Linux C use mkfifo file descriptor with select - c

I'm planing to monitor the fifo and stdin with select function, but it always block the code flow even though O_NONBLOCK is configured, would anyone help check about it please ?
I'm not sure it's the code issue or solution is not a right direction to try, thanks in advance.
There are 2 problems :
stdin is not able to read when the program start.
FD_ISSET(pipe_fd, &fds) will continuously be true, if do not close pipe_fd manually.
if (FD_ISSET(pipe_fd, &fds)) {
read_pipe(pipe_fd);
close_pipe(pipe_fd); // continously triggered if not close here
}
Here is the full code.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define BUF_SZ 128
#define FIFO_BUF_SZ 128
#define PIPE_PATH "./test_fifo"
int create_pipe_fd()
{
char *f_path = PIPE_PATH;
int ret;
// creating the named file(FIFO)
// mkfifo(<pathname>, <permission>)
//ret = mkfifo(f_path, 0666);
ret = mkfifo(f_path, 0666);
if (ret < 0) {
printf("create fifo file failed, err = %s\n", strerror(errno));
}
}
int open_pipe()
{
char *f_path = PIPE_PATH;
int fd;
// open fifo for read only
fd = open(f_path, O_RDONLY);
// non blocking mode
if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK) < 0) {
printf("mode set failed, err = %s\n", strerror(errno));
}
return fd;
}
int read_pipe(int fd)
{
uint8_t buf[FIFO_BUF_SZ];
ssize_t cnt;
size_t end;
size_t sz = sizeof(buf);
cnt = read(fd, buf, sz);
end = (cnt > (sz - 1)) ? (sz - 1) : cnt;
buf[end] = '\0';
printf("read pipe = %s\n", buf);
}
void close_pipe(int fd)
{
close(fd);
//printf("pipe closed.\n");
}
uint16_t read_stdin()
{
char *line = NULL;
size_t len = 0;
ssize_t lineSize = 0;
uint8_t stdin_buf[BUF_SZ];
lineSize = getline(&line, &len, stdin);
printf("[stdin %zu bytes] : %s", lineSize, line);
if (0 == strncmp("stop", line, strlen("stop"))) {
return 0;
}
free(line);
return (int)lineSize;
}
int main()
{
fd_set fds;
int max_fd = 0;
int pipe_fd = -1;
uint16_t bytes;
printf("start.\n");
// get pipe file descriptor
//pipe_fd = create_pipe_fd();
create_pipe_fd();
pipe_fd = open_pipe();
//max_fd = pipe_fd > max_fd ? pipe_fd : max_fd;
while (1) {
FD_ZERO(&fds);
// stdin
FD_SET(0, &fds);
//pipe_fd = open_pipe();
if (pipe_fd > 0) {
FD_SET(pipe_fd, &fds);
}
max_fd = pipe_fd > max_fd ? pipe_fd : max_fd;
select(max_fd + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, NULL);
if (FD_ISSET(0, &fds)) {
bytes = read_stdin();
if (0 == bytes) {
break;
}
}
if (FD_ISSET(pipe_fd, &fds)) {
read_pipe(pipe_fd);
close_pipe(pipe_fd);
}
}
_EXIT:
if (pipe_fd) {
close_pipe(pipe_fd);
}
printf("exit.\n");
}

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Question about sharing mmapped area between 2 different processes

