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6a70f3aa | 24 | <refentry id="sd_listen_fds" |
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25 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
26 | ||
27 | <refentryinfo> | |
28 | <title>sd_listen_fds</title> | |
29 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
30 | ||
31 | <authorgroup> | |
32 | <author> | |
33 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
34 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
35 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
36 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
37 | </author> | |
38 | </authorgroup> | |
39 | </refentryinfo> | |
40 | ||
41 | <refmeta> | |
42 | <refentrytitle>sd_listen_fds</refentrytitle> | |
43 | <manvolnum>3</manvolnum> | |
44 | </refmeta> | |
45 | ||
46 | <refnamediv> | |
47 | <refname>sd_listen_fds</refname> | |
8dd4c05b | 48 | <refname>sd_listen_fds_with_names</refname> |
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49 | <refname>SD_LISTEN_FDS_START</refname> |
50 | <refpurpose>Check for file descriptors passed by the system manager</refpurpose> | |
51 | </refnamediv> | |
52 | ||
53 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
54 | <funcsynopsis> | |
55 | <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <systemd/sd-daemon.h></funcsynopsisinfo> | |
56 | ||
57 | <funcsynopsisinfo>#define SD_LISTEN_FDS_START 3</funcsynopsisinfo> | |
58 | ||
59 | <funcprototype> | |
60 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_listen_fds</function></funcdef> | |
61 | <paramdef>int <parameter>unset_environment</parameter></paramdef> | |
62 | </funcprototype> | |
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63 | |
64 | <funcprototype> | |
65 | <funcdef>int <function>sd_listen_fds_with_names</function></funcdef> | |
66 | <paramdef>int <parameter>unset_environment</parameter></paramdef> | |
67 | <paramdef>char*** <parameter>names</parameter></paramdef> | |
68 | </funcprototype> | |
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69 | </funcsynopsis> |
70 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
71 | ||
72 | <refsect1> | |
73 | <title>Description</title> | |
74 | ||
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75 | <para><function>sd_listen_fds()</function> may be invoked by a |
76 | daemon to check for file descriptors passed by the service manager as | |
77 | part of the socket-based activation logic. It returns the number | |
78 | of received file descriptors. If no file descriptors have been | |
b938cb90 | 79 | received, zero is returned. The first file descriptor may be found |
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80 | at file descriptor number 3 |
81 | (i.e. <constant>SD_LISTEN_FDS_START</constant>), the remaining | |
82 | descriptors follow at 4, 5, 6, ..., if any.</para> | |
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83 | |
84 | <para>If a daemon receives more than one file descriptor, they | |
85 | will be passed in the same order as configured in the systemd | |
86 | socket unit file (see | |
87 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
88 | for details). Nonetheless, it is recommended to verify the correct | |
89 | socket types before using them. To simplify this checking, the | |
90 | functions | |
91 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_fifo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
92 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
93 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket_inet</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
94 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket_unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
95 | are provided. In order to maximize flexibility, it is recommended | |
96 | to make these checks as loose as possible without allowing | |
97 | incorrect setups. i.e. often, the actual port number a socket is | |
98 | bound to matters little for the service to work, hence it should | |
99 | not be verified. On the other hand, whether a socket is a datagram | |
100 | or stream socket matters a lot for the most common program logics | |
101 | and should be checked.</para> | |
102 | ||
103 | <para>This function call will set the FD_CLOEXEC flag for all | |
104 | passed file descriptors to avoid further inheritance to children | |
105 | of the calling process.</para> | |
106 | ||
b938cb90 | 107 | <para>If multiple socket units activate the same service, the order |
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108 | of the file descriptors passed to its main process is undefined. |
109 | If additional file descriptors have been passed to the service | |
110 | manager using | |
111 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_pid_notify_with_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s | |
112 | <literal>FDSTORE=1</literal> messages, these file descriptors are | |
113 | passed last, in arbitrary order, and with duplicates | |
114 | removed.</para> | |
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115 | |
116 | <para>If the <parameter>unset_environment</parameter> parameter is | |
117 | non-zero, <function>sd_listen_fds()</function> will unset the | |
118 | <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>, <varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname> and | |
119 | <varname>$LISTEN_FDNAMES</varname> environment variables before | |
120 | returning (regardless of whether the function call itself | |
121 | succeeded or not). Further calls to | |
122 | <function>sd_listen_fds()</function> will then return zero, but the | |
123 | variables are no longer inherited by child processes.</para> | |
124 | ||
125 | <para><function>sd_listen_fds_with_names()</function> is like | |
b938cb90 | 126 | <function>sd_listen_fds()</function>, but optionally also returns |
8dd4c05b | 127 | an array of strings with identification names for the passed file |
b938cb90 | 128 | descriptors, if that is available and the |
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129 | <parameter>names</parameter> parameter is non-NULL. This |
130 | information is read from the <varname>$LISTEN_FDNAMES</varname> | |
131 | variable, which may contain a colon-separated list of names. For | |
132 | socket-activated services, these names may be configured with the | |
133 | <varname>FileDescriptorName=</varname> setting in socket unit | |
134 | files, see | |
135 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
136 | for details. For file descriptors pushed into the file descriptor | |
