1 /* $NetBSD: pidfile.c,v 1.1 2015/01/22 16:19:53 christos Exp $ */
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35 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
36 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: pidfile.c,v 1.1 2015/01/22 16:19:53 christos Exp $");
40 #include <sys/param.h>
52 static pid_t pidfile_pid
;
53 static char *pidfile_path
;
55 /* Deletes an existent pidfile iff it was created by this process. */
60 if ((pidfile_path
!= NULL
) && (pidfile_pid
== getpid()))
61 (void) unlink(pidfile_path
);
64 /* Registers an atexit(3) handler to delete the pidfile we have generated.
65 * We only register the handler when we create a pidfile, so we can assume
66 * that the pidfile exists.
68 * Returns 0 on success or -1 if the handler could not be registered. */
70 register_atexit_handler(void)
72 static bool done
= false;
75 if (atexit(pidfile_cleanup
) < 0)
83 /* Given a new pidfile name in 'path', deletes any previously-created pidfile
84 * if the previous file differs to the new one.
86 * If a previous file is deleted, returns 1, which means that a new pidfile
87 * must be created. Otherwise, this returns 0, which means that the existing
88 * file does not need to be touched. */
90 cleanup_old_pidfile(const char* path
)
92 if (pidfile_path
!= NULL
) {
93 if (strcmp(pidfile_path
, path
) != 0) {
106 /* Constructs a name for a pidfile in the default location (/var/run). If
107 * 'basename' is NULL, uses the name of the current program for the name of
110 * Returns a pointer to a dynamically-allocatd string containing the absolute
111 * path to the pidfile; NULL on failure. */
113 generate_varrun_path(const char *bname
)
118 bname
= getprogname();
120 /* _PATH_VARRUN includes trailing / */
121 if (asprintf(&path
, "%s%s.pid", _PATH_VARRUN
, bname
) == -1)
126 /* Creates a pidfile with the provided name. The new pidfile is "registered"
127 * in the global variables pidfile_path and pidfile_pid so that any further
128 * call to pidfile(3) can check if we are recreating the same file or a new
131 * Returns 0 on success or -1 if there is any error. */
133 create_pidfile(const char* path
)
137 if (register_atexit_handler() == -1)
140 if (cleanup_old_pidfile(path
) == 0)
143 pidfile_path
= strdup(path
);
144 if (pidfile_path
== NULL
)
147 if ((f
= fopen(path
, "w")) == NULL
) {
153 pidfile_pid
= getpid();
155 (void) fprintf(f
, "%d\n", pidfile_pid
);
162 pidfile(const char *path
)
165 if (path
== NULL
|| strchr(path
, '/') == NULL
) {
168 if ((default_path
= generate_varrun_path(path
)) == NULL
)
171 if (create_pidfile(default_path
) == -1) {
179 return create_pidfile(path
);