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/* Copyright 2017 Max Voit
 *
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 *
 * sxiv is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/inotify.h>
#include <libgen.h>

#include "util.h"
#include "autoreload.h"

CLEANUP void arl_cleanup(arl_t *arl)
{
	if (arl->fd != -1 && arl->wd != -1)
		inotify_rm_watch(arl->fd, arl->wd);
}

static void arl_setup_dir(arl_t *arl, const char *filepath)
{
	char *dntmp, *dn;

	if (arl->fd == -1)
		return;

	/* get dirname */
	dntmp = (char*) strdup(filepath);
	dn = (char*) dirname(dntmp);

	/* this is not one-shot as other stuff may be created too
	 * note: we won't handle deletion of the directory itself,
	 * this is a design decision
	 */
	arl->wd = inotify_add_watch(arl->fd, dn, IN_CREATE);
	if (arl->wd == -1)
		error(0, 0, "%s: Error watching directory", dn);
	else
		arl->watching_dir = true;

	free(dntmp);
}

bool arl_handle(arl_t *arl, const char *filepath)
{
	bool reload = false;
	char buf[4096] __attribute__ ((aligned(__alignof__(struct inotify_event))));
	char *ptr;
	const struct inotify_event *event;

	ssize_t len = read(arl->fd, buf, sizeof(buf));

	if (len == -1)
		return false;

	for (ptr = buf; ptr < buf + len; ptr += sizeof(*event) + event->len) {
		event = (const struct inotify_event*) ptr;

		/* events from watching the file itself */
		if (event->mask & IN_CLOSE_WRITE) {
			reload = true;
		}
		if (event->mask & IN_DELETE_SELF)
			arl_setup_dir(arl, filepath);

		/* events from watching the file's directory */
		if (event->mask & IN_CREATE) {
			char *fntmp = strdup(filepath);
			char *fn = basename(fntmp);

			if (STREQ(event->name, fn)) {
				/* this is the file we're looking for */

				/* cleanup, this has not been one-shot */
				if (arl->watching_dir) {
					inotify_rm_watch(arl->fd, arl->wd);
					arl->watching_dir = false;
				}
				reload = true;
			}
			free(fntmp);
		}
	}
	return reload;
}

void arl_init(arl_t *arl)
{
	/* this needs to be done only once */
	arl->fd = inotify_init();
	arl->watching_dir = false;
	if (arl->fd == -1)
		error(0, 0, "Could not initialize inotify, no automatic image reloading");
}

void arl_setup(arl_t *arl, const char *filepath)
{
	if (arl->fd == -1)
		return;

	/* may have switched from a deleted to another image */
	if (arl->watching_dir) {
		inotify_rm_watch(arl->fd, arl->wd);
		arl->watching_dir = false;
	}

	arl->wd = inotify_add_watch(arl->fd, filepath,
		                          IN_ONESHOT | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_DELETE_SELF);
	if (arl->wd == -1)
		error(0, 0, "%s: Error watching file", filepath);
}