2 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks.
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
24 #include <sys/resource.h>
28 #include "command-line.h"
29 #include "fatal-signal.h"
33 #include "socket-util.h"
38 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(daemon);
40 /* --detach: Should we run in the background? */
43 /* --pidfile: Name of pidfile (null if none). */
46 /* Device and inode of pidfile, so we can avoid reopening it. */
47 static dev_t pidfile_dev;
48 static ino_t pidfile_ino;
50 /* --overwrite-pidfile: Create pidfile even if one already exists and is
52 static bool overwrite_pidfile;
54 /* --no-chdir: Should we chdir to "/"? */
55 static bool chdir_ = true;
57 /* File descriptor used by daemonize_start() and daemonize_complete(). */
58 static int daemonize_fd = -1;
60 /* --monitor: Should a supervisory process monitor the daemon and restart it if
61 * it dies due to an error signal? */
64 static void check_already_running(void);
65 static int lock_pidfile(FILE *, int command);
67 /* Returns the file name that would be used for a pidfile if 'name' were
68 * provided to set_pidfile(). The caller must free the returned string. */
70 make_pidfile_name(const char *name)
73 ? xasprintf("%s/%s.pid", ovs_rundir(), program_name)
74 : abs_file_name(ovs_rundir(), name));
77 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to create a pidfile named 'name'.
78 * If 'name' begins with '/', then it is treated as an absolute path.
79 * Otherwise, it is taken relative to RUNDIR, which is $(prefix)/var/run by
82 * If 'name' is null, then program_name followed by ".pid" is used. */
84 set_pidfile(const char *name)
87 pidfile = make_pidfile_name(name);
90 /* Returns an absolute path to the configured pidfile, or a null pointer if no
91 * pidfile is configured. The caller must not modify or free the returned
99 /* Sets that we do not chdir to "/". */
106 /* Will we chdir to "/" as part of daemonizing? */
108 is_chdir_enabled(void)
113 /* Normally, daemonize() or damonize_start() will terminate the program with a
114 * message if a locked pidfile already exists. If this function is called, an
115 * existing pidfile will be replaced, with a warning. */
117 ignore_existing_pidfile(void)
119 overwrite_pidfile = true;
122 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to detach from the foreground
123 * session, running this process in the background. */
130 /* Will daemonize() really detach? */
137 /* Sets up a following call to daemonize() to fork a supervisory process to
138 * monitor the daemon and restart it if it dies due to an error signal. */
140 daemon_set_monitor(void)
145 /* If a pidfile has been configured, creates it and stores the running
146 * process's pid in it. Ensures that the pidfile will be deleted when the
151 long int pid = getpid();
157 /* Create a temporary pidfile. */
158 tmpfile = xasprintf("%s.tmp%ld", pidfile, pid);
159 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(tmpfile);
160 file = fopen(tmpfile, "w+");
162 VLOG_FATAL("%s: create failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
165 if (fstat(fileno(file), &s) == -1) {
166 VLOG_FATAL("%s: fstat failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
169 fprintf(file, "%ld\n", pid);
170 if (fflush(file) == EOF) {
171 VLOG_FATAL("%s: write failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(errno));
174 error = lock_pidfile(file, F_SETLK);
176 VLOG_FATAL("%s: fcntl(F_SETLK) failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(error));
179 /* Rename or link it to the correct name. */
180 if (overwrite_pidfile) {
181 if (rename(tmpfile, pidfile) < 0) {
182 VLOG_FATAL("failed to rename \"%s\" to \"%s\" (%s)",
183 tmpfile, pidfile, strerror(errno));
187 error = link(tmpfile, pidfile) == -1 ? errno : 0;
188 if (error == EEXIST) {
189 check_already_running();
191 } while (error == EINTR || error == EEXIST);
193 VLOG_FATAL("failed to link \"%s\" as \"%s\" (%s)",
194 tmpfile, pidfile, strerror(error));
198 /* Ensure that the pidfile will get deleted on exit. */
199 fatal_signal_add_file_to_unlink(pidfile);
201 /* Delete the temporary pidfile if it still exists. */
202 if (!overwrite_pidfile) {
203 error = fatal_signal_unlink_file_now(tmpfile);
205 VLOG_FATAL("%s: unlink failed (%s)", tmpfile, strerror(error));
211 * We don't close 'file' because its file descriptor must remain open to
213 pidfile_dev = s.st_dev;
214 pidfile_ino = s.st_ino;
220 /* If configured with set_pidfile() or set_detach(), creates the pid file and
