nuttx/sched/task/task_vfork.c

/****************************************************************************
 * sched/task/task_vfork
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <queue.h>
#include <debug.h>

#include <nuttx/sched.h>

#include "sched/sched.h"
#include "group/group.h"
#include "task/task.h"

/****************************************************************************
 * Pre-processor Definitions
 ****************************************************************************/
/* vfork() requires architecture-specific support as well as waipid(). */

#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_VFORK) && defined(CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID)

/* This is an artificial limit to detect error conditions where an argv[]
 * list is not properly terminated.
 */

#define MAX_VFORK_ARGS 256

/****************************************************************************
 * Private Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: vfork_namesetup
 *
 * Description:
 *   Copy the task name.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   tcb        - Address of the new task's TCB
 *   name       - Name of the new task
 *
 * Return Value:
 *  None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

#if CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE > 0
static inline void vfork_namesetup(FAR struct tcb_s *parent,
                                   FAR struct task_tcb_s *child)
{
  /* Copy the name from the parent into the child TCB */

  strncpy(child->cmn.name, parent->name, CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE);
}
#else
#  define vfork_namesetup(p,c)
#endif /* CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE */

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: vfork_stackargsetup
 *
 * Description:
 *   Clone the task arguments in the same relative positions on the child's
 *   stack.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   parent - Address of the parent task's TCB
 *   child  - Address of the child task's TCB
 *
 * Return Value:
 *   Zero (OK) on success; a negated errno on failure.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

static inline int vfork_stackargsetup(FAR struct tcb_s *parent,
                                      FAR struct task_tcb_s *child)
{
  /* Is the parent a task? or a pthread?  Only tasks (and kernel threads)
   * have command line arguments.
   */

  child->argv = NULL;
  if ((parent->flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK) != TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_PTHREAD)
    {
      FAR struct task_tcb_s *ptcb = (FAR struct task_tcb_s *)parent;
      uintptr_t offset;
      int argc;

      /* Get the address correction */

      offset = child->cmn.xcp.regs[REG_SP] - parent->xcp.regs[REG_SP];

      /* Change the child argv[] to point into its stack (instead of its
       * parent's stack).
       */

      child->argv = (FAR char **)((uintptr_t)ptcb->argv + offset);

      /* Copy the adjusted address for each argument */

      argc = 0;
      while (ptcb->argv[argc])
        {
          uintptr_t newaddr = (uintptr_t)ptcb->argv[argc] + offset;
          child->argv[argc] = (FAR char *)newaddr;

          /* Increment the number of args.  Here is a sanity check to
           * prevent running away with an unterminated argv[] list.
           * MAX_VFORK_ARGS should be sufficiently large that this never
           * happens in normal usage.
           */

          if (++argc > MAX_VFORK_ARGS)
            {
              return -E2BIG;
            }
        }

      /* Put a terminator entry at the end of the child argv[] array. */

      child->argv[argc] = NULL;
    }

  return OK;
}

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: vfork_argsetup
 *
 * Description:
 *   Clone the argument list from the parent to the child.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   parent - Address of the parent task's TCB
 *   child  - Address of the child task's TCB
 *
 * Return Value:
 *   Zero (OK) on success; a negated errno on failure.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

static inline int vfork_argsetup(FAR struct tcb_s *parent,
                                 FAR struct task_tcb_s *child)
{
  /* Clone the task name */

  vfork_namesetup(parent, child);

  /* Adjust and copy the argv[] array. */

  return vfork_stackargsetup(parent, child);
}

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: task_vforksetup
 *
 * Description:
 *   The vfork() function has the same effect as fork(), except that the
 *   behavior is undefined if the process created by vfork() either modifies
 *   any data other than a variable of type pid_t used to store the return
 *   value from vfork(), or returns from the function in which vfork() was
 *   called, or calls any other function before successfully calling _exit()
 *   or one of the exec family of functions.
 *
 *   This function provides one step in the overall vfork() sequence:  It
 *   Allocates and initializes the child task's TCB.  The overall sequence is:
 *
 *   1) User code calls vfork().  vfork() is provided in architecture-specific
 *      code.
 *   2) vfork()and calls task_vforksetup().
 *   3) task_vforksetup() allocates and configures the child task's TCB.  This
 *      consists of:
 *      - Allocation of the child task's TCB.
 *      - Initialization of file descriptors and streams
 *      - Configuration of environment variables
 *      - Setup the input parameters for the task.
 *      - Initialization of the TCB (including call to up_initial_state()
 *   4) up_vfork() provides any additional operating context. up_vfork must:
 *      - Allocate and initialize the stack
 *      - Initialize special values in any CPU registers that were not
 *        already configured by up_initial_state()
 *   5) up_vfork() then calls task_vforkstart()
 *   6) task_vforkstart() then executes the child thread.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   parent - Address of the parent task's TCB
 *   child  - Address of the child task's TCB
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   Upon successful completion, task_vforksetup() returns a pointer to
 *   newly allocated and initialized child task's TCB.  NULL is returned
 *   on any failure and the errno is set appropriately.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

FAR struct task_tcb_s *task_vforksetup(start_t retaddr)
{
  struct tcb_s *parent = this_task();
  struct task_tcb_s *child;
  uint8_t ttype;
  int priority;
  int ret;

  DEBUGASSERT(retaddr);

  /* Get the type of the fork'ed task (kernel or user) */

  if ((parent->flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK) == TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_KERNEL)
    {
      /* Fork'ed from a kernel thread */

      ttype = TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_KERNEL;
    }
  else
    {
      /* Fork'ed from a user task or pthread */

      ttype = TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_TASK;
    }

  /* Allocate a TCB for the child task. */

  child = (FAR struct task_tcb_s *)kmm_zalloc(sizeof(struct task_tcb_s));
  if (!child)
    {
      serr("ERROR: Failed to allocate TCB\n");
      set_errno(ENOMEM);
      return NULL;
    }

