]> git.lyx.org Git - lyx.git/blob - src/support/ForkedCalls.cpp
add generic helper class for calling functions in gui thread
[lyx.git] / src / support / ForkedCalls.cpp
1 /**
2  * \file ForkedCalls.cpp
3  * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
4  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
5  *
6  * \author Asger Alstrup
7  * \author Angus Leeming
8  * \author Alfredo Braunstein
9  *
10  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
11  */
12
13 #include <config.h>
14
15 #include "support/ForkedCalls.h"
16
17 #include "support/debug.h"
18 #include "support/filetools.h"
19 #include "support/lstrings.h"
20 #include "support/lyxlib.h"
21 #include "support/os.h"
22 #include "support/Timeout.h"
23
24 #include "support/bind.h"
25
26 #include <cerrno>
27 #include <queue>
28 #include <sstream>
29 #include <utility>
30 #include <vector>
31
32 #ifdef _WIN32
33 # define SIGHUP 1
34 # define SIGKILL 9
35 # include <windows.h>
36 # include <process.h>
37 # undef max
38 #else
39 # include <csignal>
40 # include <cstdlib>
41 # ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
42 #  include <unistd.h>
43 # endif
44 # include <sys/wait.h>
45 #endif
46
47 using namespace std;
48
49
50
51 namespace lyx {
52 namespace support {
53
54 namespace {
55
56 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
57 //
58 // Murder
59 //
60 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
61
62 class Murder : public boost::signals::trackable {
63 public:
64         //
65         static void killItDead(int secs, pid_t pid)
66         {
67                 if (secs > 0)
68                         new Murder(secs, pid);
69                 else if (pid != 0)
70                         support::kill(pid, SIGKILL);
71         }
72
73         //
74         void kill()
75         {
76                 if (pid_ != 0)
77                         support::kill(pid_, SIGKILL);
78                 lyxerr << "Killed " << pid_ << endl;
79                 delete this;
80         }
81
82 private:
83         //
84         Murder(int secs, pid_t pid)
85                 : timeout_(1000*secs, Timeout::ONETIME), pid_(pid)
86         {
87                 timeout_.timeout.connect(lyx::bind(&Murder::kill, this));
88                 timeout_.start();
89         }
90
91         //
92         Timeout timeout_;
93         //
94         pid_t pid_;
95 };
96
97 } // namespace anon
98
99
100 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
101 //
102 // ForkedProcess
103 //
104 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
105
106 ForkedProcess::ForkedProcess()
107         : pid_(0), retval_(0)
108 {}
109
110
111 bool ForkedProcess::IAmAChild = false;
112
113
114 void ForkedProcess::emitSignal()
115 {
116         if (signal_.get()) {
117                 signal_->operator()(pid_, retval_);
118         }
119 }
120
121
122 // Spawn the child process
123 int ForkedProcess::run(Starttype type)
124 {
125         retval_ = 0;
126         pid_ = generateChild();
127         if (pid_ <= 0) { // child or fork failed.
128                 retval_ = 1;
129                 if (pid_ == 0)
130                         //we also do this in fork(), too, but maybe someone will try
131                         //to bypass that
132                         IAmAChild = true; 
133                 return retval_;
134         }
135
136         switch (type) {
137         case Wait:
138                 retval_ = waitForChild();
139                 break;
140         case DontWait: {
141                 // Integrate into the Controller
142                 ForkedCallsController::addCall(*this);
143                 break;
144         }
145         }
146
147         return retval_;
148 }
149
150
151 bool ForkedProcess::running() const
152 {
153         if (pid() <= 0)
154                 return false;
155
156 #if !defined (_WIN32)
157         // Un-UNIX like, but we don't have much use for
158         // knowing if a zombie exists, so just reap it first.
159         int waitstatus;
160         waitpid(pid(), &waitstatus, WNOHANG);
161 #endif
162
163         // Racy of course, but it will do.
164         if (support::kill(pid(), 0) && errno == ESRCH)
165                 return false;
166         return true;
167 }
168
169
170 void ForkedProcess::kill(int tol)
171 {
172         lyxerr << "ForkedProcess::kill(" << tol << ')' << endl;
173         if (pid() <= 0) {
174                 lyxerr << "Can't kill non-existent process!" << endl;
175                 return;
176         }
177
178         int const tolerance = max(0, tol);
179         if (tolerance == 0) {
180                 // Kill it dead NOW!
