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15 */
16
17 #include <config.h>
18 #include "process.h"
19 #include <errno.h>
20 #include <fcntl.h>
21 #include <signal.h>
22 #include <stdlib.h>
23 #include <string.h>
24 #include <sys/stat.h>
25 #include <sys/wait.h>
26 #include <unistd.h>
27 #include "coverage.h"
28 #include "dynamic-string.h"
29 #include "fatal-signal.h"
30 #include "list.h"
31 #include "poll-loop.h"
32 #include "signals.h"
33 #include "socket-util.h"
34 #include "util.h"
35 #include "vlog.h"
36
37 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(process);
38
39 COVERAGE_DEFINE(process_sigchld);
40 COVERAGE_DEFINE(process_start);
41
42 struct process {
43 struct list node;
44 char *name;
45 pid_t pid;
46
47 /* State. */
48 bool exited;
49 int status;
50 };
51
52 /* Pipe used to signal child termination. */
53 static int fds[2];
54
55 /* All processes. */
56 static struct list all_processes = LIST_INITIALIZER(&all_processes);
57
58 static void sigchld_handler(int signr OVS_UNUSED);
59
60 /* Initializes the process subsystem (if it is not already initialized). Calls
61 * exit() if initialization fails.
62 *
63 * Calling this function is optional; it will be called automatically by
64 * process_start() if necessary. Calling it explicitly allows the client to
65 * prevent the process from exiting at an unexpected time. */
66 void
67 process_init(void)
68 {
69 static bool inited;
70 struct sigaction sa;
71
72 if (inited) {
73 return;
74 }
75 inited = true;
76
77 /* Create notification pipe. */
78 xpipe_nonblocking(fds);
79
80 /* Set up child termination signal handler. */
81 memset(&sa, 0, sizeof sa);
82 sa.sa_handler = sigchld_handler;
83 sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
84 sa.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP | SA_RESTART;
85 xsigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, NULL);
86 }
87
88 char *
89 process_escape_args(char **argv)
90 {
91 struct ds ds = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
92 char **argp;
93 for (argp = argv; *argp; argp++) {
94 const char *arg = *argp;
95 const char *p;
96 if (argp != argv) {
97 ds_put_char(&ds, ' ');
98 }
99 if (arg[strcspn(arg, " \t\r\n\v\\\'\"")]) {
100 ds_put_char(&ds, '"');
101 for (p = arg; *p; p++) {
102 if (*p == '\\' || *p == '\"') {
103 ds_put_char(&ds, '\\');
104 }
105 ds_put_char(&ds, *p);
106 }
107 ds_put_char(&ds, '"');
108 } else {
109 ds_put_cstr(&ds, arg);
110 }
111 }
112 return ds_cstr(&ds);
113 }
114
115 /* Prepare to start a process whose command-line arguments are given by the
116 * null-terminated 'argv' array. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a
117 * positive errno value. */
118 static int
119 process_prestart(char **argv)
120 {
121 char *binary;
122
123 process_init();
124
125 /* Log the process to be started. */
126 if (VLOG_IS_DBG_ENABLED()) {
127 char *args = process_escape_args(argv);
128 VLOG_DBG("starting subprocess: %s", args);
129 free(args);
130 }
131
132 /* execvp() will search PATH too, but the error in that case is more
133 * obscure, since it is only reported post-fork. */
134 binary = process_search_path(argv[0]);
135 if (!binary) {
136 VLOG_ERR("%s not found in PATH", argv[0]);
137 return ENOENT;
138 }
139 free(binary);
140
141 return 0;
142 }
143
144 /* Creates and returns a new struct process with the specified 'name' and
145 * 'pid'. */
146 static struct process *
147 process_register(const char *name, pid_t pid)
148 {
149 struct process *p;
150 const char *slash;
151
152 p = xzalloc(sizeof *p);
153 p->pid = pid;
154 slash = strrchr(name, '/');
155 p->name = xstrdup(slash ? slash + 1 : name);
156 p->exited = false;
157
158 list_push_back(&all_processes, &p->node);
159
160 return p;
161 }
162
163 /* Starts a subprocess with the arguments in the null-terminated argv[] array.
164 * argv[0] is used as the name of the process. Searches the PATH environment
165 * variable to find the program to execute.
166 *
167 * All file descriptors are closed before executing the subprocess, except for
168 * fds 0, 1, and 2.
