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+/** $Id: VBoxGuestR3LibDaemonize.cpp $ */
+/** @file
+ * VBoxGuestR3Lib - Ring-3 Support Library for VirtualBox guest additions, daemonize a process.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+
+/*********************************************************************************************************************************
+* Header Files *
+*********************************************************************************************************************************/
+#if defined(RT_OS_OS2)
+# define INCL_BASE
+# define INCL_ERRORS
+# include <os2.h>
+
+# include <iprt/alloca.h>
+# include <iprt/string.h>
+
+#elif defined(RT_OS_WINDOWS)
+# error "PORTME"
+
+#else /* the unices */
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include <sys/stat.h>
+# include <sys/wait.h>
+# include <stdio.h>
+# include <fcntl.h>
+# include <stdlib.h>
+# include <unistd.h>
+# include <signal.h>
+# include <errno.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <iprt/process.h>
+#include <iprt/string.h>
+#include "VBoxGuestR3LibInternal.h"
+
+
+/**
+ * Daemonize the process for running in the background.
+ *
+ * This is supposed to do the same job as the BSD daemon() call.
+ *
+ * @returns 0 on success
+ *
+ * @param fNoChDir Pass false to change working directory to root.
+ * @param fNoClose Pass false to redirect standard file streams to /dev/null.
+ * @param fRespawn Restart the daemonised process after five seconds if it
+ * terminates abnormally.
+ * @param pcRespawn Where to store a count of how often we have respawned,
+ * intended for avoiding error spamming. Optional.
+ *
+ * @todo Use RTProcDaemonize instead of this.
+ * @todo Implement fRespawn on OS/2.
+ * @todo Make the respawn interval configurable. But not until someone
+ * actually needs that.
+ */
+VBGLR3DECL(int) VbglR3Daemonize(bool fNoChDir, bool fNoClose, bool fRespawn, unsigned *pcRespawn)
+{
+#if defined(RT_OS_OS2)
+ PPIB pPib;
+ PTIB pTib;
+ DosGetInfoBlocks(&pTib, &pPib);
+
+ AssertRelease(!fRespawn);
+ /* Get the full path to the executable. */
+ char szExe[CCHMAXPATH];
+ APIRET rc = DosQueryModuleName(pPib->pib_hmte, sizeof(szExe), szExe);
+ if (rc)
+ return RTErrConvertFromOS2(rc);
+
+ /* calc the length of the command line. */
+ char *pch = pPib->pib_pchcmd;
+ size_t cch0 = strlen(pch);
+ pch += cch0 + 1;
+ size_t cch1 = strlen(pch);
+ pch += cch1 + 1;
+ char *pchArgs;
+ if (cch1 && *pch)
+ {
+ do pch = strchr(pch, '\0') + 1;
+ while (*pch);
+
+ size_t cchTotal = pch - pPib->pib_pchcmd;
+ pchArgs = (char *)alloca(cchTotal + sizeof("--daemonized\0\0"));
+ memcpy(pchArgs, pPib->pib_pchcmd, cchTotal - 1);
+ memcpy(pchArgs + cchTotal - 1, "--daemonized\0\0", sizeof("--daemonized\0\0"));
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ size_t cchTotal = pch - pPib->pib_pchcmd + 1;
+ pchArgs = (char *)alloca(cchTotal + sizeof(" --daemonized "));
+ memcpy(pchArgs, pPib->pib_pchcmd, cch0 + 1);
+ pch = pchArgs + cch0 + 1;
+ memcpy(pch, " --daemonized ", sizeof(" --daemonized ") - 1);
+ pch += sizeof(" --daemonized ") - 1;
+ if (cch1)
+ memcpy(pch, pPib->pib_pchcmd + cch0 + 1, cch1 + 2);
+ else
+ pch[0] = pch[1] = '\0';
+ }
+
+ /* spawn a detach process */
+ char szObj[128];
+ RESULTCODES ResCodes = { 0, 0 };
+ szObj[0] = '\0';
+ rc = DosExecPgm(szObj, sizeof(szObj), EXEC_BACKGROUND, (PCSZ)pchArgs, NULL, &ResCodes, (PCSZ)szExe);
+ if (rc)
+ {
+ /** @todo Change this to some standard log/print error?? */
+ /* VBoxServiceError("DosExecPgm failed with rc=%d and szObj='%s'\n", rc, szObj); */
+ return RTErrConvertFromOS2(rc);
+ }
+ DosExit(EXIT_PROCESS, 0);
+ return VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE;
+
+#elif defined(RT_OS_WINDOWS)
+# error "PORTME"
+
+#else /* the unices */
+ /*
+ * Fork the child process in a new session and quit the parent.
