1/* 2 * This code is mainly taken from Doug Potter's page 3 * 4 * http://www-theorie.physik.unizh.ch/~dpotter/howto/daemonize 5 * 6 * I contacted him 2007-04-16 about the license for the original code, 7 * he replied it is Public Domain. Use the URL above to get the original 8 * Public Domain version if you want it. 9 * 10 * This version is MIT like the rest of libwebsockets and is 11 * Copyright (c)2006 - 2013 Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com> 12 * 13 * 14 * You're much better advised to use systemd to daemonize stuff without needing 15 * this kind of support in the app itself. 16 */ 17 18#include <stdlib.h> 19#include <string.h> 20#include <stdio.h> 21#include <signal.h> 22#include <sys/types.h> 23#include <sys/stat.h> 24#include <fcntl.h> 25#include <limits.h> 26#include <unistd.h> 27#include <errno.h> 28 29#include <libwebsockets.h> 30#include "private-lib-core.h" 31 32pid_t pid_daemon; 33static char *lock_path; 34 35pid_t get_daemonize_pid() 36{ 37 return pid_daemon; 38} 39 40static void 41child_handler(int signum) 42{ 43 int len, sent, fd; 44 char sz[20]; 45 46 switch (signum) { 47 48 case SIGALRM: /* timed out daemonizing */ 49 exit(0); 50 break; 51 52 case SIGUSR1: /* positive confirmation we daemonized well */ 53 54 if (!lock_path) 55 exit(0); 56 57 /* Create the lock file as the current user */ 58 59 fd = lws_open(lock_path, O_TRUNC | O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0640); 60 if (fd < 0) { 61 fprintf(stderr, 62 "unable to create lock file %s, code=%d (%s)\n", 63 lock_path, errno, strerror(errno)); 64 exit(0); 65 } 66 len = sprintf(sz, "%u", (unsigned int)pid_daemon); 67 sent = (int)write(fd, sz, (size_t)len); 68 if (sent != len) 69 fprintf(stderr, 70 "unable to write pid to lock file %s, code=%d (%s)\n", 71 lock_path, errno, strerror(errno)); 72 73 close(fd); 74 75 exit(0); 76 //!!(sent == len)); 77 78 case SIGCHLD: /* daemonization failed */ 79 exit(0); 80 break; 81 } 82} 83 84static void lws_daemon_closing(int sigact) 85{ 86 if (getpid() == pid_daemon) 87 if (lock_path) { 88 unlink(lock_path); 89 lws_free_set_NULL(lock_path); 90 } 91 92 kill(getpid(), SIGKILL); 93} 94 95/* 96 * You just need to call this from your main(), when it 97 * returns you are all set "in the background" decoupled 98 * from the console you were started from. 99 * 100 * The process context you called from has been terminated then. 101 */ 102 103int 104lws_daemonize(const char *_lock_path) 105{ 106 struct sigaction act; 107 pid_t sid, parent; 108 109 /* already a daemon */ 110// if (getppid() == 1) 111// return 1; 112 113 if (_lock_path) { 114 int n; 115 116 int fd = lws_open(_lock_path, O_RDONLY); 117 if (fd >= 0) { 118 char buf[10]; 119 120 n = (int)read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); 121 close(fd); 122 if (n) { 123 int ret; 124 n = atoi(buf); 125 ret = kill(n, 0); 126 if (ret >= 0) { 127 fprintf(stderr, 128 "Daemon already running pid %d\n", 129 n); 130 exit(1); 131 } 132 fprintf(stderr, 133 "Removing stale lock %s from dead pid %d\n", 134 _lock_path, n); 135 unlink(lock_path); 136 } 137 } 138 139 n = (int)strlen(_lock_path) + 1; 140 lock_path = lws_malloc((unsigned int)n, "daemonize lock"); 141 if (!lock_path) { 142 fprintf(stderr, "Out of mem in lws_daemonize\n"); 143 return 1; 144 } 145 strcpy(lock_path, _lock_path); 146 } 147 148 /* Trap signals that we expect to receive */ 149 signal(SIGCHLD, child_handler); /* died */ 150 signal(SIGUSR1, child_handler); /* was happy */ 151 signal(SIGALRM, child_handler); /* timeout daemonizing */ 152 153 /* Fork off the parent process */ 154 pid_daemon = fork(); 155 if ((int)pid_daemon < 0) { 156 fprintf(stderr, "unable to fork daemon, code=%d (%s)", 157 errno, strerror(errno)); 158 exit(9); 159 } 160 161 /* If we got a good PID, then we can exit the parent process. */ 162 if (pid_daemon > 0) { 163 164 /* 165 * Wait for confirmation signal from the child via 166 * SIGCHILD / USR1, or for two seconds to elapse 167 * (SIGALRM). pause() should not return. 168 */ 169 alarm(2); 170 171 pause(); 172 /* should not be reachable */ 173 exit(1); 174 } 175 176 /* At this point we are executing as the child process */ 177 parent = getppid(); 178 pid_daemon = getpid(); 179 180 /* Cancel certain signals */ 181 signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL); /* A child process dies */ 182 signal(SIGTSTP, SIG_IGN); /* Various TTY signals */ 183 signal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN); 184 signal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN); 185 signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN); /* Ignore hangup signal */ 186 187 /* Change the file mode mask */ 188 umask(0); 189 190 /* Create a new SID for the child process */ 191 sid = setsid(); 192 if (sid < 0) { 193 fprintf(stderr, 194 "unable to create a new session, code %d (%s)", 195 errno, strerror(errno)); 196 exit(2); 197 } 198 199 /* 200 * Change the current working directory. This prevents the current 201 * directory from being locked; hence not being able to remove it. 202 */ 203 if (chdir("/tmp") < 0) { 204 fprintf(stderr, 205 "unable to change directory to %s, code %d (%s)", 206 "/", errno, strerror(errno)); 207 exit(3); 208 } 209 210 /* Redirect standard files to /dev/null */ 211 if (!freopen("/dev/null", "r", stdin)) 212 fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stdin, code %d (%s)", 213 errno, strerror(errno)); 214 215 if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stdout)) 216 fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stdout, code %d (%s)", 217 errno, strerror(errno)); 218 219 if (!freopen("/dev/null", "w", stderr)) 220 fprintf(stderr, "unable to freopen() stderr, code %d (%s)", 221 errno, strerror(errno)); 222 223 /* Tell the parent process that we are A-okay */ 224 kill(parent, SIGUSR1); 225 226 act.sa_handler = lws_daemon_closing; 227 sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask); 228 act.sa_flags = 0; 229 230 sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL); 231 232 /* return to continue what is now "the daemon" */ 233 234 return 0; 235} 236 237