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# Copyright © 2008-2009 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
# Copyright © 2008 Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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package Dpkg::IPC;
use strict;
use warnings;
our $VERSION = "1.00";
use Dpkg::ErrorHandling;
use Dpkg::Gettext;
use base qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT = qw(spawn wait_child);
=encoding utf8
=head1 NAME
Dpkg::IPC - helper functions for IPC
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Dpkg::IPC offers helper functions to allow you to execute
other programs in an easy, yet flexible way, while hiding
all the gory details of IPC (Inter-Process Communication)
from you.
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
=item spawn
Creates a child process and executes another program in it.
The arguments are interpreted as a hash of options, specifying
how to handle the in and output of the program to execute.
Returns the pid of the child process (unless the wait_child
option was given).
Any error will cause the function to exit with one of the
Dpkg::ErrorHandling functions.
Options:
=over 4
=item exec
Can be either a scalar, i.e. the name of the program to be
executed, or an array reference, i.e. the name of the program
plus additional arguments. Note that the program will never be
executed via the shell, so you can't specify additional arguments
in the scalar string and you can't use any shell facilities like
globbing.
Mandatory Option.
=item from_file, to_file, error_to_file
Filename as scalar. Standard input/output/error of the
child process will be redirected to the file specified.
=item from_handle, to_handle, error_to_handle
Filehandle. Standard input/output/error of the child process will be
dup'ed from the handle.
=item from_pipe, to_pipe, error_to_pipe
Scalar reference or object based on IO::Handle. A pipe will be opened for
each of the two options and either the reading (C<to_pipe> and
C<error_to_pipe>) or the writing end (C<from_pipe>) will be returned in
the referenced scalar. Standard input/output/error of the child process
will be dup'ed to the other ends of the pipes.
=item from_string, to_string, error_to_string
Scalar reference. Standard input/output/error of the child
process will be redirected to the string given as reference. Note
that it wouldn't be strictly necessary to use a scalar reference
for C<from_string>, as the string is not modified in any way. This was
chosen only for reasons of symmetry with C<to_string> and
C<error_to_string>. C<to_string> and C<error_to_string> imply the
C<wait_child> option.
=item wait_child
Scalar. If containing a true value, wait_child() will be called before
returning. The return value will of spawn() will be a true value,
but not the pid.
=item nocheck
Scalar. Option of the wait_child() call.
=item timeout
Scalar. Option of the wait_child() call.
=item chdir
Scalar. The child process will chdir in the indicated directory before
calling exec.
=item env
Hash reference. The child process will populate %ENV with the items of the
hash before calling exec. This allows exporting environment variables.
=item delete_env
Array reference. The child process will remove all environment variables
listed in the array before calling exec.
=back
=cut
sub _sanity_check_opts {
my (%opts) = @_;
internerr("exec parameter is mandatory in spawn()")
unless $opts{"exec"};
my $to = my $error_to = my $from = 0;
foreach (qw(file handle string pipe)) {
$to++ if $opts{"to_$_"};
$error_to++ if $opts{"error_to_$_"};
$from++ if $opts{"from_$_"};
}
internerr("not more than one of to_* parameters is allowed")
if $to > 1;
internerr("not more than one of error_to_* parameters is allowed")
if $error_to > 1;
internerr("not more than one of from_* parameters is allowed")
if $from > 1;
foreach (qw(to_string error_to_string from_string)) {
if (exists $opts{$_} and
(!ref($opts{$_}) or ref($opts{$_}) ne 'SCALAR')) {
internerr("parameter $_ must be a scalar reference");
}
}
foreach (qw(to_pipe error_to_pipe from_pipe)) {
if (exists $opts{$_} and
(!ref($opts{$_}) or (ref($opts{$_}) ne 'SCALAR' and
not $opts{$_}->isa("IO::Handle")))) {
internerr("parameter $_ must be a scalar reference or an IO::Handle object");
}
}
if (exists $opts{"timeout"} and defined($opts{"timeout"}) and
$opts{"timeout"} !~ /^\d+$/) {
internerr("parameter timeout must be an integer");
}
if (exists $opts{"env"} and ref($opts{"env"}) ne 'HASH') {
internerr("parameter env must be a hash reference");
}
if (exists $opts{"delete_env"} and ref($opts{"delete_env"}) ne 'ARRAY') {
internerr("parameter delete_env must be an array reference");
}
return %opts;
}
sub spawn {
my (%opts) = _sanity_check_opts(@_);
$opts{"close_in_child"} ||= [];
my @prog;
if (ref($opts{"exec"}) =~ /ARRAY/) {
push @prog, @{$opts{"exec"}};
} elsif (not ref($opts{"exec"})) {