169 *
170 * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value indicating the
171 * error. If successful, '*pp' is assigned a new struct process that may be
172 * used to query the process's status. On failure, '*pp' is set to NULL. */
173 int
174 process_start(char **argv, struct process **pp)
175 {
176 pid_t pid;
177 int error;
178
179 *pp = NULL;
180 COVERAGE_INC(process_start);
181 error = process_prestart(argv);
182 if (error) {
183 return error;
184 }
185
186 pid = fork();
187 if (pid < 0) {
188 VLOG_WARN("fork failed: %s", strerror(errno));
189 return errno;
190 } else if (pid) {
191 /* Running in parent process. */
192 *pp = process_register(argv[0], pid);
193 return 0;
194 } else {
195 /* Running in child process. */
196 int fd_max = get_max_fds();
197 int fd;
198
199 fatal_signal_fork();
200 for (fd = 3; fd < fd_max; fd++) {
201 close(fd);
202 }
203 execvp(argv[0], argv);
204 fprintf(stderr, "execvp(\"%s\") failed: %s\n",
205 argv[0], strerror(errno));
206 _exit(1);
207 }
208 }
209
210 /* Destroys process 'p'. */
211 void
212 process_destroy(struct process *p)
213 {
214 if (p) {
215 list_remove(&p->node);
216 free(p->name);
217 free(p);
218 }
219 }
220
221 /* Sends signal 'signr' to process 'p'. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a
222 * positive errno value. */
223 int
224 process_kill(const struct process *p, int signr)
225 {
226 return (p->exited ? ESRCH
227 : !kill(p->pid, signr) ? 0
228 : errno);
229 }
230
231 /* Returns the pid of process 'p'. */
232 pid_t
233 process_pid(const struct process *p)
234 {
235 return p->pid;
236 }
237
238 /* Returns the name of process 'p' (the name passed to process_start() with any
239 * leading directories stripped). */
240 const char *
241 process_name(const struct process *p)
242 {
243 return p->name;
244 }
245
246 /* Returns true if process 'p' has exited, false otherwise. */
247 bool
248 process_exited(struct process *p)
249 {
250 return p->exited;
251 }
252
253 /* Returns process 'p''s exit status, as reported by waitpid(2).
254 * process_status(p) may be called only after process_exited(p) has returned
255 * true. */
256 int
257 process_status(const struct process *p)
258 {
259 ovs_assert(p->exited);
260 return p->status;
261 }
262
263 /* Given 'status', which is a process status in the form reported by waitpid(2)
264 * and returned by process_status(), returns a string describing how the
265 * process terminated. The caller is responsible for freeing the string when
266 * it is no longer needed. */
267 char *
268 process_status_msg(int status)
269 {
270 struct ds ds = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
271 if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
272 ds_put_format(&ds, "exit status %d", WEXITSTATUS(status));
273 } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
274 char namebuf[SIGNAL_NAME_BUFSIZE];
275
276 ds_put_format(&ds, "killed (%s)",
277 signal_name(WTERMSIG(status), namebuf, sizeof namebuf));
278 } else if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
279 char namebuf[SIGNAL_NAME_BUFSIZE];
280
281 ds_put_format(&ds, "stopped (%s)",
282 signal_name(WSTOPSIG(status), namebuf, sizeof namebuf));
283 } else {
284 ds_put_format(&ds, "terminated abnormally (%x)", status);
285 }
286 if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
287 ds_put_cstr(&ds, ", core dumped");
288 }
289 return ds_cstr(&ds);
290 }
291
292 /* Executes periodic maintenance activities required by the process module. */
293 void
294 process_run(void)
295 {
296 char buf[_POSIX_PIPE_BUF];
297
298 if (!list_is_empty(&all_processes) && read(fds[0], buf, sizeof buf) > 0) {
299 struct process *p;
300
301 LIST_FOR_EACH (p, node, &all_processes) {
302 if (!p->exited) {
303 int retval, status;
304 do {
305 retval = waitpid(p->pid, &status, WNOHANG);
306 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
307 if (retval == p->pid) {
308 p->exited = true;
309 p->status = status;
310 } else if (retval < 0) {
311 VLOG_WARN("waitpid: %s", strerror(errno));
312 p->exited = true;
313 p->status = -1;
314 }
315 }
316 }
317 }
318 }
319
320
321 /* Causes the next call to poll_block() to wake up when process 'p' has
322 * exited. */
323 void
324 process_wait(struct process *p)
325 {
326 if (p->exited) {
327 poll_immediate_wake();
328 } else {
329 poll_fd_wait(fds[0], POLLIN);
330 }
331 }
332
333 char *
334 process_search_path(const char *name)
335 {
336 char *save_ptr = NULL;
337 char *path, *dir;
338 struct stat s;
339
340 if (strchr(name, '/') || !getenv("PATH")) {
341 return stat(name, &s) == 0 ? xstrdup(name) : NULL;
342 }
343
344 path = xstrdup(getenv("PATH"));
345 for (dir = strtok_r(path, ":", &save_ptr); dir;
346 dir = strtok_r(NULL, ":", &save_ptr)) {
347 char *file = xasprintf("%s/%s", dir, name);
348 if (stat(file, &s) == 0) {
349 free(path);
350 return file;
351 }
352 free(file);
353 }
354 free(path);
355 return NULL;
356 }
357 \f
358 static void
359 sigchld_handler(int signr OVS_UNUSED)
360 {
361 ignore(write(fds[1], "", 1));
362 }