glib/glib/gspawn.h
Daniel Drake 3524de16e4 gspawn: Add g_spawn_async_with_fds variant
Add a new process spawning function variant which allows the caller
to pass specific file descriptors for stdin, stdout and stderr.
It is otherwise identical to g_spawn_async_with_pipes.

Allow the same fd to be passed in multiple parameters. To make this
workable, the child process logic that closes the fd after the first time
it has been dup2'ed needed tweaking; we now just set those fds to be
closed upon exec using the CLOEXEC flag. Add a test for this case.

This will be used by gnome-shell to avoid performing equivalent
dup2 actions in a child_setup function. Dropping use of child_setup will
enable use of an upcoming optimized process spawning codepath.
2018-06-21 11:43:32 -05:00

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/* gspawn.h - Process launching
*
* Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef __G_SPAWN_H__
#define __G_SPAWN_H__
#if !defined (__GLIB_H_INSIDE__) && !defined (GLIB_COMPILATION)
#error "Only <glib.h> can be included directly."
#endif
#include <glib/gerror.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/* I'm not sure I remember our proposed naming convention here. */
/**
* G_SPAWN_ERROR:
*
* Error domain for spawning processes. Errors in this domain will
* be from the #GSpawnError enumeration. See #GError for information on
* error domains.
*/
#define G_SPAWN_ERROR g_spawn_error_quark ()
/**
* GSpawnError:
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_FORK: Fork failed due to lack of memory.
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_READ: Read or select on pipes failed.
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_CHDIR: Changing to working directory failed.
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_ACCES: execv() returned `EACCES`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_PERM: execv() returned `EPERM`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG: execv() returned `E2BIG`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_2BIG: deprecated alias for %G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOEXEC: execv() returned `ENOEXEC`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NAMETOOLONG: execv() returned `ENAMETOOLONG`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOENT: execv() returned `ENOENT`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOMEM: execv() returned `ENOMEM`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOTDIR: execv() returned `ENOTDIR`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_LOOP: execv() returned `ELOOP`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_TXTBUSY: execv() returned `ETXTBUSY`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_IO: execv() returned `EIO`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_NFILE: execv() returned `ENFILE`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_MFILE: execv() returned `EMFILE`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_INVAL: execv() returned `EINVAL`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_ISDIR: execv() returned `EISDIR`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_LIBBAD: execv() returned `ELIBBAD`
* @G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED: Some other fatal failure,
* `error->message` should explain.
*
* Error codes returned by spawning processes.
*/
typedef enum
{
G_SPAWN_ERROR_FORK, /* fork failed due to lack of memory */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_READ, /* read or select on pipes failed */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_CHDIR, /* changing to working dir failed */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_ACCES, /* execv() returned EACCES */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_PERM, /* execv() returned EPERM */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG,/* execv() returned E2BIG */
#ifndef G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
G_SPAWN_ERROR_2BIG = G_SPAWN_ERROR_TOO_BIG,
#endif
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOEXEC, /* execv() returned ENOEXEC */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NAMETOOLONG, /* "" "" ENAMETOOLONG */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOENT, /* "" "" ENOENT */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOMEM, /* "" "" ENOMEM */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NOTDIR, /* "" "" ENOTDIR */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_LOOP, /* "" "" ELOOP */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_TXTBUSY, /* "" "" ETXTBUSY */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_IO, /* "" "" EIO */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_NFILE, /* "" "" ENFILE */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_MFILE, /* "" "" EMFLE */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_INVAL, /* "" "" EINVAL */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_ISDIR, /* "" "" EISDIR */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_LIBBAD, /* "" "" ELIBBAD */
G_SPAWN_ERROR_FAILED /* other fatal failure, error->message
* should explain
*/
} GSpawnError;
/**
* G_SPAWN_EXIT_ERROR:
*
* Error domain used by g_spawn_check_exit_status(). The code
* will be the program exit code.
*/
#define G_SPAWN_EXIT_ERROR g_spawn_exit_error_quark ()
/**
* GSpawnChildSetupFunc:
* @user_data: (closure): user data to pass to the function.
*
* Specifies the type of the setup function passed to g_spawn_async(),
* g_spawn_sync() and g_spawn_async_with_pipes(), which can, in very
* limited ways, be used to affect the child's execution.
*
* On POSIX platforms, the function is called in the child after GLib
* has performed all the setup it plans to perform, but before calling
* exec(). Actions taken in this function will only affect the child,
* not the parent.
*
* On Windows, the function is called in the parent. Its usefulness on
* Windows is thus questionable. In many cases executing the child setup
