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1 #ifndef RUN_COMMAND_H
2 #define RUN_COMMAND_H
3
4 #include "thread-utils.h"
5
6 #include "argv-array.h"
7
8 /**
9 * The run-command API offers a versatile tool to run sub-processes with
10 * redirected input and output as well as with a modified environment
11 * and an alternate current directory.
12 *
13 * A similar API offers the capability to run a function asynchronously,
14 * which is primarily used to capture the output that the function
15 * produces in the caller in order to process it.
16 */
17
18
19 /**
20 * This describes the arguments, redirections, and environment of a
21 * command to run in a sub-process.
22 *
23 * The caller:
24 *
25 * 1. allocates and clears (using child_process_init() or
26 * CHILD_PROCESS_INIT) a struct child_process variable;
27 * 2. initializes the members;
28 * 3. calls start_command();
29 * 4. processes the data;
30 * 5. closes file descriptors (if necessary; see below);
31 * 6. calls finish_command().
32 *
33 * Special forms of redirection are available by setting these members
34 * to 1:
35 *
36 * .no_stdin, .no_stdout, .no_stderr: The respective channel is
37 * redirected to /dev/null.
38 *
39 * .stdout_to_stderr: stdout of the child is redirected to its
40 * stderr. This happens after stderr is itself redirected.
41 * So stdout will follow stderr to wherever it is
42 * redirected.
43 */
44 struct child_process {
45
46 /**
47 * The .argv member is set up as an array of string pointers (NULL
48 * terminated), of which .argv[0] is the program name to run (usually
49 * without a path). If the command to run is a git command, set argv[0] to
50 * the command name without the 'git-' prefix and set .git_cmd = 1.
51 *
52 * Note that the ownership of the memory pointed to by .argv stays with the
53 * caller, but it should survive until `finish_command` completes. If the
54 * .argv member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the .args
55 * `argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but you must use exactly
56 * one). The memory in .args will be cleaned up automatically during
57 * `finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful).
58 *
59 */
60 const char **argv;
61
62 struct argv_array args;
63 struct argv_array env_array;
64 pid_t pid;
65
66 int trace2_child_id;
67 uint64_t trace2_child_us_start;
68 const char *trace2_child_class;
69 const char *trace2_hook_name;
70
71 /*
72 * Using .in, .out, .err:
73 * - Specify 0 for no redirections. No new file descriptor is allocated.
74 * (child inherits stdin, stdout, stderr from parent).
75 * - Specify -1 to have a pipe allocated as follows:
76 * .in: returns the writable pipe end; parent writes to it,
77 * the readable pipe end becomes child's stdin
78 * .out, .err: returns the readable pipe end; parent reads from
79 * it, the writable pipe end becomes child's stdout/stderr
80 * The caller of start_command() must close the returned FDs
81 * after it has completed reading from/writing to it!
82 * - Specify > 0 to set a channel to a particular FD as follows:
83 * .in: a readable FD, becomes child's stdin
84 * .out: a writable FD, becomes child's stdout/stderr
85 * .err: a writable FD, becomes child's stderr
86 * The specified FD is closed by start_command(), even in case
87 * of errors!
88 */
89 int in;
90 int out;
91 int err;
92
93 /**
94 * To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process,
95 * specify it in the .dir member.
96 */
97 const char *dir;
98
99 /**
100 * To modify the environment of the sub-process, specify an array of
101 * string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env:
102 *
103 * - If the string is of the form "VAR=value", i.e. it contains '='
104 * the variable is added to the child process's environment.
105 *
106 * - If the string does not contain '=', it names an environment
107 * variable that will be removed from the child process's environment.
108 *
109 * If the .env member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the
110 * .env_array `argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but not both).
111 * The memory in .env_array will be cleaned up automatically during
112 * `finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful).
113 */
114 const char *const *env;
115
116 unsigned no_stdin:1;
117 unsigned no_stdout:1;
118 unsigned no_stderr:1;
119 unsigned git_cmd:1; /* if this is to be git sub-command */
120
121 /**
122 * If the program cannot be found, the functions return -1 and set
123 * errno to ENOENT. Normally, an error message is printed, but if
124 * .silent_exec_failure is set to 1, no message is printed for this
125 * special error condition.
