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25 #include <sys/resource.h>
29 #include "command-line.h"
30 #include "fatal-signal.h"
34 #include "socket-util.h"
39 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(daemon);
41 /* --detach: Should we run in the background? */
44 /* --pidfile: Name of pidfile (null if none). */
47 /* Device and inode of pidfile, so we can avoid reopening it. */
48 static dev_t pidfile_dev;
49 static ino_t pidfile_ino;
51 /* --overwrite-pidfile: Create pidfile even if one already exists and is
53 static bool overwrite_pidfile;
55 /* --no-chdir: Should we chdir to "/"? */
56 static bool chdir_ = true;
58 /* File descriptor used by daemonize_start() and daemonize_complete(). */
59 static int daemonize_fd = -1;
61 /* --monitor: Should a supervisory process monitor the daemon and restart it if
62 * it dies due to an error signal? */
65 /* For each of the standard file descriptors, whether to replace it by
66 * /dev/null (if false) or keep it for the daemon to use (if true). */
67 static bool save_fds[3];
69 static void check_already_running(void);
70 static int lock_pidfile(FILE *, int command);
72 /* Returns the file name that would be used for a pidfile if 'name' were
73 * provided to set_pidfile(). The caller must free the returned string. */
75 make_pidfile_name(const char *name)
78 ? xasprintf("%s/%s.pid", ovs_rundir(), program_name)
79 : abs_file_name(ovs_rundir(), name));
82 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to create a pidfile named 'name'.
83 * If 'name' begins with '/', then it is treated as an absolute path.
84 * Otherwise, it is taken relative to RUNDIR, which is $(prefix)/var/run by
87 * If 'name' is null, then program_name followed by ".pid" is used. */
89 set_pidfile(const char *name)
92 pidfile = make_pidfile_name(name);
95 /* Returns an absolute path to the configured pidfile, or a null pointer if no
96 * pidfile is configured. The caller must not modify or free the returned
104 /* Sets that we do not chdir to "/". */
111 /* Will we chdir to "/" as part of daemonizing? */
113 is_chdir_enabled(void)
118 /* Normally, daemonize() or damonize_start() will terminate the program with a
119 * message if a locked pidfile already exists. If this function is called, an
120 * existing pidfile will be replaced, with a warning. */
122 ignore_existing_pidfile(void)
124 overwrite_pidfile = true;
127 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to detach from the foreground
128 * session, running this process in the background. */
135 /* Will daemonize() really detach? */
142 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to fork a supervisory process to
143 * monitor the daemon and restart it if it dies due to an error signal. */
145 daemon_set_monitor(void)
150 /* A daemon doesn't normally have any use for the file descriptors for stdin,
151 * stdout, and stderr after it detaches. To keep these file descriptors from
152 * e.g. holding an SSH session open, by default detaching replaces each of
153 * these file descriptors by /dev/null. But a few daemons expect the user to
154 * redirect stdout or stderr to a file, in which case it is desirable to keep
155 * these file descriptors. This function, therefore, disables replacing 'fd'
156 * by /dev/null when the daemon detaches. */
158 daemon_save_fd(int fd)
160 assert(fd == STDIN_FILENO || fd == STDOUT_FILENO || fd == STDERR_FILENO);
164 /* If a pidfile has been configured, creates it and stores the running
165 * process's pid in it. Ensures that the pidfile will be deleted when the
170 long int pid = getpid();
176 /* Create a temporary pidfile. */
177 tmpfile = xasprintf("%s.tmp%ld", pidfile, pid);
178 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(tmpfile);
179 file = fopen(tmpfile, "w+");
181 VLOG_FATAL("%s: create failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
184 if (fstat(fileno(file), &s) == -1) {
185 VLOG_FATAL("%s: fstat failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
188 fprintf(file, "%ld\n", pid);
189 if (fflush(file) == EOF) {
190 VLOG_FATAL("%s: write failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
193 error = lock_pidfile(file, F_SETLK);
195 VLOG_FATAL("%s: fcntl(F_SETLK) failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(error));
198 /* Rename or link it to the correct name. */
199 if (overwrite_pidfile) {
200 if (rename(tmpfile, pidfile) < 0) {
201 VLOG_FATAL("failed to rename \"%s\" to \"%s\" (%s)",
202 tmpfile, pidfile, strerror(errno));
206 error = link(tmpfile, pidfile) == -1 ? errno : 0;
207 if (error == EEXIST) {
208 check_already_running();
210 } while (error == EINTR || error == EEXIST);
212 VLOG_FATAL("failed to link \"%s\" as \"%s\" (%s)",
213 tmpfile, pidfile, strerror(error));
217 /* Ensure that the pidfile will get deleted on exit. */
218 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(pidfile);
220 /* Delete the temporary pidfile if it still exists. */
221 if (!overwrite_pidfile) {
