Removed named pipe support because of file descriptor leaks.

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileReader.java

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private int readFile(FileState state, int spaceLeftInSpool) {
 
 	private boolean isCompressedFile(FileState state) {
 		RandomAccessFile reader = state.getRandomAccessFile();
-		if (!reader.canSeek()) return false;
+
 		try {
 			for(byte[] magic : MAGICS) {
 				byte[] fileBytes = new byte[magic.length];

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileSigner.java

@@ -9,15 +9,8 @@
 
 public class FileSigner {
 	private static final Adler32 adler32 = new Adler32();
-	private static long fakeSignatureForPipes = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
+
 	public static long computeSignature(RandomAccessFile file, int signatureLength) throws IOException {
-		// If the file is not seekable, a pipe for instance,
-		// we report an ever-changing fake signature to keep
-		// FileWatcher trying to read again as it would with
-		// a normal file that had changed.
-		if (!file.canSeek()) return ++fakeSignatureForPipes;
-
 		adler32.reset();
 		byte[] input = new byte[signatureLength];
 		file.seek(0);

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2015 Didier Fetter
- * Copyright 2017 Alberto González Palomo https://sentido-labs.com
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public void initialize() throws IOException {
 				oldWatchMap.put(state.getFile(), state);
 			}
 		}
-		synchronized (newWatchMap) { processModifications(); }
+		processModifications();
 		if(tail) {
 			for(FileState state : oldWatchMap.values()) {
 				if(state.getPointer() == 0) {
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ public void checkFiles() throws IOException {
 		for(FileAlterationObserver observer : observerList) {
 			observer.checkAndNotify();
 		}
-		synchronized (newWatchMap) { processModifications(); }
+		processModifications();
 		printWatchMap();
 	}
 
@@ -224,33 +223,12 @@ private void processModifications() throws IOException {
 		removeMarkedFilesFromWatchMap();
 	}
 
-	// This filter will accept anything that is not a directory,
-	// including named pipes (FIFOs), sockets and device files.
-	// The standard org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.FileFileFilter excludes
-	// them even if their documentation says
-	// "This filter accepts Files that are files (not directories)."
-	protected class FileFileFilter implements IOFileFilter
-	{
-		@Override
-		public boolean accept(File file) {
-			return !file.isDirectory();
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-			return accept(new File(dir, name));
-		}
-	}
-	protected IOFileFilter fileFileFilter() {
-		return new FileFileFilter();
-	}
-
 	private void addSingleFile(String fileToWatch, Event fields, long deadTime, Multiline multiline, Filter filter) throws Exception {
 		logger.info("Watching file : " + new File(fileToWatch).getCanonicalPath());
 		String directory = FilenameUtils.getFullPath(fileToWatch);
 		String fileName = FilenameUtils.getName(fileToWatch);
 		IOFileFilter fileFilter = FileFilterUtils.and(
-				fileFileFilter(),
+				FileFilterUtils.fileFileFilter(),
 				FileFilterUtils.nameFileFilter(fileName),
 				new LastModifiedFileFilter(deadTime));
 		initializeWatchMap(new File(directory), fileFilter, fields, multiline, filter);
@@ -262,7 +240,7 @@ private void addWildCardFiles(String filesToWatch, Event fields, long deadTime,
 		String wildcard = FilenameUtils.getName(filesToWatch);
 		logger.trace("Directory : " + new File(directory).getCanonicalPath() + ", wildcard : " + wildcard);
 		IOFileFilter fileFilter = FileFilterUtils.and(
-				fileFileFilter(),
+				FileFilterUtils.fileFileFilter(),
 				new WildcardFileFilter(wildcard),
 				new LastModifiedFileFilter(deadTime));
 		initializeWatchMap(new File(directory), fileFilter, fields, multiline, filter);
@@ -289,50 +267,22 @@ private void initializeWatchMap(File directory, IOFileFilter fileFilter, Event f
 		}
 	}
 