push @prog, $opts{"exec"};
} else {
internerr("invalid exec parameter in spawn()");
}
my ($from_string_pipe, $to_string_pipe, $error_to_string_pipe);
if ($opts{"to_string"}) {
$opts{"to_pipe"} = \$to_string_pipe;
$opts{"wait_child"} = 1;
}
if ($opts{"error_to_string"}) {
$opts{"error_to_pipe"} = \$error_to_string_pipe;
$opts{"wait_child"} = 1;
}
if ($opts{"from_string"}) {
$opts{"from_pipe"} = \$from_string_pipe;
}
# Create pipes if needed
my ($input_pipe, $output_pipe, $error_pipe);
if ($opts{"from_pipe"}) {
pipe($opts{"from_handle"}, $input_pipe) ||
syserr(_g("pipe for %s"), "@prog");
${$opts{"from_pipe"}} = $input_pipe;
push @{$opts{"close_in_child"}}, $input_pipe;
}
if ($opts{"to_pipe"}) {
pipe($output_pipe, $opts{"to_handle"}) ||
syserr(_g("pipe for %s"), "@prog");
${$opts{"to_pipe"}} = $output_pipe;
push @{$opts{"close_in_child"}}, $output_pipe;
}
if ($opts{"error_to_pipe"}) {
pipe($error_pipe, $opts{"error_to_handle"}) ||
syserr(_g("pipe for %s"), "@prog");
${$opts{"error_to_pipe"}} = $error_pipe;
push @{$opts{"close_in_child"}}, $error_pipe;
}
# Fork and exec
my $pid = fork();
syserr(_g("cannot fork for %s"), "@prog") unless defined $pid;
if (not $pid) {
# Define environment variables
if ($opts{"env"}) {
foreach (keys %{$opts{"env"}}) {
$ENV{$_} = $opts{"env"}{$_};
}
}
if ($opts{"delete_env"}) {
delete $ENV{$_} foreach (@{$opts{"delete_env"}});
}
# Change the current directory
if ($opts{"chdir"}) {
chdir($opts{"chdir"}) || syserr(_g("chdir to %s"), $opts{"chdir"});
}
# Redirect STDIN if needed
if ($opts{"from_file"}) {
open(STDIN, "<", $opts{"from_file"}) ||
syserr(_g("cannot open %s"), $opts{"from_file"});
} elsif ($opts{"from_handle"}) {
open(STDIN, "<&", $opts{"from_handle"}) || syserr(_g("reopen stdin"));
close($opts{"from_handle"}); # has been duped, can be closed
}
# Redirect STDOUT if needed
if ($opts{"to_file"}) {
open(STDOUT, ">", $opts{"to_file"}) ||
syserr(_g("cannot write %s"), $opts{"to_file"});
} elsif ($opts{"to_handle"}) {
open(STDOUT, ">&", $opts{"to_handle"}) || syserr(_g("reopen stdout"));
close($opts{"to_handle"}); # has been duped, can be closed
}
# Redirect STDERR if needed
if ($opts{"error_to_file"}) {
open(STDERR, ">", $opts{"error_to_file"}) ||
syserr(_g("cannot write %s"), $opts{"error_to_file"});
} elsif ($opts{"error_to_handle"}) {
open(STDERR, ">&", $opts{"error_to_handle"}) || syserr(_g("reopen stdout"));
close($opts{"error_to_handle"}); # has been duped, can be closed
}
# Close some inherited filehandles
close($_) foreach (@{$opts{"close_in_child"}});
# Execute the program
exec({ $prog[0] } @prog) or syserr(_g("unable to execute %s"), "@prog");
}
# Close handle that we can't use any more
close($opts{"from_handle"}) if exists $opts{"from_handle"};
close($opts{"to_handle"}) if exists $opts{"to_handle"};
close($opts{"error_to_handle"}) if exists $opts{"error_to_handle"};
if ($opts{"from_string"}) {
print $from_string_pipe ${$opts{"from_string"}};
close($from_string_pipe);
}
if ($opts{"to_string"}) {
local $/ = undef;
${$opts{"to_string"}} = readline($to_string_pipe);
}
if ($opts{"error_to_string"}) {
local $/ = undef;
${$opts{"error_to_string"}} = readline($error_to_string_pipe);
}
if ($opts{"wait_child"}) {
my $cmdline = "@prog";
if ($opts{"env"}) {
foreach (keys %{$opts{"env"}}) {
$cmdline = "$_=\"" . $opts{"env"}{$_} . "\" $cmdline";
}
}
wait_child($pid, nocheck => $opts{"nocheck"},
timeout => $opts{"timeout"}, cmdline => $cmdline);
return 1;
}
return $pid;
}
=item wait_child
Takes as first argument the pid of the process to wait for.
Remaining arguments are taken as a hash of options. Returns
nothing. Fails if the child has been ended by a signal or
if it exited non-zero.
Options:
=over 4
=item cmdline
String to identify the child process in error messages.
Defaults to "child process".
=item nocheck
If true do not check the return status of the child (and thus
do not fail it it has been killed or if it exited with a
non-zero return code).
=item timeout
Set a maximum time to wait for the process, after that fail
with an error message.
=back
=cut
sub wait_child {
my ($pid, %opts) = @_;
$opts{"cmdline"} ||= _g("child process");
internerr("no PID set, cannot wait end of process") unless $pid;
eval {
local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "alarm\n" };
alarm($opts{"timeout"}) if defined($opts{"timeout"});
$pid == waitpid($pid, 0) or syserr(_g("wait for %s"), $opts{"cmdline"});
alarm(0) if defined($opts{"timeout"});
};
if ($@) {
die $@ unless $@ eq "alarm\n";
error(ngettext("%s didn't complete in %d second",
"%s didn't complete in %d seconds",
$opts{"timeout"}),
$opts{"cmdline"}, $opts{"timeout"});
}
unless ($opts{"nocheck"}) {
subprocerr($opts{"cmdline"}) if $?;
}
}
1;
__END__
=back
=head1 AUTHORS
Written by Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> and
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
Dpkg, Dpkg::ErrorHandling