+static void
+monitor_daemon(pid_t daemon_pid)
+{
+ /* XXX Should log daemon's stderr output at startup time. */
+ const char *saved_program_name;
+ time_t last_restart;
+ char *status_msg;
+ int crashes;
+
+ saved_program_name = program_name;
+ program_name = xasprintf("monitor(%s)", program_name);
+ status_msg = xstrdup("healthy");
+ last_restart = TIME_MIN;
+ crashes = 0;
+ for (;;) {
+ int retval;
+ int status;
+
+ proctitle_set("%s: monitoring pid %lu (%s)",
+ saved_program_name, (unsigned long int) daemon_pid,
+ status_msg);
+
+ do {
+ retval = waitpid(daemon_pid, &status, 0);
+ } while (retval == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (retval == -1) {
+ ovs_fatal(errno, "waitpid failed");
+ } else if (retval == daemon_pid) {
+ char *s = process_status_msg(status);
+ if (should_restart(status)) {
+ free(status_msg);
+ status_msg = xasprintf("%d crashes: pid %lu died, %s",
+ ++crashes,
+ (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
+ free(s);
+
+ if (WCOREDUMP(status)) {
+ /* Disable further core dumps to save disk space. */
+ struct rlimit r;
+
+ r.rlim_cur = 0;
+ r.rlim_max = 0;
+ if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &r) == -1) {
+ VLOG_WARN("failed to disable core dumps: %s",
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Throttle restarts to no more than once every 10 seconds. */
+ if (time(NULL) < last_restart + 10) {
+ VLOG_WARN("%s, waiting until 10 seconds since last "
+ "restart", status_msg);
+ for (;;) {
+ time_t now = time(NULL);
+ time_t wakeup = last_restart + 10;
+ if (now >= wakeup) {
+ break;
+ }
+ sleep(wakeup - now);
+ }
+ }
+ last_restart = time(NULL);
+
+ VLOG_ERR("%s, restarting", status_msg);
+ daemon_pid = fork_and_wait_for_startup(&daemonize_fd);
+ if (!daemon_pid) {
+ break;
+ }
+ } else {
+ VLOG_INFO("pid %lu died, %s, exiting",
+ (unsigned long int) daemon_pid, s);
+ free(s);
+ exit(0);