@@ -1901,3 +1901,132 @@ void prepare_other_repo_env(struct strvec *env_array, const char *new_git_dir)
}
strvec_pushf(env_array, "%s=%s", GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, new_git_dir);
}
+
+enum start_bg_result start_bg_command(struct child_process *cmd,
+ start_bg_wait_cb *wait_cb,
+ void *cb_data,
+ unsigned int timeout_sec)
+{
+ enum start_bg_result sbgr = SBGR_ERROR;
+ int ret;
+ int wait_status;
+ pid_t pid_seen;
+ time_t time_limit;
+
+ /*
+ * We do not allow clean-on-exit because the child process
+ * should persist in the background and possibly/probably
+ * after this process exits. So we don't want to kill the
+ * child during our atexit routine.
+ */
+ if (cmd->clean_on_exit)
+ BUG("start_bg_command() does not allow non-zero clean_on_exit");
+
+ if (!cmd->trace2_child_class)
+ cmd->trace2_child_class = "background";
+
+ ret = start_command(cmd);
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * We assume that if `start_command()` fails, we
+ * either get a complete `trace2_child_start() /
+ * trace2_child_exit()` pair or it fails before the
+ * `trace2_child_start()` is emitted, so we do not
+ * need to worry about it here.
+ *
+ * We also assume that `start_command()` does not add
+ * us to the cleanup list. And that it calls
+ * calls `child_process_clear()`.
+ */
+ sbgr = SBGR_ERROR;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ time(&time_limit);
+ time_limit += timeout_sec;
+
+wait:
+ pid_seen = waitpid(cmd->pid, &wait_status, WNOHANG);
+
+ if (!pid_seen) {
+ /*
+ * The child is currently running. Ask the callback
+ * if the child is ready to do work or whether we
+ * should keep waiting for it to boot up.
+ */
+ ret = (*wait_cb)(cmd, cb_data);
+ if (!ret) {
+ /*
+ * The child is running and "ready".
+ */
+ trace2_child_ready(cmd, "ready");
+ sbgr = SBGR_READY;
+ goto done;
+ } else if (ret > 0) {
+ /*
+ * The callback said to give it more time to boot up
+ * (subject to our timeout limit).
+ */
+ time_t now;
+
+ time(&now);
+ if (now < time_limit)
+ goto wait;
+
+ /*
+ * Our timeout has expired. We don't try to
+ * kill the child, but rather let it continue
+ * (hopefully) trying to startup.
+ */
+ trace2_child_ready(cmd, "timeout");
+ sbgr = SBGR_TIMEOUT;
+ goto done;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The cb gave up on this child. It is still running,
+ * but our cb got an error trying to probe it.
+ */
+ trace2_child_ready(cmd, "error");
+ sbgr = SBGR_CB_ERROR;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ }
+
+ else if (pid_seen == cmd->pid) {
+ int child_code = -1;
+
+ /*
+ * The child started, but exited or was terminated
+ * before becoming "ready".
+ *
+ * We try to match the behavior of `wait_or_whine()`
+ * WRT the handling of WIFSIGNALED() and WIFEXITED()
+ * and convert the child's status to a return code for
+ * tracing purposes and emit the `trace2_child_exit()`
+ * event.
+ *
+ * We do not want the wait_or_whine() error message
+ * because we will be called by client-side library
+ * routines.
+ */
+ if (WIFEXITED(wait_status))
+ child_code = WEXITSTATUS(wait_status);
+ else if (WIFSIGNALED(wait_status))
+ child_code = WTERMSIG(wait_status) + 128;
+ trace2_child_exit(cmd, child_code);
+
+ sbgr = SBGR_DIED;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ else if (pid_seen < 0 && errno == EINTR)
+ goto wait;
+
+ trace2_child_exit(cmd, -1);
+ sbgr = SBGR_ERROR;
+
+done:
+ child_process_clear(cmd);
+ invalidate_lstat_cache();
+ return sbgr;
+}
@@ -496,4 +496,61 @@ int run_processes_parallel_tr2(int n, get_next_task_fn, start_failure_fn,
*/
void prepare_other_repo_env(struct strvec *env_array, const char *new_git_dir);
+/**
+ * Possible return values for start_bg_command().
+ */
+enum start_bg_result {
+ /* child process is "ready" */
+ SBGR_READY = 0,
+
+ /* child process could not be started */
+ SBGR_ERROR,
+
+ /* callback error when testing for "ready" */
+ SBGR_CB_ERROR,
+
+ /* timeout expired waiting for child to become "ready" */
+ SBGR_TIMEOUT,
+
+ /* child process exited or was signalled before becomming "ready" */
+ SBGR_DIED,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Callback used by start_bg_command() to ask whether the
+ * child process is ready or needs more time to become "ready".
+ *
+ * The callback will receive the cmd and cb_data arguments given to
+ * start_bg_command().
+ *
+ * Returns 1 is child needs more time (subject to the requested timeout).
+ * Returns 0 if child is "ready".
+ * Returns -1 on any error and cause start_bg_command() to also error out.
+ */
+typedef int(start_bg_wait_cb)(const struct child_process *cmd, void *cb_data);
+
+/**
+ * Start a command in the background. Wait long enough for the child
+ * to become "ready" (as defined by the provided callback). Capture
+ * immediate errors (like failure to start) and any immediate exit
+ * status (such as a shutdown/signal before the child became "ready")
+ * and return this like start_command().
+ *
+ * We run a custom wait loop using the provided callback to wait for
+ * the child to start and become "ready". This is limited by the given
+ * timeout value.
+ *
+ * If the child does successfully start and become "ready", we orphan
+ * it into the background.
+ *
+ * The caller must not call finish_command().
+ *
+ * The opaque cb_data argument will be forwarded to the callback for
+ * any instance data that it might require. This may be NULL.
+ */
+enum start_bg_result start_bg_command(struct child_process *cmd,
+ start_bg_wait_cb *wait_cb,
+ void *cb_data,
+ unsigned int timeout_sec);
+
#endif