222 error = fatal_signal_unlink_file_now(tmpfile);
224 VLOG_FATAL("%s: unlink failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(error));
230 * We don't close 'file' because its file descriptor must remain open to
232 pidfile_dev = s.st_dev;
233 pidfile_ino = s.st_ino;
239 /* If configured with set_pidfile() or set_detach(), creates the pid file and
240 * detaches from the foreground session. */
245 daemonize_complete();
249 fork_and_wait_for_startup(int *fdp)
258 /* Running in parent process. */
264 if (read_fully(fds[0], &c, 1, &bytes_read) != 0) {
269 retval = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
270 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
273 if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
274 /* Child exited with an error. Convey the same error
275 * to our parent process as a courtesy. */
276 exit(WEXITSTATUS(status));
278 char *status_msg = process_status_msg(status);
279 VLOG_FATAL("fork child died before signaling startup (%s)",
282 } else if (retval < 0) {
283 VLOG_FATAL("waitpid failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
291 /* Running in child process. */
297 VLOG_FATAL("fork failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
304 fork_notify_startup(int fd)
307 size_t bytes_written;
310 error = write_fully(fd, "", 1, &bytes_written);
312 VLOG_FATAL("pipe write failed (%s)", strerror(error));
320 should_restart(int status)
322 if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
323 static const int error_signals[] = {
324 SIGABRT, SIGALRM, SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGPIPE, SIGSEGV,
330 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error_signals); i++) {
331 if (error_signals[i] == WTERMSIG(status)) {
340 monitor_daemon(pid_t daemon_pid)
342 /* XXX Should log daemon's stderr output at startup time. */
343 const char *saved_program_name;
348 saved_program_name = program_name;
349 program_name = xasprintf("monitor(%s)", program_name);
350 status_msg = xstrdup("healthy");
351 last_restart = TIME_MIN;
357 proctitle_set("%s: monitoring pid %lu (%s)",
358 saved_program_name, (unsigned long int) daemon_pid,
362 retval = waitpid(daemon_pid, &status, 0);
363 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
366 VLOG_FATAL("waitpid failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
367 } else if (retval == daemon_pid) {
368 char *s = process_status_msg(status);
369 if (should_restart(status)) {
371 status_msg = xasprintf("%d crashes: pid %lu died, %s",
373 (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
376 if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
377 /* Disable further core dumps to save disk space. */
382 if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &r) == -1) {
383 VLOG_WARN("failed to disable core dumps: %s",
388 /* Throttle restarts to no more than once every 10 seconds. */
389 if (time(NULL) < last_restart + 10) {
390 VLOG_WARN("%s, waiting until 10 seconds since last "
391 "restart", status_msg);
393 time_t now = time(NULL);
394 time_t wakeup = last_restart + 10;
401 last_restart = time(NULL);
403 VLOG_ERR("%s, restarting", status_msg);
404 daemon_pid = fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd);
409 VLOG_INFO("pid %lu died, %s, exiting",
410 (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
418 /* Running in new daemon process. */
420 free((char *) program_name);
421 program_name = saved_program_name;
424 /* Close standard file descriptors (except any that the client has requested we
425 * leave open by calling daemon_save_fd()). If we're started from e.g. an SSH
426 * session, then this keeps us from holding that session open artificially. */
428 close_standard_fds(void)
430 int null_fd = get_null_fd();
434 for (fd = 0; fd < 3; fd++) {
441 /* Disable logging to stderr to avoid wasting CPU time. */
442 vlog_set_levels(NULL, VLF_CONSOLE, VLL_OFF);
445 /* If daemonization is configured, then starts daemonization, by forking and
446 * returning in the child process. The parent process hangs around until the
447 * child lets it know either that it completed startup successfully (by calling
448 * daemon_complete()) or that it failed to start up (by exiting with a nonzero
451 daemonize_start(void)
456 if (fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd) > 0) {
457 /* Running in parent process. */
460 /* Running in daemon or monitor process. */
464 int saved_daemonize_fd = daemonize_fd;
467 daemon_pid = fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd);
468 if (daemon_pid > 0) {
469 /* Running in monitor process. */
470 fork_notify_startup(saved_daemonize_fd);
471 close_standard_fds();
472 monitor_daemon(daemon_pid);
474 /* Running in daemon process. */
481 /* Make sure that the unixctl commands for vlog get registered in a
482 * daemon, even before the first log message. */
486 /* If daemonization is configured, then this function notifies the parent
487 * process that the child process has completed startup successfully.
