fls.c

// fast file list (linux)
// adapted from https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getdents.2.html
// gcc -O3 -march=native -o fls fls.c
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dirent.h>     /* Defines DT_* constants */
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <argp.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>

const char *argp_program_version = "fls 0.1";
const char *argp_program_bug_address = "<cafxx+fls@strayorange.com>";
static char doc[] = "Fast file listing";
static char args_doc[] = "[DIR]";
static struct argp_option options[] = { 
    { "noprinttype", 'n', 0, 0, "Do not print the file type"},
    { "filtertype", 'f', "TYPE", 0, "Filter file type (rdfslbcu*, default *)"},
    { "rsep", 's', "SEP", 0, "Row separator (default '\\n')"},
    { "csep", 'c', "SEP", 0, "Column separator (default ' ')"},
    { 0 } 
};

struct arguments {
    char *dir;
    bool printtype;
    char filtertype;
    char rsep;
    char csep;
};

#define handle_error(msg) \
    do { perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)

static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state) {
    struct arguments *arguments = state->input;
    switch (key) {
    case 'n': 
        arguments->printtype = false;
        break;
    case 'f': 
        if (strlen(arg) != 1) argp_error(state, "illegal file type");
        if (!strchr("rdfslbcu*", arg[0])) argp_error(state, "illegal file type");
        arguments->filtertype = arg[0];
        arguments->printtype = false;
        break;
    case 's': 
        if (strlen(arg) != 1) argp_error(state, "illegal row separator");
        arguments->rsep = arg[0];
        break;
    case 'c': 
        if (strlen(arg) != 1) argp_error(state, "illegal column separator");
        arguments->csep = arg[0];
        break;        
    case ARGP_KEY_ARG:
        if (state->arg_num > 0)
            argp_usage (state); // Too many arguments.
        arguments->dir = arg;
        break;        
    default:
        return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
    }   
    return 0;
}

static struct argp argp = { options, parse_opt, args_doc, doc, 0, 0, 0 };

struct linux_dirent64 {
    ino64_t        d_ino;    /* 64-bit inode number */
    off64_t        d_off;    /* 64-bit offset to next structure */
    unsigned short d_reclen; /* Size of this dirent */
    unsigned char  d_type;   /* File type */
    char           d_name[]; /* Filename (null-terminated) */
};

struct dirqueued {
    char *dirname;
    struct dirqueued *next;
};

#define BUF_SIZE 64*1024*1024
#define PIPE_SIZE 1*1024*1024
#define OUTBUF_SIZE 512*1024

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    struct arguments arguments;
    arguments.rsep = '\n';
    arguments.csep = ' ';
    arguments.filtertype = '*';
    arguments.printtype = true;
    arguments.dir = ".";

    argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &arguments);
    
    int fd = open(arguments.dir, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
    if (fd == -1)
        handle_error("open");
    posix_fadvise(fd, 0, 0, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED | POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL);
  
    fcntl(fileno(stdout), F_SETPIPE_SZ, PIPE_SIZE);

    char *outbuf = pvalloc(OUTBUF_SIZE);
    if (outbuf)
        setvbuf(stdout, outbuf, _IOFBF, OUTBUF_SIZE);

    char *buf = pvalloc(BUF_SIZE);
    if (!buf)
        handle_error("malloc");

    for (;;) {
        long nread = syscall(SYS_getdents64, fd, buf, BUF_SIZE);
        if (nread == -1)
            handle_error("getdents");

        if (nread == 0)
            break;

        for (long bpos = 0; bpos < nread;) {
            struct linux_dirent64 *d = (struct linux_dirent64 *) (buf + bpos);
            bpos += d->d_reclen;
            
            char ft;
            switch (d->d_type) {
                case DT_REG:  ft = 'r'; break;
                case DT_DIR:  ft = 'd'; break;
                case DT_FIFO: ft = 'f'; break;
                case DT_SOCK: ft = 's'; break;
                case DT_LNK:  ft = 'l'; break;
                case DT_BLK:  ft = 'b'; break;
                case DT_CHR:  ft = 'c'; break;
                default:      ft = 'u'; break;
            }

            if (arguments.filtertype != '*' && arguments.filtertype != ft)
                continue;
            
            if (arguments.printtype) {
                fputc_unlocked(ft, stdout);
                fputc_unlocked(arguments.csep, stdout);
            }
            
            fputs_unlocked(arguments.dir, stdout);
            fputc_unlocked('/', stdout);
            fputs_unlocked(d->d_name, stdout);
            fputc_unlocked(arguments.rsep, stdout);
        }
    }

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}