I'm trying to share mmapped area in 2 processes.
In my program, I create memory_update() process and memory_read() process.
This memory_update() process update mmapped area and tried to read that area in memory_read() process.
But I got when I tried to read the mmapped area.
So far, I don't have good luck to find a solution for this problem.
If you have any idea, please leave your comments.
Here is the source code.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#define COLUMN 80
#define ROW 10
#define BUFSIZE 80
#define SHM_KEY 0x9998
struct _row {
int32_t flag;
unsigned char *buffer;
};
typedef enum {
DATA_READY,
DATA_RESET
} msg_type_t;
struct _ipc_message {
msg_type_t type;
int32_t value;
};
typedef struct _ipc_message ipc_message_t;
typedef struct _row row_t;
int32_t format_number_string(char *buf, int32_t num)
{
sprintf(buf, "%02d", num);
return 0;
}
int32_t update_row(char *buf, char *str)
{
strncpy(buf, str, 80);
return 0;
}
int32_t print_row(char *buf)
{
printf("print_row buf = %p\n", (void *)buf);
printf("%s\n", buf);
return 0;
}
int32_t memory_update(int32_t sk)
{
row_t *p_row;
ipc_message_t msg;
unsigned char *shared_mem;
unsigned char *ptr;
char rbuf[BUFSIZE];
char nbuf[3];
int32_t shmid;
int32_t i;
int32_t ret;
int32_t fd;
shmid = shmget(SHM_KEY, ROW * sizeof(row_t), 0644 | IPC_CREAT);
if (shmid == -1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Error");
return -1;
}
/* Attach Shared Memory */
shared_mem = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0);
if (shared_mem == (void *)-1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Attach Error");
return -1;
}
fd = open("testfile", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if (fd < 0)
{
perror("File Open Error");
}
ptr = mmap(
NULL,
COLUMN * ROW,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED,
fd,
0);
printf("ptr = %p\n", (void *)ptr);
for (i = 0 ; i < ROW ; i++)
{
format_number_string(nbuf, i);
memset(rbuf, 0x20, BUFSIZE);
sprintf(rbuf, "LINE %s :", nbuf);
rbuf[strlen(rbuf)] = ' ';
rbuf[BUFSIZE-1] = 0x0;
update_row(&ptr[i * COLUMN], rbuf);
}
for (i = 0 ; i < ROW ; i++)
{
p_row = (row_t *)&shared_mem[i * sizeof(row_t)];
p_row->flag = 0x99;
p_row->buffer = &ptr[i * COLUMN];
// print_row(p_row->buffer);
}
msg.type = DATA_READY;
msg.value = 0;
send(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
i = 0;
for ( ; i < ROW ; i++)
{
p_row = (row_t *)&shared_mem[i * sizeof(row_t)];
if (p_row->flag == 0x0)
{
printf("row[%d] has processed\n", i);
}
else
{
i--;
sleep(1);
}
}
/* Detach Shared Memory */
ret = shmdt(shared_mem);
if (ret == -1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Detach Error");
return -1;
}
ret = munmap(ptr, COLUMN * ROW);
if (ret != 0)
{
printf("UnMapping Failed\n");
return -1;
}
close(fd);
return 0;
}
int32_t memory_read(int32_t sk)
{
row_t *p_row;
ipc_message_t msg;
unsigned char *shared_mem;
int32_t shmid;
int32_t ret;
int32_t i;
while (1)
{
ret = recv(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
if (ret < 0)
{
perror("recv error");
return -1;
}
if (msg.type != DATA_READY)
{
continue;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
shmid = shmget(SHM_KEY, ROW * sizeof(row_t), 0644 | IPC_CREAT);
if (shmid == -1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Error");
return -1;
}
/* Attach Shared Memory */
shared_mem = shmat(shmid, NULL, 0);
if (shared_mem == (void *)-1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Attach Error");
return -1;
}
for (i = 0 ; i < ROW ; i++)
{
p_row = (row_t *)&shared_mem[i * sizeof(row_t)];
printf("memory_read process [%d]\n", i);
print_row(p_row->buffer);
p_row->flag = 0x0;
sleep(1);
}
/* Detach Shared Memory */
ret = shmdt(shared_mem);
if (ret == -1)
{
perror("Shared Memory Detach Error");
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
int32_t main(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int32_t sp[2];
int32_t ret;
static const int32_t ps = 0;
static const int32_t cs = 1;
ret = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sp);
if (ret == -1)
{
perror("socketpair");
return -1;
}
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0)
{
close(sp[ps]);
memory_update(sp[cs]);
}
else
{
close(sp[cs]);
memory_read(sp[ps]);
}
return 0;
}
And this is the output.
$ ./mmm
ptr = 0x7fdc214a8000
memory_read process [0]
print_row buf = 0x7fdc214a8000
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
Modifed code to mmap before forking.
And it is working as expected.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/shm.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#define COLUMNS 80
#define ROWS 60
#define BUFSIZE 80
typedef enum {
DATA_PRODUCED,
DATA_CONSUMED
} msg_type_t;
struct _ipc_message {
msg_type_t type;
int32_t value;
};
typedef struct _ipc_message ipc_message_t;
int32_t memory_update(int32_t sk, char *buf)
{
ipc_message_t msg;
int32_t ret;
char *msg2 = "updated buffer";
printf("memory_update : 1.buf = %s\n", buf);
memset(buf, 0, 80);
strncpy(buf, msg2, strlen(msg2));
buf[strlen(msg2)] = 0;
printf("memory_update : 2.buf = %s\n", buf);
printf("memory_update : send message from memory_update process\n");
msg.type = DATA_PRODUCED;
msg.value = 0;
send(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
while (1)
{
printf("memory_update : receive message from memory_read process\n");
ret = recv(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
if (ret < 0)
{
perror("recv error");
return -1;
}
if (msg.type != DATA_CONSUMED)
{
continue;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
printf("memory_update : 3.buf = %s\n", buf);
return 0;
}
int32_t memory_read(int32_t sk, char *buf)
{
ipc_message_t msg;
int32_t ret;
int32_t i;
char *msg3 = "buffer processed";
printf("memory_read : 1.buf = %s\n", buf);
while (1)
{
printf("memory_read : receive message from memory_update process\n");
ret = recv(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
if (ret < 0)
{
perror("recv error");
return -1;
}
if (msg.type != DATA_PRODUCED)
{
continue;
}
else
{
break;
}
}
printf("memory_read : 2.buf = %s\n", buf);
memset(buf, 0, 80);
strncpy(buf, msg3, strlen(msg3));
buf[strlen(msg3)] = 0;
printf("memory_read : 3.buf = %s\n", buf);
printf("memory_read : send message from memory_update process\n");
msg.type = DATA_CONSUMED;
msg.value = 0;
send(sk, (void *)&msg, sizeof(ipc_message_t), 0);
return 0;
}
int32_t main(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int32_t sp[2];
int32_t ret;
int32_t fd;
int32_t i;
char *ptr;
char *msg1 = "initial message";
static const int32_t ps = 0;
static const int32_t cs = 1;
fd = open("80bytes", O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if (fd < 0)
{
perror("File Open Error");
}
ptr = mmap(
NULL,
80,
PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_SHARED,
fd,
0);
memset(ptr, 0, 80);
strncpy(ptr, msg1, strlen(msg1));
ptr[strlen(msg1)] = 0;
printf("ptr = %s\n", ptr);
ret = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sp);
if (ret == -1)
{
perror("socketpair");
return -1;
}
pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) /* child process */
{
close(sp[ps]);
memory_update(sp[cs], ptr);
}
else /* parent process */
{
close(sp[cs]);
memory_read(sp[ps], ptr);
ret = munmap(ptr, 80);
if (ret != 0)
{
printf("UnMapping Failed\n");
return -1;
}
close(fd);
}
return 0;
}