* function in the parent can have ill effects, and you should be very
* careful when porting software to Windows that uses child setup
* functions.
*
* However, even on POSIX, you are extremely limited in what you can
* safely do from a #GSpawnChildSetupFunc, because any mutexes that were
* held by other threads in the parent process at the time of the fork()
* will still be locked in the child process, and they will never be
* unlocked (since the threads that held them don't exist in the child).
* POSIX allows only async-signal-safe functions (see signal(7)) to be
* called in the child between fork() and exec(), which drastically limits
* the usefulness of child setup functions.
*
* In particular, it is not safe to call any function which may
* call malloc(), which includes POSIX functions such as setenv().
* If you need to set up the child environment differently from
* the parent, you should use g_get_environ(), g_environ_setenv(),
* and g_environ_unsetenv(), and then pass the complete environment
* list to the `g_spawn...` function.
*/
typedef void (* GSpawnChildSetupFunc) (gpointer user_data);
/**
* GSpawnFlags:
* @G_SPAWN_DEFAULT: no flags, default behaviour
* @G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN: the parent's open file descriptors will
* be inherited by the child; otherwise all descriptors except stdin,
* stdout and stderr will be closed before calling exec() in the child.
* @G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD: the child will not be automatically reaped;
* you must use g_child_watch_add() yourself (or call waitpid() or handle
* `SIGCHLD` yourself), or the child will become a zombie.
* @G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH: `argv[0]` need not be an absolute path, it will be
* looked for in the user's `PATH`.
* @G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL: the child's standard output will be discarded,
* instead of going to the same location as the parent's standard output.
* @G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL: the child's standard error will be discarded.
* @G_SPAWN_CHILD_INHERITS_STDIN: the child will inherit the parent's standard
* input (by default, the child's standard input is attached to `/dev/null`).
* @G_SPAWN_FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO: the first element of `argv` is the file to
* execute, while the remaining elements are the actual argument vector
* to pass to the file. Normally g_spawn_async_with_pipes() uses `argv[0]`
* as the file to execute, and passes all of `argv` to the child.
* @G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP: if `argv[0]` is not an abolute path,
* it will be looked for in the `PATH` from the passed child environment.
* Since: 2.34
* @G_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_PIPES: create all pipes with the `O_CLOEXEC` flag set.
* Since: 2.40
*
* Flags passed to g_spawn_sync(), g_spawn_async() and g_spawn_async_with_pipes().
*/
typedef enum
{
G_SPAWN_DEFAULT = 0,
G_SPAWN_LEAVE_DESCRIPTORS_OPEN = 1 << 0,
G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD = 1 << 1,
/* look for argv[0] in the path i.e. use execvp() */
G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH = 1 << 2,
/* Dump output to /dev/null */
G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL = 1 << 3,
G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL = 1 << 4,
G_SPAWN_CHILD_INHERITS_STDIN = 1 << 5,
G_SPAWN_FILE_AND_ARGV_ZERO = 1 << 6,
G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH_FROM_ENVP = 1 << 7,
G_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_PIPES = 1 << 8
} GSpawnFlags;
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GQuark g_spawn_error_quark (void);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
GQuark g_spawn_exit_error_quark (void);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_spawn_async (const gchar *working_directory,
gchar **argv,
gchar **envp,
GSpawnFlags flags,
GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
gpointer user_data,
GPid *child_pid,
GError **error);
/* Opens pipes for non-NULL standard_output, standard_input, standard_error,
* and returns the parent's end of the pipes.
*/
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_spawn_async_with_pipes (const gchar *working_directory,
gchar **argv,
gchar **envp,
GSpawnFlags flags,
GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
gpointer user_data,
GPid *child_pid,
gint *standard_input,
gint *standard_output,
gint *standard_error,
GError **error);
/* Lets you provide fds for stdin/stdout/stderr */
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_58
gboolean g_spawn_async_with_fds (const gchar *working_directory,
gchar **argv,
gchar **envp,
GSpawnFlags flags,
GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
gpointer user_data,
GPid *child_pid,
gint stdin_fd,
gint stdout_fd,
gint stderr_fd,
GError **error);
/* If standard_output or standard_error are non-NULL, the full
* standard output or error of the command will be placed there.
*/
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_spawn_sync (const gchar *working_directory,
gchar **argv,
gchar **envp,
GSpawnFlags flags,
GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
gpointer user_data,
gchar **standard_output,
gchar **standard_error,
gint *exit_status,
GError **error);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_spawn_command_line_sync (const gchar *command_line,
gchar **standard_output,
gchar **standard_error,
gint *exit_status,
GError **error);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
gboolean g_spawn_command_line_async (const gchar *command_line,
GError **error);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_34
gboolean g_spawn_check_exit_status (gint exit_status,
GError **error);
GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
void g_spawn_close_pid (GPid pid);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /* __G_SPAWN_H__ */