//
// C++ Interface: diskio (Unix components [Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X])
//
// Description: Class to handle low-level disk I/O for GPT fdisk
//
//
// Author: Rod Smith <rodsmith@rodsbooks.com>, (C) 2009
//
// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
//
//
// This program is copyright (c) 2009 by Roderick W. Smith. It is distributed
// under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2, as detailed in the COPYING file.
#define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
#define __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <string>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#ifdef __linux__
#include "linux/hdreg.h"
#endif
#include <iostream>
#include "diskio.h"
using namespace std;
// Returns the official "real" name for a shortened version of same.
// Trivial here; more important in Windows
void DiskIO::MakeRealName(void) {
realFilename = userFilename;
} // DiskIO::MakeRealName()
// Open the currently on-record file for reading. Returns 1 if the file is
// already open or is opened by this call, 0 if opening the file doesn't
// work.
int DiskIO::OpenForRead(void) {
int shouldOpen = 1;
struct stat64 st;
if (isOpen) { // file is already open
if (openForWrite) {
Close();
} else {
shouldOpen = 0;
} // if/else
} // if
if (shouldOpen) {
fd = open(realFilename.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
cerr << "Problem opening " << realFilename << " for reading! Error is " << errno << ".\n";
if (errno == EACCES) // User is probably not running as root
cerr << "You must run this program as root or use sudo!\n";
if (errno == ENOENT)
cerr << "The specified file does not exist!\n";
realFilename = "";
userFilename = "";
isOpen = 0;
openForWrite = 0;
} else {
isOpen = 0;
openForWrite = 0;
if (fstat64(fd, &st) == 0) {
if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
cerr << "The specified path is a directory!\n";
#if !defined(__FreeBSD__) && !defined(__APPLE__)
else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
cerr << "The specified path is a character device!\n";
#endif
else if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))
cerr << "The specified path is a FIFO!\n";
else if (S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
cerr << "The specified path is a socket!\n";
else
isOpen = 1;
} // if (fstat64()...)
} // if/else
} // if
return isOpen;
} // DiskIO::OpenForRead(void)
// An extended file-open function. This includes some system-specific checks.
// Returns 1 if the file is open, 0 otherwise....
int DiskIO::OpenForWrite(void) {
if ((isOpen) && (openForWrite))
return 1;
// Close the disk, in case it's already open for reading only....
Close();
// try to open the device; may fail....
fd = open(realFilename.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
#ifdef __APPLE__
// MacOS X requires a shared lock under some circumstances....
if (fd < 0) {
cerr << "Warning: Devices opened with shared lock will not have their\npartition table automatically reloaded!\n";
fd = open(realFilename.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_SHLOCK);
} // if
#endif
if (fd >= 0) {
isOpen = 1;
openForWrite = 1;
} else {
isOpen = 0;
openForWrite = 0;
} // if/else
return isOpen;
} // DiskIO::OpenForWrite(void)
// Close the disk device. Note that this does NOT erase the stored filenames,
// so the file can be re-opened without specifying the filename.
void DiskIO::Close(void) {
if (isOpen)
if (close(fd) < 0)
cerr << "Warning! Problem closing file!\n";
isOpen = 0;
openForWrite = 0;
} // DiskIO::Close()
// Returns block size of device pointed to by fd file descriptor. If the ioctl
// returns an error condition, print a warning but return a value of SECTOR_SIZE
// (512). If the disk can't be opened at all, return a value of 0.
int DiskIO::GetBlockSize(void) {
int err = -1, blockSize = 0;
#ifdef __sun__
struct dk_minfo minfo;
#endif
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen) {
OpenForRead();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
#ifdef __APPLE__
err = ioctl(fd, DKIOCGETBLOCKSIZE, &blockSize);
#endif
#ifdef __sun__
err = ioctl(fd, DKIOCGMEDIAINFO, &minfo);
if (err == 0)
blockSize = minfo.dki_lbsize;
#endif
#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__)
err = ioctl(fd, DIOCGSECTORSIZE, &blockSize);
#endif
#ifdef __linux__
err = ioctl(fd, BLKSSZGET, &blockSize);
#endif
if (err == -1) {
blockSize = SECTOR_SIZE;
// ENOTTY = inappropriate ioctl; probably being called on a disk image
// file, so don't display the warning message....
