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1 /** @file
2 * @brief implementation of NetClient which spawns a program.
3 */
4 /* Copyright 1999,2000,2001 BrightStation PLC
5 * Copyright 2002 Ananova Ltd
6 * Copyright 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2010,2011,2014,2019 Olly Betts
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
9 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
10 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
11 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
13 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 * GNU General Public License for more details.
18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
21 * USA
24 #include <config.h>
26 #include "safefcntl.h"
28 #include "progclient.h"
29 #include <xapian/error.h>
30 #include "closefrom.h"
31 #include "debuglog.h"
33 #include <cerrno>
34 #include <string>
35 #include <vector>
37 #include <sys/types.h>
38 #ifndef __WIN32__
39 # include "safesyssocket.h"
40 # include <sys/wait.h>
41 #else
42 # include <cstdio> // For sprintf().
43 # include <io.h>
44 #endif
46 using namespace std;
48 #ifndef __WIN32__
49 /** Split a string into a vector of strings, using a given separator
50 * character (default space)
52 static void
53 split_words(const string &text, vector<string> &words, char ws = ' ')
55 size_t i = 0;
56 if (i < text.length() && text[0] == ws) {
57 i = text.find_first_not_of(ws, i);
59 while (i < text.length()) {
60 size_t j = text.find_first_of(ws, i);
61 words.push_back(text.substr(i, j - i));
62 i = text.find_first_not_of(ws, j);
65 #endif
67 ProgClient::ProgClient(const string &progname, const string &args,
68 double timeout_, bool writable, int flags)
69 : RemoteDatabase(run_program(progname, args, child),
70 timeout_, get_progcontext(progname, args), writable,
71 flags)
73 LOGCALL_CTOR(DB, "ProgClient", progname | args | timeout_ | writable | flags);
76 string
77 ProgClient::get_progcontext(const string &progname, const string &args)
79 LOGCALL_STATIC(DB, string, "ProgClient::get_progcontext", progname | args);
80 RETURN("remote:prog(" + progname + " " + args + ")");
83 int
84 ProgClient::run_program(const string &progname, const string &args,
85 #ifndef __WIN32__
86 pid_t& child
87 #else
88 HANDLE& child
89 #endif
92 LOGCALL_STATIC(DB, int, "ProgClient::run_program", progname | args | Literal("[&child]"));
94 #if defined HAVE_SOCKETPAIR && defined HAVE_FORK
95 /* socketpair() returns two sockets. We keep sv[0] and give
96 * sv[1] to the child process.
98 int sv[2];
100 if (socketpair(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, sv) < 0) {
101 throw Xapian::NetworkError(string("socketpair failed"), get_progcontext(progname, args), errno);
104 // Do the steps of splitting args into an argv[] array which need to
105 // allocate memory before we call fork() since in a multi-threaded program
106 // (which we might be used in) it's only safe to call async-signal-safe
107 // functions in the child process after fork() until exec, and malloc, etc
108 // aren't async-signal-safe.
109 vector<string> argvec;
110 split_words(args, argvec);
111 const char **new_argv = new const char *[argvec.size() + 2];
113 child = fork();
115 if (child < 0) {
116 delete [] new_argv;
117 throw Xapian::NetworkError(string("fork failed"), get_progcontext(progname, args), errno);
120 if (child != 0) {
121 // parent
122 delete [] new_argv;
123 // close the child's end of the socket
124 ::close(sv[1]);
125 RETURN(sv[0]);
128 /* child process:
129 * set up file descriptors and exec program
132 #if defined F_SETFD && defined FD_CLOEXEC
133 // Clear close-on-exec flag, if we set it when we called socketpair().
134 // Clearing it here means there's no window where another thread in the
135 // parent process could fork()+exec() and end up with this fd still
136 // open (assuming close-on-exec is supported).
138 // We can't use a preprocessor check on the *value* of SOCK_CLOEXEC as
139 // on Linux SOCK_CLOEXEC is an enum, with '#define SOCK_CLOEXEC
140 // SOCK_CLOEXEC' to allow '#ifdef SOCK_CLOEXEC' to work.
