[libcamera-devel] [RFC PATCH v1 02/12] libcamera: file_descriptor: Add a function to retrieve the inode

[Laurent Pinchart]

The inode is useful to check if two file descriptors refer to the same
file. Add a function to retrieve it.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
---
 include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h |  3 +++
 src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp   | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h b/include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h
index d514aac7697b..988f9b7a3d25 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/file_descriptor.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define __LIBCAMERA_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_H__
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 namespace libcamera {
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ public:
 	int fd() const { return fd_ ? fd_->fd() : -1; }
 	FileDescriptor dup() const;
 
+	ino_t inode() const;
+
 private:
 	class Descriptor
 	{
diff --git a/src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp b/src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp
index 9f9ebc81f738..d55e2b100b6d 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/file_descriptor.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <libcamera/file_descriptor.h>
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <utility>
 
@@ -221,6 +223,26 @@ FileDescriptor FileDescriptor::dup() const
 	return FileDescriptor(fd());
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Retrieve the file descriptor inode
+ *
+ * \todo Should this move to the File class ?
+ *
+ * \return The file descriptor inode on success, or 0 on error
+ */
+ino_t FileDescriptor::inode() const
+{
+	if (!fd_ || fd_->fd() == -1)
+		return 0;
+
+	struct stat st;
+	int ret = fstat(fd_->fd(), &st);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	return st.st_ino;
+}
+
 FileDescriptor::Descriptor::Descriptor(int fd, bool duplicate)
 {
 	if (!duplicate) {
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart