// Copyright (C) 2015 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") // // This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this // file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. #ifndef PROCESS_SPAWN_H #define PROCESS_SPAWN_H #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace isc { namespace util { /// @brief Exception thrown when error occurs during spawning a process. class ProcessSpawnError : public Exception { public: ProcessSpawnError(const char* file, size_t line, const char* what) : isc::Exception(file, line, what) { }; }; /// @brief Forward declaration to the implementation of the @c ProcessSpawn /// class. class ProcessSpawnImpl; /// @brief Pointer to a ProcessSpawnImpl class. typedef boost::shared_ptr ProcessSpawnImplPtr; /// @brief Type of the container holding arguments of the executable /// being run as a background process. typedef std::vector ProcessArgs; /// @brief Type of the container holding environment variables of the executable /// being run as a background process. typedef std::vector ProcessEnvVars; /// @brief Utility class for spawning new processes. /// /// This class is used to spawn new process by Kea. It forks the current /// process and then uses the @c execvp function to execute the specified /// binary with parameters. The @c ProcessSpawn installs the handler for /// the SIGCHLD signal, which is executed when the child process ends. /// The handler checks the exit code returned by the process and records /// it. The exit code can be retrieved by the caller using the /// @c ProcessSpawn::getExitStatus method. /// /// This class is made noncopyable so that we don't have attempts /// to make multiple copies of an object. This avoid problems /// with multiple copies of objects for a single global resource /// such as the SIGCHLD signal handler. In addition making it /// noncopyable keeps the static check code from flagging the /// lack of a copy constructor as an issue. /// /// @todo The SIGCHLD handling logic should be moved to the @c SignalSet /// class so as multiple instances of the @c ProcessSpawn use the same /// SIGCHLD signal handler. class ProcessSpawn : boost::noncopyable { public: /// @brief Constructor. /// /// @param executable A path to the program to be executed. /// @param args Arguments for the program to be executed. /// @param vars Environment variables for the program to be executed. ProcessSpawn(const std::string& executable, const ProcessArgs& args = ProcessArgs(), const ProcessEnvVars& vars = ProcessEnvVars()); /// @brief Destructor. ~ProcessSpawn(); /// @brief Returns full command line, including arguments, for the process. std::string getCommandLine() const; /// @brief Spawn the new process. /// /// This method forks the current process and executes the specified /// binary with arguments within the child process. /// /// The child process will return EXIT_FAILURE if the method was unable /// to start the executable, e.g. as a result of insufficient permissions /// or when the executable does not exist. If the process ends successfully /// the EXIT_SUCCESS is returned. /// /// @throw ProcessSpawnError if forking a current process failed. pid_t spawn(); /// @brief Checks if the process is still running. /// /// Note that only a negative (false) result is reliable as the child /// process can exit between the time its state is checked and this /// function returns. /// /// @param pid ID of the child processes for which state should be checked. /// /// @return true if the child process is running, false otherwise. bool isRunning(const pid_t pid) const; /// @brief Checks if any of the spawned processes is still running. /// /// @return true if at least one child process is still running. bool isAnyRunning() const; /// @brief Returns exit status of the process. /// /// If the process is still running, the previous status is returned /// or 0, if the process is being ran for the first time. /// /// @note @c ProcessSpawn::isRunning should be called and have returned /// false before using @c ProcessSpawn::getExitStatus. /// /// @param pid ID of the child process for which exit status should be /// returned. /// /// @return Exit code of the process. int getExitStatus(const pid_t pid) const; /// @brief Removes the status of the process with a specified PID. /// /// This method removes the status of the process with a specified PID. /// If the process is still running, the status is not removed and the /// exception is thrown. /// /// Note @c ProcessSpawn::isRunning must be called and have returned /// false before using clearState(). And of course /// @c ProcessSpawn::getExitStatus should be called first, if there is /// some interest in the status. /// /// @param pid A process pid. void clearState(const pid_t pid); private: /// @brief A smart pointer to the implementation of this class. ProcessSpawnImplPtr impl_; }; } } #endif // PROCESS_SPAWN_H