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-rw-r--r--man/start-stop-daemon.811
-rw-r--r--src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c111
2 files changed, 56 insertions, 66 deletions
diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index 88f542c..1b1f664 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 1, 2009
+.Dd April 19, 2009
.Dt START-STOP-DAEMON 8 SMM
.Os OpenRC
.Sh NAME
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ Redirect the standard output of the process to logfile when started with
Must be an absolute pathname, but relative to the path optionally given with
.Fl r , -chroot .
The logfile can also be a named pipe.
+.It Fl w , -wait Ar seconds
+Wait
+.Ar seconds
+after starting and check that daemon is still running.
+Useful for daemons that check configuration after forking or stopping race
+conditions where the pidfile is written out after forking.
.It Fl 2 , -stderr Ar logfile
The same thing as
.Fl 1 , -stdout
@@ -160,7 +166,8 @@ can also set the scheduling priority of the daemon, but the command line
option takes precedence.
.Pp
.Va SSD_STARTWAIT
-overrides the number of milliseconds set in
+As the
+.Fl w , -wait option above.
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
.Nm
waits for to check the daemon is still running.
diff --git a/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c b/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
index 53de7bd..90e2574 100644
--- a/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
+++ b/src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ expand_home(const char *home, const char *path)
}
#include "_usage.h"
-#define getoptstring "KN:R:Sbc:d:e:g:k:mn:op:s:tu:r:x:1:2:" getoptstring_COMMON
+#define getoptstring "KN:R:Sbc:d:e:g:k:mn:op:s:tu:r:w:x:1:2:" getoptstring_COMMON
static const struct option longopts[] = {
{ "stop", 0, NULL, 'K'},
{ "nicelevel", 1, NULL, 'N'},
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ static const struct option longopts[] = {
{ "test", 0, NULL, 't'},
{ "user", 1, NULL, 'u'},
{ "chroot", 1, NULL, 'r'},
+ { "wait", 1, NULL, 'w'},
{ "exec", 1, NULL, 'x'},
{ "stdout", 1, NULL, '1'},
{ "stderr", 1, NULL, '2'},
@@ -595,6 +596,7 @@ static const char * const longopts_help[] = {
"Test actions, don't do them",
"Change the process user",
"Chroot to this directory",
+ "Seconds to wait for daemon start",
"Binary to start/stop",
"Redirect stdout to file",
"Redirect stderr to file",
@@ -807,6 +809,11 @@ int start_stop_daemon(int argc, char **argv)
case 'a': /* --startas <name> */
startas = optarg;
break;
+ case 'w':
+ if (sscanf(optarg, "%d", &start_wait) != 1)
+ eerrorx("%s: `%s' not a number",
+ applet, optarg);
+ break;
case 'x': /* --exec <executable> */
exec = optarg;
break;
@@ -1030,6 +1037,10 @@ int start_stop_daemon(int argc, char **argv)
eindent();
}
+ /* Remove existing pidfile */
+ if (pidfile)
+ unlink(pidfile);
+
if (background)
signal_setup(SIGCHLD, handle_signal);
@@ -1216,78 +1227,50 @@ int start_stop_daemon(int argc, char **argv)
/* Wait a little bit and check that process is still running
We do this as some badly written daemons fork and then barf */
- if ((p = getenv("SSD_STARTWAIT")) ||
- (p = rc_conf_value("rc_start_wait")))
+ if (start_wait == 0 &&
+ ((p = getenv("SSD_STARTWAIT")) ||
+ (p = rc_conf_value("rc_start_wait"))))
{
- if (sscanf(p, "%u", &start_wait) == 1)
- start_wait *= 1000000;
- else
+ if (sscanf(p, "%u", &start_wait) != 1)
start_wait = 0;
}
if (start_wait > 0) {
struct timespec ts;
- int nloops = start_wait / POLL_INTERVAL;
- int nloopsp = WAIT_PIDFILE / POLL_INTERVAL;
bool alive = false;
-
- ts.tv_sec = 0;
- ts.tv_nsec = POLL_INTERVAL;
-
- while (nloops) {
- if (nanosleep(&ts, NULL) == -1) {
- if (errno == EINTR)
- eerror("%s: caught an interrupt", applet);
- else {
- eerror("%s: nanosleep: %s", applet, strerror(errno));
- return 0;
- }
- }
-
- /* We wait for a specific amount of time for a pidfile
- * to be created.
- * Once everything is in place we then wait some more
- * to ensure that the daemon really is running and won't
- * abort due to a config error. */
- if (!background && pidfile && nloopsp)
- nloopsp--;
- else
- nloops--;
-
- /* This is knarly.
- * If we backgrounded then we know the exact pid.
- * Otherwise if we have a pidfile then it *may* know
- * the exact pid.
- * Failing that, we'll have to query processes.
- * We sleep first as some programs like ntp like to
- * fork, and write their pidfile a LONG time later. */
- if (background) {
- if (kill (pid, 0) == 0)
- alive = true;
- } else {
- if (pidfile) {
- /* The pidfile may not have been
- * written yet - give it some time */
- if ((pid = get_pid(pidfile, true)) == -1) {
- if (! nloopsp)
- eerrorx("%s: did not "
- "create a valid"
- " pid in `%s'",
- applet, pidfile);
- alive = true;
- pid = 0;
- } else
- nloopsp = 0;
- } else
- pid = 0;
- if (do_stop(exec, (const char *const *)margv,
- pid, uid, 0, true, false, true) > 0)
- alive = true;
+
+ ts.tv_sec = start_wait;
+ ts.tv_nsec = 0;
+ if (nanosleep(&ts, NULL) == -1) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ eerror("%s: caught an interrupt", applet);
+ else {
+ eerror("%s: nanosleep: %s",
+ applet, strerror(errno));
+ return 0;
}
-
- if (!alive)
- eerrorx("%s: %s died", applet, exec);
}
+ if (background) {
+ if (kill(pid, 0) == 0)
+ alive = true;
+ } else {
+ if (pidfile) {
+ pid = get_pid(pidfile, true);
+ if (pid == -1) {
+ eerrorx("%s: did not "
+ "create a valid"
+ " pid in `%s'",
+ applet, pidfile);
+ }
+ } else
+ pid = 0;
+ if (do_stop(exec, (const char *const *)margv,
+ pid, uid, 0, true, false, true) > 0)
+ alive = true;
+ }
+
+ if (!alive)
+ eerrorx("%s: %s died", applet, exec);
}
if (svcname)