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c-blake d59441340d Fixes incorrect fd==0 test on Unix; Conserves handles by default. (#5512)
* Fix 2 problems.  First, 0 is a valid fd on Unix (easily gotten if user first
closes all fds and then starts using memfiles).  Use -1 instead for an invalid
fd.  Second, it is best practice to conserve open fds on Unix and file handles
on Windows.  These handles are not needed unless the user wants to remap the
memory with ``mapMem`` (or a hypothetical future ``proc resize``).  Adding a
new bool param ``allowRemap=false`` to ``memfiles.open`` solves this cleanly
in a "mostly" backward compatible way.  This is only "mostly" because the
default ``false`` case does not keep unneeded resources allocated, but that
most sensible default means that any ``mapMem`` callers need to fix all their
open calls to have allowRemap=true, as this PR also does for tmemfiles2.nim.
* Include backwards compatibility note.
2017-03-12 20:45:10 +01:00

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#
#
# Nim's Runtime Library
# (c) Copyright 2015 Nim Contributors
#
# See the file "copying.txt", included in this
# distribution, for details about the copyright.
#
## :Authors: Zahary Karadjov, Andreas Rumpf
##
## This module provides support for `memory mapped files`:idx:
## (Posix's `mmap`:idx:) on the different operating systems.
##
## It also provides some fast iterators over lines in text files (or
## other "line-like", variable length, delimited records).
when defined(windows):
import winlean
elif defined(posix):
import posix
else:
{.error: "the memfiles module is not supported on your operating system!".}
import os
type
MemFile* = object ## represents a memory mapped file
mem*: pointer ## a pointer to the memory mapped file. The pointer
## can be used directly to change the contents of the
## file, if it was opened with write access.
size*: int ## size of the memory mapped file
when defined(windows):
fHandle: Handle
mapHandle: Handle
wasOpened: bool ## only close if wasOpened
else:
handle: cint
{.deprecated: [TMemFile: MemFile].}
proc mapMem*(m: var MemFile, mode: FileMode = fmRead,
mappedSize = -1, offset = 0): pointer =
## returns a pointer to a mapped portion of MemFile `m`
##
## ``mappedSize`` of ``-1`` maps to the whole file, and
## ``offset`` must be multiples of the PAGE SIZE of your OS
var readonly = mode == fmRead
when defined(windows):
result = mapViewOfFileEx(
m.mapHandle,
if readonly: FILE_MAP_READ else: FILE_MAP_WRITE,
int32(offset shr 32),
int32(offset and 0xffffffff),
if mappedSize == -1: 0 else: mappedSize,
nil)
if result == nil:
raiseOSError(osLastError())
else:
assert mappedSize > 0
result = mmap(
nil,
mappedSize,
if readonly: PROT_READ else: PROT_READ or PROT_WRITE,
if readonly: (MAP_PRIVATE or MAP_POPULATE) else: (MAP_SHARED or MAP_POPULATE),
m.handle, offset)
if result == cast[pointer](MAP_FAILED):
raiseOSError(osLastError())
proc unmapMem*(f: var MemFile, p: pointer, size: int) =
## unmaps the memory region ``(p, <p+size)`` of the mapped file `f`.
## All changes are written back to the file system, if `f` was opened
## with write access.
##
## ``size`` must be of exactly the size that was requested
## via ``mapMem``.
when defined(windows):
if unmapViewOfFile(p) == 0: raiseOSError(osLastError())
else:
if munmap(p, size) != 0: raiseOSError(osLastError())
