//! Interface for the `signalfd` syscall. //! //! # Signal discarding //! When a signal can't be delivered to a process (or thread), it will become a pending signal. //! Failure to deliver could happen if the signal is blocked by every thread in the process or if //! the signal handler is still handling a previous signal. //! //! If a signal is sent to a process (or thread) that already has a pending signal of the same //! type, it will be discarded. This means that if signals of the same type are received faster than //! they are processed, some of those signals will be dropped. Because of this limitation, //! `signalfd` in itself cannot be used for reliable communication between processes or threads. //! //! Once the signal is unblocked, or the signal handler is finished, and a signal is still pending //! (ie. not consumed from a signalfd) it will be delivered to the signal handler. //! //! Please note that signal discarding is not specific to `signalfd`, but also happens with regular //! signal handlers. use libc; use unistd; use {Error, Errno, Result}; pub use sys::signal::{self, SigSet}; pub use libc::signalfd_siginfo as siginfo; use std::os::unix::io::{RawFd, AsRawFd}; use std::mem; bitflags!{ pub flags SfdFlags: libc::c_int { const SFD_NONBLOCK = libc::SFD_NONBLOCK, const SFD_CLOEXEC = libc::SFD_CLOEXEC, } } pub const SIGNALFD_NEW: RawFd = -1; pub const SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE: usize = 128; /// Creates a new file descriptor for reading signals. /// /// **Important:** please read the module level documentation about signal discarding before using /// this function! /// /// The `mask` parameter specifies the set of signals that can be accepted via this file descriptor. /// /// A signal must be blocked on every thread in a process, otherwise it won't be visible from /// signalfd (the default handler will be invoked instead). /// /// See [the signalfd man page for more information](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/signalfd.2.html) pub fn signalfd(fd: RawFd, mask: &SigSet, flags: SfdFlags) -> Result { unsafe { Errno::result(libc::signalfd(fd as libc::c_int, mask.as_ref(), flags.bits())) } } /// A helper struct for creating, reading and closing a `signalfd` instance. /// /// **Important:** please read the module level documentation about signal discarding before using /// this struct! /// /// # Examples /// /// ``` /// use nix::sys::signalfd::*; /// /// let mut mask = SigSet::empty(); /// mask.add(signal::SIGUSR1).unwrap(); /// /// // Block the signal, otherwise the default handler will be invoked instead. /// mask.thread_block().unwrap(); /// /// // Signals are queued up on the file descriptor /// let mut sfd = SignalFd::with_flags(&mask, SFD_NONBLOCK).unwrap(); /// /// match sfd.read_signal() { /// // we caught a signal /// Ok(Some(sig)) => (), /// /// // there were no signals waiting (only happens when the SFD_NONBLOCK flag is set, /// // otherwise the read_signal call blocks) /// Ok(None) => (), /// /// Err(err) => (), // some error happend /// } /// ``` #[derive(Debug)] pub struct SignalFd(RawFd); impl SignalFd { pub fn new(mask: &SigSet) -> Result { Self::with_flags(mask, SfdFlags::empty()) } pub fn with_flags(mask: &SigSet, flags: SfdFlags) -> Result { let fd = try!(signalfd(SIGNALFD_NEW, mask, flags)); Ok(SignalFd(fd)) } pub fn set_mask(&mut self, mask: &SigSet) -> Result<()> { signalfd(self.0, mask, SfdFlags::empty()).map(|_| ()) } pub fn read_signal(&mut self) -> Result> { let mut buffer: [u8; SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE] = unsafe { mem::uninitialized() }; match unistd::read(self.0, &mut buffer) { Ok(SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE) => Ok(Some(unsafe { mem::transmute(buffer) })), Ok(_) => unreachable!("partial read on signalfd"), Err(Error::Sys(Errno::EAGAIN)) => Ok(None), Err(error) => Err(error) } } } impl Drop for SignalFd { fn drop(&mut self) { let _ = unistd::close(self.0); } } impl AsRawFd for SignalFd { fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd { self.0 } } impl Iterator for SignalFd { type Item = siginfo; fn next(&mut self) -> Option { match self.read_signal() { Ok(Some(sig)) => Some(sig), Ok(None) => None, Err(..) => None, } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::*; use std::mem; use libc; #[test] fn check_siginfo_size() { assert_eq!(mem::size_of::(), SIGNALFD_SIGINFO_SIZE); } #[test] fn create_signalfd() { let mask = SigSet::empty(); let fd = SignalFd::new(&mask); assert!(fd.is_ok()); } #[test] fn create_signalfd_with_opts() { let mask = SigSet::empty(); let fd = SignalFd::with_flags(&mask, SFD_CLOEXEC | SFD_NONBLOCK); assert!(fd.is_ok()); } #[test] fn read_empty_signalfd() { let mask = SigSet::empty(); let mut fd = SignalFd::with_flags(&mask, SFD_NONBLOCK).unwrap(); let res = fd.read_signal(); assert!(res.unwrap().is_none()); } }