gamemode/common/common-external.c

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 */

#define _GNU_SOURCE

#include "common-external.h"
#include "common-logging.h"

#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>

static const int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5;

static int read_child_stdout(int pipe_fd, char buffer[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX], int tsec)
{
	fd_set fds;
	struct timeval timeout;
	int num_readable = 0;
	ssize_t buffer_bytes_read = 0;
	ssize_t just_read = 0;
	bool buffer_full = false;
	char discard_buffer[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX];

	/* Set up the timout */
	timeout.tv_sec = tsec;
	timeout.tv_usec = 0;

	FD_ZERO(&fds);

	/* Wait for the child to finish up with a timout */
	while (true) {
		FD_SET(pipe_fd, &fds);
		num_readable = select(pipe_fd + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout);

		if (num_readable < 0) {
			if (errno == EINTR) {
				continue;
			} else {
				LOG_ERROR("sigtimedwait failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
				return -1;
			}
		} else if (num_readable == 0) {
			return -2;
		}

		if (!buffer_full) {
			just_read = read(pipe_fd,
			                 buffer + buffer_bytes_read,
			                 EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX - (size_t)buffer_bytes_read - 1);
		} else {
			just_read = read(pipe_fd, discard_buffer, EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX - 1);
		}

		if (just_read < 0) {
			return -1;
		} else if (just_read == 0) {
			// EOF encountered
			break;
		}

		if (!buffer_full) {
			buffer_bytes_read += just_read;

			if (buffer_bytes_read == EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX - 1) {
				// our buffer is exhausted, discard the rest
				// of the output
				buffer_full = true;
			}
		}
	}

	buffer[buffer_bytes_read] = 0;

	return 0;
}

/**
 * Call an external process
 */
int run_external_process(const char *const *exec_args, char buffer[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX], int tsec)
{
	pid_t p;
	int status = 0;
	int pipes[2];
	int ret = 0;
	char internal[EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX] = { 0 };

	if (pipe(pipes) == -1) {
		LOG_ERROR("Could not create pipe: %s!\n", strerror(errno));
		return -1;
	}

	/* Set the default timeout */
	if (tsec == -1) {
		tsec = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
	}

	if ((p = fork()) < 0) {
		close(pipes[0]);
		close(pipes[1]);
		LOG_ERROR("Failed to fork(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
		return false;
	} else if (p == 0) {
		/* Send STDOUT to the pipe */
		dup2(pipes[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
		close(pipes[0]);
		close(pipes[1]);
		/* Execute the command */
		/* Note about cast:
		 *   The statement about argv[] and envp[] being constants is
		 *   included to make explicit to future writers of language
		 *   bindings that these objects are completely constant.
		 * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/exec.html
		 */
		if (execvp(exec_args[0], (char *const *)exec_args) != 0) {
			LOG_ERROR("Failed to execute external process: %s %s\n", exec_args[0], strerror(errno));
			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
		}
		// should never be reached
		abort();
	}

	// close the write end of the pipe so we get signaled EOF once the
	// child exits
	close(pipes[1]);
	ret = read_child_stdout(pipes[0], internal, tsec);
	close(pipes[0]);

	if (ret != 0) {
		if (ret == -2) {
			LOG_ERROR("Child process timed out for %s, killing and returning\n", exec_args[0]);
			kill(p, SIGKILL);
		} else {
			LOG_ERROR("Failed to read from process %s: %s\n", exec_args[0], strerror(errno));
		}
		if (buffer) {
			// make sure the buffer is a terminated empty string on error
			buffer[0] = 0;
		}
	} else if (buffer) {
		memcpy(buffer, internal, EXTERNAL_BUFFER_MAX);
	}

	if (waitpid(p, &status, 0) < 0) {
		LOG_ERROR("Failed to waitpid(%d): %s\n", (int)p, strerror(errno));
		return -1;
	}

	/* i.e. sigsev */
	if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
		LOG_ERROR("Child process '%s' exited abnormally\n", exec_args[0]);
	} else if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
		LOG_ERROR("External process failed with exit code %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(status));
		LOG_ERROR("Output was: %s\n", internal);
		return -1;
	}

	return 0;
}