126 */
127 unsigned silent_exec_failure:1;
128
129 unsigned stdout_to_stderr:1;
130 unsigned use_shell:1;
131 unsigned clean_on_exit:1;
132 unsigned wait_after_clean:1;
133 void (*clean_on_exit_handler)(struct child_process *process);
134 void *clean_on_exit_handler_cbdata;
135 };
136
137 #define CHILD_PROCESS_INIT { NULL, ARGV_ARRAY_INIT, ARGV_ARRAY_INIT }
138
139 /**
140 * The functions: child_process_init, start_command, finish_command,
141 * run_command, run_command_v_opt, run_command_v_opt_cd_env, child_process_clear
142 * do the following:
143 *
144 * - If a system call failed, errno is set and -1 is returned. A diagnostic
145 * is printed.
146 *
147 * - If the program was not found, then -1 is returned and errno is set to
148 * ENOENT; a diagnostic is printed only if .silent_exec_failure is 0.
149 *
150 * - Otherwise, the program is run. If it terminates regularly, its exit
151 * code is returned. No diagnostic is printed, even if the exit code is
152 * non-zero.
153 *
154 * - If the program terminated due to a signal, then the return value is the
155 * signal number + 128, ie. the same value that a POSIX shell's $? would
156 * report. A diagnostic is printed.
157 *
158 */
159
160 /**
161 * Initialize a struct child_process variable.
162 */
163 void child_process_init(struct child_process *);
164
165 /**
166 * Release the memory associated with the struct child_process.
167 * Most users of the run-command API don't need to call this
168 * function explicitly because `start_command` invokes it on
169 * failure and `finish_command` calls it automatically already.
170 */
171 void child_process_clear(struct child_process *);
172
173 int is_executable(const char *name);
174
175 /**
176 * Start a sub-process. Takes a pointer to a `struct child_process`
177 * that specifies the details and returns pipe FDs (if requested).
178 * See below for details.
179 */
180 int start_command(struct child_process *);
181
182 /**
183 * Wait for the completion of a sub-process that was started with
184 * start_command().
185 */
186 int finish_command(struct child_process *);
187
188 int finish_command_in_signal(struct child_process *);
189
190 /**
191 * A convenience function that encapsulates a sequence of
192 * start_command() followed by finish_command(). Takes a pointer
193 * to a `struct child_process` that specifies the details.
194 */
195 int run_command(struct child_process *);
196
197 /*
198 * Returns the path to the hook file, or NULL if the hook is missing
199 * or disabled. Note that this points to static storage that will be
200 * overwritten by further calls to find_hook and run_hook_*.
201 */
202 const char *find_hook(const char *name);
203
204 /**
205 * Run a hook.
206 * The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL
207 * if the hook uses the default index file or no index is needed.
208 * The second argument is the name of the hook.
209 * The further arguments correspond to the hook arguments.
210 * The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the arguments list.
211 * If the hook does not exist or is not executable, the return
212 * value will be zero.
213 * If it is executable, the hook will be executed and the exit
214 * status of the hook is returned.
215 * On execution, .stdout_to_stderr and .no_stdin will be set.
216 */
217 LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
218 int run_hook_le(const char *const *env, const char *name, ...);
219 int run_hook_ve(const char *const *env, const char *name, va_list args);
220
221 #define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN 1
222 #define RUN_GIT_CMD 2 /*If this is to be git sub-command */
223 #define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4
224 #define RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE 8
225 #define RUN_USING_SHELL 16
226 #define RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT 32
227
228 /**
229 * Convenience functions that encapsulate a sequence of
230 * start_command() followed by finish_command(). The argument argv
231 * specifies the program and its arguments. The argument opt is zero
232 * or more of the flags `RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN`, `RUN_GIT_CMD`,
233 * `RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR`, or `RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE`
234 * that correspond to the members .no_stdin, .git_cmd,
235 * .stdout_to_stderr, .silent_exec_failure of `struct child_process`.
236 * The argument dir corresponds the member .dir. The argument env
237 * corresponds to the member .env.
