time_t now;
time(&now);
- long latency = 0, results = 0;
+ long min_latency = -1, max_latency = 0, avg_latency = 0, results = 0;
vector<CheckTask::Ptr> finishedTasks = CheckTask::GetFinishedTasks();
CheckResult result = task->GetResult();
// Application::Log(LogInformation, "checker", "Got result! Plugin output: " + result.Output);
- latency += result.EndTime - result.StartTime;
+ long latency = result.EndTime - result.StartTime;
+ avg_latency += latency;
+
+ if (min_latency == -1 || latency < min_latency)
+ min_latency = latency;
+
+ if (latency > max_latency)
+ max_latency = latency;
+
results++;
service.SetNextCheck(now + service.GetCheckInterval());
}
stringstream msgbuf;
- msgbuf << "ResultTimerHandler: " << results << " results; avg. latency: " << latency / (results ? results : 1);
+ msgbuf << "ResultTimerHandler: " << results << " results; latency: avg=" << avg_latency / (results ? results : 1) << ", min=" << min_latency << ", max: " << max_latency;
Application::Log(LogDebug, "checker", msgbuf.str());
}
third-party/Makefile
third-party/cJSON/Makefile
third-party/mmatch/Makefile
+third-party/popen-noshell/Makefile
Doxyfile
])
AC_OUTPUT
-I${top_srcdir}/base \
-I${top_srcdir}/jsonrpc \
-I${top_srcdir}/cJSON \
+ -I${top_srcdir}/third-party/popen-noshell \
-I${top_srcdir}
libicinga_la_LDFLAGS = \
libicinga_la_LIBADD = \
$(BOOST_THREAD_LIB) \
${top_builddir}/jsonrpc/libjsonrpc.la \
- ${top_builddir}/base/libbase.la
+ ${top_builddir}/base/libbase.la \
+ ${top_builddir}/third-party/popen-noshell/libpopen_noshell.la
#include "i2-icinga.h"
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
using namespace icinga;
: CheckTask(service)
{
string checkCommand = service.GetCheckCommand();
- m_Command = MacroProcessor::ResolveMacros(checkCommand, service.GetMacros()) + " 2>&1";
+ m_Command = MacroProcessor::ResolveMacros(checkCommand, service.GetMacros()); // + " 2>&1";
}
void NagiosCheckTask::Enqueue(void)
#ifdef _MSC_VER
fp = _popen(m_Command.c_str(), "r");
#else /* _MSC_VER */
- fp = popen(m_Command.c_str(), "r");
+ popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(m_Command.c_str(), "r", &pclose_arg);
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
-// ostringstream outputbuf;
+ stringstream outputbuf;
while (!feof(fp)) {
- char buffer[128];
+ char buffer[512];
size_t read = fread(buffer, 1, sizeof(buffer), fp);
if (read == 0)
break;
-// outputbuf.write(buffer, read);
+ outputbuf.write(buffer, read);
}
-// m_Result.Output = outputbuf.str();
-// boost::algorithm::trim(m_Result.Output);
+ m_Result.Output = outputbuf.str();
+ boost::algorithm::trim(m_Result.Output);
int status, exitcode;
#ifdef _MSC_VER
status = _pclose(fp);
#else /* _MSC_VER */
- status = pclose(fp);
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
#ifndef _MSC_VER
SUBDIRS = \
ltdl \
cJSON \
- mmatch
+ mmatch \
+ popen-noshell
--- /dev/null
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = \
+ libpopen_noshell.la
+
+libpopen_noshell_la_SOURCES = \
+ popen_noshell.c \
+ popen_noshell.h
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+This is the faster popen() alternative implementation.
+
+The package provides the following files:
+ * The C implementation of the library:
+ popen_noshell.c
+ popen_noshell.h
+ * Examples:
+ popen_noshell_examples.c
+ * Unit tests:
+ popen_noshell_tests.c
+
+Compile instructions are included in each file.
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is a performance test program.
+ * It invokes the extremely light, statically build binary "./tiny2" which outputs "Hello, world!" and exits.
+ *
+ * Different approaches for calling "./tiny2" are tried, in order to compare their performance results.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define USE_LIBC_POPEN 0
+#define USE_NOSHELL_POPEN 1
+
+int use_noshell_compat = 0;
+
+void popen_test(int type) {
+ char *exec_file = "./tiny2";
+ char *arg1 = (char *) NULL;
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1};
+ FILE *fp;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+ int status;
+ char buf[64];
+
+ if (type) {
+ if (!use_noshell_compat) {
+ fp = popen_noshell(exec_file, (const char * const *)argv, "r", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ } else {
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(exec_file, "r", &pclose_arg);
+ argv[0] = NULL; // satisfy GCC warnings
+ }
+ } else {
+ fp = popen("./tiny2", "r");
+ }
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen()");
+ }
+
+ while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, fp)) {
+ if (strcmp(buf, "Hello, world!\n") != 0) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "bad response: %s", buf);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (type) {
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ } else {
+ status = pclose(fp);
+ }
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose()");
+ }
+ if (status != 0) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "status code is non-zero");
+ }
+}
+
+void fork_test(int type) {
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status;
+
+ if (type) {
+ pid = fork();
+ } else {
+ pid = vfork();
+ }
+ if (pid == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fork()");
+ }
+
+ if (pid == 0) { // child
+ execl("./tiny2", "./tiny2", (char *) NULL);
+ _exit(255);
+ }
+
+ // parent process
