ipc.cpp

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/*
 * This file is part of the Code::Blocks IDE and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 *
 * $Revision: 8245 $
 * $Id: ipc.cpp 8245 2012-08-22 06:51:14Z mortenmacfly $
 * $HeadURL: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk/src/src/ipc.cpp $
 */

#include "ipc.h"
#include "main.h"
#include <wx/tokenzr.h>

const wxString g_failed_shm(_T("Failed creating shared memory initialising IPC (error 0x00000d04)."));
const wxString g_failed_sem(_T("Failed creating semaphore/mutex initialising IPC (error 0x007f0002)."));

void IPC::Send(const wxString& in)
{
    if (in.length() * sizeof(wxChar) > shm.Size())
        cbThrow(_T("Input exceeds shared memory size (error 0x0000cde0)."));

    if (shm.Lock(SharedMemory::writer) == 0)
        {
            // If locking failed here, this means the semaphore (and hence the shared memory, and the server process) was destroyed
            // after we *just* checked that it exists (a few nanoseconds ago). This is a funny race condition
            // which should be really, really rare, but which is of course nevertheless possible.
            // We should consequently turn this process into a server, after seeing that the semaphore died, but this is really awful,
            // so... we're not doing that... for now. The worst thing to happen is that double-clicking a file does not do anything once in a million times.
            //
            // Let's just throw and see how often we see this exception in normal everyday use.
            // If it never happens, then simply ignoring the issue is a perfectly acceptable solution.
            //
            cbThrow(_T("Congrats, you managed to kill process 1 within nanoseconds after launching process 2, which is quite hard to do.\n\nPlease inform the Code::Blocks team of your achievement."));
        }

    memcpy(shm.BasePointer(), in.c_str(), (in.length()+1) * sizeof(wxChar));
    shm.Unlock(SharedMemory::writer);
}


void IPC::Shutdown()
{
    // Other than POSIX, Windows does not signal threads waiting for a semaphore when the semaphore is deleted (at least, MSDN says so),
    // therefore we have to do unlock by hand before deleting, or we may lock up a process for all times.
    // IMPORTANT: This must be called from Manager::Shutdown() or from any other appropriate place
    is_shutdown = true;
    shm.Unlock(SharedMemory::writer);
};


wxThread::ExitCode IPC::Entry() /* this is the receiving end */
{
    for(;;)
    {
        if (shm.Lock(SharedMemory::reader) == 0 || is_shutdown)
            return 0;

        MainFrame* cbframe = static_cast<MainFrame*>(Manager::Get()->GetAppFrame());
        if (cbframe == nullptr)
            return 0;

        cbframe->OnDropFiles(0,0, wxStringTokenize((const wxChar*) shm.BasePointer(), _T("\n"), wxTOKEN_STRTOK));

        shm.Unlock(SharedMemory::reader);

        if (is_shutdown)
            return 0;
    }
}


#if defined (__WIN32__) /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */


SharedMemory::SharedMemory() : handle(0), semid(0), shared(0), ok(false), server(false)
{
    SetLastError(0); // CreateSemaphore should already do this, but anyway...
    sem[reader] = CreateSemaphore(nullptr, 0, 1, TEXT("CdeBlsemIPCr"));
    sem[writer] = CreateSemaphore(nullptr, 1, 1, TEXT("CdeBlsemIPCw"));

    if (GetLastError() != ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
    {
        server = true;
    }

    handle = CreateFileMapping(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, 0, PAGE_READWRITE, 0, ipc_buf_size, TEXT("CdeBlshmIPC"));

    if (handle == 0 || (shared = MapViewOfFile(handle, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, ipc_buf_size)) == 0)
    {
        LogManager::Get()->Panic(g_failed_shm);
        return;
    }

    ok = true;
}

SharedMemory::~SharedMemory()
{
    UnmapViewOfFile(shared);
    CloseHandle(handle);
    CloseHandle(sem[reader]);
    CloseHandle(sem[writer]);
}

bool SharedMemory::Lock(rw_t rw)
{
    if (rw == reader)
    {
        return WaitForSingleObject(sem[reader], INFINITE) == WAIT_OBJECT_0
            && WaitForSingleObject(sem[writer], INFINITE) == WAIT_OBJECT_0;
    }
    else  // if (rw == writer)
    {
        return WaitForSingleObject(sem[writer], INFINITE) == WAIT_OBJECT_0;
    }

    return false;
}

void SharedMemory::Unlock(rw_t rw)
{
    if (rw == reader)
    {
        ReleaseSemaphore(sem[writer], 1, nullptr);
    }
    else  // if (rw == writer)
    {
        ReleaseSemaphore(sem[reader], 1, nullptr);
        ReleaseSemaphore(sem[writer], 1, nullptr);
        Sleep(0);
    }
}