  /* Allocate a new task group with the same privileges as the parent */

#ifdef HAVE_TASK_GROUP
  ret = group_allocate(child, parent->flags);
  if (ret < 0)
    {
      goto errout_with_tcb;
    }
#endif

  /* Associate file descriptors with the new task */

#if CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS > 0 || CONFIG_NSOCKET_DESCRIPTORS > 0
  ret = group_setuptaskfiles(child);
  if (ret < OK)
    {
      goto errout_with_tcb;
    }
#endif

  /* Get the priority of the parent task */

#ifdef CONFIG_PRIORITY_INHERITANCE
  priority = parent->base_priority;  /* "Normal," unboosted priority */
#else
  priority = parent->sched_priority;  /* Current priority */
#endif

  /* Initialize the task control block.  This calls up_initial_state() */

  sinfo("Child priority=%d start=%p\n", priority, retaddr);
  ret = task_schedsetup(child, priority, retaddr, parent->entry.main, ttype);
  if (ret < OK)
    {
      goto errout_with_tcb;
    }

  sinfo("parent=%p, returning child=%p\n", parent, child);
  return child;

errout_with_tcb:
  sched_releasetcb((FAR struct tcb_s *)child, ttype);
  set_errno(-ret);
  return NULL;
}

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: task_vforkstart
 *
 * Description:
 *   The vfork() function has the same effect as fork(), except that the
 *   behavior is undefined if the process created by vfork() either modifies
 *   any data other than a variable of type pid_t used to store the return
 *   value from vfork(), or returns from the function in which vfork() was
 *   called, or calls any other function before successfully calling _exit()
 *   or one of the exec family of functions.
 *
 *   This function provides one step in the overall vfork() sequence:  It
 *   starts execution of the previously initialized TCB.  The overall
 *   sequence is:
 *
 *   1) User code calls vfork()
 *   2) Architecture-specific code provides vfork()and calls task_vforksetup().
 *   3) task_vforksetup() allocates and configures the child task's TCB.  This
 *      consists of:
 *      - Allocation of the child task's TCB.
 *      - Initialization of file descriptors and streams
 *      - Configuration of environment variables
 *      - Setup the input parameters for the task.
 *      - Initialization of the TCB (including call to up_initial_state()
 *   4) vfork() provides any additional operating context. vfork must:
 *      - Allocate and initialize the stack
 *      - Initialize special values in any CPU registers that were not
 *        already configured by up_initial_state()
 *   5) vfork() then calls task_vforkstart()
 *   6) task_vforkstart() then executes the child thread.
 *
 * Input Parameters:
 *   retaddr - The return address from vfork() where the child task
 *     will be started.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   Upon successful completion, vfork() returns 0 to the child process and
 *   returns the process ID of the child process to the parent process.
 *   Otherwise, -1 is returned to the parent, no child process is created,
 *   and errno is set to indicate the error.
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

pid_t task_vforkstart(FAR struct task_tcb_s *child)
{
  struct tcb_s *parent = this_task();
  pid_t pid;
  int rc;
  int ret;

  sinfo("Starting Child TCB=%p, parent=%p\n", child, this_task());
  DEBUGASSERT(child);

  /* Duplicate the original argument list in the forked child TCB */

  ret = vfork_argsetup(parent, child);
  if (ret < 0)
    {
      task_vforkabort(child, -ret);
      return ERROR;
    }

  /* Now we have enough in place that we can join the group */

#ifdef HAVE_TASK_GROUP
  ret = group_initialize(child);
  if (ret < 0)
    {
      task_vforkabort(child, -ret);
      return ERROR;
    }
#endif

  /* Get the assigned pid before we start the task */

  pid = (int)child->cmn.pid;

  /* Activate the task */

  ret = task_activate((FAR struct tcb_s *)child);
  if (ret < OK)
    {
      task_vforkabort(child, -ret);
      return ERROR;
    }

  /* Since the child task has the same priority as the parent task, it is
   * now ready to run, but has not yet ran.  It is a requirement that
   * the parent environment be stable while vfork runs; the child thread
   * is still dependent on things in the parent thread... like the pointers
   * into parent thread's stack which will still appear in the child's
   * registers and environment.
   *
   * We do not have SIG_CHILD, so we have to do some silly things here.
   * The simplest way to make sure that the child thread runs to completion
   * is simply to yield here.  Since the child can only do exit() or
   * execv/l(), that should be all that is needed.
   *
   * Hmmm.. this is probably not sufficient.  What if we are running
   * SCHED_RR?  What if the child thread is suspended and rescheduled
   * after the parent thread again?
   */

  /* We can also exploit a bug in the execv() implementation:  The PID
   * of the task exec'ed by the child will not be the same as the PID of
   * the child task.  Therefore, waitpid() on the child task's PID will
   * accomplish what we need to do.
   */

  rc = 0;

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES
  ret = waitpid(pid, &rc, 0);
  if (ret < 0)
    {
      serr("ERROR: waitpid failed: %d\n", errno);
    }
#else
  (void)waitpid(pid, &rc, 0);
#endif

  return pid;
}

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: task_vforkabort
 *
 * Description:
 *   Recover from any errors after task_vforksetup() was called.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   None
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

void task_vforkabort(FAR struct task_tcb_s *child, int errcode)
{
  /* The TCB was added to the active task list by task_schedsetup() */

  dq_rem((FAR dq_entry_t *)child, (FAR dq_queue_t *)&g_inactivetasks);

  /* Release the TCB */

  sched_releasetcb((FAR struct tcb_s *)child,
                   child->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK);
  set_errno(errcode);
}

#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_VFORK && CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID */