Work without permission to access local node's /dev/fw*

On 10 Jan, David Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 19:28 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> @@ -161,14 +160,16 @@ scan_devices(fw_handle_t handle)
...
>> +		for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
>> +			if (ports[j].card == get_info.card)
>> +				continue;
>> +
>
> That continue statement doesn't do what you intended I think.

From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Subject: [PATCH] Work without permission to access local node's /dev/fw*

Fix for juju backend:

libraw1394 required write permission to the character device file of
the local node(s) in order to enumerate cards and for a number of
other operations.  This forced users to either run applications like
dvgrab and kino with elevated privileges, or to configure write
permission for all /dev/fw* or at least for local nodes' /dev/fw*.

We now use the first accessible file which was found for each card
for as many tasks as possible, instead of the local node's file.

This allows distributors or admins to implement stricter access
rights (default off, e.g. only on for AV/C and IIDC devices)
without sacrificing functionality of said class of applications.
Access to the local node is now only required by low-level tools
like gscanbus.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/fw.h b/src/fw.h
index 56b59d9..a5e3772 100644
--- a/src/fw.h
+++ b/src/fw.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct fw_handle {
 	__u32 fcp_allocation_handle;
 	struct allocation *allocations;
 
+	int ioctl_fd;
 	int epoll_fd;
 	int inotify_fd;
 	int inotify_watch;
@@ -110,13 +111,12 @@ struct fw_handle {
 	struct epoll_closure inotify_closure;
 
 	struct device devices[MAX_DEVICES];
+	struct device *local_device;
 	int nodes[MAX_DEVICES];
-	int local_fd;
-	char local_filename[FILENAME_SIZE];
-
 	struct fw_cdev_event_bus_reset reset;
 
 	struct {
+		char *filename;
 		struct epoll_closure closure;
 		int fd;
 		int type;