2 * Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
4 * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
6 /** \file signal.c Signal handling functions. */
15 static int signal_pipe[2];
18 * Initialize the paraslash signal subsystem.
20 * This function creates a pipe, the signal pipe, to deliver pending
21 * signals to the application (Bernstein's trick). It should be called
22 * during the application's startup part, followed by subsequent calls
23 * to para_install_sighandler() for each signal that should be caught.
25 * para_signal_init() installs a generic signal handler which is used for all
26 * signals simultaneously. When a signal arrives, this generic signal handler
27 * writes the corresponding signal number to the signal pipe so that the
28 * application can test for pending signals simply by checking the signal pipe
29 * for reading, e.g. by using the select(2) system call.
31 * \return This function either succeeds or calls exit(2) to terminate
32 * the current process. On success, the file descriptor of the signal pipe is
35 int para_signal_init(void)
38 if (pipe(signal_pipe) < 0) {
39 ret = -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(errno);
42 ret = mark_fd_nonblocking(signal_pipe[0]);
45 ret = mark_fd_nonblocking(signal_pipe[1]);
48 return signal_pipe[0];
50 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s\n", para_strerror(-ret));
55 * just write one integer to signal pipe
57 static void generic_signal_handler(int s)
59 ssize_t ret = write(signal_pipe[1], &s, sizeof(int));
61 if (ret == sizeof(int))
64 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s\n", strerror(errno));
66 PARA_EMERG_LOG("short write to signal pipe\n");
73 * \param pid In case a child died, its pid is returned here.
75 * Call waitpid() and print a log message containing the pid and the cause of
78 * \return A (negative) paraslash error code on errors, zero, if no child died,
79 * one otherwise. If and only if the function returns one, the content of \a
84 int para_reap_child(pid_t *pid)
87 *pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
92 return -ERRNO_TO_PARA_ERROR(errno);
93 if (WIFEXITED(status))
94 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("child %i exited. Exit status: %i\n", (int)*pid,
96 else if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
97 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("child %i was killed by signal %i\n", (int)*pid,
100 PARA_WARNING_LOG("child %i terminated abormally\n", (int)*pid);
105 * Install the given handler for the given signal.
107 * \param sig The number of the signal to catch.
108 * \param handler to be installed, \p SIG_IGN, or \p SIG_DFL.
110 * This either succeeds or calls exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
114 void para_sigaction(int sig, void (*handler)(int))
116 struct sigaction act;
118 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("catching signal %d\n", sig);
119 act.sa_handler = handler;
120 sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
122 if (sig == SIGALRM) {
123 #ifdef SA_INTERRUPT /* SunOS */
124 act.sa_flags |= SA_INTERRUPT;
127 #ifdef SA_RESTART /* BSD */
128 act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART;
131 if (sigaction(sig, &act, NULL) >= 0)
133 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to install signal handler for signal %d\n",
139 * Install the generic signal handler for the given signal number.
141 * \param sig The number of the signal to catch.
143 * \sa signal(2), sigaction(2).
145 void para_install_sighandler(int sig)
147 para_sigaction(sig, &generic_signal_handler);
151 * Block a signal for the caller.
153 * \param sig The signal to block.
155 * This sets the given signal in the current signal mask of the calling process
156 * to prevent this signal from delivery.
158 * \sa \ref para_unblock_signal(), sigprocmask(2), sigaddset(3).
160 void para_block_signal(int sig)
164 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("blocking signal %d\n", sig);
166 sigaddset(&set, sig);
167 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
173 * \param sig The signal to unblock.
175 * This function removes the given signal from the current set of blocked
178 * \sa \ref para_block_signal(), sigprocmask(2), sigaddset(3).
180 void para_unblock_signal(int sig)
184 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("unblocking signal %d\n", sig);
186 sigaddset(&set, sig);
187 sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
191 * Return the number of the next pending signal.
193 * \param rfds The fd_set containing the signal pipe.
195 * \return On success, the number of the received signal is returned. If there
196 * is no signal currently pending, the function returns zero. On read errors
197 * from the signal pipe, the process is terminated.
199 int para_next_signal(fd_set *rfds)
202 int s, ret = read_nonblock(signal_pipe[0], &s, sizeof(s), rfds, &n);
205 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s\n", para_strerror(-ret));
210 assert(n == sizeof(s));
211 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("next signal: %d\n", s);
216 * Close the write end of the signal pipe.
218 void para_signal_shutdown(void)
220 close(signal_pipe[1]);