238 */
239 int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
240 int run_command_v_opt_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *tr2_class);
241 /*
242 * env (the environment) is to be formatted like environ: "VAR=VALUE".
243 * To unset an environment variable use just "VAR".
244 */
245 int run_command_v_opt_cd_env(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir, const char *const *env);
246 int run_command_v_opt_cd_env_tr2(const char **argv, int opt, const char *dir,
247 const char *const *env, const char *tr2_class);
248
249 /**
250 * Execute the given command, sending "in" to its stdin, and capturing its
251 * stdout and stderr in the "out" and "err" strbufs. Any of the three may
252 * be NULL to skip processing.
253 *
254 * Returns -1 if starting the command fails or reading fails, and otherwise
255 * returns the exit code of the command. Any output collected in the
256 * buffers is kept even if the command returns a non-zero exit. The hint fields
257 * gives starting sizes for the strbuf allocations.
258 *
259 * The fields of "cmd" should be set up as they would for a normal run_command
260 * invocation. But note that there is no need to set the in, out, or err
261 * fields; pipe_command handles that automatically.
262 */
263 int pipe_command(struct child_process *cmd,
264 const char *in, size_t in_len,
265 struct strbuf *out, size_t out_hint,
266 struct strbuf *err, size_t err_hint);
267
268 /**
269 * Convenience wrapper around pipe_command for the common case
270 * of capturing only stdout.
271 */
272 static inline int capture_command(struct child_process *cmd,
273 struct strbuf *out,
274 size_t hint)
275 {
276 return pipe_command(cmd, NULL, 0, out, hint, NULL, 0);
277 }
278
279 /*
280 * The purpose of the following functions is to feed a pipe by running
281 * a function asynchronously and providing output that the caller reads.
282 *
283 * It is expected that no synchronization and mutual exclusion between
284 * the caller and the feed function is necessary so that the function
285 * can run in a thread without interfering with the caller.
286 *
287 * The caller:
288 *
289 * 1. allocates and clears (memset(&asy, 0, sizeof(asy));) a
290 * struct async variable;
291 * 2. initializes .proc and .data;
292 * 3. calls start_async();
293 * 4. processes communicates with proc through .in and .out;
294 * 5. closes .in and .out;
295 * 6. calls finish_async().
296 *
297 * There are serious restrictions on what the asynchronous function can do
298 * because this facility is implemented by a thread in the same address
299 * space on most platforms (when pthreads is available), but by a pipe to
300 * a forked process otherwise:
301 *
302 * - It cannot change the program's state (global variables, environment,
303 * etc.) in a way that the caller notices; in other words, .in and .out
304 * are the only communication channels to the caller.
305 *
306 * - It must not change the program's state that the caller of the
307 * facility also uses.
308 *
309 */
310 struct async {
311
312 /**
313 * The function pointer in .proc has the following signature:
314 *
315 * int proc(int in, int out, void *data);
316 *
317 * - in, out specifies a set of file descriptors to which the function
318 * must read/write the data that it needs/produces. The function
319 * *must* close these descriptors before it returns. A descriptor
320 * may be -1 if the caller did not configure a descriptor for that
321 * direction.
322 *
323 * - data is the value that the caller has specified in the .data member
324 * of struct async.
325 *
326 * - The return value of the function is 0 on success and non-zero
327 * on failure. If the function indicates failure, finish_async() will
328 * report failure as well.
329 *
330 */
331 int (*proc)(int in, int out, void *data);
332
333 void *data;
334
335 /**
336 * The members .in, .out are used to provide a set of fd's for
337 * communication between the caller and the callee as follows:
338 *
339 * - Specify 0 to have no file descriptor passed. The callee will
340 * receive -1 in the corresponding argument.
341 *
342 * - Specify < 0 to have a pipe allocated; start_async() replaces
343 * with the pipe FD in the following way:
344 *
345 * .in: Returns the writable pipe end into which the caller
346 * writes; the readable end of the pipe becomes the function's
347 * in argument.
348 *
349 * .out: Returns the readable pipe end from which the caller
350 * reads; the writable end of the pipe becomes the function's
351 * out argument.
352 *
353 * The caller of start_async() must close the returned FDs after it
354 * has completed reading from/writing from them.
