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2023-09-12start-stop-daemon: set fds to CLOEXEC instead of closingNatanael Copa
Set file descriptors to CLOEXEC instead of closing them before exec, similar to what we do in supervise-daemon. Use the share cloexec_fds_from() helper for this. closefrom() is no longer used so remove the test.
2023-04-19Rename attribute macros to namespaced RC_*Sam James
This conflicts with linux-headers which uses __unused for some padding members on ppc64le at least. Closes: https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/622
2023-01-30start-stop-daemon: avoid malloc inside sig-handlerNRK
same rational as 459783bb Bug: https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/589
2023-01-29start-stop-daemon: missing includes from IWYUSam James
2023-01-20start-stop-daemon, supervise-daemon: use closefrom()/close_range()Matt Whitlock
On systems with a very large RLIMIT_NOFILE, calling close() in a loop from 3 to getdtablesize() effects an enormous number of system calls. There are better alternatives. Both BSD and Linux have the closefrom() system call that closes all file descriptors with indices not less than a specified minimum. Have start-stop-daemon call closefrom() on systems where it's implemented, falling back to the old loop elsewhere. Likewise, calling fcntl(i, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) in a loop from 3 to getdtablesize() raises a similar performance concern. Linux 5.11 and onward has a close_range() system call with a CLOSE_RANGE_CLOEXEC flag that sets the FD_CLOEXEC flag on all file descriptors in a specified range. Have supervise-daemon utilize this feature on systems where it's implemented, falling back to the old loop elsewhere.
2023-01-20start-stop-daemon: remove unnecessary carve-out for pipe FDMatt Whitlock
1364e6631c7f266484981d88be43f9b039f76b6a exempted the write end of the synchronization pipe from the close() loop in the child process, but this is unnecessary, as the pipe is opened with O_CLOEXEC, and the child process calls execvp() soon after the close() loop, with the intervening code not needing the pipe. Indeed, the pipe only needs to remain open in the child process until after the call to setsid(), which occurs well before the close() loop. So, eliminate the needless carve-out from the close() loop, in preparation for introducing closefrom().
2022-12-07start-stop-daemon: use a pipe to sync parent/child processesMike Gilbert
This fixes #557.
2022-09-06start-stop-daemon, supervise-daemon: set autogroup nicelevelMatt Whitlock
As described in "Why nice levels are a placebo and have been for a very long time, and no one seems to have noticed"[1], the Linux kernel in its default configuration on many Linux distributions autogroups tasks by session ID and "fairly" allocates CPU time among such autogroups. The nice levels of tasks within each autogroup are only relative to other tasks within the same autogroup. Effectively, this means that the traditional nice level is rendered moot for tools like start-stop-daemon and supervise-daemon, which start each daemon in its own session and thus in its own autogroup. Linux does provide a means to change the niceness of autogroups relative to each other, so let's have start-stop- daemon and supervise-daemon make use of this feature where available so that -N,--nicelevel/SSD_NICELEVEL will actually do what the user intends. On systems where autogroups are not supported or are disabled, this commit introduces no change in behavior. Note that the setsid() call in the child process of start-stop-daemon is moved to much earlier. This is necessary so that the new process will be assigned to a new autogroup before the autogroup nicelevel is set. To avoid inadvertently acquiring /dev/tty as the controlling terminal of the new session after setsid() has given up the controlling terminal inherited from the parent process, tty_fd is opened before the call to setsid(). [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/d7hx2c/why_nice_levels_are_a_placebo_and_have_been_for_a/ This fixes #542.
2022-09-02Revert "start-stop-daemon: use vfork to avoid races"William Hubbs
This is broken, so revert it and reopen #532. This reverts commit 9e5ce59a21ed19a3829bae0b27d957c5fd0de74f.
2022-09-02start-stop-daemon: use vfork to avoid racesArusekk
While running `rc-service start docker` on Gentoo, I found that the command does not start the service 90% of the time, with an enigmatic 'service crashed' message. The root cause of this is apparently rc-service spawning a pty, running start-stop-daemon inside that pty, and exitting, before start-stop-daemon child process calls setsid(), which results in the child process being killed with SIGHUP (SI_KERNEL). Theoretically this bug was present ever since the file was created in 5af58b45146a ("Rewrite the core parts in C. We now provide...") (or even before that), but it should have been only a minor issue before 45bd125dccdc ("Use a pty for prefixed output instead of pipes for..."). Not sure why nobody has had the issue so far (it has been present for almost 15 years). As here setsid() is the last call before execve(), the most natural locking mechanism is vfork(), as it gives back control to parent process only after execve() or process termination. So this way the bug can be fixed by adding a single letter. :-) Another way to ensure this would be using an O_CLOEXEC file descriptor or some custom lock, which would need to be released not before setsid(). Fixes: 5af58b45146a ("Rewrite the core parts in C. We now provide...") Fixes #532.
2022-04-07start-stop-daemon: remove rc-prefix from file namesWilliam Hubbs
2022-04-06migrate fully to meson build systemWilliam Hubbs
- drop old build system - move shared include and source files to common directory - drop "rc-" prefix from shared include and source files - move executable-specific code to individual directories under src - adjust top-level .gitignore file for new build system This closes #489.