+ if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "waitpid()");
+ }
+ if (status != 0) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "status code is non-zero");
+ }
+}
+
+char *allocate_memory(int size_in_mb, int ratio) {
+ char *m;
+ int size;
+ int i;
+
+ size = size_in_mb*1024*1024;
+ m = malloc(sizeof(char) * size);
+ if (!m) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "malloc()");
+ }
+
+ /* allocate part of the memory, so that we can simulate some memory activity before fork()'ing */
+ if (ratio != 0) {
+ for (i = 0; i < size/ratio; ++i) {
+ *(m + i) = 'z';
+ }
+ }
+
+ return m;
+}
+
+int safe_atoi(char *s) {
+ int i;
+
+ if (strlen(s) == 0) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "safe_atoi(): String is empty");
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < strlen(s); ++i) {
+ if (!isdigit(s[i])) {
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "safe_atoi(): Non-numeric characters found in string '%s'", s);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return atoi(s);
+}
+
+void parse_argv(int argc, char **argv, int *count, int *allocated_memory_size_in_mb, int *allocated_memory_usage_ratio, int *test_mode) {
+ const struct option long_options[] = {
+ {"count", 1, 0, 1},
+ {"memsize", 1, 0, 2},
+ {"ratio", 1, 0, 3},
+ {"mode", 1, 0, 4},
+ {0, 0, 0, 0}
+ };
+ int c;
+ int usage = 0;
+ int got[4];
+ int optarg_int;
+
+ memset(&got, 0, sizeof(got));
+ while (1) {
+ c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "", &long_options[0], NULL);
+ if (c == -1) { // no more arguments
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (c >= 1 && c <= sizeof(got)/sizeof(int)) {
+ got[c-1] = 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!optarg) {
+ warnx("You provided no value");
+ usage = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ optarg_int = safe_atoi(optarg);
+
+ switch (c) {
+ case 1:
+ *count = optarg_int;
+ break;
+ case 2:
+ *allocated_memory_size_in_mb = optarg_int;
+ break;
+ case 3:
+ *allocated_memory_usage_ratio = optarg_int;
+ break;
+ case 4:
+ *test_mode = optarg_int;
+ break;
+ default:
+ warnx("Bad option");
+ usage = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (usage) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (c = 0; c < sizeof(got)/sizeof(int); ++c) {
+ if (!got[c]) {
+ warnx("Option #%d not specified", c);
+ usage = 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (usage) {
+ warnx("Usage: %s ...options - all are required...\n", argv[0]);
+ warnx("\t--count\n\t--memsize [MBytes]\n\t--ratio [0..N, 0=no_usage_of_memory]\n\t--mode [0..7]\n");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ int count;
+ char *m;
+ int allocated_memory_size_in_mb;
+ int allocated_memory_usage_ratio;
+ int test_mode;
+ int wrote = 0;
+
+ count = 30000;
+ allocated_memory_size_in_mb = 20;
+ allocated_memory_usage_ratio = 2; /* the memory usage is 1 divided by the "allocated_memory_usage_ratio", use 0 for "no usage" at all */
+ test_mode = 5;
+
+ parse_argv(argc, argv, &count, &allocated_memory_size_in_mb, &allocated_memory_usage_ratio, &test_mode);
+
+ m = allocate_memory(allocated_memory_size_in_mb, allocated_memory_usage_ratio);
+
+ warnx("Test options: count=%d, memsize=%d, ratio=%d, mode=%d", count, allocated_memory_size_in_mb, allocated_memory_usage_ratio, test_mode);
+
+ while (count--) {
+ switch (test_mode) {
+ /* the following fork + exec calls do not return the output of their commands */
+ case 0:
+ if (!wrote) warnx("fork() + exec(), standard Libc");
+ fork_test(1);
+ break;
+ case 1:
+ if (!wrote) warnx("vfork() + exec(), standard Libc");
+ fork_test(0);
+ break;
+ case 2:
+ if (!wrote) warnx("system(), standard Libc");
+ system("./tiny2 >/dev/null");
+ break;
+
+ /* all the below popen() use-cases are tested if they return the correct string in *fp */
+ case 3:
+ if (!wrote) warnx("popen(), standard Libc");
+ popen_test(USE_LIBC_POPEN);
+ break;
+ case 4:
+ use_noshell_compat = 0;
+ if (!wrote) warnx("the new noshell, debug fork(), compat=%d", use_noshell_compat);
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_FORK);
+ popen_test(USE_NOSHELL_POPEN);
+ break;
+ case 5:
+ use_noshell_compat = 0;
+ if (!wrote) warnx("the new noshell, default vfork(), compat=%d", use_noshell_compat);
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE);
+ popen_test(USE_NOSHELL_POPEN);
+ break;
+ case 6:
+ use_noshell_compat = 1;
+ if (!wrote) warnx("the new noshell, debug fork(), compat=%d", use_noshell_compat);
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_FORK);
+ popen_test(USE_NOSHELL_POPEN);
+ break;
+ case 7:
+ use_noshell_compat = 1;
+ if (!wrote) warnx("the new noshell, default vfork(), compat=%d", use_noshell_compat);
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE);
+ popen_test(USE_NOSHELL_POPEN);
+ break;
+ default:
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Bad mode");
+ break;
+ }
+ wrote = 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+../popen_noshell.c
\ No newline at end of file
--- /dev/null
+../popen_noshell.h
\ No newline at end of file
--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+# Version: 1.0
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+my $count = 10000;
+my $memsize = 20;
+my $ratio = 2;
+my $allowed_deviation = 20; # +/- percent
+my $repeat_tests = 3;
+my $uname_args = '-s -r -m'; # or just "-a" :)
+
+my $s;
+my @lines;
+my $line;
