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      1 """Generic socket server classes.
      2 
      3 This module tries to capture the various aspects of defining a server:
      4 
      5 For socket-based servers:
      6 
      7 - address family:
      8         - AF_INET{,6}: IP (Internet Protocol) sockets (default)
      9         - AF_UNIX: Unix domain sockets
     10         - others, e.g. AF_DECNET are conceivable (see <socket.h>
     11 - socket type:
     12         - SOCK_STREAM (reliable stream, e.g. TCP)
     13         - SOCK_DGRAM (datagrams, e.g. UDP)
     14 
     15 For request-based servers (including socket-based):
     16 
     17 - client address verification before further looking at the request
     18         (This is actually a hook for any processing that needs to look
     19          at the request before anything else, e.g. logging)
     20 - how to handle multiple requests:
     21         - synchronous (one request is handled at a time)
     22         - forking (each request is handled by a new process)
     23         - threading (each request is handled by a new thread)
     24 
     25 The classes in this module favor the server type that is simplest to
     26 write: a synchronous TCP/IP server.  This is bad class design, but
     27 save some typing.  (There's also the issue that a deep class hierarchy
     28 slows down method lookups.)
     29 
     30 There are five classes in an inheritance diagram, four of which represent
     31 synchronous servers of four types:
     32 
     33         +------------+
     34         | BaseServer |
     35         +------------+
     36               |
     37               v
     38         +-----------+        +------------------+
     39         | TCPServer |------->| UnixStreamServer |
     40         +-----------+        +------------------+
     41               |
     42               v
     43         +-----------+        +--------------------+
     44         | UDPServer |------->| UnixDatagramServer |
     45         +-----------+        +--------------------+
     46 
     47 Note that UnixDatagramServer derives from UDPServer, not from
     48 UnixStreamServer -- the only difference between an IP and a Unix
     49 stream server is the address family, which is simply repeated in both
     50 unix server classes.
     51 
     52 Forking and threading versions of each type of server can be created
     53 using the ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn mix-in classes.  For
     54 instance, a threading UDP server class is created as follows:
     55 
     56         class ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixIn, UDPServer): pass
     57 
     58 The Mix-in class must come first, since it overrides a method defined
     59 in UDPServer! Setting the various member variables also changes
     60 the behavior of the underlying server mechanism.
     61 
     62 To implement a service, you must derive a class from
     63 BaseRequestHandler and redefine its handle() method.  You can then run
     64 various versions of the service by combining one of the server classes
     65 with your request handler class.
     66 
     67 The request handler class must be different for datagram or stream
     68 services.  This can be hidden by using the request handler
     69 subclasses StreamRequestHandler or DatagramRequestHandler.
     70 
     71 Of course, you still have to use your head!
     72 
     73 For instance, it makes no sense to use a forking server if the service
     74 contains state in memory that can be modified by requests (since the
     75 modifications in the child process would never reach the initial state
     76 kept in the parent process and passed to each child).  In this case,
     77 you can use a threading server, but you will probably have to use
     78 locks to avoid two requests that come in nearly simultaneous to apply
     79 conflicting changes to the server state.
     80 
     81 On the other hand, if you are building e.g. an HTTP server, where all
     82 data is stored externally (e.g. in the file system), a synchronous
     83 class will essentially render the service "deaf" while one request is
     84 being handled -- which may be for a very long time if a client is slow
     85 to read all the data it has requested.  Here a threading or forking
     86 server is appropriate.
     87 
     88 In some cases, it may be appropriate to process part of a request
     89 synchronously, but to finish processing in a forked child depending on
     90 the request data.  This can be implemented by using a synchronous
     91 server and doing an explicit fork in the request handler class
     92 handle() method.
     93 
     94 Another approach to handling multiple simultaneous requests in an
     95 environment that supports neither threads nor fork (or where these are
     96 too expensive or inappropriate for the service) is to maintain an
     97 explicit table of partially finished requests and to use select() to
     98 decide which request to work on next (or whether to handle a new
     99 incoming request).  This is particularly important for stream services
    100 where each client can potentially be connected for a long time (if
    101 threads or subprocesses cannot be used).
    102 
    103 Future work:
    104 - Standard classes for Sun RPC (which uses either UDP or TCP)
    105 - Standard mix-in classes to implement various authentication
    106   and encryption schemes
    107 - Standard framework for select-based multiplexing
    108 
    109 XXX Open problems:
    110 - What to do with out-of-band data?
    111 
    112 BaseServer:
    113 - split generic "request" functionality out into BaseServer class.
    114   Copyright (C) 2000  Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl (at] samba.org>
    115 
    116   example: read entries from a SQL database (requires overriding
    117   get_request() to return a table entry from the database).
    118   entry is processed by a RequestHandlerClass.
    119 
    120 """
    121 
    122 # Author of the BaseServer patch: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

    123 
    124 # XXX Warning!

