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1 /* {{{ Copyright */
3 /* Background support.
5 Copyright (C) 1996-2023
6 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
8 Written by:
9 Miguel de Icaza, 1996
11 This file is part of the Midnight Commander.
13 The Midnight Commander is free software: you can redistribute it
14 and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
15 published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
16 or (at your option) any later version.
18 The Midnight Commander is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
19 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
20 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
21 GNU General Public License for more details.
23 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
24 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
27 /* }}} */
29 /** \file background.c
30 * \brief Source: Background support
33 #include <config.h>
35 #include <stdlib.h>
36 #include <errno.h>
37 #include <signal.h>
38 #include <stdarg.h>
39 #include <stdio.h>
40 #include <string.h>
42 #include <sys/types.h>
43 #include <sys/stat.h>
44 #include <sys/wait.h> /* waitpid() */
46 #include "lib/global.h"
48 #include "lib/unixcompat.h"
49 #include "lib/tty/key.h" /* add_select_channel(), delete_select_channel() */
50 #include "lib/widget.h" /* message() */
51 #include "lib/event-types.h"
53 #include "filemanager/fileopctx.h" /* file_op_context_t */
55 #include "background.h"
57 /*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
59 #define MAXCALLARGS 4 /* Number of arguments supported */
61 /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
63 /*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
65 enum ReturnType
67 Return_String,
68 Return_Integer
71 /*** forward declarations (file scope functions) *************************************************/
73 static int background_attention (int fd, void *closure);
75 /*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
77 /* File descriptor for talking to our parent */
78 static int parent_fd;
80 /* File descriptor for messages from our parent */
81 static int from_parent_fd;
83 TaskList *task_list = NULL;
85 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
86 /*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/
87 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
89 static void
90 register_task_running (file_op_context_t * ctx, pid_t pid, int fd, int to_child, char *info)
92 TaskList *new;
94 new = g_new (TaskList, 1);
95 new->pid = pid;
96 new->info = info;
97 new->state = Task_Running;
98 new->next = task_list;
99 new->fd = fd;
100 new->to_child_fd = to_child;
101 task_list = new;
103 add_select_channel (fd, background_attention, ctx);
106 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
108 static int
109 destroy_task (pid_t pid)
111 TaskList *p = task_list;
112 TaskList *prev = NULL;
114 while (p != NULL)
116 if (p->pid == pid)
118 int fd = p->fd;
120 if (prev != NULL)
121 prev->next = p->next;
122 else
123 task_list = p->next;
124 g_free (p->info);
125 g_free (p);
126 return fd;
128 prev = p;
129 p = p->next;
132 /* pid not found */
133 return (-1);
136 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
137 /* {{{ Parent handlers */
139 /* Parent/child protocol
141 * the child (the background) process send the following:
142 * void *routine -- routine to be invoked in the parent
143 * int nargc -- number of arguments
144 * int type -- Return argument type.
146 * If the routine is zero, then it is a way to tell the parent
147 * that the process is dying.
149 * nargc arguments in the following format:
150 * int size of the coming block
151 * size bytes with the block
153 * Now, the parent loads all those and then invokes
154 * the routine with pointers to the information passed
155 * (we just support pointers).
157 * If the return type is integer:
159 * the parent then writes an int to the child with
160 * the return value from the routine and the values
161 * of any global variable that is modified in the parent
162 * currently: do_append and recursive_result.
164 * If the return type is a string:
166 * the parent writes the resulting string length
167 * if the result string was NULL or the empty string,
168 * then the length is zero.
169 * The parent then writes the string length and frees
170 * the result string.