+my $i;
+my $options;
+my $caption;
+my $user_t;
+my $sys_t;
+my %results;
+my $k;
+my $mode;
+my $avg_user_t;
+my $avg_sys_t;
+my $success;
+my @sheet = ();
+
+sub parse_die($$) {
+ my ($i, $line) = @_;
+ die("Unable to parse line $i: $line");
+}
+
+if ($repeat_tests < 2) {
+ die('repeat_tests must be at least 2');
+}
+
+$options = undef;
+print "The tests are being performed, this will take some time...\n\n";
+for $mode (0..7) {
+ print(('-'x80)."\n\n");
+ for (1..$repeat_tests) {
+ $s = `gcc -Wall fork-performance.c popen_noshell.c -o fork-performance && time ./fork-performance --count=$count --memsize=$memsize --ratio=$ratio --mode=$mode 2>&1 >/dev/null`;
+ print "$s\n";
+
+ @lines = split(/\n/, $s);
+ $i = 0;
+ $caption = $user_t = $sys_t = undef;
+ foreach $line (@lines) {
+ ++$i;
+ if ($i == 1) {
+ if ($line =~ /^fork-performance: Test options: (.+), mode=\d+$/) {
+ if (!defined($options)) {
+ $options = $1;
+ } else {
+ if ($options ne $1) {
+ die("Parsed options is not the same: $options vs. $1");
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ parse_die($i, $line);
+ }
+ } elsif ($i == 2) {
+ if ($line =~ /^fork-performance: (.+)$/) {
+ $caption = $1;
+ } else {
+ parse_die($i, $line);
+ }
+ } elsif ($i == 3) {
+ if ($line =~ /(\d+.\d+)\s?user\s+(\d+.\d+)\s?sys(?:tem)?/) {
+ $user_t = $1;
+ $sys_t = $2;
+ } else {
+ parse_die($i, $line);
+ }
+ } elsif ($i == 4) {
+ # noop
+ } else {
+ parse_die($i, $line);
+ }
+ }
+ if (!defined($options) || !defined($caption) || !defined($user_t) || !defined($sys_t)) {
+ die('Parsing failed');
+ }
+ $k = $caption;
+ if (!exists($results{$k})) {
+ $results{$k} = [];
+ }
+ push(@{$results{$k}}, [$user_t, $sys_t]);
+ }
+}
+
+sub print_deviation($$$) {
+ my ($label, $val, $avg_val) = @_;
+ my $deviation;
+ my $retval = 1;
+
+ if ($avg_val == 0) {
+ $deviation = '?? ';
+ $retval = 0;
+ } else {
+ $deviation = (($val / $avg_val) - 1) * 100;
+ $deviation = sprintf('%.0f', $deviation);
+ if (abs($deviation) > $allowed_deviation) {
+ $retval = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ printf("\t%s: %s (%4s%%)%s\n", $label, $val, $deviation, ($retval == 0 ? ' BAD VALUE' : ''));
+
+ return $retval;
+}
+
+$success = 1;
+print("\n\n".('-'x80)."\n");
+print "RAW PERFORMANCE TESTS RESULTS\n";
+print(('-'x80)."\n");
+foreach $k (keys %results) {
+ $avg_user_t = 0;
+ $avg_sys_t = 0;
+ $i = 0;
+ foreach (@{$results{$k}}) {
+ ($user_t, $sys_t) = @{$_};
+ $avg_user_t += $user_t;
+ $avg_sys_t += $sys_t;
+ ++$i;
+ }
+ if ($i != $repeat_tests) {
+ die("Sanity check failed for count: $count vs. $i");
+ }
+ $avg_user_t /= $i;
+ $avg_sys_t /= $i;
+ $avg_user_t = sprintf('%.2f', $avg_user_t);
+ $avg_sys_t = sprintf('%.2f', $avg_sys_t);
+
+ $s = sprintf("%s | avg_user_t | %s | avg_sys_t | %s | total_t | %s\n", $k, $avg_user_t, $avg_sys_t, ($avg_user_t + $avg_sys_t));
+ push(@sheet, $s);
+ print $s;
+
+ foreach (@{$results{$k}}) {
+ ($user_t, $sys_t) = @{$_};
+
+ $success &= print_deviation('user_t', $user_t, $avg_user_t);
+ $success &= print_deviation('sys_t ', $sys_t, $avg_sys_t);
+ }
+}
+
+print("\n\n".('-'x80)."\n");
+print "PERFORMANCE TESTS REPORT\n";
+print(('-'x80)."\n");
+print "System and setup:\n\t | ".`uname $uname_args`."\t | $options\n";
+print "Here is the data for the graphs:\n";
+foreach (@sheet) {
+ print "\t | ".$_;
+}
+print(('-'x80)."\n");
+
+if (!$success) {
+ print "\nWARNING! Some of the measurements were not accurate enough!\n";
+ print "It is recommended that you re-run the test having the following in mind:\n";
+ print "\t* the machine must be idle and not busy with other tasks\n";
+ print "\t* increase the 'count' to a larger number to have more accurate results\n";
+ print "\t* it is recommended that 'count' is so big, that the user/sys average time is at least bigger than 1.00\n";
+}
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+nasm -f elf tiny.asm
+ld -s -o tiny2 tiny.o
--- /dev/null
+%define stdin 0
+%define stdout 1
+%define stderr 2
+
+%define SYS_nosys 0
+%define SYS_exit 1
+%define SYS_fork 2
+%define SYS_read 3
+%define SYS_write 4
+
+section .text
+align 4
+access.the.bsd.kernel:
+ int 80h
+ ret
+
+%macro system 1
+ mov eax, %1
+ call access.the.bsd.kernel
+%endmacro
+
+%macro sys.exit 0
+ system SYS_exit
+%endmacro
+
+%macro sys.fork 0
+ system SYS_fork
+%endmacro
+
+%macro sys.read 0
+ system SYS_read
+%endmacro
+
+%macro sys.write 0
+ system SYS_write
+%endmacro
+
--- /dev/null
+; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/x86-first-program.html
+
+ %include 'system.inc'
+
+section .data
+hello db 'Hello, world!', 0Ah
+hbytes equ $-hello
+
+section .text
+global _start
+_start:
+push dword hbytes
+push dword hello
+push dword stdout
+sys.write
+
+push dword 0
+sys.exit
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+nasm -f elf tiny2.asm && ld -s -o tiny2 tiny2.o
--- /dev/null
+; Compile with: nasm -f elf tiny2.asm && ld -s -o tiny2 tiny2.o
+;
+; Resource: http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Assembly-HOWTO.html#AEN853
+
+section .data ;section declaration
+
+msg db "Hello, world!",0xa ;our dear string
+len equ $ - msg ;length of our dear string
+
+section .text ;section declaration
+
+ ;we must export the entry point to the ELF linker or
+ global _start ;loader. They conventionally recognize _start as their
+ ;entry point. Use ld -e foo to override the default.