proc open*(filename: string, mode: FileMode = fmRead,
mappedSize = -1, offset = 0, newFileSize = -1,
allowRemap = false): MemFile =
## opens a memory mapped file. If this fails, ``EOS`` is raised.
##
## ``newFileSize`` can only be set if the file does not exist and is opened
## with write access (e.g., with fmReadWrite).
##
##``mappedSize`` and ``offset``
## can be used to map only a slice of the file.
##
## ``offset`` must be multiples of the PAGE SIZE of your OS
## (usually 4K or 8K but is unique to your OS)
##
## ``allowRemap`` only needs to be true if you want to call ``mapMem`` on
## the resulting MemFile; else file handles are not kept open.
##
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## var
## mm, mm_full, mm_half: MemFile
##
## mm = memfiles.open("/tmp/test.mmap", mode = fmWrite, newFileSize = 1024) # Create a new file
## mm.close()
##
## # Read the whole file, would fail if newFileSize was set
## mm_full = memfiles.open("/tmp/test.mmap", mode = fmReadWrite, mappedSize = -1)
##
## # Read the first 512 bytes
## mm_half = memfiles.open("/tmp/test.mmap", mode = fmReadWrite, mappedSize = 512)
# The file can be resized only when write mode is used:
assert newFileSize == -1 or mode != fmRead
var readonly = mode == fmRead
template rollback =
result.mem = nil
result.size = 0
when defined(windows):
template fail(errCode: OSErrorCode, msg: expr) =
rollback()
if result.fHandle != 0: discard closeHandle(result.fHandle)
if result.mapHandle != 0: discard closeHandle(result.mapHandle)
raiseOSError(errCode)
# return false
#raise newException(EIO, msg)
template callCreateFile(winApiProc, filename: expr): expr =
winApiProc(
filename,
# GENERIC_ALL != (GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE)
if readonly: GENERIC_READ else: GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE,
FILE_SHARE_READ,
nil,
if newFileSize != -1: CREATE_ALWAYS else: OPEN_EXISTING,
if readonly: FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY else: FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY,
0)
when useWinUnicode:
result.fHandle = callCreateFile(createFileW, newWideCString(filename))
else:
result.fHandle = callCreateFile(createFileA, filename)
if result.fHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
fail(osLastError(), "error opening file")
if newFileSize != -1:
var
sizeHigh = int32(newFileSize shr 32)
sizeLow = int32(newFileSize and 0xffffffff)
var status = setFilePointer(result.fHandle, sizeLow, addr(sizeHigh),
FILE_BEGIN)
let lastErr = osLastError()
if (status == INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER and lastErr.int32 != NO_ERROR) or
(setEndOfFile(result.fHandle) == 0):
fail(lastErr, "error setting file size")
# since the strings are always 'nil', we simply always call
# CreateFileMappingW which should be slightly faster anyway:
result.mapHandle = createFileMappingW(
result.fHandle, nil,
if readonly: PAGE_READONLY else: PAGE_READWRITE,
0, 0, nil)
if result.mapHandle == 0:
fail(osLastError(), "error creating mapping")
result.mem = mapViewOfFileEx(
result.mapHandle,
if readonly: FILE_MAP_READ else: FILE_MAP_WRITE,
int32(offset shr 32),
int32(offset and 0xffffffff),
if mappedSize == -1: 0 else: mappedSize,
nil)
if result.mem == nil:
fail(osLastError(), "error mapping view")
var hi, low: int32
low = getFileSize(result.fHandle, addr(hi))
if low == INVALID_FILE_SIZE:
fail(osLastError(), "error getting file size")
else:
var fileSize = (int64(hi) shr 32) or low
if mappedSize != -1: result.size = min(fileSize, mappedSize).int
else: result.size = fileSize.int
result.wasOpened = true
if not allowRemap and result.fHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
if closeHandle(result.fHandle) == 0:
result.fHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
else:
template fail(errCode: OSErrorCode, msg: expr) =
rollback()
if result.handle != -1: discard close(result.handle)
raiseOSError(errCode)
var flags = if readonly: O_RDONLY else: O_RDWR
if newFileSize != -1:
flags = flags or O_CREAT or O_TRUNC
var permissions_mode = S_IRUSR or S_IWUSR
result.handle = open(filename, flags, permissions_mode)
else:
result.handle = open(filename, flags)
if result.handle == -1:
# XXX: errno is supposed to be set here
# Is there an exception that wraps it?
fail(osLastError(), "error opening file")
if newFileSize != -1:
if ftruncate(result.handle, newFileSize) == -1:
fail(osLastError(), "error setting file size")
if mappedSize != -1:
result.size = mappedSize
else:
var stat: Stat
if fstat(result.handle, stat) != -1:
# XXX: Hmm, this could be unsafe
# Why is mmap taking int anyway?
result.size = int(stat.st_size)
else:
fail(osLastError(), "error getting file size")
result.mem = mmap(
nil,
result.size,
if readonly: PROT_READ else: PROT_READ or PROT_WRITE,
if readonly: (MAP_PRIVATE or MAP_POPULATE) else: (MAP_SHARED or MAP_POPULATE),
result.handle,
offset)
if result.mem == cast[pointer](MAP_FAILED):
fail(osLastError(), "file mapping failed")
if not allowRemap and result.handle != -1:
if close(result.handle) == 0:
