i3/include/shmlog.h

/*
 * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
 *
 * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
 * © 2009-2012 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
 *
 * The format of the shmlog data structure which i3 development versions use by
 * default (ringbuffer for storing the debug log).
 *
 */
#ifndef I3_I3_SHMLOG_H
#define I3_I3_SHMLOG_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <pthread.h>

/*
 * Header of the shmlog file. Used by i3/src/log.c and i3/i3-dump-log/main.c.
 *
 */
typedef struct i3_shmlog_header {
    /* Byte offset where the next line will be written to. */
    uint32_t offset_next_write;

    /* Byte offset where the last wrap occured. */
    uint32_t offset_last_wrap;

    /* The size of the logfile in bytes. Since the size is limited to 25 MiB
     * an uint32_t is sufficient. */
    uint32_t size;

    /* wrap counter. We need it to reliably signal to clients that we just
     * wrapped (clients cannot use offset_last_wrap because that might
     * coincidentally be exactly the same as previously). Overflows can happen
     * and don’t matter — clients use an equality check (==). */
    uint32_t wrap_count;

    /* pthread condvar which will be broadcasted whenever there is a new
     * message in the log. i3-dump-log uses this to implement -f (follow, like
     * tail -f) in an efficient way. */
    pthread_cond_t condvar;
} i3_shmlog_header;

#endif