" -f, --force with -P, start even if already running\n",
ofp_rundir, program_name);
}
+
+/* Opens and reads a PID from 'pidfile'. Returns the nonnegative PID if
+ * successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
+pid_t
+read_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
+{
+ char line[128];
+ struct flock lck;
+ FILE *file;
+ int error;
+
+ file = fopen(pidfile, "r");
+ if (!file) {
+ error = errno;
+ VLOG_WARN("%s: open: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ lck.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+ lck.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+ lck.l_start = 0;
+ lck.l_len = 0;
+ if (fcntl(fileno(file), F_GETLK, &lck)) {
+ error = errno;
+ VLOG_WARN("%s: fcntl: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (!fgets(line, sizeof line, file)) {
+ error = errno;
+ VLOG_WARN("%s: read: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (lck.l_pid != strtoul(line, NULL, 10)) {
+ error = ESRCH;
+ VLOG_WARN("l_pid (%ld) != %s pid (%s)",
+ (long int) lck.l_pid, pidfile, line);
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ fclose(file);
+ return lck.l_pid;
+
+error:
+ fclose(file);
+ return -error;
+}