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1 /* Guts of POSIX spawn interface. Generic POSIX.1 version.
2 Copyright (C) 2000,01,02, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #include <errno.h>
21 #include <fcntl.h>
22 #include <paths.h>
23 #include <spawn.h>
24 #include <stdlib.h>
25 #include <string.h>
26 #include <unistd.h>
27 #include "spawn_int.h"
28 #include <not-cancel.h>
31 /* The Unix standard contains a long explanation of the way to signal
32 an error after the fork() was successful. Since no new wait status
33 was wanted there is no way to signal an error using one of the
34 available methods. The committee chose to signal an error by a
35 normal program exit with the exit code 127. */
36 #define SPAWN_ERROR 127
39 /* The file is accessible but it is not an executable file. Invoke
40 the shell to interpret it as a script. */
41 static void
42 internal_function
43 script_execute (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
45 /* Count the arguments. */
46 int argc = 0;
47 while (argv[argc++])
50 /* Construct an argument list for the shell. */
52 char *new_argv[argc + 1];
53 new_argv[0] = (char *) _PATH_BSHELL;
54 new_argv[1] = (char *) file;
55 while (argc > 1)
57 new_argv[argc] = argv[argc - 1];
58 --argc;
61 /* Execute the shell. */
62 __execve (new_argv[0], new_argv, envp);
67 /* Spawn a new process executing PATH with the attributes describes in *ATTRP.
68 Before running the process perform the actions described in FILE-ACTIONS. */
69 int
70 __spawni (pid_t *pid, const char *file,
71 const posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions,
72 const posix_spawnattr_t *attrp, char *const argv[],
73 char *const envp[], int use_path)
75 pid_t new_pid;
76 char *path, *p, *name;
77 size_t len;
78 size_t pathlen;
79 short int flags;
81 /* Generate the new process. */
82 new_pid = __fork ();
83 if (new_pid != 0)
85 if (new_pid < 0)
86 return errno;
88 /* The call was successful. Store the PID if necessary. */
89 if (pid != NULL)
90 *pid = new_pid;
92 return 0;
95 /* Do this once. */
96 flags = attrp == NULL ? 0 : attrp->__flags;
98 /* Set signal mask. */
99 if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK) != 0
100 && __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &attrp->__ss, NULL) != 0)
101 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
103 /* Set signal default action. */
104 if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF) != 0)
106 /* We have to iterate over all signals. This could possibly be
107 done better but it requires system specific solutions since
108 the sigset_t data type can be very different on different
109 architectures. */
110 int sig;
111 struct sigaction sa;
113 memset (&sa, '\0', sizeof (sa));
114 sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
116 for (sig = 1; sig <= _NSIG; ++sig)
117 if (__sigismember (&attrp->__sd, sig) != 0
118 && __sigaction (sig, &sa, NULL) != 0)
119 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
123 #ifdef _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
124 /* Set the scheduling algorithm and parameters. */
125 if ((flags & (POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER))
126 == POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM)
128 if (__sched_setparam (0, &attrp->__sp) == -1)
129 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
131 else if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER) != 0)
133 if (__sched_setscheduler (0, attrp->__policy,
134 (flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM) != 0
135 ? &attrp->__sp : NULL) == -1)
136 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
138 #endif
140 /* Set the process group ID. */
141 if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP) != 0
142 && __setpgid (0, attrp->__pgrp) != 0)
143 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
145 /* Set the effective user and group IDs. */
146 if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS) != 0
147 && (seteuid (__getuid ()) != 0 || setegid (__getgid ()) != 0))
148 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
150 /* Execute the file actions. */
151 if (file_actions != NULL)
153 int cnt;
155 for (cnt = 0; cnt < file_actions->__used; ++cnt)
157 struct __spawn_action *action = &file_actions->__actions[cnt];
159 switch (action->tag)
161 case spawn_do_close:
162 if (close_not_cancel (action->action.close_action.fd) != 0)
163 /* Signal the error. */
164 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
165 break;
167 case spawn_do_open:
169 int new_fd = __open64 (action->action.open_action.path,
170 action->action.open_action.oflag,
171 action->action.open_action.mode);
173 if (new_fd == -1)
174 /* The `open' call failed. */
175 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
177 /* Make sure the desired file descriptor is used. */
178 if (new_fd != action->action.open_action.fd)
180 if (__dup2 (new_fd, action->action.open_action.fd)
181 != action->action.open_action.fd)
182 /* The `dup2' call failed. */
183 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
185 if (__close (new_fd) != 0)
186 /* The `close' call failed. */
187 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
190 break;
192 case spawn_do_dup2:
193 if (__dup2 (action->action.dup2_action.fd,
194 action->action.dup2_action.newfd)
195 != action->action.dup2_action.newfd)
196 /* The `dup2' call failed. */
197 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
198 break;
203 if (! use_path || strchr (file, '/') != NULL)
205 /* The FILE parameter is actually a path. */
206 __execve (file, argv, envp);
208 if (errno == ENOEXEC)
209 script_execute (file, argv, envp);
211 /* Oh, oh. `execve' returns. This is bad. */
212 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
215 /* We have to search for FILE on the path. */
216 path = getenv ("PATH");
217 if (path == NULL)
219 /* There is no `PATH' in the environment.
220 The default search path is the current directory
221 followed by the path `confstr' returns for `_CS_PATH'. */
222 len = confstr (_CS_PATH, (char *) NULL, 0);
223 path = (char *) __alloca (1 + len);
224 path[0] = ':';
225 (void) confstr (_CS_PATH, path + 1, len);
228 len = strlen (file) + 1;
229 pathlen = strlen (path);
230 name = __alloca (pathlen + len + 1);
231 /* Copy the file name at the top. */
232 name = (char *) memcpy (name + pathlen + 1, file, len);
233 /* And add the slash. */
234 *--name = '/';
236 p = path;
239 char *startp;
241 path = p;
242 p = __strchrnul (path, ':');
244 if (p == path)
245 /* Two adjacent colons, or a colon at the beginning or the end
246 of `PATH' means to search the current directory. */
247 startp = name + 1;
248 else
249 startp = (char *) memcpy (name - (p - path), path, p - path);
251 /* Try to execute this name. If it works, execv will not return. */
252 __execve (startp, argv, envp);
254 if (errno == ENOEXEC)
255 script_execute (startp, argv, envp);
257 switch (errno)
259 case EACCES:
260 case ENOENT:
261 case ESTALE:
262 case ENOTDIR:
263 /* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
264 by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
265 directory. */
266 break;
268 default:
269 /* Some other error means we found an executable file, but
270 something went wrong executing it; return the error to our
271 caller. */
272 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);
275 while (*p++ != '\0');
277 /* Return with an error. */
278 _exit (SPAWN_ERROR);