// 32-bit code returns EINVAL, I don't know why. I know I'm treading on
// thin ice here, but it should be OK in all but very weird cases....
if ((errno != ENOTTY) && (errno != EINVAL)) {
cerr << "\aError " << errno << " when determining sector size! Setting sector size to "
<< SECTOR_SIZE << "\n";
cout << "Disk device is " << realFilename << "\n";
} // if
} // if (err == -1)
} // if (isOpen)
return (blockSize);
} // DiskIO::GetBlockSize()
// Returns the number of heads, according to the kernel, or 255 if the
// correct value can't be determined.
uint32_t DiskIO::GetNumHeads(void) {
uint32_t numHeads = 255;
#ifdef HDIO_GETGEO
struct hd_geometry geometry;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen)
OpenForRead();
if (!ioctl(fd, HDIO_GETGEO, &geometry))
numHeads = (uint32_t) geometry.heads;
#endif
return numHeads;
} // DiskIO::GetNumHeads();
// Returns the number of sectors per track, according to the kernel, or 63
// if the correct value can't be determined.
uint32_t DiskIO::GetNumSecsPerTrack(void) {
uint32_t numSecs = 63;
#ifdef HDIO_GETGEO
struct hd_geometry geometry;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen)
OpenForRead();
if (!ioctl(fd, HDIO_GETGEO, &geometry))
numSecs = (uint32_t) geometry.sectors;
#endif
return numSecs;
} // DiskIO::GetNumSecsPerTrack()
// Resync disk caches so the OS uses the new partition table. This code varies
// a lot from one OS to another.
// Returns 1 on success, 0 if the kernel continues to use the old partition table.
// (Note that for most OSes, the default of 0 is returned because I've not yet
// looked into how to test for success in the underlying system calls...)
int DiskIO::DiskSync(void) {
int i, retval = 0, platformFound = 0;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen) {
OpenForRead();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
sync();
#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__sun__)
cout << "Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.\n"
<< "You should reboot or remove the drive.\n";
/* don't know if this helps
* it definitely will get things on disk though:
* http://topiks.org/mac-os-x/0321278542/ch12lev1sec8.html */
#ifdef __sun__
i = ioctl(fd, DKIOCFLUSHWRITECACHE);
#else
i = ioctl(fd, DKIOCSYNCHRONIZECACHE);
#endif
platformFound++;
#endif
#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__)
sleep(2);
i = ioctl(fd, DIOCGFLUSH);
cout << "Warning: The kernel may continue to use old or deleted partitions.\n"
<< "You should reboot or remove the drive.\n";
platformFound++;
#endif
#ifdef __linux__
sleep(1); // Theoretically unnecessary, but ioctl() fails sometimes if omitted....
fsync(fd);
i = ioctl(fd, BLKRRPART);
if (i) {
cout << "Warning: The kernel is still using the old partition table.\n"
<< "The new table will be used at the next reboot.\n";
} else {
retval = 1;
} // if/else
platformFound++;
#endif
if (platformFound == 0)
cerr << "Warning: Platform not recognized!\n";
if (platformFound > 1)
cerr << "\nWarning: We seem to be running on multiple platforms!\n";
} // if (isOpen)
return retval;
} // DiskIO::DiskSync()
// Seek to the specified sector. Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.
// Note that seeking beyond the end of the file is NOT detected as a failure!
int DiskIO::Seek(uint64_t sector) {
int retval = 1;
off64_t seekTo, sought;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen) {
retval = OpenForRead();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
seekTo = sector * (uint64_t) GetBlockSize();
sought = lseek64(fd, seekTo, SEEK_SET);
if (sought != seekTo) {
retval = 0;
} // if
} // if
return retval;
} // DiskIO::Seek()
// A variant on the standard read() function. Done to work around
// limitations in FreeBSD concerning the matching of the sector
// size with the number of bytes read.
// Returns the number of bytes read into buffer.
int DiskIO::Read(void* buffer, int numBytes) {
int blockSize, numBlocks, retval = 0;
char* tempSpace;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen) {
OpenForRead();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
// Compute required space and allocate memory
blockSize = GetBlockSize();
if (numBytes <= blockSize) {
numBlocks = 1;
tempSpace = new char [blockSize];
} else {
numBlocks = numBytes / blockSize;
if ((numBytes % blockSize) != 0)
numBlocks++;
tempSpace = new char [numBlocks * blockSize];
} // if/else
if (tempSpace == NULL) {
cerr << "Unable to allocate memory in DiskIO::Read()! Terminating!\n";
exit(1);
} // if
// Read the data into temporary space, then copy it to buffer
retval = read(fd, tempSpace, numBlocks * blockSize);
memcpy(buffer, tempSpace, numBytes);
// Adjust the return value, if necessary....
if (((numBlocks * blockSize) != numBytes) && (retval > 0))
retval = numBytes;
delete[] tempSpace;
} // if (isOpen)
return retval;
} // DiskIO::Read()
// A variant on the standard write() function. Done to work around
// limitations in FreeBSD concerning the matching of the sector
// size with the number of bytes read.
