#! /bin/sh # Shell-based mutex using mkdir. This script is used in make to prefer # serialized execution to avoid consuming too much RAM. If reusing it, # bear in mind that the lock-breaking logic is not race-free, so disable # it in err() if concurrent execution could cause more serious problems. self=`basename $0` lockdir="$1" prog="$2"; shift 2 || exit 1 # Remember when we started trying to acquire the lock. count=0 err () { if test -f $lockdir/lock-$1.$$; then rm -rf $lockdir echo "$self: *** (PID $$) removed stale $lockdir" >&2 # Possible variant for uses where races are more problematic: #echo "$self: *** (PID $$) giving up, maybe rm -r $lockdir" >&2 #exit 42 else touch $lockdir/lock-$1.$$ fi } until mkdir "$lockdir" 2>/dev/null; do # Say something periodically so the user knows what's up. if [ `expr $count % 30` = 0 ]; then # Check for valid lock. if pid=`cat $lockdir/pid 2>/dev/null` && kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null; then echo "$self: (PID $$) waiting $count sec to acquire $lockdir from PID $pid" >&2 elif test -z "$pid"; then echo "$self: (PID $$) cannot read $lockdir/pid" >&2 err nopid else echo "$self: (PID $$) cannot signal $lockdir owner PID $pid" >&2 err dead fi fi sleep 1 count=`expr $count + 1` done trap 'rm -rf "$lockdir"' 0 echo $$ > $lockdir/pidT && mv $lockdir/pidT $lockdir/pid echo "$self: (PID $$) acquired $lockdir after $count seconds" >&2 echo $prog "$@" $prog "$@" # The trap runs on exit.