+ *
+ * - fork once and create a new session (setsid). This will detach us
+ * from the controlling tty meaning that we won't receive the SIGHUP
+ * (or any other signal) sent to that session.
+ * - The SIGHUP signal is ignored because the session/parent may throw
+ * us one before we get to the setsid.
+ * - When the parent exit(0) we will become an orphan and re-parented to
+ * the init process.
+ * - Because of the Linux / System V semantics of assigning the controlling
+ * tty automagically when a session leader first opens a tty, we will
+ * fork() once more on Linux to get rid of the session leadership role.
+ */
+
+ struct sigaction OldSigAct;
+ struct sigaction SigAct;
+ RT_ZERO(SigAct);
+ SigAct.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+ int rcSigAct = sigaction(SIGHUP, &SigAct, &OldSigAct);
+
+ pid_t pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1)
+ return RTErrConvertFromErrno(errno);
+ if (pid != 0)
+ exit(0);
+
+ /*
+ * The orphaned child becomes is reparented to the init process.
+ * We create a new session for it (setsid), point the standard
+ * file descriptors to /dev/null, and change to the root directory.
+ */
+ pid_t newpgid = setsid();
+ int SavedErrno = errno;
+ if (rcSigAct != -1)
+ sigaction(SIGHUP, &OldSigAct, NULL);
+ if (newpgid == -1)
+ return RTErrConvertFromErrno(SavedErrno);
+
+ if (!fNoClose)
+ {
+ /* Open stdin(0), stdout(1) and stderr(2) as /dev/null. */
+ int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ if (fd == -1) /* paranoia */
+ {
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close(STDERR_FILENO);
+ fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ }
+ if (fd != -1)
+ {
+ dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+ dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+ dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+ if (fd > 2)
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!fNoChDir)
+ {
+ int rcShutUpGcc = chdir("/");
+ RT_NOREF_PV(rcShutUpGcc);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Change the umask - this is non-standard daemon() behavior.
+ */
+ umask(027);
+
+# ifdef RT_OS_LINUX
+ /*
+ * And fork again to lose session leader status (non-standard daemon()
+ * behaviour).
+ */
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1)
+ return RTErrConvertFromErrno(errno);
+ if (pid != 0)
+ exit(0);
+# endif /* RT_OS_LINUX */
+
+ if (fRespawn)
+ {
+ /* We implement re-spawning as a third fork(), with the parent process
+ * monitoring the child and re-starting it after a delay if it exits
+ * abnormally. */
+ unsigned cRespawn = 0;
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ int iStatus, rcWait;
+
+ if (pcRespawn != NULL)
+ *pcRespawn = cRespawn;
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1)
+ return RTErrConvertFromErrno(errno);
+ if (pid == 0)
+ return VINF_SUCCESS;
+ do
+ rcWait = waitpid(pid, &iStatus, 0);
+ while (rcWait == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+ if (rcWait == -1)
+ exit(1);
+ if (WIFEXITED(iStatus) && WEXITSTATUS(iStatus) == 0)
+ exit(0);
+ sleep(5);
+ ++cRespawn;
+ }
+ }
+ return VINF_SUCCESS;
+#endif
+}