+
+_start:
+
+;write our string to stdout
+
+ mov edx,len ;third argument: message length
+ mov ecx,msg ;second argument: pointer to message to write
+ mov ebx,1 ;first argument: file handle (stdout)
+ mov eax,4 ;system call number (sys_write)
+ int 0x80 ;call kernel
+
+;and exit
+
+ mov ebx,0 ;first syscall argument: exit code
+ mov eax,1 ;system call number (sys_exit)
+ int 0x80 ;call kernel
--- /dev/null
+tiny/linux/tiny2
\ No newline at end of file
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+/*
+ * Wish-list:
+ * 1) Make the "ignore_stderr" parameter a mode - ignore, leave unchanged, redirect to stdout (the last is not implemented yet)
+ * 2) Code a faster system(): system_noshell(), system_noshell_compat()
+ */
+
+//#define POPEN_NOSHELL_DEBUG
+
+// because of C++, we can't call err() or errx() within the child, because they call exit(), and _exit() is what must be called; so we wrap
+#define _ERR(EVAL, FMT, ...) \
+ { \
+ warn(FMT, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+ _exit(EVAL); \
+ }
+#define _ERRX(EVAL, FMT, ...) \
+ { \
+ warnx(FMT, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+ _exit(EVAL); \
+ }
+
+int _popen_noshell_fork_mode = POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE;
+
+void popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(int mode) { // see "popen_noshell.h" POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_* constants
+ _popen_noshell_fork_mode = mode;
+}
+
+int popen_noshell_reopen_fd_to_dev_null(int fd) {
+ int dev_null_fd;
+
+ dev_null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ if (dev_null_fd < 0) return -1;
+
+ if (close(fd) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (dup2(dev_null_fd, fd) == -1) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (close(dev_null_fd) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int _popen_noshell_close_and_dup(int pipefd[2], int closed_pipefd, int target_fd) {
+ int dupped_pipefd;
+
+ dupped_pipefd = (closed_pipefd == 0 ? 1 : 0); // get the FD of the other end of the pipe
+
+ if (close(pipefd[closed_pipefd]) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (close(target_fd) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (dup2(pipefd[dupped_pipefd], target_fd) == -1) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (close(pipefd[dupped_pipefd]) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void _pclose_noshell_free_clone_arg_memory(struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *func_args) {
+ char **cmd_argv;
+
+ free((char *)func_args->file);
+ cmd_argv = (char **)func_args->argv;
+ while (*cmd_argv) {
+ free(*cmd_argv);
+ ++cmd_argv;
+ }
+ free((char **)func_args->argv);
+ free(func_args);
+}
+
+void _popen_noshell_child_process(
+ /* We need the pointer *arg_ptr only to free whatever we reference if exec() fails and we were fork()'ed (thus memory was copied),
+ * not clone()'d */
+ struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *arg_ptr, /* NULL if we were called by pure fork() (not because of Valgrind) */
+ int pipefd_0, int pipefd_1, int read_pipe, int ignore_stderr, const char *file, const char * const *argv) {
+
+ int closed_child_fd;
+ int closed_pipe_fd;
+ int dupped_child_fd;
+ int pipefd[2] = {pipefd_0, pipefd_1};
+
+ if (ignore_stderr) { /* ignore STDERR completely? */
+ if (popen_noshell_reopen_fd_to_dev_null(STDERR_FILENO) != 0) _ERR(255, "popen_noshell_reopen_fd_to_dev_null(%d)", STDERR_FILENO);
+ }
+
+ if (read_pipe) {
+ closed_child_fd = STDIN_FILENO; /* re-open STDIN to /dev/null */
+ closed_pipe_fd = 0; /* close read end of pipe */
+ dupped_child_fd = STDOUT_FILENO; /* dup the other pipe end to STDOUT */
+ } else {
+ closed_child_fd = STDOUT_FILENO; /* ignore STDOUT completely */
+ closed_pipe_fd = 1; /* close write end of pipe */
+ dupped_child_fd = STDIN_FILENO; /* dup the other pipe end to STDIN */
+ }
+ if (popen_noshell_reopen_fd_to_dev_null(closed_child_fd) != 0) {
+ _ERR(255, "popen_noshell_reopen_fd_to_dev_null(%d)", closed_child_fd);
+ }
+ if (_popen_noshell_close_and_dup(pipefd, closed_pipe_fd, dupped_child_fd) != 0) {
+ _ERR(255, "_popen_noshell_close_and_dup(%d ,%d)", closed_pipe_fd, dupped_child_fd);
+ }
+
+ execvp(file, (char * const *)argv);
+
+ /* if we are here, exec() failed */
+
+ warn("exec(\"%s\") inside the child", file);
+
+#ifdef POPEN_NOSHELL_VALGRIND_DEBUG
+ if (arg_ptr) { /* not NULL if we were called by clone() */
+ /* but Valgrind does not support clone(), so we were actually called by fork(), thus memory was copied... */
+ /* free this copied memory; if it was not Valgrind, this memory would have been shared and would belong to the parent! */
+ _pclose_noshell_free_clone_arg_memory(arg_ptr);
+ }
+#endif
+
+ if (fflush(stdout) != 0) _ERR(255, "fflush(stdout)");
+ if (fflush(stderr) != 0) _ERR(255, "fflush(stderr)");
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close(STDERR_FILENO);
+
+ _exit(255); // call _exit() and not exit(), or you'll have troubles in C++
+}
+
+int popen_noshell_child_process_by_clone(void *raw_arg) {
+ struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *arg;
+
+ arg = (struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *)raw_arg;
+ _popen_noshell_child_process(arg, arg->pipefd_0, arg->pipefd_1, arg->read_pipe, arg->ignore_stderr, arg->file, arg->argv);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+char ** popen_noshell_copy_argv(const char * const *argv_orig) {
+ int size = 1; /* there is at least one NULL element */
+ char **argv;
+ char **argv_new;
+ int n;
+
+ argv = (char **) argv_orig;
+ while (*argv) {
+ ++size;
+ ++argv;
+ }
+
+ argv_new = (char **)malloc(sizeof(char *) * size);
+ if (!argv_new) return NULL;
+
+ argv = (char **)argv_orig;
+ n = 0;
+ while (*argv) {
+ argv_new[n] = strdup(*argv);
+ if (!argv_new[n]) return NULL;
+ ++argv;
+ ++n;
+ }
+ argv_new[n] = (char *)NULL;
+
+ return argv_new;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Similar to vfork() and threading.
+ * Starts a process which behaves like a thread (shares global variables in memory with the parent) but
+ * has a different PID and can call exec(), unlike traditional threads which are not allowed to call exec().
+ *
+ * This fork function is very resource-light because it does not copy any memory from the parent, but shares it.
+ *
+ * Like standard threads, you have to provide a start function *fn and arguments to it *arg. The life of the
+ * new vmfork()'ed process starts from this function.
+ *
+ * After you have reaped the child via waitpid(), you have to free() the memory at "*memory_to_free_on_child_exit".
+ *
+ * When the *fn function returns, the child process terminates. The integer returned by *fn is the exit code for the child process.
+ * The child process may also terminate explicitly by calling exit(2) or after receiving a fatal signal.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on error. On success returns the PID of the newly created child.
+ */
+pid_t popen_noshell_vmfork(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, void **memory_to_free_on_child_exit) {
+ void *stack, *stack_aligned;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ stack = malloc(POPEN_NOSHELL_STACK_SIZE + 15);
+ if (!stack) return -1;
+ *memory_to_free_on_child_exit = stack;
+
+ /*
+ * On all supported Linux platforms the stack grows down, except for HP-PARISC.
+ * You can grep the kernel source for "STACK_GROWSUP", in order to get this information.
+ */
+ // stack grows down, set pointer at the end of the block
+ stack_aligned = (void *) ((char * /*byte*/)stack + POPEN_NOSHELL_STACK_SIZE/*bytes*/);
+
+ /*
+ * On all supported platforms by GNU libc, the stack is aligned to 16 bytes, except for the SuperH platform which is aligned to 8 bytes.
