Linux 中如何获取内存修改通知

在Linux的用户空间程序中，我通过从堆中分配来获取一块内存，然后将指针分发给在其他线程中运行的许多其他组件来使用。当上述内存被修改时我想收到通知。我当然可以开发一个自定义用户空间解决方案，供其他组件在尝试修改内存时使用。我的情况的问题是这些是遗留组件，它们可以在很多情况下写入内存。所以我想知道是否有类似的 API，如 inotify（文件更改时收到通知）或其他方法，以便在一块内存更改时收到通知。

我考虑过使用 mmap 和 inotify，如果不刷新更改，这显然不起作用。任何建议表示赞赏:-)

You CAN add an inotify手表 http://linux.die.net/man/7/inotify这将触发msync() http://linux.die.net/man/2/msync在 mmap-ed 文件上。

这需要给 Linux 内核打补丁启用对新 inotify 手表的支持 https://gist.github.com/TheCodeArtist/5874669。该补丁添加了一个新标志IN_SYNC- 每当对 mmap 文件执行 msync() 时都会触发一个新的 inotify 事件。

补丁已在 Linux 内核 v2.6.37 上进行了测试。

From 83edf446e92c86c738337ca4a35eab48e2f4e0eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chinmay V S <[email protected] /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:57 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add mmap-ed file support to inotify

This patch adds a new flag IN_SYNC. This is a new inotify event that is
triggered whenever msync() is carried out on a mmap-ed file.

Signed-off-by: Chinmay V S <[email protected] /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection>
---
 fs/sync.c                             |  5 +++++
 include/linux/fsnotify.h              | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h      |  1 +
 include/linux/inotify.h               |  3 ++-
 mm/msync.c                            |  4 ++++
 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index ba76b96..174c2af 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include "internal.h"
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>

 #define VALID_FLAGS (SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE| \
            SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER)
@@ -190,6 +191,10 @@ static int do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
        ret = vfs_fsync(file, datasync);
        fput(file);
    }
+
+   if (!ret)
+       fsnotify_sync(file->f_path.dentry);
+
    return ret;
 }

diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index b10bcde..ef211fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ static inline void fsnotify_modify(struct file *file)
 }

 /*
+ * fsnotify_sync - file was synced
+ */
+static inline void fsnotify_sync(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+   struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+   u32 mask = FS_SYNC;
+
+   if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+       mask |= FS_ISDIR;
+
+   fsnotify_parent(NULL, dentry, mask);
+   fsnotify(inode, mask, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, NULL, 0);
+
+}
+
+/*
  * fsnotify_open - file was opened
  */
 static inline void fsnotify_open(struct file *file)
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 7380763..35b5cb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #define FS_DELETE      0x00000200  /* Subfile was deleted */
 #define FS_DELETE_SELF     0x00000400  /* Self was deleted */
 #define FS_MOVE_SELF       0x00000800  /* Self was moved */
+#define FS_SYNC            0x00001000  /* File was synced */

 #define FS_UNMOUNT     0x00002000  /* inode on umount fs */
 #define FS_Q_OVERFLOW      0x00004000  /* Event queued overflowed */
diff --git a/include/linux/inotify.h b/include/linux/inotify.h
index d33041e..244a132 100644
--- a/include/linux/inotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct inotify_event {
 #define IN_DELETE      0x00000200  /* Subfile was deleted */
 #define IN_DELETE_SELF     0x00000400  /* Self was deleted */
 #define IN_MOVE_SELF       0x00000800  /* Self was moved */
+#define IN_SYNC            0x00001000  /* File was synced */

 /* the following are legal events.  they are sent as needed to any watch */
 #define IN_UNMOUNT     0x00002000  /* Backing fs was unmounted */
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ struct inotify_event {
 #define IN_ALL_EVENTS  (IN_ACCESS | IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_CLOSE_WRITE | \
             IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE | IN_OPEN | IN_MOVED_FROM | \
             IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DELETE | IN_CREATE | IN_DELETE_SELF | \
-            IN_MOVE_SELF)
+            IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_SYNC)

 /* Flags for sys_inotify_init1.  */
 #define IN_CLOEXEC O_CLOEXEC
diff --git a/mm/msync.c b/mm/msync.c
index 632df45..b1665ac 100644
--- a/mm/msync.c
+++ b/mm/msync.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>

 /*
  * MS_SYNC syncs the entire file - including mappings.
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(msync, unsigned long, start, size_t, len, int, flags)
            get_file(file);
            up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
            error = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+               if (!error)
+                   fsnotify_sync(file->f_path.dentry);
+
            fput(file);
            if (error || start >= end)
                goto out;
-- 
1.8.2

补丁已在 Linux 内核 v2.6.37 上进行了测试。