How to use c-ares with epoll?

I have a working code with performs asynchronous DNS resolution with c-ares library calls. The program uses select to monitor file descriptors up to a maximum of FD_SETSIZE which is 1024 on my system. I want to use many more file descriptors so want to rewrite the code to use epoll instead of select.
Here is the select based function of my current program:
static void
wait_ares(ares_channel channel)
{
struct timeval *tvp, tv;
fd_set read_fds, write_fds;
int nfds;
FD_ZERO(&read_fds);
FD_ZERO(&write_fds);
nfds = ares_fds(channel, &read_fds, &write_fds);
if (nfds > 0) {
tvp = ares_timeout(channel, NULL, &tv);
select(nfds, &read_fds, &write_fds, NULL, tvp);
ares_process(channel, &read_fds, &write_fds);
}
}
I've done some googling before posting my question and I've found out that to implement this with epoll I can no longer use ares_fds, ares_timeout and ares_process but must use ares_getsock() and ares_process_fd() instead. But further than that I have no idea how to do this and can't find any example codes using epoll with c-ares. Can anyone modify the code provided below to use epoll instead of select? Or at least give me some pointers to get me started?
#include <ares.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define MAXWAITING 1000 /* Max. number of parallel DNS queries */
#define MAXTRIES 3 /* Max. number of tries per domain */
#define TIMEOUT 3000 /* Max. number of ms for first try */
#define SERVERS "1.0.0.1,8.8.8.8" /* DNS server to use (Cloudflare & Google) */
static int nwaiting;
static void
state_cb(void *data, int s, int read, int write)
{
//printf("Change state fd %d read:%d write:%d\n", s, read, write);
}
static void
callback(void *arg, int status, int timeouts, struct hostent *host)
{
nwaiting--;
if(!host || status != ARES_SUCCESS){
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to lookup %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return;
}
char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
if (host->h_addr_list[0] != NULL){
inet_ntop(host->h_addrtype, host->h_addr_list[0], ip, sizeof(ip));
printf("%s\n%s\n", host->h_name, ip);
}
}
static void
wait_ares(ares_channel channel)
{
struct timeval *tvp, tv;
fd_set read_fds, write_fds;
int nfds;
FD_ZERO(&read_fds);
FD_ZERO(&write_fds);
nfds = ares_fds(channel, &read_fds, &write_fds);
if (nfds > 0) {
tvp = ares_timeout(channel, NULL, &tv);
select(nfds, &read_fds, &write_fds, NULL, tvp);
ares_process(channel, &read_fds, &write_fds);
}
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
FILE * fp;
char domain[128];
size_t len = 0;
ssize_t read;
ares_channel channel;
int status, done = 0;
int optmask;
status = ares_library_init(ARES_LIB_INIT_ALL);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_library_init: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
struct ares_options options = {
.timeout = TIMEOUT, /* set first query timeout */
.tries = MAXTRIES /* set max. number of tries */
};
optmask = ARES_OPT_TIMEOUTMS | ARES_OPT_TRIES;
status = ares_init_options(&channel, &options, optmask);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_init_options: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
status = ares_set_servers_csv(channel, SERVERS);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_set_servers_csv: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
if (!fp)
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
do {
if (nwaiting >= MAXWAITING || done) {
do {
wait_ares(channel);
} while (nwaiting > MAXWAITING);
}
if (!done) {
if (fscanf(fp, "%127s", domain) == 1) {
ares_gethostbyname(channel, domain, AF_INET, callback, NULL);
nwaiting++;
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "done sending\n");
done = 1;
}
}
} while (nwaiting > 0);
ares_destroy(channel);
ares_library_cleanup();
fclose(fp);
return 0;
}
The program requires a file with a domain name on each line to work.
This is what I ended up coming up with.