+ * You can grep the glibc source for "STACK_ALIGN", in order to get this information.
+ */
+ stack_aligned = (void *) ( ((uintptr_t)stack_aligned+15) & ~ 0x0F ); // align to 16 bytes
+
+ /*
+ * Maybe we could have used posix_memalign() here...
+ * Our implementation seems a bit more portable though - I've read somewhere that posix_memalign() is not supported on all platforms.
+ * The above malloc() + align implementation is taken from:
+ * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/227897/solve-the-memory-alignment-in-c-interview-question-that-stumped-me
+ */
+
+#ifndef POPEN_NOSHELL_VALGRIND_DEBUG
+ pid = clone(fn, stack_aligned, CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD, arg);
+#else
+ pid = fork(); // Valgrind does not support arbitrary clone() calls, so we use fork for the tests
+#endif
+ if (pid == -1) return -1;
+
+ if (pid == 0) { // child
+#ifdef POPEN_NOSHELL_VALGRIND_DEBUG
+ free(stack); // this is a copy because of the fork(), we are not using it at all
+ _exit(fn(arg)); // if we used fork() because of Valgrind, invoke the child function manually; always use _exit()
+#endif
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "This must never happen");
+ } // child life ends here, for sure
+
+ return pid;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Pipe stream to or from process. Similar to popen(), only much faster.
+ *
+ * "file" is the command to be executed. It is searched within the PATH environment variable.
+ * "argv[]" is an array to "char *" elements which are passed as command-line arguments.
+ * Note: The first element must be the same string as "file".
+ * Note: The last element must be a (char *)NULL terminating element.
+ * "type" specifies if we are reading from the STDOUT or writing to the STDIN of the executed command "file". Use "r" for reading, "w" for writing.
+ * "pid" is a pointer to an interger. The PID of the child process is stored there.
+ * "ignore_stderr" has the following meaning:
+ * 0: leave STDERR of the child process attached to the current STDERR of the parent process
+ * 1: ignore the STDERR of the child process
+ *
+ * This function is not very sustainable on failures. This means that if it fails for some reason (out of memory, no such executable, etc.),
+ * you are probably in trouble, because the function allocated some memory or file descriptors and never released them.
+ * Normally, this function should never fail.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL on any error, "errno" is set appropriately.
+ * On success, a stream pointer is returned.
+ * When you are done working with the stream, you have to close it by calling pclose_noshell(), or else you will leave zombie processes.
+ */
+FILE *popen_noshell(const char *file, const char * const *argv, const char *type, struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *pclose_arg, int ignore_stderr) {
+ int read_pipe;
+ int pipefd[2]; // 0 -> READ, 1 -> WRITE ends
+ pid_t pid;
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ memset(pclose_arg, 0, sizeof(struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose));
+
+ if (strcmp(type, "r") == 0) {
+ read_pipe = 1;
+ } else if (strcmp(type, "w") == 0) {
+ read_pipe = 0;
+ } else {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (pipe(pipefd) != 0) return NULL;
+
+ if (_popen_noshell_fork_mode) { // use fork()
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1) return NULL;
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ _popen_noshell_child_process(NULL, pipefd[0], pipefd[1], read_pipe, ignore_stderr, file, argv);
+ errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "This must never happen");
+ } // child life ends here, for sure
+
+ } else { // use clone()
+
+ struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *arg = NULL;
+
+ arg = (struct popen_noshell_clone_arg*) malloc(sizeof(struct popen_noshell_clone_arg));
+ if (!arg) return NULL;
+
+ /* Copy memory structures, so that nobody can free() our memory while we use it in the child! */
+ arg->pipefd_0 = pipefd[0];
+ arg->pipefd_1 = pipefd[1];
+ arg->read_pipe = read_pipe;
+ arg->ignore_stderr = ignore_stderr;
+ arg->file = strdup(file);
+ if (!arg->file) return NULL;
+ arg->argv = (const char * const *)popen_noshell_copy_argv(argv);
+ if (!arg->argv) return NULL;
+
+ pclose_arg->free_clone_mem = 1;
+ pclose_arg->func_args = arg;
+ pclose_arg->stack = NULL; // we will populate it below
+
+ pid = popen_noshell_vmfork(&popen_noshell_child_process_by_clone, arg, &(pclose_arg->stack));
+ if (pid == -1) return NULL;
+
+ } // done: using clone()
+
+ /* parent process */
+
+ if (read_pipe) {
+ if (close(pipefd[1/*write*/]) != 0) return NULL;
+ fp = fdopen(pipefd[0/*read*/], "r");
+ } else { // write_pipe
+ if (close(pipefd[0/*read*/]) != 0) return NULL;
+ fp = fdopen(pipefd[1/*write*/], "w");
+ }
+ if (fp == NULL) {
+ return NULL; // fdopen() failed
+ }
+
+ pclose_arg->fp = fp;
+ pclose_arg->pid = pid;
+
+ return fp; // we should never end up here
+}
+
+int popen_noshell_add_ptr_to_argv(char ***argv, int *count, char *start) {
+ *count += 1;
+ *argv = (char **) realloc(*argv, *count * sizeof(char **));
+ if (*argv == NULL) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ *(*argv + *count - 1) = start;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int _popen_noshell_add_token(char ***argv, int *count, char *start, char *command, int *j) {
+ if (start != NULL && command + *j - 1 - start >= 0) {
+ command[*j] = '\0'; // terminate the token in memory
+ *j += 1;
+#ifdef POPEN_NOSHELL_DEBUG
+ printf("Token: %s\n", start);
+#endif
+ if (popen_noshell_add_ptr_to_argv(argv, count, start) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#define _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL { if (argv != NULL) free(argv); if (command != NULL) free(command); return NULL; }
+char ** popen_noshell_split_command_to_argv(const char *command_original, char **free_this_buf) {
+ char *command;
+ size_t i, len;
+ char *start = NULL;
+ char c;
+ char **argv = NULL;
+ int count = 0;
+ const char _popen_bash_meta_characters[] = "!\\$`\n|&;()<>";
+ int in_sq = 0;
+ int in_dq = 0;
+ int j = 0;
+#ifdef POPEN_NOSHELL_DEBUG
+ char **tmp;
+#endif
+
+ command = (char *)calloc(strlen(command_original) + 1, sizeof(char));
+ if (!command) _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+
+ *free_this_buf = command;
+
+ len = strlen(command_original); // get the original length
+ j = 0;
+ for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+ if (!start) start = command + j;
+ c = command_original[i];
+
+ if (index(_popen_bash_meta_characters, c) != NULL) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (c == ' ' || c == '\t') {
+ if (in_sq || in_dq) {
+ command[j++] = c;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ // new token
+ if (_popen_noshell_add_token(&argv, &count, start, command, &j) != 0) {
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+ start = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (c == '\'' && !in_dq) {
+ in_sq = !in_sq;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (c == '"' && !in_sq) {
+ in_dq = !in_dq;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ command[j++] = c;
+ }
+ if (in_sq || in_dq) { // unmatched single/double quote
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (_popen_noshell_add_token(&argv, &count, start, command, &j) != 0) {
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (count == 0) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (popen_noshell_add_ptr_to_argv(&argv, &count, NULL) != 0) { // NULL-terminate the list
+ _popen_noshell_split_return_NULL;
+ }
+
+#ifdef POPEN_NOSHELL_DEBUG
+ tmp = argv;
+ while (*tmp) {
+ printf("ARGV: |%s|\n", *tmp);
+ ++tmp;
+ }
+#endif
+
+ return argv;
+
+ /* Example test strings:
+ "a'zz bb edd"
+ " abc ff "
+ " abc ff"
+ "' abc ff ' "
+ ""
+ " "
+ " '"
+ "ab\\c"
+ "ls -la /proc/self/fd 'z' 'ab'g'z\" zz' \" abc'd\" ' ab\"c def '"
+ */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Pipe stream to or from process. Similar to popen(), only much faster.
