src/common/daemonize.cpp

   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (C) 2013 David Goulet <dgoulet@efficios.com>
   3  * Copyright (C) 2014 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
   4  *
   5  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
   6  *
   7  */
   8
   9 #define _LGPL_SOURCE
  10 #include <unistd.h>
  11 #include <common/compat/paths.hpp>
  12 #include <fcntl.h>
  13 #include <sys/wait.h>
  14 #include <stdlib.h>
  15
  16 #include <urcu/system.h>
  17
  18 #include <common/daemonize.hpp>
  19 #include <common/error.hpp>
  20
  21 int lttng_daemonize(pid_t *child_ppid, int *completion_flag,
  22                 int close_fds)
  23 {
  24         pid_t pid;
  25
  26         /* Get parent pid of this process. */
  27         *child_ppid = getppid();
  28
  29         pid = fork();
  30         if (pid < 0) {
  31                 PERROR("fork");
  32                 goto error;
  33         } else if (pid == 0) {
  34                 int fd;
  35                 pid_t sid;
  36                 int ret;
  37
  38                 /* Child */
  39
  40                 /*
  41                  * Get the newly created parent pid so we can signal
  42                  * that process when we are ready to operate.
  43                  */
  44                 *child_ppid = getppid();
  45
  46                 sid = setsid();
  47                 if (sid < 0) {
  48                         PERROR("setsid");
  49                         goto error;
  50                 }
  51
  52                 /*
  53                  * Try to change directory to /. If we can't well at
  54                  * least notify.
  55                  */
  56                 ret = chdir("/");
  57                 if (ret < 0) {
  58                         PERROR("chdir");
  59                 }
  60
  61                 if (close_fds) {
  62                         fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0);
  63                         if (fd < 0) {
  64                                 PERROR("open %s", _PATH_DEVNULL);
  65                                 /*
  66                                  * Let 0, 1 and 2 open since we can't
  67                                  * bind them to /dev/null.
  68                                  */
  69                         } else {
  70                                 (void) dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
  71                                 (void) dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
  72                                 (void) dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
  73                                 if (fd > 2) {
  74                                         ret = close(fd);
  75                                         if (ret < 0) {
  76                                                 PERROR("close");
  77                                         }
  78                                 }
  79                         }
  80                 }
  81                 goto end;
  82         } else {
  83                 /* Parent */
  84
  85                 /*
  86                  * Waiting for child to notify this parent that it can
  87                  * exit. Note that sleep() is interrupted before the 1
  88                  * second delay as soon as the signal is received, so it
  89                  * will not cause visible delay for the user.
  90                  */
  91                 while (!CMM_LOAD_SHARED(*completion_flag)) {
  92                         int status;
  93                         pid_t ret;
  94
  95                         /*
  96                          * Check if child exists without blocking. If
  97                          * so, we have to stop this parent process and
  98                          * return an error.
  99                          */
 100                         ret = waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG);
 101                         if (ret < 0 || (ret != 0 && WIFEXITED(status))) {
 102                                 /* The child exited somehow or was not valid. */
 103                                 goto error;
 104                         }
 105                         sleep(1);
 106                 }
 107
 108                 /*
 109                  * From this point on, the parent can exit and the child
 110                  * is now an operational session daemon ready to serve
 111                  * clients and applications.
 112                  */
 113                 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 114         }
 115
 116 end:
 117         return 0;
 118
 119 error:
 120         return -1;
 121 }