173 * Receive requests from background process and invoke the
174 * specified routine
177 static int
178 reading_failed (int i, char **data)
180 while (i >= 0)
181 g_free (data[i--]);
182 message (D_ERROR, _("Background protocol error"), "%s", _("Reading failed"));
183 return 0;
186 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
188 static int
189 background_attention (int fd, void *closure)
191 file_op_context_t *ctx;
192 int have_ctx;
193 union
195 int (*have_ctx0) (int);
196 int (*have_ctx1) (int, char *);
197 int (*have_ctx2) (int, char *, char *);
198 int (*have_ctx3) (int, char *, char *, char *);
199 int (*have_ctx4) (int, char *, char *, char *, char *);
201 int (*non_have_ctx0) (file_op_context_t *, int);
202 int (*non_have_ctx1) (file_op_context_t *, int, char *);
203 int (*non_have_ctx2) (file_op_context_t *, int, char *, char *);
204 int (*non_have_ctx3) (file_op_context_t *, int, char *, char *, char *);
205 int (*non_have_ctx4) (file_op_context_t *, int, char *, char *, char *, char *);
207 char *(*ret_str0) (void);
208 char *(*ret_str1) (char *);
209 char *(*ret_str2) (char *, char *);
210 char *(*ret_str3) (char *, char *, char *);
211 char *(*ret_str4) (char *, char *, char *, char *);
213 void *pointer;
214 } routine;
215 /* void *routine; */
216 int argc, i, status;
217 char *data[MAXCALLARGS];
218 ssize_t bytes, ret;
219 TaskList *p;
220 int to_child_fd = -1;
221 enum ReturnType type;
222 const char *background_process_error = _("Background process error");
224 ctx = closure;
226 bytes = read (fd, &routine.pointer, sizeof (routine));
227 if (bytes == -1 || (size_t) bytes < (sizeof (routine)))
229 unregister_task_running (ctx->pid, fd);
231 if (waitpid (ctx->pid, &status, WNOHANG) == 0)
233 /* the process is still running, but it misbehaves - kill it */
234 kill (ctx->pid, SIGTERM);
235 message (D_ERROR, background_process_error, "%s", _("Unknown error in child"));
236 return 0;
239 /* 0 means happy end */
240 if (WIFEXITED (status) && (WEXITSTATUS (status) == 0))
241 return 0;
243 message (D_ERROR, background_process_error, "%s", _("Child died unexpectedly"));
245 return 0;
248 if (read (fd, &argc, sizeof (argc)) != sizeof (argc) ||
249 read (fd, &type, sizeof (type)) != sizeof (type) ||
250 read (fd, &have_ctx, sizeof (have_ctx)) != sizeof (have_ctx))
251 return reading_failed (-1, data);
253 if (argc > MAXCALLARGS)
254 message (D_ERROR, _("Background protocol error"), "%s",
255 _("Background process sent us a request for more arguments\n"
256 "than we can handle."));
258 if (have_ctx != 0 && read (fd, ctx, sizeof (*ctx)) != sizeof (*ctx))
259 return reading_failed (-1, data);
261 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
263 int size;
265 if (read (fd, &size, sizeof (size)) != sizeof (size))
266 return reading_failed (i - 1, data);
268 data[i] = g_malloc (size + 1);
270 if (read (fd, data[i], size) != size)
271 return reading_failed (i, data);
273 data[i][size] = '\0'; /* NULL terminate the blocks (they could be strings) */
276 /* Find child task info by descriptor */
277 /* Find before call, because process can destroy self after */
278 for (p = task_list; p != NULL; p = p->next)
279 if (p->fd == fd)
280 break;
282 if (p != NULL)
283 to_child_fd = p->to_child_fd;
285 if (to_child_fd == -1)
286 message (D_ERROR, background_process_error, "%s", _("Unknown error in child"));
287 else if (type == Return_Integer)
289 /* Handle the call */
291 int result = 0;
293 if (have_ctx == 0)
294 switch (argc)
296 case 0:
297 result = routine.have_ctx0 (Background);
298 break;
299 case 1:
300 result = routine.have_ctx1 (Background, data[0]);
301 break;
302 case 2:
303 result = routine.have_ctx2 (Background, data[0], data[1]);
304 break;
305 case 3:
306 result = routine.have_ctx3 (Background, data[0], data[1], data[2]);
307 break;
308 case 4:
309 result = routine.have_ctx4 (Background, data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