    125 # There is a test suite for this module, but it cannot be run by the

    126 # standard regression test.

    127 # To run it manually, run Lib/test/test_socketserver.py.

    128 
    129 __version__ = "0.4"
    130 
    131 
    132 import socket
    133 import select
    134 import sys
    135 import os
    136 import errno
    137 try:
    138     import threading
    139 except ImportError:
    140     import dummy_threading as threading
    141 
    142 __all__ = ["TCPServer","UDPServer","ForkingUDPServer","ForkingTCPServer",
    143            "ThreadingUDPServer","ThreadingTCPServer","BaseRequestHandler",
    144            "StreamRequestHandler","DatagramRequestHandler",
    145            "ThreadingMixIn", "ForkingMixIn"]
    146 if hasattr(socket, "AF_UNIX"):
    147     __all__.extend(["UnixStreamServer","UnixDatagramServer",
    148                     "ThreadingUnixStreamServer",
    149                     "ThreadingUnixDatagramServer"])
    150 
    151 def _eintr_retry(func, *args):
    152     """restart a system call interrupted by EINTR"""
    153     while True:
    154         try:
    155             return func(*args)
    156         except (OSError, select.error) as e:
    157             if e.args[0] != errno.EINTR:
    158                 raise
    159 
    160 class BaseServer:
    161 
    162     """Base class for server classes.
    163 
    164     Methods for the caller:
    165 
    166     - __init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
    167     - serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
    168     - shutdown()
    169     - handle_request()  # if you do not use serve_forever()
    170     - fileno() -> int   # for select()
    171 
    172     Methods that may be overridden:
    173 
    174     - server_bind()
    175     - server_activate()
    176     - get_request() -> request, client_address
    177     - handle_timeout()
    178     - verify_request(request, client_address)
    179     - server_close()
    180     - process_request(request, client_address)
    181     - shutdown_request(request)
    182     - close_request(request)
    183     - handle_error()
    184 
    185     Methods for derived classes:
    186 
    187     - finish_request(request, client_address)
    188 
    189     Class variables that may be overridden by derived classes or
    190     instances:
    191 
    192     - timeout
    193     - address_family
    194     - socket_type
    195     - allow_reuse_address
    196 
    197     Instance variables:
    198 
    199     - RequestHandlerClass
    200     - socket
    201 
    202     """
    203 
    204     timeout = None
    205 
    206     def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass):
    207         """Constructor.  May be extended, do not override."""
    208         self.server_address = server_address
    209         self.RequestHandlerClass = RequestHandlerClass
    210         self.__is_shut_down = threading.Event()
    211         self.__shutdown_request = False
    212 
    213     def server_activate(self):
    214         """Called by constructor to activate the server.
    215 
    216         May be overridden.
    217 
    218         """
    219         pass
    220 
    221     def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5):
    222         """Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
    223 
    224         Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
    225         self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
    226         another thread.
    227         """
    228         self.__is_shut_down.clear()
    229         try:
    230             while not self.__shutdown_request:
    231                 # XXX: Consider using another file descriptor or

    232                 # connecting to the socket to wake this up instead of

    233                 # polling. Polling reduces our responsiveness to a

    234                 # shutdown request and wastes cpu at all other times.

    235                 r, w, e = _eintr_retry(select.select, [self], [], [],
    236                                        poll_interval)
    237                 if self in r:
    238                     self._handle_request_noblock()
    239         finally:
    240             self.__shutdown_request = False
    241             self.__is_shut_down.set()
    242 
    243     def shutdown(self):
    244         """Stops the serve_forever loop.
    245 
    246         Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
    247         serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
    248         deadlock.
    249         """
    250         self.__shutdown_request = True
    251         self.__is_shut_down.wait()
    252 
    253     # The distinction between handling, getting, processing and

    254     # finishing a request is fairly arbitrary.  Remember:

    255     #

    256     # - handle_request() is the top-level call.  It calls

    257     #   select, get_request(), verify_request() and process_request()

    258     # - get_request() is different for stream or datagram sockets

    259     # - process_request() is the place that may fork a new process

    260     #   or create a new thread to finish the request

    261     # - finish_request() instantiates the request handler class;

    262     #   this constructor will handle the request all by itself

    263 
    264     def handle_request(self):
    265         """Handle one request, possibly blocking.
    266 
    267         Respects self.timeout.
    268         """
    269         # Support people who used socket.settimeout() to escape

    270         # handle_request before self.timeout was available.