result.handle = -1
proc close*(f: var MemFile) =
## closes the memory mapped file `f`. All changes are written back to the
## file system, if `f` was opened with write access.
var error = false
var lastErr: OSErrorCode
when defined(windows):
if f.wasOpened:
error = unmapViewOfFile(f.mem) == 0
lastErr = osLastError()
error = (closeHandle(f.mapHandle) == 0) or error
if f.fHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
error = (closeHandle(f.fHandle) == 0) or error
else:
error = munmap(f.mem, f.size) != 0
lastErr = osLastError()
if f.handle != -1:
error = (close(f.handle) != 0) or error
f.size = 0
f.mem = nil
when defined(windows):
f.fHandle = 0
f.mapHandle = 0
f.wasOpened = false
else:
f.handle = -1
if error: raiseOSError(lastErr)
type MemSlice* = object ## represent slice of a MemFile for iteration over delimited lines/records
data*: pointer
size*: int
proc `==`*(x, y: MemSlice): bool =
## Compare a pair of MemSlice for strict equality.
proc memcmp(a, b: pointer, n:int):int {.importc: "memcmp",header: "string.h".}
result = (x.size == y.size and memcmp(x.data, y.data, x.size) == 0)
proc `$`*(ms: MemSlice): string {.inline.} =
## Return a Nim string built from a MemSlice.
var buf = newString(ms.size)
copyMem(addr(buf[0]), ms.data, ms.size)
buf[ms.size] = '\0'
result = buf
iterator memSlices*(mfile: MemFile, delim='\l', eat='\r'): MemSlice {.inline.} =
## Iterates over [optional `eat`] `delim`-delimited slices in MemFile `mfile`.
##
## Default parameters parse lines ending in either Unix(\\l) or Windows(\\r\\l)
## style on on a line-by-line basis. I.e., not every line needs the same ending.
## Unlike readLine(File) & lines(File), archaic MacOS9 \\r-delimited lines
## are not supported as a third option for each line. Such archaic MacOS9
## files can be handled by passing delim='\\r', eat='\\0', though.
##
## Delimiters are not part of the returned slice. A final, unterminated line
## or record is returned just like any other.
##
## Non-default delimiters can be passed to allow iteration over other sorts
## of "line-like" variable length records. Pass eat='\\0' to be strictly
## `delim`-delimited. (Eating an optional prefix equal to '\\0' is not
## supported.)
##
## This zero copy, memchr-limited interface is probably the fastest way to
## iterate over line-like records in a file. However, returned (data,size)
## objects are not Nim strings, bounds checked Nim arrays, or even terminated
## C strings. So, care is required to access the data (e.g., think C mem*
## functions, not str* functions).
##
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## var count = 0
## for slice in memSlices(memfiles.open("foo")):
## if slice.size > 0 and cast[cstring](slice.data)[0] != '#':
## inc(count)
## echo count
proc c_memchr(cstr: pointer, c: char, n: csize): pointer {.
importc: "memchr", header: "<string.h>" .}
proc `-!`(p, q: pointer): int {.inline.} = return cast[int](p) -% cast[int](q)
var ms: MemSlice
var ending: pointer
ms.data = mfile.mem
var remaining = mfile.size
while remaining > 0:
ending = c_memchr(ms.data, delim, remaining)
if ending == nil: # unterminated final slice
ms.size = remaining # Weird case..check eat?
yield ms
break
ms.size = ending -! ms.data # delim is NOT included
if eat != '\0' and ms.size > 0 and cast[cstring](ms.data)[ms.size - 1] == eat:
dec(ms.size) # trim pre-delim char
yield ms
ms.data = cast[pointer](cast[int](ending) +% 1) # skip delim
remaining = mfile.size - (ms.data -! mfile.mem)
iterator lines*(mfile: MemFile, buf: var TaintedString, delim='\l', eat='\r'): TaintedString {.inline.} =
## Replace contents of passed buffer with each new line, like
## `readLine(File) <system.html#readLine,File,TaintedString>`_.
## `delim`, `eat`, and delimiting logic is exactly as for
## `memSlices <#memSlices>`_, but Nim strings are returned.
##
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## var buffer: TaintedString = ""
## for line in lines(memfiles.open("foo"), buffer):
## echo line
for ms in memSlices(mfile, delim, eat):
buf.setLen(ms.size)
copyMem(addr(buf[0]), ms.data, ms.size)
buf[ms.size] = '\0'
yield buf
iterator lines*(mfile: MemFile, delim='\l', eat='\r'): TaintedString {.inline.} =
## Return each line in a file as a Nim string, like
## `lines(File) <system.html#lines.i,File>`_.
## `delim`, `eat`, and delimiting logic is exactly as for
## `memSlices <#memSlices>`_, but Nim strings are returned.
##
## Example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
## for line in lines(memfiles.open("foo")):
## echo line
var buf = TaintedString(newStringOfCap(80))
for line in lines(mfile, buf, delim, eat):
yield buf