181                 Murder::killItDead(0, pid());
182         } else {
183                 int ret = support::kill(pid(), SIGHUP);
184
185                 // The process is already dead if wait_for_death is false
186                 bool const wait_for_death = (ret == 0 && errno != ESRCH);
187
188                 if (wait_for_death)
189                         Murder::killItDead(tolerance, pid());
190         }
191 }
192
193
194 pid_t ForkedProcess::fork() {
195 #if !defined (HAVE_FORK)
196         return -1;
197 #else
198         pid_t pid = ::fork();
199         if (pid == 0)
200                 IAmAChild = true;
201         return pid;
202 #endif
203 }
204
205
206 // Wait for child process to finish. Returns returncode from child.
207 int ForkedProcess::waitForChild()
208 {
209         // We'll pretend that the child returns 1 on all error conditions.
210         retval_ = 1;
211
212 #if defined (_WIN32)
213         HANDLE const hProcess = HANDLE(pid_);
214
215         DWORD const wait_status = ::WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, INFINITE);
216
217         switch (wait_status) {
218         case WAIT_OBJECT_0: {
219                 DWORD exit_code = 0;
220                 if (!GetExitCodeProcess(hProcess, &exit_code)) {
221                         lyxerr << "GetExitCodeProcess failed waiting for child\n"
222                                << getChildErrorMessage() << endl;
223                 } else
224                         retval_ = exit_code;
225                 break;
226         }
227         case WAIT_FAILED:
228                 lyxerr << "WaitForSingleObject failed waiting for child\n"
229                        << getChildErrorMessage() << endl;
230                 break;
231         }
232
233 #else
234         int status;
235         bool wait = true;
236         while (wait) {
237                 pid_t waitrpid = waitpid(pid_, &status, WUNTRACED);
238                 if (waitrpid == -1) {
239                         lyxerr << "LyX: Error waiting for child:"
240                                << strerror(errno) << endl;
241                         wait = false;
242                 } else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
243                         // Child exited normally. Update return value.
244                         retval_ = WEXITSTATUS(status);
245                         wait = false;
246                 } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
247                         lyxerr << "LyX: Child didn't catch signal "
248                                << WTERMSIG(status)
249                                << "and died. Too bad." << endl;
250                         wait = false;
251                 } else if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
252                         lyxerr << "LyX: Child (pid: " << pid_
253                                << ") stopped on signal "
254                                << WSTOPSIG(status)
255                                << ". Waiting for child to finish." << endl;
256                 } else {
257                         lyxerr << "LyX: Something rotten happened while "
258                                 "waiting for child " << pid_ << endl;
259                         wait = false;
260                 }
261         }
262 #endif
263         return retval_;
264 }
265
266
267 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
268 //
269 // ForkedCall
270 //
271 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
272
273
274 int ForkedCall::startScript(Starttype wait, string const & what)
275 {
276         if (wait != Wait) {
277                 retval_ = startScript(what, SignalTypePtr());
278                 return retval_;
279         }
280
281         command_ = what;
282         signal_.reset();
283         return run(Wait);
284 }
285
286
287 int ForkedCall::startScript(string const & what, SignalTypePtr signal)
288 {
289         command_ = what;
290         signal_  = signal;
291
292         return run(DontWait);
293 }
294
295
296 // generate child in background
297 int ForkedCall::generateChild()
298 {
299         string line = trim(command_);
300         if (line.empty())
301                 return 1;
302
303 #if !defined (_WIN32)
304         // POSIX
305
306         // Split the input command up into an array of words stored
307         // in a contiguous block of memory. The array contains pointers
308         // to each word.
309         // Don't forget the terminating `\0' character.
310         char const * const c_str = line.c_str();
311         vector<char> vec(c_str, c_str + line.size() + 1);
312
313         // Splitting the command up into an array of words means replacing
314         // the whitespace between words with '\0'. Life is complicated
315         // however, because words protected by quotes can contain whitespace.
316         //
317         // The strategy we adopt is:
318         // 1. If we're not inside quotes, then replace white space with '\0'.
319         // 2. If we are inside quotes, then don't replace the white space
320         //    but do remove the quotes themselves. We do this naively by
321         //    replacing the quote with '\0' which is fine if quotes
322         //    delimit the entire word.
323         char inside_quote = 0;
324         vector<char>::iterator it = vec.begin();
325         vector<char>::iterator const end = vec.end();
326         for (; it != end; ++it) {
327                 char const c = *it;
328                 if (!inside_quote) {
329                         if (c == ' ')
330                                 *it = '\0';
331                         else if (c == '\'' || c == '"') {
332                                 *it = '\0';
333                                 inside_quote = c;
334                         }
335                 } else if (c == inside_quote) {
336                         *it = '\0';
337                         inside_quote = 0;
338                 }
339         }
340
341         // Build an array of pointers to each word.