b938cb90 | 137 | store (see above), the name is set via the |
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138 | <varname>FDNAME=</varname> field transmitted via |
139 | <function>sd_pid_notify_with_fds()</function>. The primary usecase | |
140 | for these names are services which accept a variety of file | |
141 | descriptors which are not recognizable with functions like | |
142 | <function>sd_is_socket()</function> alone, and thus require | |
143 | identification via a name. It is recommended to rely on named file | |
144 | descriptors only if identification via | |
145 | <function>sd_is_socket()</function> and related calls is not | |
146 | sufficient. Note that the names used are not unique in any | |
147 | way. The returned array of strings has as many entries as file | |
a8eaaee7 | 148 | descriptors have been received, plus a final NULL pointer |
8dd4c05b | 149 | terminating the array. The caller needs to free the array itself |
ba6bfc0d | 150 | and each of its elements with libc's <function>free()</function> |
8dd4c05b | 151 | call after use. If the <parameter>names</parameter> parameter is |
b938cb90 | 152 | NULL, the call is entirely equivalent to |
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153 | <function>sd_listen_fds()</function>.</para> |
154 | ||
b938cb90 | 155 | <para>Under specific conditions, the following automatic file |
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156 | descriptor names are returned: |
157 | ||
158 | <table> | |
159 | <title> | |
160 | <command>Special names</command> | |
161 | </title> | |
162 | ||
163 | <tgroup cols='2'> | |
164 | <thead> | |
165 | <row> | |
166 | <entry>Name</entry> | |
167 | <entry>Description</entry> | |
168 | </row> | |
169 | </thead> | |
170 | <tbody> | |
171 | <row> | |
172 | <entry><literal>unknown</literal></entry> | |
173 | <entry>The process received no name for the specific file descriptor from the service manager.</entry> | |
174 | </row> | |
175 | ||
176 | <row> | |
177 | <entry><literal>stored</literal></entry> | |
178 | <entry>The file descriptor originates in the service manager's per-service file descriptor store, and the <varname>FDNAME=</varname> field was absent when the file descriptor was submitted to the service manager.</entry> | |
179 | </row> | |
180 | ||
181 | <row> | |
182 | <entry><literal>connection</literal></entry> | |
183 | <entry>The service was activated in per-connection style using <varname>Accept=yes</varname> in the socket unit file, and the file descriptor is the connection socket.</entry> | |
184 | </row> | |
185 | </tbody> | |
186 | </tgroup> | |
187 | </table> | |
188 | </para> | |
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189 | </refsect1> |
190 | ||
191 | <refsect1> | |
192 | <title>Return Value</title> | |
193 | ||
8dd4c05b | 194 | <para>On failure, these calls returns a negative errno-style error |
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195 | code. If |
196 | <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname>/<varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname> was | |
197 | not set or was not correctly set for this daemon and hence no file | |
198 | descriptors were received, 0 is returned. Otherwise, the number of | |
199 | file descriptors passed is returned. The application may find them | |
200 | starting with file descriptor SD_LISTEN_FDS_START, i.e. file | |
201 | descriptor 3.</para> | |
202 | </refsect1> | |
203 | ||
204 | <refsect1> | |
205 | <title>Notes</title> | |
206 | ||
207 | <xi:include href="libsystemd-pkgconfig.xml" xpointer="pkgconfig-text"/> | |
208 | ||
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209 | <para>Internally, <function>sd_listen_fds()</function> checks |
210 | whether the <varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname> environment variable | |
211 | equals the daemon PID. If not, it returns immediately. Otherwise, | |
212 | it parses the number passed in the <varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname> | |
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213 | environment variable, then sets the FD_CLOEXEC flag for the parsed |
214 | number of file descriptors starting from SD_LISTEN_FDS_START. | |
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215 | Finally, it returns the parsed |
216 | number. <function>sd_listen_fds_with_names()</function> does the | |
217 | same but also parses <varname>$LISTEN_FDNAMES</varname> if | |
218 | set.</para> | |
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219 | </refsect1> |
220 | ||
221 | <refsect1> | |
222 | <title>Environment</title> | |
223 | ||
224 | <variablelist class='environment-variables'> | |
225 | <varlistentry> | |
226 | <term><varname>$LISTEN_PID</varname></term> | |
227 | <term><varname>$LISTEN_FDS</varname></term> | |
8dd4c05b | 228 | <term><varname>$LISTEN_FDNAMES</varname></term> |
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230 | <listitem><para>Set by the service manager for supervised |
231 | processes that use socket-based activation. This environment | |
232 | variable specifies the data | |
233 | <function>sd_listen_fds()</function> and | |
234 | <function>sd_listen_fds_with_names()</function> parses. See | |
235 | above for details.</para></listitem> | |
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236 | </varlistentry> |
237 | </variablelist> | |
238 | </refsect1> | |
239 | ||
240 | <refsect1> | |
241 | <title>See Also</title> | |
242 | ||
243 | <para> | |
244 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
245 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
246 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_fifo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
247 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
248 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket_inet</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
249 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_is_socket_unix</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
8dd4c05b | 250 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_pid_notify_with_fds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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251 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
252 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
253 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
254 | </para> | |
255 | </refsect1> | |
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256 | |
257 | </refentry> |