141 if (SOCK_CLOEXEC != 0)
142 (void)fcntl(sv[1], F_SETFD, 0);
143 #endif
145 // replace stdin and stdout with the socket
146 // FIXME: check return values from dup2.
147 if (sv[1] != 0) {
148 dup2(sv[1], 0);
150 if (sv[1] != 1) {
151 dup2(sv[1], 1);
154 // close unnecessary file descriptors
155 closefrom(2);
157 // Redirect stderr to /dev/null
158 int stderrfd = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
159 if (stderrfd == -1) {
160 _exit(-1);
162 if (stderrfd != 2) {
163 // Not sure why it wouldn't be 2, but handle the situation anyway.
164 dup2(stderrfd, 2);
165 ::close(stderrfd);
168 new_argv[0] = progname.c_str();
169 for (vector<string>::size_type i = 0; i < argvec.size(); ++i) {
170 new_argv[i + 1] = argvec[i].c_str();
172 new_argv[argvec.size() + 1] = 0;
173 execvp(progname.c_str(), const_cast<char *const *>(new_argv));
175 // if we get here, then execvp failed.
176 /* throwing an exception is a bad idea, since we're
177 * not the original process. */
178 _exit(-1);
179 #ifdef __xlC__
180 // Avoid "missing return statement" warning.
181 return 0;
182 #endif
183 #elif defined __WIN32__
184 static unsigned int pipecount = 0;
185 char pipename[256];
186 sprintf(pipename, "\\\\.\\pipe\\xapian-remote-%lx-%lx-%x",
187 static_cast<unsigned long>(GetCurrentProcessId()),
188 static_cast<unsigned long>(GetCurrentThreadId()), pipecount++);
189 // Create a pipe so we can read stdout from the child process.
190 HANDLE hPipe = CreateNamedPipe(pipename,
191 PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX|FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
193 1, 4096, 4096, NMPWAIT_USE_DEFAULT_WAIT,
194 NULL);
196 if (hPipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
197 throw Xapian::NetworkError("CreateNamedPipe failed",
198 get_progcontext(progname, args),
199 -int(GetLastError()));
202 HANDLE hClient = CreateFile(pipename,
203 GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
204 FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, NULL);
206 if (hClient == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
207 throw Xapian::NetworkError("CreateFile failed",
208 get_progcontext(progname, args),
209 -int(GetLastError()));
212 if (!ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, NULL) && GetLastError() != ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED) {
213 throw Xapian::NetworkError("ConnectNamedPipe failed",
214 get_progcontext(progname, args),
215 -int(GetLastError()));
218 // Set the appropriate handles to be inherited by the child process.
219 SetHandleInformation(hClient, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 1);
221 // Create the child process.
222 PROCESS_INFORMATION procinfo;
223 memset(&procinfo, 0, sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION));
225 STARTUPINFO startupinfo;
226 memset(&startupinfo, 0, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
227 startupinfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
228 startupinfo.hStdError = hClient;
229 startupinfo.hStdOutput = hClient;
230 startupinfo.hStdInput = hClient;
231 startupinfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
233 string cmdline{progname};
234 cmdline += ' ';
235 cmdline += args;
236 // For some reason Windows wants a modifiable command line so we
237 // pass `&cmdline[0]` rather than `cmdline.c_str()`.
238 BOOL ok = CreateProcess(progname.c_str(), &cmdline[0], 0, 0, TRUE, 0, 0, 0,
239 &startupinfo, &procinfo);
240 if (!ok) {
241 throw Xapian::NetworkError("CreateProcess failed",
242 get_progcontext(progname, args),
243 -int(GetLastError()));
246 CloseHandle(hClient);
247 CloseHandle(procinfo.hThread);
248 child = procinfo.hProcess;
249 RETURN(_open_osfhandle(intptr_t(hPipe), O_RDWR|O_BINARY));
250 #endif
253 ProgClient::~ProgClient()
255 try {
256 // Close the socket and reap the child.
257 do_close();
258 } catch (...) {
260 #ifndef __WIN32__
261 waitpid(child, 0, 0);
262 #else
263 WaitForSingleObject(child, INFINITE);
264 #endif