342         it = vec.begin();
343         vector<char *> argv;
344         char prev = '\0';
345         for (; it != end; ++it) {
346                 if (*it != '\0' && prev == '\0')
347                         argv.push_back(&*it);
348                 prev = *it;
349         }
350         argv.push_back(0);
351
352         // Debug output.
353         if (lyxerr.debugging(Debug::FILES)) {
354                 vector<char *>::iterator ait = argv.begin();
355                 vector<char *>::iterator const aend = argv.end();
356                 lyxerr << "<command>\n\t" << line
357                        << "\n\tInterpretted as:\n\n";
358                 for (; ait != aend; ++ait)
359                         if (*ait)
360                                 lyxerr << '\t'<< *ait << '\n';
361                 lyxerr << "</command>" << endl;
362         }
363
364         pid_t const cpid = ::fork();
365         if (cpid == 0) {
366                 // Child
367                 execvp(argv[0], &*argv.begin());
368
369                 // If something goes wrong, we end up here
370                 lyxerr << "execvp of \"" << command_ << "\" failed: "
371                        << strerror(errno) << endl;
372                 _exit(1);
373         }
374 #else
375         // Windows
376
377         pid_t cpid = -1;
378
379         STARTUPINFO startup; 
380         PROCESS_INFORMATION process; 
381
382         memset(&startup, 0, sizeof(STARTUPINFO));
383         memset(&process, 0, sizeof(PROCESS_INFORMATION));
384     
385         startup.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
386
387         if (CreateProcess(0, (LPSTR)line.c_str(), 0, 0, FALSE,
388                 CREATE_NO_WINDOW, 0, 0, &startup, &process)) {
389                 CloseHandle(process.hThread);
390                 cpid = (pid_t)process.hProcess;
391         }
392 #endif
393
394         if (cpid < 0) {
395                 // Error.
396                 lyxerr << "Could not fork: " << strerror(errno) << endl;
397         }
398
399         return cpid;
400 }
401
402
403 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
404 //
405 // ForkedCallQueue
406 //
407 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
408
409 namespace ForkedCallQueue {
410
411 /// A process in the queue
412 typedef pair<string, ForkedCall::SignalTypePtr> Process;
413 /** Add a process to the queue. Processes are forked sequentially
414  *  only one is running at a time.
415  *  Connect to the returned signal and you'll be informed when
416  *  the process has ended.
417  */
418 ForkedCall::SignalTypePtr add(string const & process);
419
420 /// in-progress queue
421 static queue<Process> callQueue_;
422
423 /// flag whether queue is running
424 static bool running_ = 0;
425
426 ///
427 void startCaller();
428 ///
429 void stopCaller();
430 ///
431 void callback(pid_t, int);
432
433 ForkedCall::SignalTypePtr add(string const & process)
434 {
435         ForkedCall::SignalTypePtr ptr;
436         ptr.reset(new ForkedCall::SignalType);
437         callQueue_.push(Process(process, ptr));
438         if (!running_)
439                 startCaller();
440         return ptr;
441 }
442
443
444 void callNext()
445 {
446         if (callQueue_.empty())
447                 return;
448         Process pro = callQueue_.front();
449         callQueue_.pop();
450         // Bind our chain caller
451         pro.second->connect(lyx::bind(&ForkedCallQueue::callback, _1, _2));
452         ForkedCall call;
453         //If we fail to fork the process, then emit the signal
454         //to tell the outside world that it failed.
455         if (call.startScript(pro.first, pro.second) > 0)
456                 pro.second->operator()(0,1);
457 }
458
459
460 void callback(pid_t, int)
461 {
462         if (callQueue_.empty())
463                 stopCaller();
464         else
465                 callNext();
466 }
467
468
469 void startCaller()
470 {
471         LYXERR(Debug::GRAPHICS, "ForkedCallQueue: waking up");
472         running_ = true ;
473         callNext();
474 }
475
476
477 void stopCaller()
478 {
479         running_ = false ;
480         LYXERR(Debug::GRAPHICS, "ForkedCallQueue: I'm going to sleep");
481 }
482
483
484 bool running()
485 {
486         return running_;
487 }
488
489 } // namespace ForkedCallsQueue
490
491
492
493 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
494 //
495 // ForkedCallsController
496 //
497 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
498
499 #if defined(_WIN32)
500 string const getChildErrorMessage()
501 {
502         DWORD const error_code = ::GetLastError();
503
504         HLOCAL t_message = 0;
505         bool const ok = ::FormatMessage(
506                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
507                 FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
508                 0, error_code,
509                 MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
510                 (LPTSTR) &t_message, 0, 0
511                 ) != 0;
512
513         ostringstream ss;
514         ss << "LyX: Error waiting for child: " << error_code;
515
516         if (ok) {
517                 ss << ": " << (LPTSTR)t_message;
518                 ::LocalFree(t_message);
519         } else
520                 ss << ": Error unknown.";
521
522         return ss.str();
523 }
524 #endif
525
526
527 namespace ForkedCallsController {
528
529 typedef shared_ptr<ForkedProcess> ForkedProcessPtr;
530 typedef list<ForkedProcessPtr> ListType;
531 typedef ListType::iterator iterator;
532
533
534 /// The child processes
535 static ListType forkedCalls;
536
537 iterator find_pid(pid_t pid)
538 {
539         return find_if(forkedCalls.begin(), forkedCalls.end(),
540                             lyx::bind(equal_to<pid_t>(),
541                             lyx::bind(&ForkedCall::pid, _1),
542                             pid));
543 }
544
545
546 void addCall(ForkedProcess const & newcall)
547 {
548         forkedCalls.push_back(newcall.clone());
549 }
550
551
552 // Check the list of dead children and emit any associated signals.