489 * Calling this function more than once has no additional effect. */
491 daemonize_complete(void)
493 fork_notify_startup(daemonize_fd);
501 close_standard_fds();
510 "\nDaemon options:\n"
511 " --detach run in background as daemon\n"
512 " --no-chdir do not chdir to '/'\n"
513 " --pidfile[=FILE] create pidfile (default: %s/%s.pid)\n"
514 " --overwrite-pidfile with --pidfile, start even if already "
516 ovs_rundir(), program_name);
520 lock_pidfile__(FILE *file, int command, struct flock *lck)
524 lck->l_type = F_WRLCK;
525 lck->l_whence = SEEK_SET;
531 error = fcntl(fileno(file), command, lck) == -1 ? errno : 0;
532 } while (error == EINTR);
537 lock_pidfile(FILE *file, int command)
541 return lock_pidfile__(file, command, &lck);
545 read_pidfile__(const char *pidfile, bool delete_if_stale)
553 if ((pidfile_ino || pidfile_dev)
554 && !stat(pidfile, &s)
555 && s.st_ino == pidfile_ino && s.st_dev == pidfile_dev) {
556 /* It's our own pidfile. We can't afford to open it, because closing
557 * *any* fd for a file that a process has locked also releases all the
558 * locks on that file.
560 * Fortunately, we know the associated pid anyhow: */
564 file = fopen(pidfile, "r+");
566 if (errno == ENOENT && delete_if_stale) {
570 VLOG_WARN("%s: open: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
574 error = lock_pidfile__(file, F_GETLK, &lck);
576 VLOG_WARN("%s: fcntl: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
579 if (lck.l_type == F_UNLCK) {
580 /* pidfile exists but it isn't locked by anyone. We need to delete it
581 * so that a new pidfile can go in its place. But just calling
582 * unlink(pidfile) makes a nasty race: what if someone else unlinks it
583 * before we do and then replaces it by a valid pidfile? We'd unlink
584 * their valid pidfile. We do a little dance to avoid the race, by
585 * locking the invalid pidfile. Only one process can have the invalid
586 * pidfile locked, and only that process has the right to unlink it. */
587 if (!delete_if_stale) {
589 VLOG_DBG("%s: pid file is stale", pidfile);
594 error = lock_pidfile(file, F_SETLK);
596 /* We lost a race with someone else doing the same thing. */
597 VLOG_WARN("%s: lost race to lock pidfile", pidfile);
601 /* Is the file we have locked still named 'pidfile'? */
602 if (stat(pidfile, &s) || fstat(fileno(file), &s2)
603 || s.st_ino != s2.st_ino || s.st_dev != s2.st_dev) {
604 /* No. We lost a race with someone else who got the lock before
605 * us, deleted the pidfile, and closed it (releasing the lock). */
607 VLOG_WARN("%s: lost race to delete pidfile", pidfile);
611 /* We won the right to delete the stale pidfile. */
612 if (unlink(pidfile)) {
614 VLOG_WARN("%s: failed to delete stale pidfile (%s)",
615 pidfile, strerror(error));
618 VLOG_DBG("%s: deleted stale pidfile", pidfile);
623 if (!fgets(line, sizeof line, file)) {
626 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
629 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: unexpected end of file", pidfile);
634 if (lck.l_pid != strtoul(line, NULL, 10)) {
635 /* The process that has the pidfile locked is not the process that
636 * created it. It must be stale, with the process that has it locked
637 * preparing to delete it. */
639 VLOG_WARN("%s: stale pidfile for pid %s being deleted by pid %ld",
640 pidfile, line, (long int) lck.l_pid);
654 /* Opens and reads a PID from 'pidfile'. Returns the positive PID if
655 * successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
657 read_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
659 return read_pidfile__(pidfile, false);
662 /* Checks whether a process with the given 'pidfile' is already running and,
663 * if so, aborts. If 'pidfile' is stale, deletes it. */
665 check_already_running(void)
667 long int pid = read_pidfile__(pidfile, true);
669 VLOG_FATAL("%s: already running as pid %ld, aborting", pidfile, pid);
670 } else if (pid < 0) {
671 VLOG_FATAL("%s: pidfile check failed (%s), aborting",
672 pidfile, strerror(-pid));