[Libguestfs] [PATCH 3/4] fish: glob command now expands /dev/ patterns (RHBZ#635971).

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Wed May 2 15:40:01 UTC 2012


From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com>

For example:

><fs> glob echo /dev/*
/dev/vda
/dev/vda1
/dev/vda2
/dev/vda3
><fs> glob echo /dev/v*/*
/dev/vg_f16x64/lv_root
/dev/vg_f16x64/lv_swap
---
 fish/glob.c                    |  143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 generator/generator_actions.ml |    6 +-
 2 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fish/glob.c b/fish/glob.c
index 88e8927..075f69a 100644
--- a/fish/glob.c
+++ b/fish/glob.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fnmatch.h>
 #include <libintl.h>
 
 #include "fish.h"
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@
  */
 
 static char **expand_pathname (guestfs_h *g, const char *path);
+static char **expand_devicename (guestfs_h *g, const char *device);
+static int add_strings_matching (char **pp, const char *glob, char ***ret, size_t *size_r);
+static int add_string (const char *str, char ***ret, size_t *size_r);
 static char **single_element_list (const char *element);
 static void glob_issue (char *cmd, size_t argc, char ***globs, size_t *posn, size_t *count, int *r);
 
@@ -70,8 +75,18 @@ run_glob (const char *cmd, size_t argc, char *argv[])
   for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
     char **pp;
 
-    /* Only if it begins with '/' can it possibly be a globbable path. */
-    if (argv[i][0] == '/') {
+    /* If it begins with "/dev/" then treat it as a globbable device
+     * name.
+     */
+    if (STRPREFIX (argv[i], "/dev/")) {
+      pp = expand_devicename (g, argv[i]);
+      if (pp == NULL) {
+        r = -1;
+        goto error;
+      }
+    }
+    /* If it begins with "/" it might be a globbable pathname. */
+    else if (argv[i][0] == '/') {
       pp = expand_pathname (g, argv[i]);
       if (pp == NULL) {
         r = -1;
@@ -123,6 +138,130 @@ expand_pathname (guestfs_h *g, const char *path)
   return single_element_list (path);
 }
 
+/* Glob-expand device patterns, such as "/dev/sd*" (RHBZ#635971).
+ *
+ * There is no 'guestfs_glob_expand_device' function because the
+ * equivalent can be implemented using functions like
+ * 'guestfs_list_devices'.
+ *
+ * It's not immediately clear what it means to expand a pattern like
+ * "/dev/sd*".  Should that include device name translation?  Should
+ * the result include partitions as well as devices?
+ *
+ * Should "/dev/" + "*" return every possible device and filesystem?
+ * How about VGs?  LVs?
+ *
+ * To solve this what we do is build up a list of every device,
+ * partition, etc., then glob against that list.
+ *
+ * Notes for future work (XXX):
+ * - This doesn't handle device name translation.  It wouldn't be
+ *   too hard to add.
+ * - Could have an API function for returning all device-like things.
+ */
+static char **
+expand_devicename (guestfs_h *g, const char *device)
+{
+  char **pp = NULL;
+  char **ret = NULL;
+  size_t size = 0;
+
+  pp = guestfs_list_devices (g);
+  if (pp == NULL) goto error;
+  if (add_strings_matching (pp, device, &ret, &size) == -1) goto error;
+  free_strings (pp);
+
+  pp = guestfs_list_partitions (g);
+  if (pp == NULL) goto error;
+  if (add_strings_matching (pp, device, &ret, &size) == -1) goto error;
+  free_strings (pp);
+
+  pp = guestfs_list_md_devices (g);
+  if (pp == NULL) goto error;
+  if (add_strings_matching (pp, device, &ret, &size) == -1) goto error;
+  free_strings (pp);
+
+  if (feature_available (g, "lvm2")) {
+    pp = guestfs_lvs (g);
+    if (pp == NULL) goto error;
+    if (add_strings_matching (pp, device, &ret, &size) == -1) goto error;
+    free_strings (pp);
+    pp = NULL;
+  }
+
+  /* None matched?  Add the original glob pattern. */
+  if (ret == NULL)
+    ret = single_element_list (device);
+  return ret;
+
+ error:
+  if (pp)
+    free_strings (pp);
+  if (ret)
+    free_strings (ret);
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Using fnmatch, find strings in the list 'pp' which match pattern
+ * 'glob'.  Add strings which match to the 'ret' array.  '*size_r' is
+ * the current size of the 'ret' array, which is updated with the new
+ * size.
+ */
+static int
+add_strings_matching (char **pp, const char *glob,
+                      char ***ret, size_t *size_r)
+{
+  size_t i;
+  int r;
+
+  for (i = 0; pp[i] != NULL; ++i) {
+    errno = 0;
+    r = fnmatch (glob, pp[i], FNM_PATHNAME);
+    if (r == 0) {               /* matches - add it */
+      if (add_string (pp[i], ret, size_r) == -1)
+        return -1;
+    }
+    else if (r != FNM_NOMATCH) { /* error */
+      /* I checked the glibc impl and it returns random negative
+       * numbers for errors.  It doesn't always set errno.  Do our
+       * best here to record the error state.
+       */
+      fprintf (stderr, "glob: fnmatch: error (r = %d, errno = %d)\n",
+               r, errno);
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+add_string (const char *str, char ***ret, size_t *size_r)
+{
+  char **new_ret = *ret;
+  size_t size = *size_r;
+
+  new_ret = realloc (new_ret, (size + 2) * (sizeof (char *)));
+  if (!new_ret) {
+    perror ("realloc");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  *ret = new_ret;
+
+  new_ret[size] = strdup (str);
+  if (new_ret[size] == NULL) {
+    perror ("strdup");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  size++;
+  new_ret[size] = NULL;
+  *size_r = size;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /* Return a single element list containing 'element'. */
 static char **
 single_element_list (const char *element)
diff --git a/generator/generator_actions.ml b/generator/generator_actions.ml
index ace46cb..6948dab 100644
--- a/generator/generator_actions.ml
+++ b/generator/generator_actions.ml
@@ -3700,7 +3700,11 @@ If no paths match, then this returns an empty list
 
 It is just a wrapper around the C L<glob(3)> function
 with flags C<GLOB_MARK|GLOB_BRACE>.
-See that manual page for more details.");
+See that manual page for more details.
+
+Notice that there is no equivalent command for expanding a device
+name (eg. C</dev/sd*>).  Use C<guestfs_list_devices>,
+C<guestfs_list_partitions> etc functions instead.");
 
   ("scrub_device", (RErr, [Device "device"], []), 114, [Optional "scrub"],
    [InitNone, Always, TestRun (	(* use /dev/sdc because it's smaller *)
-- 
1.7.10




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