553 void handleCompletedProcesses()
554 {
555         ListType::iterator it  = forkedCalls.begin();
556         ListType::iterator end = forkedCalls.end();
557         while (it != end) {
558                 ForkedProcessPtr actCall = *it;
559                 bool remove_it = false;
560
561 #if defined(_WIN32)
562                 HANDLE const hProcess = HANDLE(actCall->pid());
563
564                 DWORD const wait_status = ::WaitForSingleObject(hProcess, 0);
565
566                 switch (wait_status) {
567                 case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
568                         // Still running
569                         break;
570                 case WAIT_OBJECT_0: {
571                         DWORD exit_code = 0;
572                         if (!GetExitCodeProcess(hProcess, &exit_code)) {
573                                 lyxerr << "GetExitCodeProcess failed waiting for child\n"
574                                        << getChildErrorMessage() << endl;
575                                 // Child died, so pretend it returned 1
576                                 actCall->setRetValue(1);
577                         } else {
578                                 actCall->setRetValue(exit_code);
579                         }
580                         CloseHandle(hProcess);
581                         remove_it = true;
582                         break;
583                 }
584                 case WAIT_FAILED:
585                         lyxerr << "WaitForSingleObject failed waiting for child\n"
586                                << getChildErrorMessage() << endl;
587                         actCall->setRetValue(1);
588                         CloseHandle(hProcess);
589                         remove_it = true;
590                         break;
591                 }
592 #else
593                 pid_t pid = actCall->pid();
594                 int stat_loc;
595                 pid_t const waitrpid = waitpid(pid, &stat_loc, WNOHANG);
596
597                 if (waitrpid == -1) {
598                         lyxerr << "LyX: Error waiting for child: "
599                                << strerror(errno) << endl;
600
601                         // Child died, so pretend it returned 1
602                         actCall->setRetValue(1);
603                         remove_it = true;
604
605                 } else if (waitrpid == 0) {
606                         // Still running. Move on to the next child.
607
608                 } else if (WIFEXITED(stat_loc)) {
609                         // Ok, the return value goes into retval.
610                         actCall->setRetValue(WEXITSTATUS(stat_loc));
611                         remove_it = true;
612
613                 } else if (WIFSIGNALED(stat_loc)) {
614                         // Child died, so pretend it returned 1
615                         actCall->setRetValue(1);
616                         remove_it = true;
617
618                 } else if (WIFSTOPPED(stat_loc)) {
619                         lyxerr << "LyX: Child (pid: " << pid
620                                << ") stopped on signal "
621                                << WSTOPSIG(stat_loc)
622                                << ". Waiting for child to finish." << endl;
623
624                 } else {
625                         lyxerr << "LyX: Something rotten happened while "
626                                 "waiting for child " << pid << endl;
627
628                         // Child died, so pretend it returned 1
629                         actCall->setRetValue(1);
630                         remove_it = true;
631                 }
632 #endif
633
634                 if (remove_it) {
635                         forkedCalls.erase(it);
636                         actCall->emitSignal();
637
638                         /* start all over: emiting the signal can result
639                          * in changing the list (Ab)
640                          */
641                         it = forkedCalls.begin();
642                 } else {
643                         ++it;
644                 }
645         }
646 }
647
648
649 // Kill the process prematurely and remove it from the list
650 // within tolerance secs
651 void kill(pid_t pid, int tolerance)
652 {
653         ListType::iterator it = find_pid(pid);
654         if (it == forkedCalls.end())
655                 return;
656
657         (*it)->kill(tolerance);
658         forkedCalls.erase(it);
659 }
660
661 } // namespace ForkedCallsController
662
663 } // namespace support
664 } // namespace lyx