sms@wlv.imsd.contel.com (Steven M. Schultz) (12/04/89)
Enclosed is an updated version of the 'ctimed' process originally posted November 24th. This version detects when it has been orphaned and exits, saving the resources that would otherwise remain allocated. No more 'ctimed' left stranded by 'sendmail' when it starts up as a daemon. #include <signal.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <setjmp.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/time.h> #define CTIME 1 #define ASCTIME 2 #define TZSET 3 #define LOCALTIME 4 #define GMTIME 5 #define OFFTIME 6 extern struct tm *offtime(); jmp_buf env; char *cp, junk[52]; long l, off; int timeout(), checkppid(); struct tm tmtmp, *tp; main() { register int i; struct itimerval it; u_char c; signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL); for (i = getdtablesize(); i > 2; i--) close(i); /* * Need a timer running while we disassociate from the control terminal * in case of a modem line which has lost carrier. */ timerclear(&it.it_interval); it.it_value.tv_sec = 5; it.it_value.tv_usec = 0; signal(SIGALRM, timeout); setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &it, (struct itimerval *) NULL); if (setjmp(env) == 0) { i = open("/dev/tty", 0); if (i >= 0) { ioctl(i, TIOCNOTTY, NULL); close(i); } } /* * Now start a timer with one minute refresh. In the signal service * routine, check the parent process id to see if this process has * been orphaned and if so exit. This is primarily aimed at removing * the 'ctimed' process left behind by 'sendmail's multi-fork startup * but may prove useful in preventing accumulation of 'ctimed' processes * in other circumstances as well. Normally this process is short * lived. */ it.it_interval.tv_sec = 60; it.it_interval.tv_usec = 0; it.it_value.tv_sec = 60; it.it_value.tv_usec = 0; signal(SIGALRM, checkppid); setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &it, (struct itimerval *) NULL); while (read(fileno(stdin), &c, 1) == 1) { switch (c) { case CTIME: l = 0L; getb(fileno(stdin), &l, sizeof l); cp = ctime(&l); write(fileno(stdout), cp, 26); break; case ASCTIME: getb(fileno(stdin), &tmtmp, sizeof tmtmp); cp = asctime(&tmtmp); write(fileno(stdout), cp, 26); break; case TZSET: (void) tzset(); break; case LOCALTIME: l = 0L; getb(fileno(stdin), &l, sizeof l); tp = localtime(&l); write(fileno(stdout), tp, sizeof (*tp)); strcpy(junk, tp->tm_zone); junk[24] = '\0'; write(fileno(stdout), junk, 24); break; case GMTIME: l = 0L; getb(fileno(stdin), &l, sizeof l); tp = gmtime(&l); write(fileno(stdout), tp, sizeof (*tp)); strcpy(junk, tp->tm_zone); junk[24] = '\0'; write(fileno(stdout), junk, 24); break; case OFFTIME: getb(fileno(stdin), &l, sizeof l); getb(fileno(stdin), &off, sizeof off); tp = offtime(&l, off); write(fileno(stdout), tp, sizeof (*tp)); break; default: abort("switch"); } } } getb(f, p, n) int f; register char *p; register int n; { register int i; while (n) { i = read(f, p, n); if (i <= 0) return; p += i; n -= i; } } timeout() { longjmp(env, 1); } checkppid() { if (getppid() == 1) exit(0); }