xref: /aosp_15_r20/external/libwebsockets/lib/misc/daemonize.c (revision 1c60b9aca93fdbc9b5f19b2d2194c91294b22281)

/*
 * This code is mainly taken from Doug Potter's page
 *
 * http://www-theorie.physik.unizh.ch/~dpotter/howto/daemonize
 *
 * I contacted him 2007-04-16 about the license for the original code,
 * he replied it is Public Domain.  Use the URL above to get the original
 * Public Domain version if you want it.
 *
 * This version is MIT like the rest of libwebsockets and is
 * Copyright (c)2006 - 2013 Andy Green <[email protected]>
 *
 *
 * You're much better advised to use systemd to daemonize stuff without needing
 * this kind of support in the app itself.
 */

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include <libwebsockets.h>
#include "private-lib-core.h"

pid_t pid_daemon;
static char *lock_path;

pid_t get_daemonize_pid()
{
	return pid_daemon;
}

static void
child_handler(int signum)
{
	int len, sent, fd;
	char sz[20];

	switch (signum) {

	case SIGALRM: /* timed out daemonizing */
		exit(0);
		break;

	case SIGUSR1: /* positive confirmation we daemonized well */

		if (!lock_path)
			exit(0);

		/* Create the lock file as the current user */

		fd = lws_open(lock_path, O_TRUNC | O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0640);
		if (fd < 0) {
			fprintf(stderr,
			   "unable to create lock file %s, code=%d (%s)\n",
				lock_path, errno, strerror(errno));
			exit(0);
		}
		len = sprintf(sz, "%u", (unsigned int)pid_daemon);
		sent = (int)write(fd, sz, (size_t)len);
		if (sent != len)
			fprintf(stderr,
			  "unable to write pid to lock file %s, code=%d (%s)\n",
					     lock_path, errno, strerror(errno));

		close(fd);

		exit(0);
		//!!(sent == len));

	case SIGCHLD: /* daemonization failed */
		exit(0);
		break;
	}
}

static void lws_daemon_closing(int sigact)
{
	if (getpid() == pid_daemon)
		if (lock_path) {
			unlink(lock_path);
			lws_free_set_NULL(lock_path);
		}

	kill(getpid(), SIGKILL);
}

/*
 * You just need to call this from your main(), when it
 * returns you are all set "in the background" decoupled
 * from the console you were started from.
 *
 * The process context you called from has been terminated then.
 */

int
lws_daemonize(const char *_lock_path)
{
	struct sigaction act;
	pid_t sid, parent;

	/* already a daemon */
//	if (getppid() == 1)
//		return 1;

	if (_lock_path) {
		int n;

		int fd = lws_open(_lock_path, O_RDONLY);
		if (fd >= 0) {
			char buf[10];

			n = (int)read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
			close(fd);
			if (n) {
				int ret;
				n = atoi(buf);
				ret = kill(n, 0);
				if (ret >= 0) {
					fprintf(stderr,
					     "Daemon already running pid %d\n",
					     n);
					exit(1);
				}
				fprintf(stderr,
				    "Removing stale lock %s from dead pid %d\n",
							_lock_path, n);
				unlink(lock_path);
			}
		}

		n = (int)strlen(_lock_path) + 1;
		lock_path = lws_malloc((unsigned int)n, "daemonize lock");
		if (!lock_path) {
			fprintf(stderr, "Out of mem in lws_daemonize\n");
			return 1;
		}
		strcpy(lock_path, _lock_path);
	}

	/* Trap signals that we expect to receive */
	signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler);	/* died */
	signal(SIGUSR1, child_handler); /* was happy */
	signal(SIGALRM, child_handler); /* timeout daemonizing */

	/* Fork off the parent process */
	pid_daemon = fork();
	if ((int)pid_daemon < 0) {
		fprintf(stderr, "unable to fork daemon, code=%d (%s)",
		    errno, strerror(errno));
		exit(9);
	}

        /* If we got a good PID, then we can exit the parent process. */
	if (pid_daemon > 0) {

               /*
                * Wait for confirmation signal from the child via
                * SIGCHILD / USR1, or for two seconds to elapse
                * (SIGALRM).  pause() should not return.
                */
               alarm(2);

               pause();
               /* should not be reachable */
               exit(1);
       }

	/* At this point we are executing as the child process */
	parent = getppid();
	pid_daemon = getpid();

	/* Cancel certain signals */
	signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL); /* A child process dies */
	signal(SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN); /* Various TTY signals */
	signal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN);
	signal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN);
	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN); /* Ignore hangup signal */

	/* Change the file mode mask */
	umask(0);

	/* Create a new SID for the child process */
	sid = setsid();
	if (sid < 0) {
		fprintf(stderr,
			"unable to create a new session, code %d (%s)",
			errno, strerror(errno));
		exit(2);
	}

	/*
	 * Change the current working directory.  This prevents the current
	 * directory from being locked; hence not being able to remove it.
	 */
	if (chdir("/tmp") < 0) {
		fprintf(stderr,
			"unable to change directory to %s, code %d (%s)",
			"/", errno, strerror(errno));
		exit(3);
	}

	/* Redirect standard files to /dev/null */
	if (!freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin))
		fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stdin, code %d (%s)",
						       errno, strerror(errno));

	if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout))
		fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stdout, code %d (%s)",
						       errno, strerror(errno));

	if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr))
		fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stderr, code %d (%s)",
						       errno, strerror(errno));

	/* Tell the parent process that we are A-okay */
	kill(parent, SIGUSR1);

	act.sa_handler = lws_daemon_closing;
	sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
	act.sa_flags = 0;

	sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);

	/* return to continue what is now "the daemon" */

	return 0;
}