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28 #include "dynamic-string.h"
29 #include "fatal-signal.h"
31 #include "ovs-thread.h"
32 #include "poll-loop.h"
34 #include "socket-util.h"
38 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(process);
40 COVERAGE_DEFINE(process_start);
52 /* Pipe used to signal child termination. */
56 static struct list all_processes = LIST_INITIALIZER(&all_processes);
58 static void sigchld_handler(int signr OVS_UNUSED);
60 /* Initializes the process subsystem (if it is not already initialized). Calls
61 * exit() if initialization fails.
63 * This function may not be called after creating any additional threads.
65 * Calling this function is optional; it will be called automatically by
66 * process_start() if necessary. Calling it explicitly allows the client to
67 * prevent the process from exiting at an unexpected time. */
74 assert_single_threaded();
80 /* Create notification pipe. */
81 xpipe_nonblocking(fds);
83 /* Set up child termination signal handler. */
84 memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
85 sa.sa_handler = sigchld_handler;
86 sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
87 sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP | SA_RESTART;
88 xsigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
92 process_escape_args(char **argv)
94 struct ds ds = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
96 for (argp = argv; *argp; argp++) {
97 const char *arg = *argp;
100 ds_put_char(&ds, ' ');
102 if (arg[strcspn(arg, " \t\r\n\v\\\'\"")]) {
103 ds_put_char(&ds, '"');
104 for (p = arg; *p; p++) {
105 if (*p == '\\' || *p == '\"') {
106 ds_put_char(&ds, '\\');
108 ds_put_char(&ds, *p);
110 ds_put_char(&ds, '"');
112 ds_put_cstr(&ds, arg);
118 /* Prepare to start a process whose command-line arguments are given by the
119 * null-terminated 'argv' array. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a
120 * positive errno value. */
122 process_prestart(char **argv)
128 /* Log the process to be started. */
129 if (VLOG_IS_DBG_ENABLED()) {
130 char *args = process_escape_args(argv);
131 VLOG_DBG("starting subprocess: %s", args);
135 /* execvp() will search PATH too, but the error in that case is more
136 * obscure, since it is only reported post-fork. */
137 binary = process_search_path(argv[0]);
139 VLOG_ERR("%s not found in PATH", argv[0]);
147 /* Creates and returns a new struct process with the specified 'name' and
149 static struct process *
150 process_register(const char *name, pid_t pid)
155 p = xzalloc(sizeof *p);
157 slash = strrchr(name, '/');
158 p->name = xstrdup(slash ? slash + 1 : name);
161 list_push_back(&all_processes, &p->node);
166 /* Starts a subprocess with the arguments in the null-terminated argv[] array.
167 * argv[0] is used as the name of the process. Searches the PATH environment
168 * variable to find the program to execute.
170 * This function may not be called after creating any additional threads.
172 * All file descriptors are closed before executing the subprocess, except for
175 * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value indicating the
176 * error. If successful, '*pp' is assigned a new struct process that may be
177 * used to query the process's status. On failure, '*pp' is set to NULL. */
179 process_start(char **argv, struct process **pp)
184 assert_single_threaded();
187 COVERAGE_INC(process_start);
188 error = process_prestart(argv);
195 VLOG_WARN("fork failed: %s", ovs_strerror(errno));
198 /* Running in parent process. */
199 *pp = process_register(argv[0], pid);
202 /* Running in child process. */
203 int fd_max = get_max_fds();
207 for (fd = 3; fd < fd_max; fd++) {
210 execvp(argv[0], argv);
211 fprintf(stderr, "execvp(\"%s\") failed: %s\n",
212 argv[0], ovs_strerror(errno));
217 /* Destroys process 'p'. */
219 process_destroy(struct process *p)
222 list_remove(&p->node);
228 /* Sends signal 'signr' to process 'p'. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a
229 * positive errno value. */
231 process_kill(const struct process *p, int signr)
233 return (p->exited ? ESRCH
234 : !kill(p->pid, signr) ? 0
238 /* Returns the pid of process 'p'. */
240 process_pid(const struct process *p)
245 /* Returns the name of process 'p' (the name passed to process_start() with any
246 * leading directories stripped). */
248 process_name(const struct process *p)
253 /* Returns true if process 'p' has exited, false otherwise. */
255 process_exited(struct process *p)
260 /* Returns process 'p''s exit status, as reported by waitpid(2).
261 * process_status(p) may be called only after process_exited(p) has returned
264 process_status(const struct process *p)
266 ovs_assert(p->exited);
270 /* Given 'status', which is a process status in the form reported by waitpid(2)
271 * and returned by process_status(), returns a string describing how the
272 * process terminated. The caller is responsible for freeing the string when
273 * it is no longer needed. */
275 process_status_msg(int status)
277 struct ds ds = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
278 if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
279 ds_put_format(&ds, "exit status %d", WEXITSTATUS(status));
280 } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
281 char namebuf[SIGNAL_NAME_BUFSIZE];
283 ds_put_format(&ds, "killed (%s)",
284 signal_name(WTERMSIG(status), namebuf, sizeof namebuf));
285 } else if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
286 char namebuf[SIGNAL_NAME_BUFSIZE];
288 ds_put_format(&ds, "stopped (%s)",
289 signal_name(WSTOPSIG(status), namebuf, sizeof namebuf));
291 ds_put_format(&ds, "terminated abnormally (%x)", status);
293 if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
294 ds_put_cstr(&ds, ", core dumped");
299 /* Executes periodic maintenance activities required by the process module. */
303 char buf[_POSIX_PIPE_BUF];
305 if (!list_is_empty(&all_processes) && read(fds[0], buf, sizeof buf) > 0) {
308 LIST_FOR_EACH (p, node, &all_processes) {
312 retval = waitpid(p->pid, &status, WNOHANG);
313 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
314 if (retval == p->pid) {
317 } else if (retval < 0) {
318 VLOG_WARN("waitpid: %s", ovs_strerror(errno));
328 /* Causes the next call to poll_block() to wake up when process 'p' has
331 process_wait(struct process *p)
334 poll_immediate_wake();
336 poll_fd_wait(fds[0], POLLIN);
341 process_search_path(const char *name)
343 char *save_ptr = NULL;
347 if (strchr(name, '/') || !getenv("PATH")) {
348 return stat(name, &s) == 0 ? xstrdup(name) : NULL;
351 path = xstrdup(getenv("PATH"));
352 for (dir = strtok_r(path, ":", &save_ptr); dir;
353 dir = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &save_ptr)) {
354 char *file = xasprintf("%s/%s", dir, name);
355 if (stat(file, &s) == 0) {
366 sigchld_handler(int signr OVS_UNUSED)
368 ignore(write(fds[1], "", 1));