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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_FILES_IMPORTANT_FILE_WRITER_H_
6 #define BASE_FILES_IMPORTANT_FILE_WRITER_H_
7 
8 #include <string>
9 
10 #include "base/base_export.h"
11 #include "base/basictypes.h"
12 #include "base/callback.h"
13 #include "base/files/file_path.h"
14 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
15 #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe.h"
16 #include "base/time/time.h"
17 #include "base/timer/timer.h"
18 
19 namespace base {
20 
21 class SequencedTaskRunner;
22 class Thread;
23 
24 // Helper to ensure that a file won't be corrupted by the write (for example on
25 // application crash). Consider a naive way to save an important file F:
26 //
27 // 1. Open F for writing, truncating it.
28 // 2. Write new data to F.
29 //
30 // It's good when it works, but it gets very bad if step 2. doesn't complete.
31 // It can be caused by a crash, a computer hang, or a weird I/O error. And you
32 // end up with a broken file.
33 //
34 // To be safe, we don't start with writing directly to F. Instead, we write to
35 // to a temporary file. Only after that write is successful, we rename the
36 // temporary file to target filename.
37 //
38 // If you want to know more about this approach and ext3/ext4 fsync issues, see
39 // http://valhenson.livejournal.com/37921.html
40 class BASE_EXPORT ImportantFileWriter : public NonThreadSafe {
41  public:
42   // Used by ScheduleSave to lazily provide the data to be saved. Allows us
43   // to also batch data serializations.
44   class BASE_EXPORT DataSerializer {
45    public:
46     // Should put serialized string in |data| and return true on successful
47     // serialization. Will be called on the same thread on which
48     // ImportantFileWriter has been created.
49     virtual bool SerializeData(std::string* data) = 0;
50 
51    protected:
~DataSerializer()52     virtual ~DataSerializer() {}
53   };
54 
55   // Save |data| to |path| in an atomic manner (see the class comment above).
56   // Blocks and writes data on the current thread.
57   static bool WriteFileAtomically(const FilePath& path,
58                                   const std::string& data);
59 
60   // Initialize the writer.
61   // |path| is the name of file to write.
62   // |task_runner| is the SequencedTaskRunner instance where on which we will
63   // execute file I/O operations.
64   // All non-const methods, ctor and dtor must be called on the same thread.
65   ImportantFileWriter(
66       const FilePath& path,
67       const scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner>& task_runner);
68 
69   // You have to ensure that there are no pending writes at the moment
70   // of destruction.
71   ~ImportantFileWriter();
72 
path()73   const FilePath& path() const { return path_; }
74 
75   // Returns true if there is a scheduled write pending which has not yet
76   // been started.
77   bool HasPendingWrite() const;
78 
79   // Save |data| to target filename. Does not block. If there is a pending write
80   // scheduled by ScheduleWrite, it is cancelled.
81   void WriteNow(const std::string& data);
82 
83   // Schedule a save to target filename. Data will be serialized and saved
84   // to disk after the commit interval. If another ScheduleWrite is issued
85   // before that, only one serialization and write to disk will happen, and
86   // the most recent |serializer| will be used. This operation does not block.
87   // |serializer| should remain valid through the lifetime of
88   // ImportantFileWriter.
89   void ScheduleWrite(DataSerializer* serializer);
90 
91   // Serialize data pending to be saved and execute write on backend thread.
92   void DoScheduledWrite();
93 
94   // Registers |on_next_successful_write| to be called once, on the next
95   // successful write event. Only one callback can be set at once.
96   void RegisterOnNextSuccessfulWriteCallback(
97       const base::Closure& on_next_successful_write);
98 
commit_interval()99   TimeDelta commit_interval() const {
100     return commit_interval_;
101   }
102 
set_commit_interval(const TimeDelta & interval)103   void set_commit_interval(const TimeDelta& interval) {
104     commit_interval_ = interval;
105   }
106 
107  private:
108   // Helper method for WriteNow().
109   bool PostWriteTask(const std::string& data);
110 
111   // If |result| is true and |on_next_successful_write_| is set, invokes
112   // |on_successful_write_| and then resets it; no-ops otherwise.
113   void ForwardSuccessfulWrite(bool result);
114 
115   // Invoked once and then reset on the next successful write event.
116   base::Closure on_next_successful_write_;
117 
118   // Path being written to.
119   const FilePath path_;
120 
121   // TaskRunner for the thread on which file I/O can be done.
122   const scoped_refptr<base::SequencedTaskRunner> task_runner_;
123 
124   // Timer used to schedule commit after ScheduleWrite.
125   OneShotTimer<ImportantFileWriter> timer_;
126 
127   // Serializer which will provide the data to be saved.
128   DataSerializer* serializer_;
129 
130   // Time delta after which scheduled data will be written to disk.
131   TimeDelta commit_interval_;
132 
133   WeakPtrFactory<ImportantFileWriter> weak_factory_;
134 
135   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ImportantFileWriter);
136 };
137 
138 }  // namespace base
139 
140 #endif  // BASE_FILES_IMPORTANT_FILE_WRITER_H_
141