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+/* Detecting file changes using modification times.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/* Items for identifying a particular file version.  Excerpt from
+   struct stat64.  */
+struct file_change_detection
+{
+  /* Special values: 0 if file does not exist.  -1 to force mismatch
+     with the next comparison.  */
+  off64_t size;
+
+  ino64_t ino;
+  struct timespec mtime;
+  struct timespec ctime;
+};
+
+/* Returns true if *LEFT and *RIGHT describe the same version of the
+   same file.  */
+static bool __attribute__ ((unused))
+file_is_unchanged (const struct file_change_detection *left,
+                   const struct file_change_detection *right)
+{
+  if (left->size < 0 || right->size < 0)
+    /* Negative sizes are used as markers and never match.  */
+    return false;
+  else if (left->size == 0 && right->size == 0)
+    /* Both files are empty or do not exist, so they have the same
+       content, no matter what the other fields indicate.  */
+    return true;
+  else
+    return left->size == right->size
+      && left->ino == right->ino
+      && left->mtime.tv_sec == right->mtime.tv_sec
+      && left->mtime.tv_nsec == right->mtime.tv_nsec
+      && left->ctime.tv_sec == right->ctime.tv_sec
+      && left->ctime.tv_nsec == right->ctime.tv_nsec;
+}
+
+/* Extract file change information to *FILE from the stat buffer
+   *ST.  */
+static void __attribute__ ((unused))
+file_change_detection_for_stat (struct file_change_detection *file,
+                                const struct stat64 *st)
+{
+  if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode))
+    /* Treat as empty file.  */
+    file->size = 0;
+  else if (!S_ISREG (st->st_mode))
+    /* Non-regular files cannot be cached.  */
+    file->size = -1;
+  else
+    {
+      file->size = st->st_size;
+      file->ino = st->st_ino;
+      file->mtime = st->st_mtim;
+      file->ctime = st->st_ctim;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Writes file change information for PATH to *FILE.  Returns true on
+   success.  For benign errors, *FILE is cleared, and true is
+   returned.  For errors indicating resource outages and the like,
+   false is returned.  */
+static bool __attribute__ ((unused))
+file_change_detection_for_path (struct file_change_detection *file,
+                                const char *path)
+{
+  struct stat64 st;
+  if (stat64 (path, &st) != 0)
+    switch (errno)
+      {
+      case EACCES:
+      case EISDIR:
+      case ELOOP:
+      case ENOENT:
+      case ENOTDIR:
+      case EPERM:
+        /* Ignore errors due to file system contents.  Instead, treat
+           the file as empty.  */
+        file->size = 0;
+        return true;
+      default:
+        /* Other errors are fatal.  */
+        return false;
+      }
+  else /* stat64 was successfull.  */
+    {
+      file_change_detection_for_stat (file, &st);
+      return true;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Writes file change information for the stream FP to *FILE.  Returns
+   ture on success, false on failure.  If FP is NULL, treat the file
+   as non-existing.  */
+static bool __attribute__ ((unused))
+file_change_detection_for_fp (struct file_change_detection *file,
+                              FILE *fp)
+{
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    {
+      /* The file does not exist.  */
+      file->size = 0;
+      return true;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      struct stat64 st;
+      if (fstat64 (__fileno (fp), &st) != 0)
+        /* If we already have a file descriptor, all errors are fatal.  */
+        return false;
+      else
+        {
+          file_change_detection_for_stat (file, &st);
+          return true;
+        }
+    }
+}