linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/24] perf daemon: Add background support

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Message-Id: <20210208200908.1019149-9-jolsa@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Feb 2021 21:08:52 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Alexei Budankov <abudankov@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/24] perf daemon: Add background support

Adding support to put daemon process in the background.

It's now enabled by default and -f option is added to
keep daemon process on the console for debugging.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-daemon.txt |  4 ++
 tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c              | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-daemon.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-daemon.txt
index 173b3f9f3a41..af5916d1c3e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-daemon.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-daemon.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ START COMMAND
 -------------
 The start command creates the daemon process.
 
+-f::
+--foreground::
+	Do not put the process in background.
+
 
 CONFIG FILE
 -----------
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
index bdddaa2ea388..2d7f282809b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
@@ -675,10 +675,61 @@ static int setup_config(struct daemon *daemon)
 	return daemon->config_real ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
+static int go_background(struct daemon *daemon)
+{
+	int pid, fd;
+
+	pid = fork();
+	if (pid < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (pid > 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (setsid() < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	umask(0);
+
+	if (chdir(daemon->base)) {
+		perror("failed: chdir");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	fd = open("output", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0644);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("failed: open");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)) {
+		perror("failed: fcntl FD_CLOEXEC");
+		close(fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	close(0);
+	dup2(fd, 1);
+	dup2(fd, 2);
+	close(fd);
+
+	daemon->out = fdopen(1, "w");
+	if (!daemon->out) {
+		close(1);
+		close(2);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	setbuf(daemon->out, NULL);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __cmd_start(struct daemon *daemon, struct option parent_options[],
 		       int argc, const char **argv)
 {
+	bool foreground = false;
 	struct option start_options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "foreground", &foreground, "stay on console"),
 		OPT_PARENT(parent_options),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
@@ -699,6 +750,17 @@ static int __cmd_start(struct daemon *daemon, struct option parent_options[],
 	if (setup_server_config(daemon))
 		return -1;
 
+	if (!foreground) {
+		err = go_background(daemon);
+		if (err) {
+			/* original process, exit normally */
+			if (err == 1)
+				err = 0;
+			daemon__exit(daemon);
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+
 	debug_set_file(daemon->out);
 	debug_set_display_time(true);
 
-- 
2.29.2