dsync/dcmp: support symlinks targets changes

src/common/mfu_util.c

@@ -996,6 +996,34 @@ int mfu_compare_contents(
     return rc;
 }
 
+/* compares targets of two symlinks, returns 0 if equal, positive value if
+ * different, -1 on error when reading symlink. */
+int mfu_compare_symlinks(
+    const char* src_name,          /* IN  - path name to source file */
+    const char* dst_name,          /* IN  - path name to destination file */
+    mfu_file_t* mfu_src_file,      /* IN  - I/O filesystem functions to use for source */
+    mfu_file_t* mfu_dst_file)      /* IN  - I/O filesystem functions to use for destination */
+{
+    char src_target[PATH_MAX + 1], dst_target[PATH_MAX + 1];
+    ssize_t readlink_rc = mfu_file_readlink(src_name, src_target, sizeof(src_target) - 1, mfu_src_file);
+    if(readlink_rc < 0) {
+        MFU_LOG(MFU_LOG_ERR, "Failed to read source link `%s' readlink() (errno=%d %s)",
+            src_name, errno, strerror(errno)
+        );
+        return -1;
+    }
+    readlink_rc = mfu_file_readlink(dst_name, dst_target, sizeof(dst_target) - 1, mfu_dst_file);
+    if(readlink_rc < 0) {
+        MFU_LOG(MFU_LOG_ERR, "Failed to read destination link `%s' readlink() (errno=%d %s)",
+            dst_name, errno, strerror(errno)
+        );
+        return -1;
+    }
+    /* ensure that strings end with NUL */
+    src_target[readlink_rc] = dst_target[readlink_rc] = '\0';
+    return abs(strcmp(src_target, dst_target));
+}
+
 /* uses the lustre api to obtain stripe count and stripe size of a file */
 int mfu_stripe_get(const char *path, uint64_t *stripe_size, uint64_t *stripe_count)
 {

src/common/mfu_util.h

@@ -266,6 +266,15 @@ int mfu_compare_contents(
     mfu_file_t* mfu_dst_file  /* IN  - I/O filesystem functions to use for destination */
 );
 
+/* compares targets of two symlinks, returns 0 if equal, positive value if
+ * different, -1 on error when reading symlink. */
+int mfu_compare_symlinks(
+    const char* src_name,     /* IN  - path name to souce file */
+    const char* dst_name,     /* IN  - path name to destination file */
+    mfu_file_t* mfu_src_file, /* IN  - I/O filesystem functions to use for source */
+    mfu_file_t* mfu_dst_file  /* IN  - I/O filesystem functions to use for destination */
+);
+
 /* uses the lustre api to obtain stripe count and stripe size of a file */
 int mfu_stripe_get(const char *path, uint64_t *stripe_size, uint64_t *stripe_count);
 

src/dcmp/dcmp.c

@@ -1084,15 +1084,38 @@ static int dcmp_strmap_compare(
             continue;
         }
 
-        /* for now, we can only compare content of regular files */
-        /* TODO: add support for symlinks */
-        if (! S_ISREG(dst_mode)) {
-            /* not regular file, take them as common content */
+        /* for now, we can only compare content of regular files and symlinks */
+        if (! S_ISREG(dst_mode) && ! S_ISLNK(dst_mode)) {
+            /* not regular file or symlink, take them as common content */
             dcmp_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
             dcmp_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* For symlinks, compare targets */
+        if (S_ISLNK(dst_mode)) {
+            const char* src_name = mfu_flist_file_get_name(src_list, src_index);
+            const char* dst_name = mfu_flist_file_get_name(dst_list, dst_index);
+            int compare_rc = mfu_compare_symlinks(src_name, dst_name, mfu_src_file, mfu_dst_file);
+            if (compare_rc == -1) {
+                /* we hit an error while reading the symlink */
+                rc = -1;
+                MFU_LOG(MFU_LOG_ERR,
+                    "Failed to readlink on %s and/or %s. Assuming contents are different.",
+                    src_name, dst_name);
+            }
+            if (!compare_rc) {
+                /* update to say contents of the symlinks were found to be the same */
+                dcmp_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
+                dcmp_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
+            } else {
+                /* update to say contents of the symlinks were found to be different */
+                dcmp_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_DIFFER);
+                dcmp_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_DIFFER);
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
         dcmp_state state;
         tmp_rc = dcmp_strmap_item_state(src_map, key, DCMPF_SIZE, &state);
         assert(tmp_rc == 0);

src/dsync/dsync.c

@@ -1748,15 +1748,46 @@ static int dsync_strmap_compare(
             continue;
         }
 
-        /* for now, we can only compare content of regular files */
-        /* TODO: add support for symlinks */
-        if (! S_ISREG(dst_mode)) {
-            /* not regular file, take them as common content */
+        /* for now, we can only compare content of regular files and symlinks */
+        if (! S_ISREG(dst_mode) && ! S_ISLNK(dst_mode)) {
+            /* not regular file or symlink, take them as common content */
             dsync_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
             dsync_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* if symlink, check if targets of source and destination files match. If not,
+         * mark the files as being different. */
+        if (S_ISLNK(dst_mode)) {
+            const char* src_name = mfu_flist_file_get_name(src_list, src_index);
+            const char* dst_name = mfu_flist_file_get_name(dst_list, dst_index);
+            int compare_rc = mfu_compare_symlinks(src_name, dst_name, mfu_src_file, mfu_dst_file);
+            if (compare_rc == -1) {
+                /* we hit an error while reading the symlink */
+                rc = -1;
+                MFU_LOG(MFU_LOG_ERR,
+                    "Failed to readlink on %s and/or %s. Assuming contents are different.",
+                    src_name, dst_name);
+            }
+            if (!compare_rc) {
+                /* update to say contents of the files were found to be the same */
+                dsync_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
+                dsync_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_COMMON);
+            } else {
+                /* update to say contents of the symlinks were found to be different */
+                dsync_strmap_item_update(src_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_DIFFER);
+                dsync_strmap_item_update(dst_map, key, DCMPF_CONTENT, DCMPS_DIFFER);
+
+                /* if the destinations are different then we need to remove the file in
+                 * the dst directory, and replace it with the one in the src directory */
+                if (compare_rc > 0 && !options.dry_run) {
+                    mfu_flist_file_copy(src_list, src_index, src_cp_list);
+                    mfu_flist_file_copy(dst_list, dst_index, dst_remove_list);
+                }
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
         /* first check whether file sizes match */
         dsync_state state;
         tmp_rc = dsync_strmap_item_state(src_map, key, DCMPF_SIZE, &state);