libassa-3.5-5-dev 3.5.1-6build1 / usr / include / assa-3.5 / assa / Fork.h

// -*- c++ -*-
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//                             Fork.h
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Copyright (C) 1997-2002,2005  Vladislav Grinchenko
//
//  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
//  modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
//  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
//  version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef IS_FORK_H
#define IS_FORK_H

#include <unistd.h>		// fork
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>

#ifndef WIN32
#    include <sys/wait.h>
#endif

#include <list>
using std::list;

/* Sun Solaris 2.6 has wait4(3C) function definition missing
 * from its header files. The function, however, is in the
 * standard library. Testing this scenario would require
 * writing custom m4 macro.
 */
#if defined(__sun)
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
extern "C" pid_t
wait4(pid_t pid, int *statusp, int options, struct rusage *rusage);
#endif


#include "assa/Assure.h"
#include "assa/Singleton.h"
#include "assa/EventHandler.h"
#include "assa/SigHandler.h"
#include "assa/SigAction.h"

namespace ASSA {

/** @file Fork.h

    @brief A simple wrapper around fork() library function call.
*/

/** @class ChildStatusHandler

    @brief A helper class of Fork
*/
class ChildStatusHandler : public EventHandler
{
public:
	ChildStatusHandler ()
		: m_exit_status (-1), m_caught (false) { /* no-op */ }

	int handle_signal (int signum_);

	/** @return -1 if failed on wait(); otherwise an exit status of
		the child process as returned by either RETURN or EXIT
	*/
	int exit_status () const { return m_exit_status; }

	/** @return true if the signal has been caught; false otherwise
	 */
	bool caught () const { return m_caught; }

private:
	int m_exit_status;
	bool m_caught;
};

/** @class Fork

    @brief Fork class is a simple wrapper around C library function fork().
           Main advantage of using Fork over fork() is that child termination
           process is handles internally by Fork class static destructor.
*/
class Fork {
public:
	/** @enum state_t
	   Child completion states.
	*/
	enum state_t {
		KILL_ON_EXIT,			/**< Kill all childer on exit */
		WAIT_ON_EXIT,			/**< Wait for all children to exit */
		LEAVE_ALONE				/**< Ignore all running children on exit */
	};

	/** @enum wait4status_t
	 */
	enum wait4status_t {
		IGNORE_STATUS,			/**< Don't wait for child to complete */
		COLLECT_STATUS			/**< Wait for child to complete and collect its
								   exit status */
	};

#if !defined(WIN32)
	/**
	 *  Fork the current process in two immediately.
	 *
	 *  @param exit_action_  Specify (default=WAIT_ON_EXIT) whether to wait
	 *                       for the child to finish or kill it with SIGTERM
	 *                       on process exit.
	 *
	 *  @param catch_status_ If true (default=COLLECT_STATUS), pause for the
	 *                       child to exit and collect its exit status.
	 */
	Fork (state_t exit_action_ = WAIT_ON_EXIT,
		  wait4status_t catch_status_ = COLLECT_STATUS);

	/**
	 *  Destructor. Doesn't really do anything. All children
	 *  will be terminated according to state set when
	 *  process terminates.
	 */
	~Fork() { trace_with_mask("Fork::~Fork",FORK); }

	/**
	 *  Test whether we are in parent section of the code.
	 *  @return true if it is parent code, false otherwise
	 */
	bool isParent() const { return m_pid ? true : false; }

	/**
	 *  Test whether we are in child section of the code.
	 *  @return true if it is parent code, false otherwise
	 */
	bool isChild() const { return !m_pid ? true : false; }

	/**
	 *  Retrieve child process id.
	 *  @return child pid
	 */
	pid_t getChildPID() const {
		trace_with_mask("Fork::getChildPID",FORK);
		return m_pid;
	}

	/**
	 *  Retrieve exit status of a child process if the constructor's
	 *  parameter catch_status_ was set to TRUE.
	 */
	int get_exit_status () const { return m_chstath.exit_status (); }

#endif // !defined(WIN32)

	/**
	 *  Execute an external command.
	 *  Conveniently wraps fork()/execvp()/wait() sequence of calls.
	 *
	 *  @param cmd_                  Command to execute.
	 *  @param args_                 Command arguments as one string.
	 *  @param wait_for_completion_  If set to true, blocks until child exits;
	 *                               false otherwise.
	 *  @param ignore_output_        Discard child's output to stdout/stderr.
	 *
	 *  @return If wait_for_completion_ is false, returns child PID;
	 *          If wait_for_completion_ is true, returns command exit status:
	 *          0 returned means that command succeeded; 1 that it failed;
	 *          -1 that wait(2) failed (where it shouldn't).
	 */
	static int fork_exec (const string& cmd_,
						  const string& args_,
						  wait4status_t wait_for_completion_,
		                  bool ignore_output_ = false);

#if !defined(WIN32)
private:
	/// Child pid
	pid_t m_pid;

	/// Local signal handler
	SigHandler m_local_sh;

	/// Handler to catch Child's status
	ChildStatusHandler m_chstath;

	/// Old signal disposition
	SigAction m_old_disp;

#endif // !defined(WIN32)

};

/**  forknode_t class.
*/
class fnode_t {
public:
	/// Constructor.
	fnode_t (pid_t pid_, Fork::state_t state_)
		: m_pid(pid_), m_state(state_)
		{
			trace_with_mask("fnode_t::fnode_t",FORK);
		}

	/// Retrieve child pid
	pid_t getPID() const
		{
			trace_with_mask("fnode_t::getPID",FORK);
			return m_pid;
		}

	/// Retrieve kill flag
	bool needKill() const
		{
			trace_with_mask("fnode_t::needKill",FORK);
			return  m_state == Fork::KILL_ON_EXIT ? true : false;
		}
private:
	/// Child pid
	pid_t m_pid;

	/// Child state {kill, wait}
	Fork::state_t m_state;
};

/** ForkList is a singleton class that keeps a list of all forked
 *  children. Its task is on process exit, for each child forked,
 *  either terminate it with SIGTERM or wait for its exit. In any case,
 *  child's exit status is collected thus avoiding zombie processes.
*/

class ForkList : public Singleton < ForkList >
{
public:
	/// Constructor
	ForkList () { trace_with_mask("ForkList::ForkList",FORK); }

	/// Destructor. Wipe out childer based on their state.
	~ForkList();

	/// List of children's data structures
	list< fnode_t* > m_list;
};

} // end namespace ASSA

#endif // IS_FORK_H