355 *
356 * - Specify a file descriptor > 0 to be used by the function:
357 *
358 * .in: The FD must be readable; it becomes the function's in.
359 * .out: The FD must be writable; it becomes the function's out.
360 *
361 * The specified FD is closed by start_async(), even if it fails to
362 * run the function.
363 */
364 int in; /* caller writes here and closes it */
365 int out; /* caller reads from here and closes it */
366 #ifdef NO_PTHREADS
367 pid_t pid;
368 #else
369 pthread_t tid;
370 int proc_in;
371 int proc_out;
372 #endif
373 int isolate_sigpipe;
374 };
375
376 /**
377 * Run a function asynchronously. Takes a pointer to a `struct
378 * async` that specifies the details and returns a set of pipe FDs
379 * for communication with the function. See below for details.
380 */
381 int start_async(struct async *async);
382
383 /**
384 * Wait for the completion of an asynchronous function that was
385 * started with start_async().
386 */
387 int finish_async(struct async *async);
388
389 int in_async(void);
390 int async_with_fork(void);
391 void check_pipe(int err);
392
393 /**
394 * This callback should initialize the child process and preload the
395 * error channel if desired. The preloading of is useful if you want to
396 * have a message printed directly before the output of the child process.
397 * pp_cb is the callback cookie as passed to run_processes_parallel.
398 * You can store a child process specific callback cookie in pp_task_cb.
399 *
400 * Even after returning 0 to indicate that there are no more processes,
401 * this function will be called again until there are no more running
402 * child processes.
403 *
404 * Return 1 if the next child is ready to run.
405 * Return 0 if there are currently no more tasks to be processed.
406 * To send a signal to other child processes for abortion,
407 * return the negative signal number.
408 */
409 typedef int (*get_next_task_fn)(struct child_process *cp,
410 struct strbuf *out,
411 void *pp_cb,
412 void **pp_task_cb);
413
414 /**
415 * This callback is called whenever there are problems starting
416 * a new process.
417 *
418 * You must not write to stdout or stderr in this function. Add your
419 * message to the strbuf out instead, which will be printed without
420 * messing up the output of the other parallel processes.
421 *
422 * pp_cb is the callback cookie as passed into run_processes_parallel,
423 * pp_task_cb is the callback cookie as passed into get_next_task_fn.
424 *
425 * Return 0 to continue the parallel processing. To abort return non zero.
426 * To send a signal to other child processes for abortion, return
427 * the negative signal number.
428 */
429 typedef int (*start_failure_fn)(struct strbuf *out,
430 void *pp_cb,
431 void *pp_task_cb);
432
433 /**
434 * This callback is called on every child process that finished processing.
435 *
436 * You must not write to stdout or stderr in this function. Add your
437 * message to the strbuf out instead, which will be printed without
438 * messing up the output of the other parallel processes.
439 *
440 * pp_cb is the callback cookie as passed into run_processes_parallel,
441 * pp_task_cb is the callback cookie as passed into get_next_task_fn.
442 *
443 * Return 0 to continue the parallel processing. To abort return non zero.
444 * To send a signal to other child processes for abortion, return
445 * the negative signal number.
446 */
447 typedef int (*task_finished_fn)(int result,
448 struct strbuf *out,
449 void *pp_cb,
450 void *pp_task_cb);
451
452 /**
453 * Runs up to n processes at the same time. Whenever a process can be
454 * started, the callback get_next_task_fn is called to obtain the data
455 * required to start another child process.
456 *
457 * The children started via this function run in parallel. Their output
458 * (both stdout and stderr) is routed to stderr in a manner that output
459 * from different tasks does not interleave.
460 *
461 * start_failure_fn and task_finished_fn can be NULL to omit any
462 * special handling.
463 */
464 int run_processes_parallel(int n,
465 get_next_task_fn,
466 start_failure_fn,
467 task_finished_fn,
468 void *pp_cb);
469 int run_processes_parallel_tr2(int n, get_next_task_fn, start_failure_fn,
470 task_finished_fn, void *pp_cb,
471 const char *tr2_category, const char *tr2_label);
472
473 #endif