#include <ares.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/epoll.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define MAXWAITING 1000 /* Max. number of parallel DNS queries */
#define MAXTRIES 3 /* Max. number of tries per domain */
#define TIMEOUT 3000 /* Max. number of ms for first try */
#define DNS_MAX_EVENTS 10000
#define DNS_MAX_SERVERS 2
#define SERVERS "1.0.0.1,8.8.8.8" /* DNS server to use (Cloudflare & Google) */
static int nwaiting;
ares_socket_t dns_client_fds[ARES_GETSOCK_MAXNUM] = {0};
struct epoll_event ev, events[DNS_MAX_EVENTS];
int i,bitmask,nfds, epollfd, timeout, fd_count, ret;
static void
state_cb(void *data, int s, int read, int write)
{
//printf("Change state fd %d read:%d write:%d\n", s, read, write);
}
static void
callback(void *arg, int status, int timeouts, struct hostent *host)
{
nwaiting--;
if(!host || status != ARES_SUCCESS){
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to lookup %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return;
}
char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
if (host->h_addr_list[0] != NULL){
inet_ntop(host->h_addrtype, host->h_addr_list[0], ip, sizeof(ip));
printf("%s\n%s\n", host->h_name, ip);
}
}
static void
wait_ares(ares_channel channel)
{
nfds=0;
bitmask=0;
for (i =0; i < DNS_MAX_SERVERS ; i++) {
if (dns_client_fds[i] > 0) {
if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, dns_client_fds[i], NULL) < 0) {
continue;
}
}
}
memset(dns_client_fds, 0, sizeof(dns_client_fds));
bitmask = ares_getsock(channel, dns_client_fds, DNS_MAX_SERVERS);
for (i =0; i < DNS_MAX_SERVERS ; i++) {
if (dns_client_fds[i] > 0) {
ev.events = 0;
if (ARES_GETSOCK_READABLE(bitmask, i)) {
ev.events |= EPOLLIN;
}
if (ARES_GETSOCK_WRITABLE(bitmask, i)) {
ev.events |= EPOLLOUT;
}
ev.data.fd = dns_client_fds[i];
if (epoll_ctl(epollfd, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, dns_client_fds[i], &ev) < 0) {
if(errno == EEXIST) {
nfds++;
continue;
}
continue;
}
nfds++;
}
}
if(nfds==0)
{
return;
}
timeout = 1000;//millisecs
fd_count = epoll_wait(epollfd, events, DNS_MAX_EVENTS, timeout);
if (fd_count < 0) {
return;
}
if (fd_count > 0) {
for (i = 0; i < fd_count; ++i) {
ares_process_fd(channel, ((events[i].events) & (EPOLLIN) ? events[i].data.fd:ARES_SOCKET_BAD), ((events[i].events) & (EPOLLOUT)? events[i].data.fd:ARES_SOCKET_BAD));
}
} else {
ares_process_fd(channel, ARES_SOCKET_BAD, ARES_SOCKET_BAD);
}
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
FILE * fp;
char domain[128];
size_t len = 0;
ssize_t read;
ares_channel channel;
int status, done = 0;
int optmask;
status = ares_library_init(ARES_LIB_INIT_ALL);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_library_init: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
struct ares_options options = {
.timeout = TIMEOUT, /* set first query timeout */
.tries = MAXTRIES /* set max. number of tries */
};
optmask = ARES_OPT_TIMEOUTMS | ARES_OPT_TRIES;
status = ares_init_options(&channel, &options, optmask);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_init_options: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
status = ares_set_servers_csv(channel, SERVERS);
if (status != ARES_SUCCESS) {
printf("ares_set_servers_csv: %s\n", ares_strerror(status));
return 1;
}
fp = fopen(argv[1], "r");
if (!fp)
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
memset(dns_client_fds, 0, sizeof(dns_client_fds));
memset((char *)&ev, 0, sizeof(struct epoll_event));
memset((char *)&events[0], 0, sizeof(events));
epollfd = epoll_create(DNS_MAX_SERVERS);
if (epollfd < 0) {
perror("epoll_create: ");
}
do {
if (nwaiting >= MAXWAITING || done) {
do {
wait_ares(channel);
} while (nwaiting > MAXWAITING);
}
if (!done) {
if (fscanf(fp, "%127s", domain) == 1) {
ares_gethostbyname(channel, domain, AF_INET, callback, NULL);
nwaiting++;
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "done sending\n");
done = 1;
}
}
} while (nwaiting > 0);
ares_destroy(channel);
ares_library_cleanup();
fclose(fp);
return 0;
}