+ *
+ * This is simpler than popen_noshell() but is more INSECURE.
+ * Since shells have very complicated expansion, quoting and word splitting algorithms, we do NOT try to re-implement them here.
+ * This function does NOT support any special characters. It will immediately return an error if such symbols are encountered in "command".
+ * The "command" is split only by space and tab delimiters. The special symbols are pre-defined in _popen_bash_meta_characters[].
+ * The only special characters supported are single and double quotes. You can enclose arguments in quotes and they should be splitted correctly.
+ *
+ * If possible, use popen_noshell() because of its better security.
+ *
+ * "command" is the command and its arguments to be executed. The command is searched within the PATH environment variable.
+ * The whole "command" string is parsed and splitted, so that it can be directly given to popen_noshell() and resp. to exec().
+ * This parsing is very simple and may contain bugs (see above). If possible, use popen_noshell() directly.
+ * "type" specifies if we are reading from the STDOUT or writing to the STDIN of the executed command. Use "r" for reading, "w" for writing.
+ * "pid" is a pointer to an interger. The PID of the child process is stored there.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL on any error, "errno" is set appropriately.
+ * On success, a stream pointer is returned.
+ * When you are done working with the stream, you have to close it by calling pclose_noshell(), or else you will leave zombie processes.
+ */
+FILE *popen_noshell_compat(const char *command, const char *type, struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *pclose_arg) {
+ char **argv;
+ FILE *fp;
+ char *to_free;
+
+ argv = popen_noshell_split_command_to_argv(command, &to_free);
+ if (!argv) {
+ if (to_free) free(to_free);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ fp = popen_noshell(argv[0], (const char * const *)argv, type, pclose_arg, 0);
+
+ free(to_free);
+ free(argv);
+
+ return fp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * You have to call this function after you have done working with the FILE pointer "fp" returned by popen_noshell() or by popen_noshell_compat().
+ *
+ * Returns -1 on any error, "errno" is set appropriately.
+ * Returns the "status" of the child process as returned by waitpid().
+ */
+int pclose_noshell(struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *arg) {
+ int status;
+
+ if (fclose(arg->fp) != 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (waitpid(arg->pid, &status, 0) != arg->pid) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (arg->free_clone_mem) {
+ free(arg->stack);
+ _pclose_noshell_free_clone_arg_memory(arg->func_args);
+ }
+
+ return status;
+}
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef POPEN_NOSHELL_H
+#define POPEN_NOSHELL_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* stack for the child process before it does exec() */
+#define POPEN_NOSHELL_STACK_SIZE 8*1024*1024 /* currently most Linux distros set this to 8 MBytes */
+
+/* constants to use with popen_noshell_set_fork_mode() */
+#define POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE 0 /* default, faster */
+#define POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_FORK 1 /* slower */
+
+struct popen_noshell_clone_arg {
+ int pipefd_0;
+ int pipefd_1;
+ int read_pipe;
+ int ignore_stderr;
+ const char *file;
+ const char * const *argv;
+};
+
+struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose {
+ FILE *fp;
+ pid_t pid;
+ int free_clone_mem;
+ void *stack;
+ struct popen_noshell_clone_arg *func_args;
+};
+
+/***************************
+ * PUBLIC FUNCTIONS FOLLOW *
+ ***************************/
+
+/* this is the native function call */
+FILE *popen_noshell(const char *file, const char * const *argv, const char *type, struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *pclose_arg, int ignore_stderr);
+
+/* more insecure, but more compatible with popen() */
+FILE *popen_noshell_compat(const char *command, const char *type, struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *pclose_arg);
+
+/* call this when you have finished reading and writing from/to the child process */
+int pclose_noshell(struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose *arg); /* the pclose() equivalent */
+
+/* this is the innovative faster vmfork() which shares memory with the parent and is very resource-light; see the source code for documentation */
+pid_t popen_noshell_vmfork(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, void **memory_to_free_on_child_exit);
+
+/* used only for benchmarking purposes */
+void popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(int mode);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <alloca.h>
+
+/***********************************
+ * popen_noshell use-case examples *
+ ***********************************
+ *
+ * Compile and test via:
+ * gcc -Wall popen_noshell.c popen_noshell_examples.c -o popen_noshell_examples && ./popen_noshell_examples
+ *
+ * If you want to profile using Valgrind, then compile and run via:
+ * gcc -Wall -g -DPOPEN_NOSHELL_VALGRIND_DEBUG popen_noshell.c popen_noshell_examples.c -o popen_noshell_examples && \
+ * valgrind -q --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes --track-fds=yes ./popen_noshell_examples
+ */
+
+void satisfy_open_FDs_leak_detection_and_exit() {
+ /* satisfy Valgrind FDs leak detection for the parent process */
+ if (fflush(stdout) != 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fflush(stdout)");
+ if (fflush(stderr) != 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fflush(stderr)");
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close(STDERR_FILENO);
+
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+void example_reading(int use_compat) {
+ FILE *fp;
+ char buf[256];
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+
+ char *cmd = "ls -la /proc/self/fd"; /* used only by popen_noshell_compat(), we discourage this type of providing a command */
+
+ /* the command arguments used by popen_noshell() */
+ char *exec_file = "ls";
+ char *arg1 = "-la";
+ char *arg2 = "/proc/self/fd";
+ char *arg3 = (char *) NULL; /* last element */
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1, arg2, arg3}; /* NOTE! The first argv[] must be the executed *exec_file itself */
+
+ if (use_compat) {
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(cmd, "r", &pclose_arg);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell_compat()");
+ }
+ } else {
+ fp = popen_noshell(exec_file, (const char * const *)argv, "r", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell()");
+ }
+ }
+
+ while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, fp)) {
+ printf("Got line: %s", buf);
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ printf("The status of the child is %d. Note that this is not only the exit code. See man waitpid().\n", status);
+ }
+}
+
+void example_writing(int use_compat) {
+ FILE *fp;
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+
+ char *cmd = "tee -a /tmp/popen-noshell.txt"; /* used only by popen_noshell_compat(), we discourage this type of providing a command */
+
+ /* the command arguments used by popen_noshell() */
+ char *exec_file = "tee";
+ char *arg1 = "-a";
+ char *arg2 = "/tmp/popen-noshell.txt";
+ char *arg3 = (char *) NULL; /* last element */
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1, arg2, arg3}; /* NOTE! The first argv[] must be the executed *exec_file itself */
+
+ if (use_compat) {
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(cmd, "w", &pclose_arg);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell_compat()");
+ }
+ } else {
+ fp = popen_noshell(exec_file, (const char * const *)argv, "w", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell()");
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (fprintf(fp, "This is a test line, my pid is %d\n", (int)getpid()) < 0) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fprintf()");
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ printf("The status of the child is %d. Note that this is not only the exit code. See man waitpid().\n", status);
+ }
+
+ printf("Done, you can see the results by executing: cat %s\n", arg2);
+}
+
+int main() {
+ int try_compat;
+ int try_read;
+
+ /*
+ * Tune these options as you need.
