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1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This file contains functions for launching subprocesses.
7 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
8 #define BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
10 #include <string>
11 #include <utility>
12 #include <vector>
14 #include "base/base_export.h"
15 #include "base/basictypes.h"
16 #include "base/environment.h"
17 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
18 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
20 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
21 #include "base/posix/file_descriptor_shuffle.h"
22 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
23 #include <windows.h>
24 #include "base/win/scoped_handle.h"
25 #endif
27 namespace base {
29 class CommandLine;
31 #if defined(OS_WIN)
32 typedef std::vector<HANDLE> HandlesToInheritVector;
33 #endif
34 // TODO(viettrungluu): Only define this on POSIX?
35 typedef std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > FileHandleMappingVector;
37 // Options for launching a subprocess that are passed to LaunchProcess().
38 // The default constructor constructs the object with default options.
39 struct BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions {
40 LaunchOptions();
41 ~LaunchOptions();
43 // If true, wait for the process to complete.
44 bool wait;
46 #if defined(OS_WIN)
47 bool start_hidden;
49 // If non-null, inherit exactly the list of handles in this vector (these
50 // handles must be inheritable). This is only supported on Vista and higher.
51 HandlesToInheritVector* handles_to_inherit;
53 // If true, the new process inherits handles from the parent. In production
54 // code this flag should be used only when running short-lived, trusted
55 // binaries, because open handles from other libraries and subsystems will
56 // leak to the child process, causing errors such as open socket hangs.
57 // Note: If |handles_to_inherit| is non-null, this flag is ignored and only
58 // those handles will be inherited (on Vista and higher).
59 bool inherit_handles;
61 // If non-null, runs as if the user represented by the token had launched it.
62 // Whether the application is visible on the interactive desktop depends on
63 // the token belonging to an interactive logon session.
65 // To avoid hard to diagnose problems, when specified this loads the
66 // environment variables associated with the user and if this operation fails
67 // the entire call fails as well.
68 UserTokenHandle as_user;
70 // If true, use an empty string for the desktop name.
71 bool empty_desktop_name;
73 // If non-null, launches the application in that job object. The process will
74 // be terminated immediately and LaunchProcess() will fail if assignment to
75 // the job object fails.
76 HANDLE job_handle;
78 // Handles for the redirection of stdin, stdout and stderr. The handles must
79 // be inheritable. Caller should either set all three of them or none (i.e.
80 // there is no way to redirect stderr without redirecting stdin). The
81 // |inherit_handles| flag must be set to true when redirecting stdio stream.
82 HANDLE stdin_handle;
83 HANDLE stdout_handle;
84 HANDLE stderr_handle;
86 // If set to true, ensures that the child process is launched with the
87 // CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB flag which allows it to breakout of the parent
88 // job if any.
89 bool force_breakaway_from_job_;
90 #else
91 // Set/unset environment variables. Empty (the default) means to inherit
92 // the same environment. See AlterEnvironment().
93 EnvironmentMap environ;
95 // If non-null, remap file descriptors according to the mapping of
96 // src fd->dest fd to propagate FDs into the child process.
97 // This pointer is owned by the caller and must live through the
98 // call to LaunchProcess().
99 const FileHandleMappingVector* fds_to_remap;
101 // Each element is an RLIMIT_* constant that should be raised to its
102 // rlim_max. This pointer is owned by the caller and must live through
103 // the call to LaunchProcess().
104 const std::vector<int>* maximize_rlimits;
106 // If true, start the process in a new process group, instead of
107 // inheriting the parent's process group. The pgid of the child process
108 // will be the same as its pid.
109 bool new_process_group;
111 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
112 // If non-zero, start the process using clone(), using flags as provided.
113 int clone_flags;
115 // By default, child processes will have the PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS bit set. If
116 // true, then this bit will not be set in the new child process.
117 bool allow_new_privs;
118 #endif // defined(OS_LINUX)
120 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
121 // If non-negative, the specified file descriptor will be set as the launched
122 // process' controlling terminal.
123 int ctrl_terminal_fd;
124 #endif // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
126 #endif // !defined(OS_WIN)
129 // Launch a process via the command line |cmdline|.
130 // See the documentation of LaunchOptions for details on |options|.
132 // Returns true upon success.
134 // Upon success, if |process_handle| is non-null, it will be filled in with the
135 // handle of the launched process. NOTE: In this case, the caller is
136 // responsible for closing the handle so that it doesn't leak!
137 // Otherwise, the process handle will be implicitly closed.
139 // Unix-specific notes:
140 // - All file descriptors open in the parent process will be closed in the
141 // child process except for any preserved by options::fds_to_remap, and
142 // stdin, stdout, and stderr. If not remapped by options::fds_to_remap,
143 // stdin is reopened as /dev/null, and the child is allowed to inherit its
144 // parent's stdout and stderr.
145 // - If the first argument on the command line does not contain a slash,
146 // PATH will be searched. (See man execvp.)
147 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
148 const LaunchOptions& options,
149 ProcessHandle* process_handle);
151 #if defined(OS_WIN)
152 // Windows-specific LaunchProcess that takes the command line as a
153 // string. Useful for situations where you need to control the
154 // command line arguments directly, but prefer the CommandLine version
155 // if launching Chrome itself.
157 // The first command line argument should be the path to the process,
158 // and don't forget to quote it.
160 // Example (including literal quotes)
161 // cmdline = "c:\windows\explorer.exe" -foo "c:\bar\"
162 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const string16& cmdline,
163 const LaunchOptions& options,
164 win::ScopedHandle* process_handle);
166 // Launches a process with elevated privileges. This does not behave exactly
167 // like LaunchProcess as it uses ShellExecuteEx instead of CreateProcess to
168 // create the process. This means the process will have elevated privileges
169 // and thus some common operations like OpenProcess will fail. The process will
170 // be available through the |process_handle| argument. Currently the only
171 // supported LaunchOptions are |start_hidden| and |wait|.
172 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
173 const LaunchOptions& options,
174 ProcessHandle* process_handle);
176 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
177 // A POSIX-specific version of LaunchProcess that takes an argv array
178 // instead of a CommandLine. Useful for situations where you need to
179 // control the command line arguments directly, but prefer the
180 // CommandLine version if launching Chrome itself.
181 BASE_EXPORT bool LaunchProcess(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
182 const LaunchOptions& options,
183 ProcessHandle* process_handle);
185 // Close all file descriptors, except those which are a destination in the
186 // given multimap. Only call this function in a child process where you know
187 // that there aren't any other threads.
188 BASE_EXPORT void CloseSuperfluousFds(const InjectiveMultimap& saved_map);
189 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
191 #if defined(OS_WIN)
192 // Set |job_object|'s JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION
193 // BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags to |limit_flags|.
194 BASE_EXPORT bool SetJobObjectLimitFlags(HANDLE job_object, DWORD limit_flags);
196 // Output multi-process printf, cout, cerr, etc to the cmd.exe console that ran
197 // chrome. This is not thread-safe: only call from main thread.
198 BASE_EXPORT void RouteStdioToConsole();
199 #endif // defined(OS_WIN)
201 // Executes the application specified by |cl| and wait for it to exit. Stores
202 // the output (stdout) in |output|. Redirects stderr to /dev/null. Returns true
203 // on success (application launched and exited cleanly, with exit code
204 // indicating success).
205 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const CommandLine& cl, std::string* output);
207 #if defined(OS_WIN)
208 // A Windows-specific version of GetAppOutput that takes a command line string
209 // instead of a CommandLine object. Useful for situations where you need to
210 // control the command line arguments directly.
211 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const StringPiece16& cl, std::string* output);
212 #endif
214 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
215 // A POSIX-specific version of GetAppOutput that takes an argv array
216 // instead of a CommandLine. Useful for situations where you need to
217 // control the command line arguments directly.
218 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
219 std::string* output);
221 // A restricted version of |GetAppOutput()| which (a) clears the environment,
222 // and (b) stores at most |max_output| bytes; also, it doesn't search the path
223 // for the command.
224 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutputRestricted(const CommandLine& cl,
225 std::string* output, size_t max_output);
227 // A version of |GetAppOutput()| which also returns the exit code of the
228 // executed command. Returns true if the application runs and exits cleanly. If
229 // this is the case the exit code of the application is available in
230 // |*exit_code|.
231 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutputWithExitCode(const CommandLine& cl,
232 std::string* output, int* exit_code);
233 #endif // defined(OS_POSIX)
235 // If supported on the platform, and the user has sufficent rights, increase
236 // the current process's scheduling priority to a high priority.
237 BASE_EXPORT void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
239 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
240 // Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
241 // (ReportCrash). When forking and execing a new process, the child will
242 // inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
243 // instance running inside the parent. The parent's Breakpad instance should
244 // not handle the child's exceptions. Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
245 // in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
246 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
247 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
248 #endif // defined(OS_MACOSX)
250 // Creates a LaunchOptions object suitable for launching processes in a test
251 // binary. This should not be called in production/released code.
252 BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions LaunchOptionsForTest();
254 } // namespace base
256 #endif // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_