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24 #include "fatal-signal.h"
30 #define THIS_MODULE VLM_daemon
33 /* Should we run in the background? */
36 /* Name of pidfile (null if none). */
39 /* Create pidfile even if one already exists and is locked? */
40 static bool overwrite_pidfile;
42 /* Should we chdir to "/". */
43 static bool chdir_ = true;
45 /* Returns the file name that would be used for a pidfile if 'name' were
46 * provided to set_pidfile(). The caller must free the returned string. */
48 make_pidfile_name(const char *name)
50 return (!name ? xasprintf("%s/%s.pid", ovs_rundir, program_name)
51 : *name == '/' ? xstrdup(name)
52 : xasprintf("%s/%s", ovs_rundir, name));
55 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to create a pidfile named 'name'.
56 * If 'name' begins with '/', then it is treated as an absolute path.
57 * Otherwise, it is taken relative to RUNDIR, which is $(prefix)/var/run by
60 * If 'name' is null, then program_name followed by ".pid" is used. */
62 set_pidfile(const char *name)
65 pidfile = make_pidfile_name(name);
68 /* Returns an absolute path to the configured pidfile, or a null pointer if no
69 * pidfile is configured. The caller must not modify or free the returned
77 /* Sets that we do not chdir to "/". */
84 /* Normally, die_if_already_running() will terminate the program with a message
85 * if a locked pidfile already exists. If this function is called,
86 * die_if_already_running() will merely log a warning. */
88 ignore_existing_pidfile(void)
90 overwrite_pidfile = true;
93 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to detach from the foreground
94 * session, running this process in the background. */
101 /* If a pidfile has been configured and that pidfile already exists and is
102 * locked by a running process, returns the pid of the running process.
103 * Otherwise, returns 0. */
105 already_running(void)
109 int fd = open(pidfile, O_RDWR);
112 lck.l_type = F_WRLCK;
113 lck.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
116 if (fcntl(fd, F_GETLK, &lck) != -1 && lck.l_type != F_UNLCK) {
125 /* If a locked pidfile exists, issue a warning message and, unless
126 * ignore_existing_pidfile() has been called, terminate the program. */
128 die_if_already_running(void)
130 pid_t pid = already_running();
132 if (!overwrite_pidfile) {
133 ovs_fatal(0, "%s: already running as pid %ld",
134 get_pidfile(), (long int) pid);
136 VLOG_WARN("%s: %s already running as pid %ld",
137 get_pidfile(), program_name, (long int) pid);
142 /* If a pidfile has been configured, creates it and stores the running process'
143 * pid init. Ensures that the pidfile will be deleted when the process
149 /* Create pidfile via temporary file, so that observers never see an
150 * empty pidfile or an unlocked pidfile. */
151 long int pid = getpid();
155 tmpfile = xasprintf("%s.tmp%ld", pidfile, pid);
156 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(tmpfile);
157 fd = open(tmpfile, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0666);
160 lck.l_type = F_WRLCK;
161 lck.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
164 if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &lck) != -1) {
165 char *text = xasprintf("%ld\n", pid);
166 if (write(fd, text, strlen(text)) == strlen(text)) {
167 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(pidfile);
168 if (rename(tmpfile, pidfile) < 0) {
169 VLOG_ERR("failed to rename \"%s\" to \"%s\": %s",
170 tmpfile, pidfile, strerror(errno));
171 fatal_signal_remove_file_to_unlink(pidfile);
174 /* Keep 'fd' open to retain the lock. */
178 VLOG_ERR("%s: write failed: %s", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
182 VLOG_ERR("%s: fcntl failed: %s", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
186 VLOG_ERR("%s: create failed: %s", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
188 fatal_signal_remove_file_to_unlink(tmpfile);
195 /* If configured with set_pidfile() or set_detach(), creates the pid file and
196 * detaches from the foreground session. */
204 ovs_fatal(errno, "pipe failed");
209 /* Parent process: wait for child to create pidfile, then exit. */
212 if (read(fds[0], &c, 1) != 1) {
213 ovs_fatal(errno, "daemon child failed to signal startup");
221 write(fds[1], &c, 1);
233 ovs_fatal(errno, "could not fork");
245 "\nDaemon options:\n"
246 " --detach run in background as daemon\n"
247 " --no-chdir do not chdir to '/'\n"
248 " --pidfile[=FILE] create pidfile (default: %s/%s.pid)\n"
249 " --overwrite-pidfile with --pidfile, start even if already "
251 ovs_rundir, program_name);
254 /* Opens and reads a PID from 'pidfile'. Returns the nonnegative PID if
255 * successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
257 read_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
264 file = fopen(pidfile, "r");
267 VLOG_WARN("%s: open: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
271 lck.l_type = F_WRLCK;
272 lck.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
275 if (fcntl(fileno(file), F_GETLK, &lck)) {
277 VLOG_WARN("%s: fcntl: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
280 if (lck.l_type == F_UNLCK) {
282 VLOG_WARN("%s: pid file is not locked", pidfile);
286 if (!fgets(line, sizeof line, file)) {
289 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
292 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: unexpected end of file", pidfile);
297 if (lck.l_pid != strtoul(line, NULL, 10)) {
299 VLOG_WARN("l_pid (%ld) != %s pid (%s)",
300 (long int) lck.l_pid, pidfile, line);