-	// This class will wait until the file is open, which happens in
-	// new FileState(file).
-	// Normal files open immediately, but named pipes block until data
-	// is written in them.
-	protected class FileAdderThread extends Thread
-	{
-		Map<File,FileState> map;
-		File file;
-		Event fields;
-		Multiline multiline;
-		Filter filter;
-
-		private FileAdderThread() {}
-		public FileAdderThread(Map<File,FileState> map, File file, Event fields, Multiline multiline, Filter filter) {
-			this.map = map;
-			this.file = file;
-			this.fields = fields;
-			this.multiline = multiline;
-			this.filter = filter;
-		}
-
-		public void run() {
-			try {
-				FileState state = new FileState(file);
-				state.setFields(fields);
-				int signatureLength = (int) (state.getSize() > maxSignatureLength ? maxSignatureLength : state.getSize());
-				state.setSignatureLength(signatureLength);
-				long signature = FileSigner.computeSignature(state.getRandomAccessFile(), signatureLength);
-				state.setSignature(signature);
-				logger.trace("Setting signature of size : " + signatureLength + " on file : " + file + " : " + signature);
-				state.setMultiline(multiline);
-				state.setFilter(filter);
-				synchronized (map /* This is actually newWatchMap. */) {
-					map.put(file, state);
-				}
-			} catch(IOException e) {
-				logger.error("Caught IOException in addFileToWatchMap : " +
-							 e.getMessage());
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	private void addFileToWatchMap(Map<File,FileState> map, File file, Event fields, Multiline multiline, Filter filter) {
-		(new FileAdderThread(map, file, fields, multiline, filter)).start();
+		try {
+			FileState state = new FileState(file);
+			state.setFields(fields);
+			int signatureLength = (int) (state.getSize() > maxSignatureLength ? maxSignatureLength : state.getSize());
+			state.setSignatureLength(signatureLength);
+			long signature = FileSigner.computeSignature(state.getRandomAccessFile(), signatureLength);
+			state.setSignature(signature);
+			logger.trace("Setting signature of size : " + signatureLength + " on file : " + file + " : " + signature);
+			state.setMultiline(multiline);
+			state.setFilter(filter);
+			map.put(file, state);
+		} catch(IOException e) {
+			logger.error("Caught IOException in addFileToWatchMap : " +
+						 e.getMessage());
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void onFileChange(File file, Event fields, Multiline multiline, Filter filter) {

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/config/FilesSection.java

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/util/RandomAccessFile.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 1998-2009 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata
- * Copyright 2017 Alberto González Palomo https://sentido-labs.com
  *
  * Portions of this software were developed by the Unidata Program at the
  * University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
@@ -161,14 +160,13 @@ static public long getDebugNbytes() {
    */
   protected java.io.RandomAccessFile file;
   protected java.nio.channels.FileChannel fileChannel;
-  protected boolean canSeek;
 
   /**
    * The offset in bytes from the file start, of the next read or
    * write operation.
    */
   protected long filePosition;
-
+                      
   /**
    * The buffer used for reading the data.
    */
@@ -263,12 +261,6 @@ public RandomAccessFile(String location, String mode, int bufferSize) throws IOE
     }
 
     this.file = new java.io.RandomAccessFile(location, mode);
-    try {
-        this.file.seek(0);
-        canSeek = true;
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-        canSeek = false;
-    }
     this.readonly = mode.equals("r");
     init(bufferSize);
 
@@ -382,10 +374,6 @@ public void seek(long pos) throws IOException {
     readBuffer(pos);
   }
 
-  public boolean canSeek() {
-    return canSeek;
-  }
-
   protected void readBuffer(long pos) throws IOException {
     // If the current buffer is modified, write it to disk.
     if (bufferModified) {
@@ -436,27 +424,14 @@ public String getLocation() {
    * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurrs.
    */
   public long length() throws IOException {
-    long fileLength = canSeek? file.length(): 0;
+    long fileLength = file.length();
     if (fileLength < dataEnd) {
       return dataEnd;
     } else {
       return fileLength;
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Check whether the file is empty: normal files are empty
-   * when their size is zero, but other kinds of files like
-   * named pipes / FIFOs do not report a size.
-   */
-  public boolean isEmpty() throws IOException {
-    if (canSeek) {
-      return length() == 0;
-    } else {
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Change the current endian mode. Subsequent reads of short, int, float, double, long, char will
    * use this. Does not currently affect writes.
@@ -478,6 +453,10 @@ public void order(int endian) {
   public FileDescriptor getFD() throws IOException {
     return (file == null) ? null : file.getFD();
   }
+
+  public boolean isEmpty() throws IOException {
+	  return length() == 0;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Copy the contents of the buffer to the disk.
@@ -486,7 +465,7 @@ public FileDescriptor getFD() throws IOException {
    */
   public void flush() throws IOException {
     if (bufferModified) {
-      if (canSeek) file.seek(bufferStart);
+      file.seek(bufferStart);
       file.write(buffer, 0, dataSize);
       //System.out.println("--flush at "+bufferStart+" dataSize= "+dataSize+ " filePosition= "+filePosition);
       bufferModified = false;
@@ -653,7 +632,7 @@ public long readToByteChannel(WritableByteChannel dest, long offset, long nbytes
    * @throws IOException on io error
    */
   protected int read_(long pos, byte[] b, int offset, int len) throws IOException {
-    if (canSeek) file.seek(pos);
+    file.seek(pos);
     int n = file.read(b, offset, len);
     if (debugAccess) {
       if (showRead) System.out.println(" **read_ " + location + " = " + len + " bytes at " + pos + "; block = " + (pos / buffer.length));
@@ -877,7 +856,7 @@ public void writeBytes(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
       if (bufferModified) {
         flush();
       }
-      if (canSeek) file.seek(filePosition);  // moved per Steve Cerruti; Jan 14, 2005
+      file.seek(filePosition);  // moved per Steve Cerruti; Jan 14, 2005
       file.write(b, off, len);
       //System.out.println("--write at "+filePosition+" "+len);
 
@@ -1759,3 +1738,5 @@ public boolean searchForward(KMPMatch match, int maxBytes) throws IOException {
   }
 
 }
+
+