Why not able to find second new event using inotifyd in c language

I am trying check new event created or deleted in the specific directory.
If event is created then need to do some operation using thread and this thread should be in initiate wile loop .
Main thread should look for another event creation or deletion.
I have developed application , but I could not able to second event is created or not.
Code flow is always in child thread.
Please find below code :
#include <errno.h>
#include <poll.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/inotify.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#define PATH_MAX 4096
#define O_RDONLY 00
int main()
{
//char buf;
char buf[4096]
__attribute__ ((aligned(__alignof__(struct inotify_event))));
int fd, i, poll_num;
int *wd;
nfds_t nfds;
struct pollfd fds[0];
char *device_path = "/home/home/test";
ssize_t len;
const struct inotify_event *event;
int counter=0;
char getdata[10];
char devname[PATH_MAX];
char *filename;
int thread_ret = 0;
static pthread_t inotify_pthread;
/* Create the file descriptor for accessing the inotify API */
fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK);
printf("fd = %d",fd);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("inotify_init1");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Mark directories for events
- file was opened
- file was closed */
wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, device_path,
IN_OPEN | IN_CLOSE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE);
printf("wd = %d ",wd);
if (wd == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Cannot watch '%s': %s\n",
device_path, strerror(errno));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Prepare for polling */
nfds = 1;
/* Inotify input */
fds[0].fd = fd;
fds[0].events = POLLIN;
/* Wait for events and/or terminal input */
printf("Listening for events.\n");
while (1) {
poll_num = poll(fds, nfds, -1);
if (poll_num == -1) {
if (errno == EINTR)
continue;
perror("poll");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (poll_num > 0) {
if (fds[0].revents & POLLIN) {
/* Inotify events are available */
len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
if (len == -1 && errno != EAGAIN) {
perror("read");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (len <= 0)
break;
for (char *ptr = buf; ptr < buf + len;
ptr += sizeof(struct inotify_event) + event->len) {
event = (struct inotify_event *) ptr;
if ( event->len ) {
/* Print event type */
if (event->mask & IN_CREATE){
printf("IN_CREATE: \n");
if (event->len){
counter++;
printf("IN_CREATE: created file name : %s , counter no = %d \n", event->name,counter);
thread_ret = pthread_create(&inotify_pthread, NULL, event_read_data(),NULL);
if (thread_ret < 0) {
printf("can't create inotify thread");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
}
else if (event->mask & IN_DELETE){
counter--;
printf( "IN_DELETE : Deleted File name %s , counter no = %d \n", event->name,counter );
}
}
printf("counter number : %d \n",counter);
}
}
}
}
printf("Listening for events stopped.\n");
close(fd);
free(wd);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
event_read_data(){
while(1){
printf("Child Thread");
sleep(3);
}
}
Compiled like below:
gcc fine_name.c -lpthread

C Programming in Linux, Creating A Simple Database, no data is being inserted into the database

