| #include <assert.h> |
| #include <cstring> |
| #include <iostream> |
| #include <mutex> |
| #include <string.h> |
| #include <sys/wait.h> |
| #include <thread> |
| #include <unistd.h> |
| #include <vector> |
| |
| pid_t g_pid = 0; |
| std::mutex g_child_pids_mutex; |
| std::vector<pid_t> g_child_pids; |
| |
| const char *g_program = nullptr; |
| bool g_use_vfork = true; // Use vfork by default. |
| bool g_call_exec = false; // Does not call exec by default. |
| |
| int call_vfork(int index) { |
| pid_t child_pid = 0; |
| if (g_use_vfork) { |
| child_pid = vfork(); |
| } else { |
| child_pid = fork(); |
| } |
| |
| if (child_pid == -1) { |
| // Error handling |
| perror("vfork"); |
| return 1; |
| } else if (child_pid == 0) { |
| // This code is executed by the child process |
| g_pid = getpid(); |
| printf("Child process: %d\n", g_pid); |
| |
| if (g_call_exec) { |
| std::string child_exit_code = std::to_string(index + 10); |
| execl(g_program, g_program, "--child", child_exit_code.c_str(), NULL); |
| } else { |
| _exit(index + 10); |
| } |
| } else { |
| // This code is executed by the parent process |
| printf("[Parent] Forked process id: %d\n", child_pid); |
| } |
| return 0; |
| } |
| |
| void wait_all_children_to_exit() { |
| std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Lock(g_child_pids_mutex); |
| for (pid_t child_pid : g_child_pids) { |
| int child_status = 0; |
| pid_t pid = waitpid(child_pid, &child_status, 0); |
| if (child_status != 0) { |
| int exit_code = WEXITSTATUS(child_status); |
| if (exit_code > 15 || exit_code < 10) { |
| printf("Error: child process exits with unexpected code %d\n", |
| exit_code); |
| _exit(1); // This will let our program know that some child processes |
| // didn't exist with an expected exit status. |
| } |
| } |
| if (pid != child_pid) |
| _exit(2); // This will let our program know it didn't succeed |
| } |
| } |
| |
| void create_threads(int num_threads) { |
| std::vector<std::thread> threads; |
| for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; ++i) { |
| threads.emplace_back(std::thread(call_vfork, i)); |
| } |
| printf("Created %d threads, joining...\n", |
| num_threads); // end_of_create_threads |
| for (auto &thread : threads) { |
| thread.join(); |
| } |
| wait_all_children_to_exit(); |
| } |
| |
| // Can be called in various ways: |
| // 1. [program]: use vfork and not call exec |
| // 2. [program] --fork: use fork and not call exec |
| // 3. [program] --fork --exec: use fork and call exec |
| // 4. [program] --exec: use vfork and call exec |
| // 5. [program] --child [exit_code]: child process |
| int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { |
| g_pid = getpid(); |
| g_program = argv[0]; |
| |
| for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) { |
| if (strcmp(argv[i], "--child") == 0) { |
| assert(i + 1 < argc); |
| int child_exit_code = std::stoi(argv[i + 1]); |
| printf("Child process: %d, exiting with code %d\n", g_pid, |
| child_exit_code); |
| _exit(child_exit_code); |
| } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--fork") == 0) |
| g_use_vfork = false; |
| else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--exec") == 0) |
| g_call_exec = true; |
| } |
| |
| int num_threads = 5; // break here |
| create_threads(num_threads); |
| return 0; |
| } |