221 * detaches from the foreground session. */
226 daemonize_complete();
230 fork_and_wait_for_startup(int *fdp)
239 /* Running in parent process. */
245 if (read_fully(fds[0], &c, 1, &bytes_read) != 0) {
250 retval = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
251 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
255 && WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
256 /* Child exited with an error. Convey the same error to
257 * our parent process as a courtesy. */
258 exit(WEXITSTATUS(status));
261 VLOG_FATAL("fork child failed to signal startup (%s)",
267 /* Running in child process. */
273 VLOG_FATAL("fork failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
280 fork_notify_startup(int fd)
283 size_t bytes_written;
286 error = write_fully(fd, "", 1, &bytes_written);
288 VLOG_FATAL("pipe write failed (%s)", strerror(error));
296 should_restart(int status)
298 if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
299 static const int error_signals[] = {
300 SIGABRT, SIGALRM, SIGBUS, SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGPIPE, SIGSEGV,
306 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(error_signals); i++) {
307 if (error_signals[i] == WTERMSIG(status)) {
316 monitor_daemon(pid_t daemon_pid)
318 /* XXX Should log daemon's stderr output at startup time. */
319 const char *saved_program_name;
324 saved_program_name = program_name;
325 program_name = xasprintf("monitor(%s)", program_name);
326 status_msg = xstrdup("healthy");
327 last_restart = TIME_MIN;
333 proctitle_set("%s: monitoring pid %lu (%s)",
334 saved_program_name, (unsigned long int) daemon_pid,
338 retval = waitpid(daemon_pid, &status, 0);
339 } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
342 VLOG_FATAL("waitpid failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
343 } else if (retval == daemon_pid) {
344 char *s = process_status_msg(status);
345 if (should_restart(status)) {
347 status_msg = xasprintf("%d crashes: pid %lu died, %s",
349 (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
352 if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
353 /* Disable further core dumps to save disk space. */
358 if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &r) == -1) {
359 VLOG_WARN("failed to disable core dumps: %s",
364 /* Throttle restarts to no more than once every 10 seconds. */
365 if (time(NULL) < last_restart + 10) {
366 VLOG_WARN("%s, waiting until 10 seconds since last "
367 "restart", status_msg);
369 time_t now = time(NULL);
370 time_t wakeup = last_restart + 10;
377 last_restart = time(NULL);
379 VLOG_ERR("%s, restarting", status_msg);
380 daemon_pid = fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd);
385 VLOG_INFO("pid %lu died, %s, exiting",
386 (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
394 /* Running in new daemon process. */
396 free((char *) program_name);
397 program_name = saved_program_name;
400 /* Close stdin, stdout, stderr. If we're started from e.g. an SSH session,
401 * then this keeps us from holding that session open artificially. */
403 close_standard_fds(void)
405 int null_fd = get_null_fd();
407 dup2(null_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
408 dup2(null_fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
409 dup2(null_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
412 /* Disable logging to stderr to avoid wasting CPU time. */
413 vlog_set_levels(NULL, VLF_CONSOLE, VLL_OFF);
416 /* If daemonization is configured, then starts daemonization, by forking and
417 * returning in the child process. The parent process hangs around until the
418 * child lets it know either that it completed startup successfully (by calling
419 * daemon_complete()) or that it failed to start up (by exiting with a nonzero
422 daemonize_start(void)
427 if (fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd) > 0) {
428 /* Running in parent process. */
431 /* Running in daemon or monitor process. */
435 int saved_daemonize_fd = daemonize_fd;
438 daemon_pid = fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd);
439 if (daemon_pid > 0) {
440 /* Running in monitor process. */
441 fork_notify_startup(saved_daemonize_fd);
442 close_standard_fds();
443 monitor_daemon(daemon_pid);
445 /* Running in daemon process. */
452 /* Make sure that the unixctl commands for vlog get registered in a
453 * daemon, even before the first log message. */
457 /* If daemonization is configured, then this function notifies the parent
458 * process that the child process has completed startup successfully.