    271         timeout = self.socket.gettimeout()
    272         if timeout is None:
    273             timeout = self.timeout
    274         elif self.timeout is not None:
    275             timeout = min(timeout, self.timeout)
    276         fd_sets = _eintr_retry(select.select, [self], [], [], timeout)
    277         if not fd_sets[0]:
    278             self.handle_timeout()
    279             return
    280         self._handle_request_noblock()
    281 
    282     def _handle_request_noblock(self):
    283         """Handle one request, without blocking.
    284 
    285         I assume that select.select has returned that the socket is
    286         readable before this function was called, so there should be
    287         no risk of blocking in get_request().
    288         """
    289         try:
    290             request, client_address = self.get_request()
    291         except socket.error:
    292             return
    293         if self.verify_request(request, client_address):
    294             try:
    295                 self.process_request(request, client_address)
    296             except:
    297                 self.handle_error(request, client_address)
    298                 self.shutdown_request(request)
    299 
    300     def handle_timeout(self):
    301         """Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
    302 
    303         Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
    304         """
    305         pass
    306 
    307     def verify_request(self, request, client_address):
    308         """Verify the request.  May be overridden.
    309 
    310         Return True if we should proceed with this request.
    311 
    312         """
    313         return True
    314 
    315     def process_request(self, request, client_address):
    316         """Call finish_request.
    317 
    318         Overridden by ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn.
    319 
    320         """
    321         self.finish_request(request, client_address)
    322         self.shutdown_request(request)
    323 
    324     def server_close(self):
    325         """Called to clean-up the server.
    326 
    327         May be overridden.
    328 
    329         """
    330         pass
    331 
    332     def finish_request(self, request, client_address):
    333         """Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass."""
    334         self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
    335 
    336     def shutdown_request(self, request):
    337         """Called to shutdown and close an individual request."""
    338         self.close_request(request)
    339 
    340     def close_request(self, request):
    341         """Called to clean up an individual request."""
    342         pass
    343 
    344     def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
    345         """Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
    346 
    347         The default is to print a traceback and continue.
    348 
    349         """
    350         print '-'*40
    351         print 'Exception happened during processing of request from',
    352         print client_address
    353         import traceback
    354         traceback.print_exc() # XXX But this goes to stderr!

    355         print '-'*40
    356 
    357 
    358 class TCPServer(BaseServer):
    359 
    360     """Base class for various socket-based server classes.
    361 
    362     Defaults to synchronous IP stream (i.e., TCP).
    363 
    364     Methods for the caller:
    365 
    366     - __init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
    367     - serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
    368     - shutdown()
    369     - handle_request()  # if you don't use serve_forever()
    370     - fileno() -> int   # for select()
    371 
    372     Methods that may be overridden:
    373 
    374     - server_bind()
    375     - server_activate()
    376     - get_request() -> request, client_address
    377     - handle_timeout()
    378     - verify_request(request, client_address)
    379     - process_request(request, client_address)
    380     - shutdown_request(request)
    381     - close_request(request)
    382     - handle_error()
    383 
    384     Methods for derived classes:
    385 
    386     - finish_request(request, client_address)
    387 
    388     Class variables that may be overridden by derived classes or
    389     instances:
    390 
    391     - timeout
    392     - address_family
    393     - socket_type
    394     - request_queue_size (only for stream sockets)
    395     - allow_reuse_address
    396 
    397     Instance variables:
    398 
    399     - server_address
    400     - RequestHandlerClass
    401     - socket
    402 
    403     """
    404 
    405     address_family = socket.AF_INET
    406 
    407     socket_type = socket.SOCK_STREAM
    408 
    409     request_queue_size = 5
    410 
    411     allow_reuse_address = False
    412 
    413     def __init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True):
    414         """Constructor.  May be extended, do not override."""
    415         BaseServer.__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass)
    416         self.socket = socket.socket(self.address_family,
    417                                     self.socket_type)
    418         if bind_and_activate:
    419             try:
    420                 self.server_bind()
    421                 self.server_activate()
    422             except:
    423                 self.server_close()
    424                 raise
    425 
    426     def server_bind(self):
    427         """Called by constructor to bind the socket.
    428 
    429         May be overridden.
    430 
    431         """
    432         if self.allow_reuse_address:
    433             self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
    434         self.socket.bind(self.server_address)
    435         self.server_address = self.socket.getsockname()
    436 
    437     def server_activate(self):
    438         """Called by constructor to activate the server.
    439 
    440         May be overridden.
    441 
    442         """
    443         self.socket.listen(self.request_queue_size)
    444 
    445     def server_close(self):
    446         """Called to clean-up the server.
    447 
    448         May be overridden.
    449 
    450         """
    451         self.socket.close()
    452 
    453     def fileno(self):
    454         """Return socket file number.
    455 
    456         Interface required by select().
    457 
    458         """
    459         return self.socket.fileno()
    460 
    461     def get_request(self):
    462         """Get the request and client address from the socket.
    463 
    464         May be overridden.
    465 
    466         """
    467         return self.socket.accept()
    468 
    469     def shutdown_request(self, request):
    470         """Called to shutdown and close an individual request."""
    471         try:
    472             #explicitly shutdown.  socket.close() merely releases

