1 /* fflush.c -- allow flushing input streams
2 Copyright (C) 2007-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by Eric Blake. */
29 #include "stdio-impl.h"
31 #include "unused-parameter.h"
36 #if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1
37 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
39 /* Clear the stream's ungetc buffer, preserving the value of ftello (fp). */
41 clear_ungetc_buffer_preserving_position (FILE *fp)
43 if (fp->_flags & _IO_IN_BACKUP)
44 /* _IO_free_backup_area is a bit complicated. Simply call fseek. */
45 fseeko (fp, 0, SEEK_CUR);
50 /* Clear the stream's ungetc buffer. May modify the value of ftello (fp). */
52 clear_ungetc_buffer (FILE *fp)
54 # if defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__
55 /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Minix 3, Android */
61 # elif defined __EMX__ /* emx+gcc */
62 if (fp->_ungetc_count > 0)
64 fp->_ungetc_count = 0;
65 fp->_rcount = - fp->_rcount;
67 # elif defined _IOERR /* Minix, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, OSF/1, Solaris, OpenServer, UnixWare, mingw, MSVC, NonStop Kernel, OpenVMS */
69 # else /* other implementations */
70 fseeko (fp, 0, SEEK_CUR);
76 #if ! (defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1)
77 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
79 # if (defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__) && defined __SNPT
80 /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Minix 3, Android */
83 disable_seek_optimization (FILE *fp)
85 int saved_flags = fp_->_flags & (__SOPT | __SNPT);
86 fp_->_flags = (fp_->_flags & ~__SOPT) | __SNPT;
91 restore_seek_optimization (FILE *fp, int saved_flags)
93 fp_->_flags = (fp_->_flags & ~(__SOPT | __SNPT)) | saved_flags;
99 update_fpos_cache (FILE *fp _GL_UNUSED_PARAMETER,
100 off_t pos _GL_UNUSED_PARAMETER)
102 # if defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__
103 /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Minix 3, Android */
104 # if defined __CYGWIN__
105 /* fp_->_offset is typed as an integer. */
108 /* fp_->_offset is an fpos_t. */
109 /* Use a union, since on NetBSD, the compilation flags determine
110 whether fpos_t is typedef'd to off_t or a struct containing a
111 single off_t member. */
120 fp_->_flags |= __SOFF;
126 /* Flush all pending data on STREAM according to POSIX rules. Both
127 output and seekable input streams are supported. */
129 rpl_fflush (FILE *stream)
131 /* When stream is NULL, POSIX and C99 only require flushing of "output
132 streams and update streams in which the most recent operation was not
133 input", and all implementations do this.
135 When stream is "an output stream or an update stream in which the most
136 recent operation was not input", POSIX and C99 requires that fflush
137 writes out any buffered data, and all implementations do this.
139 When stream is, however, an input stream or an update stream in
140 which the most recent operation was input, C99 specifies nothing,
141 and POSIX only specifies behavior if the stream is seekable.
142 mingw, in particular, drops the input buffer, leaving the file
143 descriptor positioned at the end of the input buffer. I.e. ftell
144 (stream) is lost. We don't want to call the implementation's
147 We test ! freading (stream) here, rather than fwriting (stream), because
148 what we need to know is whether the stream holds a "read buffer", and on
149 mingw this is indicated by _IOREAD, regardless of _IOWRT. */
150 if (stream == NULL || ! freading (stream))
151 return fflush (stream);
153 #if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1
154 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
156 clear_ungetc_buffer_preserving_position (stream);
158 return fflush (stream);
163 1) About the file-position indicator (-> fseeko, ftello):
164 The file position indicator is incremented by fgetc() and decremented
166 <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fgetc.html>
167 "... the fgetc() function shall ... advance the associated file
168 position indicator for the stream ..."
169 <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/ungetc.html>
170 "The file-position indicator is decremented by each successful
172 2) fflush discards bytes pushed back by ungetc:
173 <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fflush.html>
174 "...any characters pushed back onto the stream by ungetc()
175 or ungetwc() that have not subsequently been read from the
176 stream shall be discarded..."
177 This implies implicitly: fflush does not change the file position
179 3) Effects on the file descriptor, if the file descriptor is capable of
181 <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/fflush.html>
182 "...the file offset of the underlying open file description shall
183 be set to the file position of the stream..." */
185 /* POSIX does not specify fflush behavior for non-seekable input
186 streams. Some implementations purge unread data, some return
187 EBADF, some do nothing. */
188 off_t pos = ftello (stream);
195 /* Clear the ungetc buffer. */
196 clear_ungetc_buffer (stream);
198 /* To get here, we must be flushing a seekable input stream, so the
199 semantics of fpurge are now appropriate to clear the buffer. To
200 avoid losing data, the lseek is also necessary. */
202 int result = fpurge (stream);
207 # if (defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__) && defined __SNPT
208 /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Minix 3, Android */
211 /* Disable seek optimization for the next fseeko call. This tells the
212 following fseeko call to seek to the desired position directly, rather
213 than to seek to a block-aligned boundary. */
214 int saved_flags = disable_seek_optimization (stream);
215 int result = fseeko (stream, pos, SEEK_SET);
217 restore_seek_optimization (stream, saved_flags);
223 pos = lseek (fileno (stream), pos, SEEK_SET);
226 /* After a successful lseek, update the file descriptor's position cache
228 update_fpos_cache (stream, pos);