460 * Calling this function more than once has no additional effect. */
462 daemonize_complete(void)
464 fork_notify_startup(daemonize_fd);
472 close_standard_fds();
481 "\nDaemon options:\n"
482 " --detach run in background as daemon\n"
483 " --no-chdir do not chdir to '/'\n"
484 " --pidfile[=FILE] create pidfile (default: %s/%s.pid)\n"
485 " --overwrite-pidfile with --pidfile, start even if already "
487 ovs_rundir(), program_name);
491 lock_pidfile__(FILE *file, int command, struct flock *lck)
495 lck->l_type = F_WRLCK;
496 lck->l_whence = SEEK_SET;
502 error = fcntl(fileno(file), command, lck) == -1 ? errno : 0;
503 } while (error == EINTR);
508 lock_pidfile(FILE *file, int command)
512 return lock_pidfile__(file, command, &lck);
516 read_pidfile__(const char *pidfile, bool delete_if_stale)
524 if ((pidfile_ino || pidfile_dev)
525 && !stat(pidfile, &s)
526 && s.st_ino == pidfile_ino && s.st_dev == pidfile_dev) {
527 /* It's our own pidfile. We can't afford to open it, because closing
528 * *any* fd for a file that a process has locked also releases all the
529 * locks on that file.
531 * Fortunately, we know the associated pid anyhow: */
535 file = fopen(pidfile, "r+");
537 if (errno == ENOENT && delete_if_stale) {
541 VLOG_WARN("%s: open: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
545 error = lock_pidfile__(file, F_GETLK, &lck);
547 VLOG_WARN("%s: fcntl: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
550 if (lck.l_type == F_UNLCK) {
551 /* pidfile exists but it isn't locked by anyone. We need to delete it
552 * so that a new pidfile can go in its place. But just calling
553 * unlink(pidfile) makes a nasty race: what if someone else unlinks it
554 * before we do and then replaces it by a valid pidfile? We'd unlink
555 * their valid pidfile. We do a little dance to avoid the race, by
556 * locking the invalid pidfile. Only one process can have the invalid
557 * pidfile locked, and only that process has the right to unlink it. */
558 if (!delete_if_stale) {
560 VLOG_DBG("%s: pid file is stale", pidfile);
565 error = lock_pidfile(file, F_SETLK);
567 /* We lost a race with someone else doing the same thing. */
568 VLOG_WARN("%s: lost race to lock pidfile", pidfile);
572 /* Is the file we have locked still named 'pidfile'? */
573 if (stat(pidfile, &s) || fstat(fileno(file), &s2)
574 || s.st_ino != s2.st_ino || s.st_dev != s2.st_dev) {
575 /* No. We lost a race with someone else who got the lock before
576 * us, deleted the pidfile, and closed it (releasing the lock). */
578 VLOG_WARN("%s: lost race to delete pidfile", pidfile);
582 /* We won the right to delete the stale pidfile. */
583 if (unlink(pidfile)) {
585 VLOG_WARN("%s: failed to delete stale pidfile (%s)",
586 pidfile, strerror(error));
589 VLOG_DBG("%s: deleted stale pidfile", pidfile);
594 if (!fgets(line, sizeof line, file)) {
597 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: %s", pidfile, strerror(error));
600 VLOG_WARN("%s: read: unexpected end of file", pidfile);
605 if (lck.l_pid != strtoul(line, NULL, 10)) {
606 /* The process that has the pidfile locked is not the process that
607 * created it. It must be stale, with the process that has it locked
608 * preparing to delete it. */
610 VLOG_WARN("%s: stale pidfile for pid %s being deleted by pid %ld",
611 pidfile, line, (long int) lck.l_pid);
625 /* Opens and reads a PID from 'pidfile'. Returns the positive PID if
626 * successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
628 read_pidfile(const char *pidfile)
630 return read_pidfile__(pidfile, false);
633 /* Checks whether a process with the given 'pidfile' is already running and,
634 * if so, aborts. If 'pidfile' is stale, deletes it. */
636 check_already_running(void)
638 long int pid = read_pidfile__(pidfile, true);
640 VLOG_FATAL("%s: already running as pid %ld, aborting", pidfile, pid);
641 } else if (pid < 0) {
642 VLOG_FATAL("%s: pidfile check failed (%s), aborting",
643 pidfile, strerror(-pid));