// Returns the number of bytes written.
int DiskIO::Write(void* buffer, int numBytes) {
int blockSize = 512, i, numBlocks, retval = 0;
char* tempSpace;
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if ((!isOpen) || (!openForWrite)) {
OpenForWrite();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
// Compute required space and allocate memory
blockSize = GetBlockSize();
if (numBytes <= blockSize) {
numBlocks = 1;
tempSpace = new char [blockSize];
} else {
numBlocks = numBytes / blockSize;
if ((numBytes % blockSize) != 0) numBlocks++;
tempSpace = new char [numBlocks * blockSize];
} // if/else
if (tempSpace == NULL) {
cerr << "Unable to allocate memory in DiskIO::Write()! Terminating!\n";
exit(1);
} // if
// Copy the data to my own buffer, then write it
memcpy(tempSpace, buffer, numBytes);
for (i = numBytes; i < numBlocks * blockSize; i++) {
tempSpace[i] = 0;
} // for
retval = write(fd, tempSpace, numBlocks * blockSize);
// Adjust the return value, if necessary....
if (((numBlocks * blockSize) != numBytes) && (retval > 0))
retval = numBytes;
delete[] tempSpace;
} // if (isOpen)
return retval;
} // DiskIO:Write()
/**************************************************************************************
* *
* Below functions are lifted from various sources, as documented in comments before *
* each one. *
* *
**************************************************************************************/
// The disksize function is taken from the Linux fdisk code and modified
// greatly since then to enable FreeBSD and MacOS support, as well as to
// return correct values for disk image files.
uint64_t DiskIO::DiskSize(int *err) {
uint64_t sectors = 0; // size in sectors
off_t bytes = 0; // size in bytes
struct stat64 st;
int platformFound = 0;
#ifdef __sun__
struct dk_minfo minfo;
#endif
// If disk isn't open, try to open it....
if (!isOpen) {
OpenForRead();
} // if
if (isOpen) {
// Note to self: I recall testing a simplified version of
// this code, similar to what's in the __APPLE__ block,
// on Linux, but I had some problems. IIRC, it ran OK on 32-bit
// systems but not on 64-bit. Keep this in mind in case of
// 32/64-bit issues on MacOS....
#ifdef __APPLE__
*err = ioctl(fd, DKIOCGETBLOCKCOUNT, §ors);
platformFound++;
#endif
#ifdef __sun__
*err = ioctl(fd, DKIOCGMEDIAINFO, &minfo);
if (*err == 0)
sectors = minfo.dki_capacity;
platformFound++;
#endif
#if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__FreeBSD_kernel__)
*err = ioctl(fd, DIOCGMEDIASIZE, &bytes);
long long b = GetBlockSize();
sectors = bytes / b;
platformFound++;
#endif
#ifdef __linux__
long sz;
long long b;
*err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &sz);
if (*err) {
sectors = sz = 0;
} // if
if ((!*err) || (errno == EFBIG)) {
*err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &b);
if (*err || b == 0 || b == sz)
sectors = sz;
else
sectors = (b >> 9);
} // if
// Unintuitively, the above returns values in 512-byte blocks, no
// matter what the underlying device's block size. Correct for this....
sectors /= (GetBlockSize() / 512);
platformFound++;
#endif
if (platformFound != 1)
cerr << "Warning! We seem to be running on no known platform!\n";
// The above methods have failed, so let's assume it's a regular
// file (a QEMU image, dd backup, or what have you) and see what
// fstat() gives us....
if ((sectors == 0) || (*err == -1)) {
if (fstat64(fd, &st) == 0) {
bytes = st.st_size;
if ((bytes % UINT64_C(512)) != 0)
cerr << "Warning: File size is not a multiple of 512 bytes!"
<< " Misbehavior is likely!\n\a";
sectors = bytes / UINT64_C(512);
} // if
} // if
} // if (isOpen)
return sectors;
} // DiskIO::DiskSize()