node/deps/v8/tools/testrunner/server/daemon.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# This code has been written by Sander Marechal and published at:
# http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/
# where the author has placed it in the public domain (see comment #6 at
# http://www.jejik.com/articles/2007/02/a_simple_unix_linux_daemon_in_python/#c6
# ).
# Some minor modifications have been made by the V8 authors. The work remains
# in the public domain.

import atexit
import os
from signal import SIGTERM
from signal import SIGINT
import sys
import time


class Daemon(object):
  """
  A generic daemon class.

  Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
  """
  def __init__(self, pidfile, stdin='/dev/null',
               stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
    self.stdin = stdin
    self.stdout = stdout
    self.stderr = stderr
    self.pidfile = pidfile

  def daemonize(self):
    """
    do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced
    Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
    http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
    """
    try:
      pid = os.fork()
      if pid > 0:
        # exit first parent
        sys.exit(0)
    except OSError, e:
      sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
      sys.exit(1)

    # decouple from parent environment
    os.chdir("/")
    os.setsid()
    os.umask(0)

    # do second fork
    try:
      pid = os.fork()
      if pid > 0:
        # exit from second parent
        sys.exit(0)
    except OSError, e:
      sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
      sys.exit(1)

    # redirect standard file descriptors
    sys.stdout.flush()
    sys.stderr.flush()
    si = file(self.stdin, 'r')
    so = file(self.stdout, 'a+')
    se = file(self.stderr, 'a+', 0)
    # TODO: (debug) re-enable this!
    #os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
    #os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
    #os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())

    # write pidfile
    atexit.register(self.delpid)
    pid = str(os.getpid())
    file(self.pidfile, 'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)

  def delpid(self):
    os.remove(self.pidfile)

  def start(self):
    """
    Start the daemon
    """
    # Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
    try:
      pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
      pid = int(pf.read().strip())
      pf.close()
    except IOError:
      pid = None

    if pid:
      message = "pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?\n"
      sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
      sys.exit(1)

    # Start the daemon
    self.daemonize()
    self.run()

  def stop(self):
    """
    Stop the daemon
    """
    # Get the pid from the pidfile
    try:
      pf = file(self.pidfile, 'r')
      pid = int(pf.read().strip())
      pf.close()
    except IOError:
      pid = None

    if not pid:
      message = "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
      sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
      return # not an error in a restart

    # Try killing the daemon process
    try:
      # Give the process a one-second chance to exit gracefully.
      os.kill(pid, SIGINT)
      time.sleep(1)
      while 1:
        os.kill(pid, SIGTERM)
        time.sleep(0.1)
    except OSError, err:
      err = str(err)
      if err.find("No such process") > 0:
        if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
          os.remove(self.pidfile)
      else:
        print str(err)
        sys.exit(1)

  def restart(self):
    """
    Restart the daemon
    """
    self.stop()
    self.start()

  def run(self):
    """
    You should override this method when you subclass Daemon. It will be
    called after the process has been daemonized by start() or restart().
    """