310 break;
311 default:
312 break;
314 else
315 switch (argc)
317 case 0:
318 result = routine.non_have_ctx0 (ctx, Background);
319 break;
320 case 1:
321 result = routine.non_have_ctx1 (ctx, Background, data[0]);
322 break;
323 case 2:
324 result = routine.non_have_ctx2 (ctx, Background, data[0], data[1]);
325 break;
326 case 3:
327 result = routine.non_have_ctx3 (ctx, Background, data[0], data[1], data[2]);
328 break;
329 case 4:
330 result =
331 routine.non_have_ctx4 (ctx, Background, data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
332 break;
333 default:
334 break;
337 /* Send the result code and the value for shared variables */
338 ret = write (to_child_fd, &result, sizeof (result));
339 if (have_ctx != 0 && to_child_fd != -1)
340 ret = write (to_child_fd, ctx, sizeof (*ctx));
342 else if (type == Return_String)
344 int len;
345 char *resstr = NULL;
347 /* FIXME: string routines should also use the Foreground/Background
348 * parameter. Currently, this is not used here
350 switch (argc)
352 case 0:
353 resstr = routine.ret_str0 ();
354 break;
355 case 1:
356 resstr = routine.ret_str1 (data[0]);
357 break;
358 case 2:
359 resstr = routine.ret_str2 (data[0], data[1]);
360 break;
361 case 3:
362 resstr = routine.ret_str3 (data[0], data[1], data[2]);
363 break;
364 case 4:
365 resstr = routine.ret_str4 (data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
366 break;
367 default:
368 g_assert_not_reached ();
371 if (resstr != NULL)
373 len = strlen (resstr);
374 ret = write (to_child_fd, &len, sizeof (len));
375 if (len != 0)
376 ret = write (to_child_fd, resstr, len);
377 g_free (resstr);
379 else
381 len = 0;
382 ret = write (to_child_fd, &len, sizeof (len));
386 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
387 g_free (data[i]);
389 repaint_screen ();
391 (void) ret;
393 return 0;
396 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
397 /* }}} */
399 /* {{{ client RPC routines */
401 /* Sends the header for a call to a routine in the parent process. If the file
402 * operation context is not NULL, then it requests that the first parameter of
403 * the call be a file operation context.
406 static void
407 parent_call_header (void *routine, int argc, enum ReturnType type, file_op_context_t * ctx)
409 int have_ctx;
410 ssize_t ret;
412 have_ctx = ctx != NULL ? 1 : 0;
414 ret = write (parent_fd, &routine, sizeof (routine));
415 ret = write (parent_fd, &argc, sizeof (argc));
416 ret = write (parent_fd, &type, sizeof (type));
417 ret = write (parent_fd, &have_ctx, sizeof (have_ctx));
418 if (have_ctx != 0)
419 ret = write (parent_fd, ctx, sizeof (*ctx));
421 (void) ret;
424 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
426 static int
427 parent_va_call (void *routine, gpointer data, int argc, va_list ap)
429 int i;
430 ssize_t ret;
431 file_op_context_t *ctx = (file_op_context_t *) data;
433 parent_call_header (routine, argc, Return_Integer, ctx);
434 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
436 int len;
437 void *value;
439 len = va_arg (ap, int);
440 value = va_arg (ap, void *);
441 ret = write (parent_fd, &len, sizeof (len));
442 ret = write (parent_fd, value, len);
445 ret = read (from_parent_fd, &i, sizeof (i));
446 if (ctx != NULL)
447 ret = read (from_parent_fd, ctx, sizeof (*ctx));
449 (void) ret;
451 return i;
454 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
456 static char *
457 parent_va_call_string (void *routine, int argc, va_list ap)
459 char *str;
460 int i;
462 parent_call_header (routine, argc, Return_String, NULL);
463 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
465 int len;
466 void *value;
468 len = va_arg (ap, int);
469 value = va_arg (ap, void *);
470 if (write (parent_fd, &len, sizeof (len)) != sizeof (len) ||
471 write (parent_fd, value, len) != len)
472 return NULL;
475 if (read (from_parent_fd, &i, sizeof (i)) != sizeof (i) || i == 0)
