This is the first step in being able to automatically remove phantom lock files. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> --- lib/libalpm/util.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c index da3463b..811572a 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/util.c +++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c @@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ char *_alpm_strreplace(const char *str, const char *needle, const char *replace) int _alpm_lckmk() { int fd; - char *dir, *ptr; + pid_t pid; + size_t len; + char *dir, *ptr, *spid; const char *file = alpm_option_get_lockfile(); /* create the dir of the lockfile first */ @@ -256,7 +258,16 @@ int _alpm_lckmk() while((fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0000)) == -1 && errno == EINTR); - return(fd > 0 ? fd : -1); + if(fd > 0) { + pid = getpid(); + size_t len = snprintf(spid, 0, "%d", pid) + 1; + spid = malloc(len); + snprintf(spid, len, "%d", pid) + 1; + while(write(fd, (void *)spid, len) == -1 && errno == EINTR); + fsync(fd); + return(fd); + } + return(-1); } /* Remove a lock file */ -- 1.6.0.3