    473             #the socket and waits for GC to perform the actual close.

    474             request.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
    475         except socket.error:
    476             pass #some platforms may raise ENOTCONN here

    477         self.close_request(request)
    478 
    479     def close_request(self, request):
    480         """Called to clean up an individual request."""
    481         request.close()
    482 
    483 
    484 class UDPServer(TCPServer):
    485 
    486     """UDP server class."""
    487 
    488     allow_reuse_address = False
    489 
    490     socket_type = socket.SOCK_DGRAM
    491 
    492     max_packet_size = 8192
    493 
    494     def get_request(self):
    495         data, client_addr = self.socket.recvfrom(self.max_packet_size)
    496         return (data, self.socket), client_addr
    497 
    498     def server_activate(self):
    499         # No need to call listen() for UDP.

    500         pass
    501 
    502     def shutdown_request(self, request):
    503         # No need to shutdown anything.

    504         self.close_request(request)
    505 
    506     def close_request(self, request):
    507         # No need to close anything.

    508         pass
    509 
    510 class ForkingMixIn:
    511 
    512     """Mix-in class to handle each request in a new process."""
    513 
    514     timeout = 300
    515     active_children = None
    516     max_children = 40
    517 
    518     def collect_children(self):
    519         """Internal routine to wait for children that have exited."""
    520         if self.active_children is None:
    521             return
    522 
    523         # If we're above the max number of children, wait and reap them until

    524         # we go back below threshold. Note that we use waitpid(-1) below to be

    525         # able to collect children in size(<defunct children>) syscalls instead

    526         # of size(<children>): the downside is that this might reap children

    527         # which we didn't spawn, which is why we only resort to this when we're

    528         # above max_children.

    529         while len(self.active_children) >= self.max_children:
    530             try:
    531                 pid, _ = os.waitpid(-1, 0)
    532                 self.active_children.discard(pid)
    533             except OSError as e:
    534                 if e.errno == errno.ECHILD:
    535                     # we don't have any children, we're done

    536                     self.active_children.clear()
    537                 elif e.errno != errno.EINTR:
    538                     break
    539 
    540         # Now reap all defunct children.

    541         for pid in self.active_children.copy():
    542             try:
    543                 pid, _ = os.waitpid(pid, os.WNOHANG)
    544                 # if the child hasn't exited yet, pid will be 0 and ignored by

    545                 # discard() below

    546                 self.active_children.discard(pid)
    547             except OSError as e:
    548                 if e.errno == errno.ECHILD:
    549                     # someone else reaped it

    550                     self.active_children.discard(pid)
    551 
    552     def handle_timeout(self):
    553         """Wait for zombies after self.timeout seconds of inactivity.
    554 
    555         May be extended, do not override.
    556         """
    557         self.collect_children()
    558 
    559     def process_request(self, request, client_address):
    560         """Fork a new subprocess to process the request."""
    561         self.collect_children()
    562         pid = os.fork()
    563         if pid:
    564             # Parent process

    565             if self.active_children is None:
    566                 self.active_children = set()
    567             self.active_children.add(pid)
    568             self.close_request(request) #close handle in parent process

    569             return
    570         else:
    571             # Child process.

    572             # This must never return, hence os._exit()!

    573             try:
    574                 self.finish_request(request, client_address)
    575                 self.shutdown_request(request)
    576                 os._exit(0)
    577             except:
    578                 try:
    579                     self.handle_error(request, client_address)
    580                     self.shutdown_request(request)
    581                 finally:
    582                     os._exit(1)
    583 
    584 
    585 class ThreadingMixIn:
    586     """Mix-in class to handle each request in a new thread."""
    587 
    588     # Decides how threads will act upon termination of the