I was working on a C programming database tutorial (linked here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEenaPQXxFs )
When I go to run my code and insert new data into the database it does generate a data file, but no data is stored in the data file/database at all- im not really sure why its not working, and as far as I can tell no errors populate.
The code I was working on is as follows
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//give structure to record
typedef struct
{
unsigned int key; //primary key assingment
char fname[16]; // defines length allowed for names
char lname[16]; //same but for last name
unsigned int age;
} person_rec; //gives name to definition
int open_record(char *filename) //function to open record
{
int fd;
fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0644);
if(fd == -1)
perror("open_record");
return fd;
}
void close_record(int fd) //close record
{
close(fd);
}
int insert_record(int fd, person_rec *rec) //unkkown
{
int ret;
ret = write(fd, rec, sizeof(person_rec));
return ret;
}
//function to delete and print
int get_record(int fd, person_rec *rec, int key)
{
int ret;
while( ( ret = read(fd, rec, sizeof(person_rec)) ) != -1)
{
if(ret == 0)
{
memset(rec, 0, sizeof(person_rec)); //clear any errors by resetting size
break;
return ret;
}
else if (key == rec->key)
return ret;
}
memset(rec, 0, sizeof(person_rec)); //clear record if error due to -1 size
return ret;
}
//delete function
int delete_record(int fd, int key)
{
int ret;
person_rec rec;
off_t pos;
pos = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
while( ( ret = read(fd, &rec, sizeof(person_rec)) ) != -1)
{
if(ret == 0)
{
return ret;
}
else if (key == rec.key)
{
lseek(fd, pos, SEEK_SET);
rec.key = 0;
ret = write(fd, &rec, sizeof(person_rec));
return ret;
}
pos = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
}
return ret;
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) //main function/uses all prior defined function to make database ect
{
int fd;
person_rec rec;
fd = open_record("data1");
if(argc > 1)
{
/* insert */
if(argc > 5 && !strcmp(argv[1], "insert"))
{
rec.key = atoi(argv[2]);
strcpy(rec.fname, argv[3]);
strcpy(rec.lname, argv[4]);
rec.age = atoi(argv[5]);
insert_record(fd, &rec);
}
/* delete */
if(argc > 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "delete"))
delete_record(fd, atoi(argv[2]));
/*print */
if(argc > 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "print"))
{
get_record(fd, &rec, atoi(argv[2]));
printf("key = %d\n", rec.key);
printf("First = %s\n", rec.fname);
printf("Last = %s\n", rec.lname);
printf("Age = %d\n", rec.age);
}
}
return 0;
}
From the open man page:
The argument flags must include one of the following access modes: O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR.
So:
fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0644);
should be:
fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_APPEND | O_RDWR, 0644);
I don't see any call to fclose() or fflush() to empty buffer to disk. Add fflush() after every write or fclose() before exiting the program.

Why does the following prints 'Resource temporarily unavailable'?

Why does the following code print ‘read(): Resource temporarily unavailable’ 80% of the time? That is the EAGAIN code, which is the same as WOULD BLOCK which means there is no data waiting to be read, but select is returning 1 saying there is data (tested in Linux):
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
int fd = open("/dev/lp0", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
int ret = 0;
int status = 0;
char buffer[1024];
char teststr[] = "This is a test\n";
char XMIT_STATUS_OFFLINE[] = {0x10,0x04,0x02};
char XMIT_STATUS_ERROR[] = {0x10,0x04,0x03};
char XMIT_STATUS_ROLL[] = {0x10,0x04,0x04};
char XMIT_STATUS_SLIP[] = {0x10,0x04,0x05};
fd_set rfds;
FD_ZERO( &rfds );
FD_SET( fd, &rfds );
struct timeval sleep;
sleep.tv_sec = 5;
sleep.tv_usec = 0;
/* Offline status */
ret = write(fd, XMIT_STATUS_OFFLINE, sizeof(XMIT_STATUS_OFFLINE));
//printf("write() returned %d\n", ret);
do {
ret = select( fd + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &sleep );
} while (ret < 0 && (errno == EINTR));
ret = read(fd, buffer, 1024);
if(ret == -1) {
perror("read(): ");
} else {
status = buffer[0];
if((status & 0x04) != 0)
{
printf("The cover is open.\n");
} else {
printf("OFFLINE is good.\n");
}
}
close(fd);
return 0;
}
Your select call will return 0 after the 5 second timeout elapses if no data is available. Your code will ignore this and try to read from the device anyways. Check for ret == 0 and that will fix your problem.

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