+ */
+ try_compat = 0; /* or the more secure, but incompatible version of popen_noshell */
+ try_read = 1; /* or write */
+
+ if (try_read) {
+ example_reading(try_compat);
+ } else {
+ example_writing(try_compat);
+ }
+
+ satisfy_open_FDs_leak_detection_and_exit();
+
+ return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <alloca.h>
+
+/***************************************************
+ * popen_noshell C unit test and use-case examples *
+ ***************************************************
+ *
+ * Compile and test via:
+ * gcc -Wall popen_noshell.c popen_noshell_tests.c -o popen_noshell_tests && ./popen_noshell_tests
+ *
+ * Compile for debugging by Valgrind via:
+ * gcc -Wall -g -DPOPEN_NOSHELL_VALGRIND_DEBUG popen_noshell.c popen_noshell_tests.c -o popen_noshell_tests
+ * Then start under Valgrind via:
+ * valgrind -q --tool=memcheck --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes --track-fds=yes ./popen_noshell_tests
+ * If you want to filter Valgrind false reports about 0 opened file descriptors, add the following at the end:
+ * 2>&1|egrep -v '^==[[:digit:]]{1,5}==( | FILE DESCRIPTORS: 0 open at exit.)$'
+ */
+
+int do_unit_tests_ignore_stderr;
+
+void satisfy_open_FDs_leak_detection_and_exit() {
+ /* satisfy Valgrind FDs leak detection for the parent process */
+ if (fflush(stdout) != 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fflush(stdout)");
+ if (fflush(stderr) != 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fflush(stderr)");
+ close(STDIN_FILENO);
+ close(STDOUT_FILENO);
+ close(STDERR_FILENO);
+
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+void assert_string(char *expected, char *got, const char *assert_desc) {
+ if (strcmp(expected, got) != 0) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: Expected '%s', got '%s'", assert_desc, expected, got);
+}
+
+void assert_int(int expected, int got, const char *assert_desc) {
+ if (expected != got) errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s: Expected %d, got %d", assert_desc, expected, got);
+}
+
+void assert_status_not_internal_error(int status) {
+ assert_int(1, status >= 0, "assert_status_not_internal_error");
+}
+
+void assert_status_signal(int signal, int status) {
+ assert_status_not_internal_error(status);
+ assert_int(signal, status & 127, "assert_status_signal");
+}
+
+void assert_status_exit_code(int code, int status) {
+ assert_status_not_internal_error(status);
+ assert_status_signal(0, status);
+ assert_int(code, status >> 8, "assert_status_exit_code");
+}
+
+void example_reading(int use_compat) {
+ FILE *fp;
+ char buf[256];
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+
+ char *cmd = "ls -la /proc/self/fd"; /* used only by popen_noshell_compat(), we discourage this type of providing a command */
+
+ /* the command arguments used by popen_noshell() */
+ char *exec_file = "ls";
+ char *arg1 = "-la";
+ char *arg2 = "/proc/self/fd";
+ char *arg3 = (char *) NULL; /* last element */
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1, arg2, arg3}; /* NOTE! The first argv[] must be the executed *exec_file itself */
+
+ if (use_compat) {
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(cmd, "r", &pclose_arg);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell_compat()");
+ }
+ } else {
+ fp = popen_noshell(exec_file, (const char * const *)argv, "r", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell()");
+ }
+ }
+
+ while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, fp)) {
+ printf("Got line: %s", buf);
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ printf("The status of the child is %d. Note that this is not only the exit code. See man waitpid().\n", status);
+ }
+}
+
+void example_writing(int use_compat) {
+ FILE *fp;
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+
+ char *cmd = "tee -a /tmp/popen-noshell.txt"; /* used only by popen_noshell_compat(), we discourage this type of providing a command */
+
+ /* the command arguments used by popen_noshell() */
+ char *exec_file = "tee";
+ char *arg1 = "-a";
+ char *arg2 = "/tmp/popen-noshell.txt";
+ char *arg3 = (char *) NULL; /* last element */
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1, arg2, arg3}; /* NOTE! The first argv[] must be the executed *exec_file itself */
+
+ if (use_compat) {
+ fp = popen_noshell_compat(cmd, "w", &pclose_arg);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell_compat()");
+ }
+ } else {
+ fp = popen_noshell(exec_file, (const char * const *)argv, "w", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell()");
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (fprintf(fp, "This is a test line, my pid is %d\n", (int)getpid()) < 0) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "fprintf()");
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ printf("The status of the child is %d. Note that this is not only the exit code. See man waitpid().\n", status);
+ }
+
+ printf("Done, you can see the results by executing: cat %s\n", arg2);
+}
+
+void unit_test(int reading, char *argv[], char *expected_string, int expected_signal, int expected_exit_code) {
+ FILE *fp;
+ char buf[256];
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+ char *received;
+ size_t received_size;
+
+ fp = popen_noshell(argv[0], (const char * const *)argv, reading ? "r" : "w", &pclose_arg, do_unit_tests_ignore_stderr);
+ if (!fp) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell");
+
+ if (reading) {
+ received_size = strlen(expected_string) + 256; // so that we can store a bit longer strings that we expected and discover the mismatch
+ received = alloca(received_size); // use alloca() or else the fork()'ed child will generate a Valgrind memory leak warning if exec() fails
+ if (!received) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "alloca");
+ memset(received, 0, received_size); // ensure a terminating null
+
+ while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, fp)) {
+ strncat(received, buf, received_size - strlen(received) - 2);
+ }
+
+ assert_string(expected_string, received, "Received string");
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ if (expected_signal != 0) {
+ assert_status_signal(expected_signal, status);
+ } else {
+ assert_status_exit_code(expected_exit_code, status);
+ }
+ }
+
+ //free(received); // memory allocated by alloca() cannot be free()'d