    589     # main process

    590     daemon_threads = False
    591 
    592     def process_request_thread(self, request, client_address):
    593         """Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
    594 
    595         In addition, exception handling is done here.
    596 
    597         """
    598         try:
    599             self.finish_request(request, client_address)
    600             self.shutdown_request(request)
    601         except:
    602             self.handle_error(request, client_address)
    603             self.shutdown_request(request)
    604 
    605     def process_request(self, request, client_address):
    606         """Start a new thread to process the request."""
    607         t = threading.Thread(target = self.process_request_thread,
    608                              args = (request, client_address))
    609         t.daemon = self.daemon_threads
    610         t.start()
    611 
    612 
    613 class ForkingUDPServer(ForkingMixIn, UDPServer): pass
    614 class ForkingTCPServer(ForkingMixIn, TCPServer): pass
    615 
    616 class ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixIn, UDPServer): pass
    617 class ThreadingTCPServer(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer): pass
    618 
    619 if hasattr(socket, 'AF_UNIX'):
    620 
    621     class UnixStreamServer(TCPServer):
    622         address_family = socket.AF_UNIX
    623 
    624     class UnixDatagramServer(UDPServer):
    625         address_family = socket.AF_UNIX
    626 
    627     class ThreadingUnixStreamServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixStreamServer): pass
    628 
    629     class ThreadingUnixDatagramServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixDatagramServer): pass
    630 
    631 class BaseRequestHandler:
    632 
    633     """Base class for request handler classes.
    634 
    635     This class is instantiated for each request to be handled.  The
    636     constructor sets the instance variables request, client_address
    637     and server, and then calls the handle() method.  To implement a
    638     specific service, all you need to do is to derive a class which
    639     defines a handle() method.
    640 
    641     The handle() method can find the request as self.request, the
    642     client address as self.client_address, and the server (in case it
    643     needs access to per-server information) as self.server.  Since a
    644     separate instance is created for each request, the handle() method
    645     can define arbitrary other instance variariables.
    646 
    647     """
    648 
    649     def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
    650         self.request = request
    651         self.client_address = client_address
    652         self.server = server
    653         self.setup()
    654         try:
    655             self.handle()
    656         finally:
    657             self.finish()
    658 
    659     def setup(self):
    660         pass
    661 
    662     def handle(self):
    663         pass
    664 
    665     def finish(self):
    666         pass
    667 
    668 
    669 # The following two classes make it possible to use the same service

    670 # class for stream or datagram servers.

    671 # Each class sets up these instance variables:

    672 # - rfile: a file object from which receives the request is read

    673 # - wfile: a file object to which the reply is written

    674 # When the handle() method returns, wfile is flushed properly

    675 
    676 
    677 class StreamRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
    678 
    679     """Define self.rfile and self.wfile for stream sockets."""
    680 
    681     # Default buffer sizes for rfile, wfile.

    682     # We default rfile to buffered because otherwise it could be

    683     # really slow for large data (a getc() call per byte); we make

    684     # wfile unbuffered because (a) often after a write() we want to

    685     # read and we need to flush the line; (b) big writes to unbuffered

    686     # files are typically optimized by stdio even when big reads

    687     # aren't.

    688     rbufsize = -1
    689     wbufsize = 0
    690 
    691     # A timeout to apply to the request socket, if not None.

    692     timeout = None
    693 
    694     # Disable nagle algorithm for this socket, if True.

    695     # Use only when wbufsize != 0, to avoid small packets.

    696     disable_nagle_algorithm = False
    697 
    698     def setup(self):
    699         self.connection = self.request
    700         if self.timeout is not None:
    701             self.connection.settimeout(self.timeout)
    702         if self.disable_nagle_algorithm:
    703             self.connection.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP,
    704                                        socket.TCP_NODELAY, True)
    705         self.rfile = self.connection.makefile('rb', self.rbufsize)
    706         self.wfile = self.connection.makefile('wb', self.wbufsize)
    707 
    708     def finish(self):
    709         if not self.wfile.closed:
    710             try:
    711                 self.wfile.flush()
    712             except socket.error:
    713                 # An final socket error may have occurred here, such as

    714                 # the local error ECONNABORTED.

    715                 pass
    716         self.wfile.close()
    717         self.rfile.close()
    718 
    719 
    720 class DatagramRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
    721 
    722     # XXX Regrettably, I cannot get this working on Linux;

    723     # s.recvfrom() doesn't return a meaningful client address.

    724 
    725     """Define self.rfile and self.wfile for datagram sockets."""
    726 
    727     def setup(self):
    728         try:
    729             from cStringIO import StringIO
    730         except ImportError:
    731             from StringIO import StringIO
    732         self.packet, self.socket = self.request
    733         self.rfile = StringIO(self.packet)
    734         self.wfile = StringIO()
    735 
    736     def finish(self):
    737         self.socket.sendto(self.wfile.getvalue(), self.client_address)
    738