#else                   /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */


SharedMemory::SharedMemory() : handle(0), semid(0), shared(0), ok(false), server(false)
{
    char file[256];
    key_t key;

    /* Shared memory and semaphore functions expect unique IDs created with ftok().
     * Unluckily, this is how POSIX works... we need a unique yet reproducable filename,
     * and the file must exist, too.
     * We'll use the executable file for this, if we can figure it out via /proc.
     * Unluckily, again, this is nowhere near standardised or even guaranteed, so
     * we'll have to create a file in /tmp if everything fails...
     */
    if (readlink("/proc/self/exe", file, sizeof(file)) < 0)       /* Linux style */
    {
        if (readlink("/proc/self/file", file, sizeof(file)) < 0)  /* failed, try BSD style */
        {
            strcpy(file, "/tmp/fuckyou");                        /* failed again, use some bullshit */
            close(open(file, O_CREAT, O_RDONLY|O_WRONLY));
        }
    }

    key = ftok(file, 'a');
    semid  = semget(key, 2, IPC_CREAT | 0666);

    if (semid == -1)
    {
        LogManager::Get()->Panic(g_failed_sem);
        return;
    }

    key = ftok(file, 'b');
    handle = shmget(key, ipc_buf_size, 0666 | IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL);

    if (handle == -1)        /* failed, because...                 */
    {
        if (errno == EEXIST) /* EEXIST ---> server already running */
        {
            handle = shmget(key, ipc_buf_size, 0666);
            if (handle == -1)
            {
                LogManager::Get()->Panic(g_failed_shm);
                return;
            }
            ok = true;
            server = false;
        }
        else                /* ...any other error ---> bad        */
        {
            LogManager::Get()->Panic(g_failed_shm);
            return;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        ok = true;
        server = true;

        unsigned short int v[2] = {0, 1};
        semctl(semid, 0, SETALL, v);
    }

    shared = shmat(handle, nullptr, 0);
    ok = (shared != (void*) -1) ? ok : false;
}


SharedMemory::~SharedMemory()
{
    shmdt(shared);
    if (server)
    {
        shmctl(handle, IPC_RMID, 0);
        semctl(semid, 0, IPC_RMID );    /* this will wake up the thread blocking in semop() */
    }
}

bool SharedMemory::Lock(rw_t rw)
{
    if (rw == reader)
    {
        sembuf op[2];

        op[0].sem_num = reader;
        op[0].sem_op  = -1;
        op[0].sem_flg = 0;

        op[1].sem_num = writer;
        op[1].sem_op  = -1;
        op[1].sem_flg = 0;

        return semop(semid, op, 2) == 0;    /* if semaphore is deleted, EIDRM or EINVAL will be returned */
    }

    if (rw == writer)
    {
        sembuf op[1];
        op[0].sem_num = writer;
        op[0].sem_op  = -1;
        op[0].sem_flg = 0;

        return semop(semid, op, 1) == 0;
    }

    return false;
}

void SharedMemory::Unlock(rw_t rw)
{
    if (rw == writer)
    {
        sembuf op[2];
        op[0].sem_num = reader;
        op[0].sem_op  = 1;
        op[0].sem_flg = 0;

        op[1].sem_num = writer;
        op[1].sem_op  = 1;
        op[1].sem_flg = 0;

        semop(semid, op, 2);
    }

    if (rw == reader)
    {
        sembuf op[1];
        op[0].sem_num = writer;
        op[0].sem_op  = 1;
        op[0].sem_flg = 0;

        semop(semid, op, 1);
    }
}

#endif                  /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */