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/*
mydaemon.c
Copyright (c) 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan.
All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2000 Dug Song <dugsong@UMICH.EDU>.
Copyright (c) 2002 Andy Adamson <andros@UMICH.EDU>.
Copyright (c) 2002 Marius Aamodt Eriksen <marius@UMICH.EDU>.
Copyright (c) 2002 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@UMICH.EDU>.
Copyright (c) 2013 Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
All rights reserved, all wrongs reversed.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
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SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <xlog.h>
/**
* mydaemon - daemonize, but have parent wait to exit
* @nochdir: skip chdir()'ing the child to / after forking if true
* @noclose: skip closing stdin/stdout/stderr if true
* @pipefds: pointer to 2 element array of pipefds
*
* This function is like daemon(), but with our own special sauce to delay
* the exit of the parent until the child is set up properly. A pipe is created
* between parent and child. The parent process will wait to exit until the
* child dies or writes a '1' on the pipe signaling that it started
* successfully.
*/
void
mydaemon(int nochdir, int noclose, int *pipefds)
{
int pid, status, tempfd;
if (pipe(pipefds) < 0) {
xlog_err("mydaemon: pipe() failed: errno %d (%s)\n",
errno, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
if ((pid = fork ()) < 0) {
xlog_err("mydaemon: fork() failed: errno %d (%s)\n",
errno, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
if (pid != 0) {
/*
* Parent. Wait for status from child.
*/
close(pipefds[1]);
if (read(pipefds[0], &status, 1) != 1)
exit(1);
exit (0);
}
/* Child. */
close(pipefds[0]);
setsid ();
if (nochdir == 0) {
if (chdir ("/") == -1) {
xlog_err("mydaemon: chdir() failed: errno %d (%s)\n",
errno, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
}
while (pipefds[1] <= 2) {
pipefds[1] = dup(pipefds[1]);
if (pipefds[1] < 0) {
xlog_err("mydaemon: dup() failed: errno %d (%s)\n",
errno, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
}
if (noclose == 0) {
tempfd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
if (tempfd >= 0) {
dup2(tempfd, 0);
dup2(tempfd, 1);
dup2(tempfd, 2);
close(tempfd);
} else {
xlog_err("mydaemon: can't open /dev/null: errno %d "
"(%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
exit(1);
}
}
return;
}
/**
* release_parent - tell the parent that it can exit now
* @pipefds: pipefd array that was previously passed to mydaemon()
*
* This function tells the parent process of mydaemon() that it's now clear
* to exit(0).
*/
void
release_parent(int *pipefds)
{
int status;
if (pipefds[1] > 0) {
if (write(pipefds[1], &status, 1) != 1) {
xlog_err("WARN: writing to parent pipe failed: errno "
"%d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
}
close(pipefds[1]);
pipefds[1] = -1;
}
}