+}
+
+void do_unit_tests() {
+ int test_num = 0;
+ int more_to_test = 1;
+ char *bin_bash = "/bin/bash";
+ char *bin_true = "/bin/true";
+ char *bin_cat = "/bin/cat";
+ char *bin_echo = "/bin/echo";
+
+ do {
+ ++test_num;
+ switch (test_num) {
+ case 1: {
+ char *argv[] = {"/", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 255); // failed to execute binary (status code is -1, STDOUT is empty, STDERR text)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 2: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "ulimit -t 1 && while [ 1 ]; do let COUNTER=COUNTER+1; done;", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 9, 5); // process signalled with 9 due to CPU limit (STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 3: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "sleep 1; exit 1", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 1); // process exited with value 1 (STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 4: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "exit 255", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 255); // process exited with value 255 (STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 5: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "echo \"some err string\" 1>&2; exit 111", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 111); // process exited with value 111 (STDERR text, STDOUT is empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 6: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "echo -en \"some err\\nstring v2\" 1>&2; echo -en \"some\\ngood text\"; exit 0", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "some\ngood text", 0, 0); // process exited with value 0 (STDERR text, STDOUT text)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 7: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, "-c", "echo -e \"\" 1>&2; echo -e \"\"; exit 3", NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "\n", 0, 3); // process exited with value 3 (STDERR text, STDOUT text)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 8: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_bash, NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 0); // process exited with value 0 (single argument, STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 9: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_true, NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 0); // process exited with value 0 (single argument, STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 10: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_cat, NULL}; // cat expects an input from STDIN
+ unit_test(1, argv, "", 0, 0); // process exited with value 0 (single argument, STDOUT/ERR are empty)
+ break;
+ }
+ case 11: {
+ char *argv[] = {bin_echo, NULL};
+ unit_test(1, argv, "\n", 0, 0); // process exited with value 0 (single argument, STDERR is empty, STDOUT text)
+ break;
+ }
+ default:
+ more_to_test = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ } while (more_to_test);
+
+ assert_int(11, test_num - 1, "Test count");
+}
+
+void proceed_to_unit_tests_and_exit() {
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE); /* the default one */
+ do_unit_tests();
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_FORK);
+ do_unit_tests();
+
+ printf("Tests passed OK.\n");
+
+ satisfy_open_FDs_leak_detection_and_exit();
+}
+
+int main() {
+ do_unit_tests_ignore_stderr = 1; /* do we ignore STDERR from the executed commands? */
+ proceed_to_unit_tests_and_exit();
+ satisfy_open_FDs_leak_detection_and_exit();
+
+ return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * popen_noshell: A faster implementation of popen() and system() for Linux.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Ivan Zahariev (famzah)
+ * Credits for the C++ test cases go to David Coz
+ * Version: 1.0
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; under version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ */
+
+#include "popen_noshell.h"
+#include <err.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <alloca.h>
+
+/*****************************************************
+ * popen_noshell C++ unit test and use-case examples *
+ *****************************************************
+ *
+ * Compile and test via:
+ * g++ -Wall popen_noshell.c popen_noshell_tests.cpp -o popen_noshell_tests_cpp && ./popen_noshell_tests_cpp
+ */
+
+#define DUMMY_SIZE 10000
+
+// Just a dummy structure that allocates memory at startup and releases it
+// when exit() is called.
+
+struct Dummy {
+ Dummy() {
+ val = new char[DUMMY_SIZE];
+ }
+ ~Dummy() {
+ delete[] val;
+ val = NULL;
+ }
+ char* val;
+};
+
+static Dummy dummy;
+
+int main() {
+ FILE *fp;
+ char buf[256];
+ int status;
+ struct popen_noshell_pass_to_pclose pclose_arg;
+
+ popen_noshell_set_fork_mode(POPEN_NOSHELL_MODE_CLONE);
+
+ // We provide an invalid command, so that the child calls exit().
+ // Child's exit() will result in destruction of global objects, while these
+ // objects belong to the parent!
+ // Therefore, if the parent uses them after child's exit(), it is likely to
+ // lead to a crash.
+
+ //char *exec_file = (char *) "ls";
+ char *exec_file = (char *) "lsaaa";
+ char *arg1 = (char *) "-la";
+ char *arg2 = (char *) "/proc/self/fd";
+ char *arg3 = (char *) NULL; /* last element */
+ char *argv[] = {exec_file, arg1, arg2, arg3}; /* NOTE! The first argv[] must be the executed *exec_file itself */
+
+ fp = popen_noshell(argv[0], (const char * const *)argv, "r", &pclose_arg, 0);
+ if (!fp) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "popen_noshell()");
+ }
+
+ while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, fp)) {
+ printf("Got line: %s", buf);
+ }
+
+ status = pclose_noshell(&pclose_arg);
+ if (status == -1) {
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, "pclose_noshell()");
+ } else {
+ printf("The status of the child is %d. Note that this is not only the exit code. See man waitpid().\n", status);
+ }
+
+ // Trying to access our global variable stuff.
+ // If exit() is used in the child process, dummy.val = 0 and we have a crash.
+ // With _exit(), dummy.val is still valid.
+
+ // printf("Accessing dummy stuff. dummy.val=%p\n", dummy.val);
+ memset(dummy.val, 42, DUMMY_SIZE);
+ printf("\nTests passed OK.\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}