; /* reference count */
91 struct inotify_handle *ih; /* associated inotify handle */
92 struct inode *inode; /* associated inode */
93 __s32 wd; /* watch descriptor */
94 __u32 mask; /* event mask for this watch */
95};
96
97struct inotify_operations {
98 void (*handle_event)(struct inotify_watch *, u32, u32, u32,
Amy Griffis7c297722006-06-01 13:11:01 -070099 const char *, struct inode *);
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700100 void (*destroy_watch)(struct inotify_watch *);
101};
102
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400103#ifdef CONFIG_INOTIFY
104
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700105/* Kernel API for producing events */
106
Nick Pigginc32ccd82006-03-25 03:07:09 -0800107extern void inotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
108extern void inotify_d_move(struct dentry *);
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400109extern void inotify_inode_queue_event(struct inode *, __u32, __u32,
Amy Griffis7c297722006-06-01 13:11:01 -0700110 const char *, struct inode *);
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400111extern void inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(struct dentry *, __u32, __u32,
112 const char *);
113extern void inotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *);
114extern void inotify_inode_is_dead(struct inode *);
115extern u32 inotify_get_cookie(void);
116
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700117/* Kernel Consumer API */
118
119extern struct inotify_handle *inotify_init(const struct inotify_operations *);
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700120extern void inotify_init_watch(struct inotify_watch *);
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700121extern void inotify_destroy(struct inotify_handle *);
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700122extern __s32 inotify_find_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inode *,
123 struct inotify_watch **);
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700124extern __s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inode *,
125 u32);
126extern __s32 inotify_add_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *,
127 struct inode *, __u32);
Al Virob9efe8a2007-06-07 12:21:44 -0400128extern __s32 inotify_clone_watch(struct inotify_watch *, struct inotify_watch *);
Al Viro455434d2007-06-07 12:22:59 -0400129extern void inotify_evict_watch(struct inotify_watch *);
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700130extern int inotify_rm_watch(struct inotify_handle *, struct inotify_watch *);
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700131extern int inotify_rm_wd(struct inotify_handle *, __u32);
Amy Griffis3ca10062006-06-01 13:11:05 -0700132extern void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *,
133 struct inotify_watch *);
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700134extern void get_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *);
135extern void put_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *);
136
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400137#else
138
Nick Pigginc32ccd82006-03-25 03:07:09 -0800139static inline void inotify_d_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry,
140 struct inode *inode)
141{
142}
143
144static inline void inotify_d_move(struct dentry *dentry)
145{
146}
147
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400148static inline void inotify_inode_queue_event(struct inode *inode,
149 __u32 mask, __u32 cookie,
Amy Griffis7c297722006-06-01 13:11:01 -0700150 const char *filename,
151 struct inode *n_inode)
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400152{
153}
154
155static inline void inotify_dentry_parent_queue_event(struct dentry *dentry,
156 __u32 mask, __u32 cookie,
157 const char *filename)
158{
159}
160
161static inline void inotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
162{
163}
164
165static inline void inotify_inode_is_dead(struct inode *inode)
166{
167}
168
169static inline u32 inotify_get_cookie(void)
170{
171 return 0;
172}
173
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700174static inline struct inotify_handle *inotify_init(const struct inotify_operations *ops)
175{
176 return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
177}
178
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700179static inline void inotify_init_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
180{
181}
182
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700183static inline void inotify_destroy(struct inotify_handle *ih)
184{
185}
186
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700187static inline __s32 inotify_find_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih, struct inode *inode,
188 struct inotify_watch **watchp)
189{
190 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
191}
192
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700193static inline __s32 inotify_find_update_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
194 struct inode *inode, u32 mask)
195{
196 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
197}
198
199static inline __s32 inotify_add_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
200 struct inotify_watch *watch,
201 struct inode *inode, __u32 mask)
202{
203 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
204}
205
Amy Griffisa9dc9712006-06-01 13:11:03 -0700206static inline int inotify_rm_watch(struct inotify_handle *ih,
207 struct inotify_watch *watch)
208{
209 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
210}
211
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700212static inline int inotify_rm_wd(struct inotify_handle *ih, __u32 wd)
213{
214 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
215}
216
Amy Griffis3ca10062006-06-01 13:11:05 -0700217static inline void inotify_remove_watch_locked(struct inotify_handle *ih,
218 struct inotify_watch *watch)
219{
220}
221
Amy Griffis2d9048e2006-06-01 13:10:59 -0700222static inline void get_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
223{
224}
225
226static inline void put_inotify_watch(struct inotify_watch *watch)
227{
228}
229
Robert Love0eeca282005-07-12 17:06:03 -0400230#endif /* CONFIG_INOTIFY */
231
232#endif /* __KERNEL __ */
233
234#endif /* _LINUX_INOTIFY_H */