476 return NULL;
478 str = g_malloc (i + 1);
479 if (read (from_parent_fd, str, i) != i)
481 g_free (str);
482 return NULL;
484 str[i] = '\0';
485 return str;
488 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
489 /*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
490 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
492 void
493 unregister_task_running (pid_t pid, int fd)
495 destroy_task (pid);
496 delete_select_channel (fd);
499 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
501 void
502 unregister_task_with_pid (pid_t pid)
504 int fd;
506 fd = destroy_task (pid);
507 if (fd != -1)
508 delete_select_channel (fd);
511 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
513 * Try to make the Midnight Commander a background job
515 * Returns:
516 * 1 for parent
517 * 0 for child
518 * -1 on failure
521 do_background (file_op_context_t * ctx, char *info)
523 int comm[2]; /* control connection stream */
524 int back_comm[2]; /* back connection */
525 pid_t pid;
527 if (pipe (comm) == -1)
528 return (-1);
530 if (pipe (back_comm) == -1)
532 (void) close (comm[0]);
533 (void) close (comm[1]);
535 return (-1);
538 pid = fork ();
539 if (pid == -1)
541 int saved_errno = errno;
543 (void) close (comm[0]);
544 (void) close (comm[1]);
545 (void) close (back_comm[0]);
546 (void) close (back_comm[1]);
547 errno = saved_errno;
549 return (-1);
552 if (pid == 0)
554 int nullfd;
556 (void) close (comm[0]);
557 parent_fd = comm[1];
559 (void) close (back_comm[1]);
560 from_parent_fd = back_comm[0];
562 mc_global.we_are_background = TRUE;
563 top_dlg = NULL;
565 /* Make stdin/stdout/stderr point somewhere */
566 close (STDIN_FILENO);
567 close (STDOUT_FILENO);
568 close (STDERR_FILENO);
570 nullfd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
571 if (nullfd != -1)
573 while (dup2 (nullfd, STDIN_FILENO) == -1 && errno == EINTR)
575 while (dup2 (nullfd, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 && errno == EINTR)
577 while (dup2 (nullfd, STDERR_FILENO) == -1 && errno == EINTR)
579 close (nullfd);
582 return 0;
584 else
586 (void) close (comm[1]);
587 (void) close (back_comm[0]);
588 ctx->pid = pid;
589 register_task_running (ctx, pid, comm[0], back_comm[1], info);
590 return 1;
594 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
597 parent_call (void *routine, file_op_context_t * ctx, int argc, ...)
599 int ret;
600 va_list ap;
602 va_start (ap, argc);
603 ret = parent_va_call (routine, (gpointer) ctx, argc, ap);
604 va_end (ap);
606 return ret;
609 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
611 char *
612 parent_call_string (void *routine, int argc, ...)
614 va_list ap;
615 char *str;
617 va_start (ap, argc);
618 str = parent_va_call_string (routine, argc, ap);
619 va_end (ap);
621 return str;
624 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
626 /* event callback */
627 gboolean
628 background_parent_call (const gchar * event_group_name, const gchar * event_name,
629 gpointer init_data, gpointer data)
631 ev_background_parent_call_t *event_data = (ev_background_parent_call_t *) data;
633 (void) event_group_name;
634 (void) event_name;
635 (void) init_data;
637 event_data->ret.i =
638 parent_va_call (event_data->routine, event_data->ctx, event_data->argc, event_data->ap);
640 return TRUE;
643 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
645 /* event callback */
646 gboolean
647 background_parent_call_string (const gchar * event_group_name, const gchar * event_name,
648 gpointer init_data, gpointer data)
650 ev_background_parent_call_t *event_data = (ev_background_parent_call_t *) data;
652 (void) event_group_name;
653 (void) event_name;
654 (void) init_data;
656 event_data->ret.s =
657 parent_va_call_string (event_data->routine, event_data->argc, event_data->ap);
659 return TRUE;
662 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */