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      1 // Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 // This file/namespace contains utility functions for enumerating, ending and
      6 // computing statistics of processes.
      7 
      8 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
      9 #define BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
     10 
     11 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     12 
     13 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     14 #include <windows.h>
     15 #include <tlhelp32.h>
     16 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
     17 // kinfo_proc is defined in <sys/sysctl.h>, but this forward declaration
     18 // is sufficient for the vector<kinfo_proc> below.
     19 struct kinfo_proc;
     20 #include <mach/mach.h>
     21 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
     22 #include <dirent.h>
     23 #include <limits.h>
     24 #include <sys/types.h>
     25 #endif
     26 
     27 #include <string>
     28 #include <utility>
     29 #include <vector>
     30 
     31 #include "base/command_line.h"
     32 #include "base/file_path.h"
     33 #include "base/process.h"
     34 
     35 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     36 typedef PROCESSENTRY32 ProcessEntry;
     37 typedef IO_COUNTERS IoCounters;
     38 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
     39 // TODO(port): we should not rely on a Win32 structure.
     40 struct ProcessEntry {
     41   base::ProcessId pid;
     42   base::ProcessId ppid;
     43   char szExeFile[NAME_MAX + 1];
     44 };
     45 
     46 struct IoCounters {
     47   uint64_t ReadOperationCount;
     48   uint64_t WriteOperationCount;
     49   uint64_t OtherOperationCount;
     50   uint64_t ReadTransferCount;
     51   uint64_t WriteTransferCount;
     52   uint64_t OtherTransferCount;
     53 };
     54 
     55 #include "base/file_descriptor_shuffle.h"
     56 #endif
     57 
     58 namespace base {
     59 
     60 // A minimalistic but hopefully cross-platform set of exit codes.
     61 // Do not change the enumeration values or you will break third-party
     62 // installers.
     63 enum {
     64   PROCESS_END_NORMAL_TERMINATON = 0,
     65   PROCESS_END_KILLED_BY_USER    = 1,
     66   PROCESS_END_PROCESS_WAS_HUNG  = 2
     67 };
     68 
     69 // Returns the id of the current process.
     70 ProcessId GetCurrentProcId();
     71 
     72 // Returns the ProcessHandle of the current process.
     73 ProcessHandle GetCurrentProcessHandle();
     74 
     75 // Converts a PID to a process handle. This handle must be closed by
     76 // CloseProcessHandle when you are done with it. Returns true on success.
     77 bool OpenProcessHandle(ProcessId pid, ProcessHandle* handle);
     78 
     79 // Converts a PID to a process handle. On Windows the handle is opened
     80 // with more access rights and must only be used by trusted code.
     81 // You have to close returned handle using CloseProcessHandle. Returns true
     82 // on success.
     83 bool OpenPrivilegedProcessHandle(ProcessId pid, ProcessHandle* handle);
     84 
     85 // Closes the process handle opened by OpenProcessHandle.
     86 void CloseProcessHandle(ProcessHandle process);
     87 
     88 // Returns the unique ID for the specified process. This is functionally the
     89 // same as Windows' GetProcessId(), but works on versions of Windows before
     90 // Win XP SP1 as well.
     91 ProcessId GetProcId(ProcessHandle process);
     92 
     93 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
     94 // Returns the ID for the parent of the given process.
     95 ProcessId GetParentProcessId(ProcessHandle process);
     96 
     97 // Returns the path to the executable of the given process.
     98 FilePath GetProcessExecutablePath(ProcessHandle process);
     99 
    100 // Parse the data found in /proc/<pid>/stat and return the sum of the
    101 // CPU-related ticks.  Returns -1 on parse error.
    102 // Exposed for testing.
    103 int ParseProcStatCPU(const std::string& input);
    104 
    105 static const char kAdjustOOMScoreSwitch[] = "--adjust-oom-score";
    106 
    107 // This adjusts /proc/process/oom_adj so the Linux OOM killer will prefer
    108 // certain process types over others. The range for the adjustment is
    109 // [-17,15], with [0,15] being user accessible.
    110 bool AdjustOOMScore(ProcessId process, int score);
    111 #endif
    112 
    113 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    114 // Sets all file descriptors to close on exec except for stdin, stdout
    115 // and stderr.
    116 // TODO(agl): remove this function
    117 // WARNING: do not use. It's inherently race-prone in the face of
    118 // multi-threading.
    119 void SetAllFDsToCloseOnExec();
    120 // Close all file descriptors, expect those which are a destination in the
    121 // given multimap. Only call this function in a child process where you know
    122 // that there aren't any other threads.
    123 void CloseSuperfluousFds(const base::InjectiveMultimap& saved_map);
    124 #endif
    125 
    126 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    127 // Runs the given application name with the given command line. Normally, the
    128 // first command line argument should be the path to the process, and don't
    129 // forget to quote it.
    130 //
    131 // If wait is true, it will block and wait for the other process to finish,
    132 // otherwise, it will just continue asynchronously.
    133 //
    134 // Example (including literal quotes)
    135 //  cmdline = "c:\windows\explorer.exe" -foo "c:\bar\"
    136 //
    137 // If process_handle is non-NULL, the process handle of the launched app will be
    138 // stored there on a successful launch.
    139 // NOTE: In this case, the caller is responsible for closing the handle so
    140 //       that it doesn't leak!
    141 bool LaunchApp(const std::wstring& cmdline,
    142                bool wait, bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    143 
    144 // Runs the given application name with the given command line as if the user
    145 // represented by |token| had launched it. The caveats about |cmdline| and
    146 // |process_handle| explained for LaunchApp above apply as well.
    147 //
    148 // Whether the application is visible on the interactive desktop depends on
    149 // the token belonging to an interactive logon session.
    150 //
    151 // To avoid hard to diagnose problems, this function internally loads the
    152 // environment variables associated with the user and if this operation fails
    153 // the entire call fails as well.
    154 bool LaunchAppAsUser(UserTokenHandle token, const std::wstring& cmdline,
    155                      bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    156 
    157 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    158 // Runs the application specified in argv[0] with the command line argv.
    159 // Before launching all FDs open in the parent process will be marked as
    160 // close-on-exec.  |fds_to_remap| defines a mapping of src fd->dest fd to
    161 // propagate FDs into the child process.
    162 //
    163 // As above, if wait is true, execute synchronously. The pid will be stored
    164 // in process_handle if that pointer is non-null.
    165 //
    166 // Note that the first argument in argv must point to the executable filename.
    167 // If the filename is not fully specified, PATH will be searched.
    168 typedef std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > file_handle_mapping_vector;
    169 bool LaunchApp(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    170                const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
    171                bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    172 
    173 // Similar to the above, but also (un)set environment variables in child process
    174 // through |environ|.
    175 typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > environment_vector;
    176 bool LaunchApp(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    177                const environment_vector& environ,
    178                const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
    179                bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    180 
    181 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    182 // Similar to the above, but also returns the new process's task_t if
    183 // |task_handle| is not NULL. If |task_handle| is not NULL, the caller is
    184 // responsible for calling |mach_port_deallocate()| on the returned handle.
    185 bool LaunchAppAndGetTask(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    186                          const environment_vector& environ,
    187                          const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
    188                          bool wait,
    189                          task_t* task_handle,
    190                          ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    191 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
    192 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
    193 
    194 // Executes the application specified by cl. This function delegates to one
    195 // of the above two platform-specific functions.
    196 bool LaunchApp(const CommandLine& cl,
    197                bool wait, bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
    198 
    199 // Executes the application specified by |cl| and wait for it to exit. Stores
    200 // the output (stdout) in |output|. Redirects stderr to /dev/null. Returns true
    201 // on success (application launched and exited cleanly, with exit code
    202 // indicating success). |output| is modified only when the function finished
    203 // successfully.
    204 bool GetAppOutput(const CommandLine& cl, std::string* output);
    205 
    206 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    207 // A restricted version of |GetAppOutput()| which (a) clears the environment,
    208 // and (b) stores at most |max_output| bytes; also, it doesn't search the path
    209 // for the command.
    210 bool GetAppOutputRestricted(const CommandLine& cl,
    211                             std::string* output, size_t max_output);
    212 #endif
    213 
    214 // Used to filter processes by process ID.
    215 class ProcessFilter {
    216  public:
    217   // Returns true to indicate set-inclusion and false otherwise.  This method
    218   // should not have side-effects and should be idempotent.
    219   virtual bool Includes(ProcessId pid, ProcessId parent_pid) const = 0;
    220 };
    221 
    222 // Returns the number of processes on the machine that are running from the
    223 // given executable name.  If filter is non-null, then only processes selected
    224 // by the filter will be counted.
    225 int GetProcessCount(const std::wstring& executable_name,
    226                     const ProcessFilter* filter);
    227 
    228 // Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
    229 // from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code.  If
    230 // filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
    231 // Returns false if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
    232 // one couldn't be killed.
    233 bool KillProcesses(const std::wstring& executable_name, int exit_code,
    234                    const ProcessFilter* filter);
    235 
    236 // Attempts to kill the process identified by the given process
    237 // entry structure, giving it the specified exit code. If |wait| is true, wait
    238 // for the process to be actually terminated before returning.
    239 // Returns true if this is successful, false otherwise.
    240 bool KillProcess(ProcessHandle process, int exit_code, bool wait);
    241 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    242 bool KillProcessById(ProcessId process_id, int exit_code, bool wait);
    243 #endif
    244 
    245 // Get the termination status (exit code) of the process and return true if the
    246 // status indicates the process crashed. |child_exited| is set to true iff the
    247 // child process has terminated. (|child_exited| may be NULL.)
    248 //
    249 // On Windows, it is an error to call this if the process hasn't terminated
    250 // yet. On POSIX, |child_exited| is set correctly since we detect terminate in
    251 // a different manner on POSIX.
    252 bool DidProcessCrash(bool* child_exited, ProcessHandle handle);
    253 
    254 // Waits for process to exit. In POSIX systems, if the process hasn't been
    255 // signaled then puts the exit code in |exit_code|; otherwise it's considered
    256 // a failure. On Windows |exit_code| is always filled. Returns true on success,
    257 // and closes |handle| in any case.
    258 bool WaitForExitCode(ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
    259 
    260 // Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit.  If filter
    261 // is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
    262 // Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
    263 // Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
    264 bool WaitForProcessesToExit(const std::wstring& executable_name,
    265                             int64 wait_milliseconds,
    266                             const ProcessFilter* filter);
    267 
    268 // Wait for a single process to exit. Return true if it exited cleanly within
    269 // the given time limit.
    270 bool WaitForSingleProcess(ProcessHandle handle,
    271                           int64 wait_milliseconds);
    272 
    273 // Returns true when |wait_milliseconds| have elapsed and the process
    274 // is still running.
    275 bool CrashAwareSleep(ProcessHandle handle, int64 wait_milliseconds);
    276 
    277 // Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
    278 // executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
    279 // If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
    280 // on.  Killed processes are ended with the given exit code.  Returns false if
    281 // any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
    282 // the wait_milliseconds delay.
    283 bool CleanupProcesses(const std::wstring& executable_name,
    284                       int64 wait_milliseconds,
    285                       int exit_code,
    286                       const ProcessFilter* filter);
    287 
    288 // This class provides a way to iterate through the list of processes
    289 // on the current machine that were started from the given executable
    290 // name.  To use, create an instance and then call NextProcessEntry()
    291 // until it returns false.
    292 class NamedProcessIterator {
    293  public:
    294   NamedProcessIterator(const std::wstring& executable_name,
    295                        const ProcessFilter* filter);
    296   ~NamedProcessIterator();
    297 
    298   // If there's another process that matches the given executable name,
    299   // returns a const pointer to the corresponding PROCESSENTRY32.
    300   // If there are no more matching processes, returns NULL.
    301   // The returned pointer will remain valid until NextProcessEntry()
    302   // is called again or this NamedProcessIterator goes out of scope.
    303   const ProcessEntry* NextProcessEntry();
    304 
    305  private:
    306   // Determines whether there's another process (regardless of executable)
    307   // left in the list of all processes.  Returns true and sets entry_ to
    308   // that process's info if there is one, false otherwise.
    309   bool CheckForNextProcess();
    310 
    311   bool IncludeEntry();
    312 
    313   // Initializes a PROCESSENTRY32 data structure so that it's ready for
    314   // use with Process32First/Process32Next.
    315   void InitProcessEntry(ProcessEntry* entry);
    316 
    317   std::wstring executable_name_;
    318 
    319 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    320   HANDLE snapshot_;
    321   bool started_iteration_;
    322 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
    323   std::vector<kinfo_proc> kinfo_procs_;
    324   size_t index_of_kinfo_proc_;
    325 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    326   DIR *procfs_dir_;
    327 #endif
    328   ProcessEntry entry_;
    329   const ProcessFilter* filter_;
    330 
    331   DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(NamedProcessIterator);
    332 };
    333 
    334 // Working Set (resident) memory usage broken down by
    335 //
    336 // On Windows:
    337 // priv (private): These pages (kbytes) cannot be shared with any other process.
    338 // shareable:      These pages (kbytes) can be shared with other processes under
    339 //                 the right circumstances.
    340 // shared :        These pages (kbytes) are currently shared with at least one
    341 //                 other process.
    342 //
    343 // On Linux:
    344 // priv:           Pages mapped only by this process
    345 // shared:         PSS or 0 if the kernel doesn't support this
    346 // shareable:      0
    347 //
    348 // On OS X: TODO(thakis): Revise.
    349 // priv:           Memory.
    350 // shared:         0
    351 // shareable:      0
    352 struct WorkingSetKBytes {
    353   WorkingSetKBytes() : priv(0), shareable(0), shared(0) {}
    354   size_t priv;
    355   size_t shareable;
    356   size_t shared;
    357 };
    358 
    359 // Committed (resident + paged) memory usage broken down by
    360 // private: These pages cannot be shared with any other process.
    361 // mapped:  These pages are mapped into the view of a section (backed by
    362 //          pagefile.sys)
    363 // image:   These pages are mapped into the view of an image section (backed by
    364 //          file system)
    365 struct CommittedKBytes {
    366   CommittedKBytes() : priv(0), mapped(0), image(0) {}
    367   size_t priv;
    368   size_t mapped;
    369   size_t image;
    370 };
    371 
    372 // Free memory (Megabytes marked as free) in the 2G process address space.
    373 // total : total amount in megabytes marked as free. Maximum value is 2048.
    374 // largest : size of the largest contiguous amount of memory found. It is
    375 //   always smaller or equal to FreeMBytes::total.
    376 // largest_ptr: starting address of the largest memory block.
    377 struct FreeMBytes {
    378   size_t total;
    379   size_t largest;
    380   void* largest_ptr;
    381 };
    382 
    383 // Convert a POSIX timeval to microseconds.
    384 int64 TimeValToMicroseconds(const struct timeval& tv);
    385 
    386 // Provides performance metrics for a specified process (CPU usage, memory and
    387 // IO counters). To use it, invoke CreateProcessMetrics() to get an instance
    388 // for a specific process, then access the information with the different get
    389 // methods.
    390 class ProcessMetrics {
    391  public:
    392   // Creates a ProcessMetrics for the specified process.
    393   // The caller owns the returned object.
    394 #if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
    395   static ProcessMetrics* CreateProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process);
    396 #else
    397   class PortProvider {
    398    public:
    399     // Should return the mach task for |process| if possible, or else
    400     // |MACH_PORT_NULL|. Only processes that this returns tasks for will have
    401     // metrics on OS X (except for the current process, which always gets
    402     // metrics).
    403     virtual mach_port_t TaskForPid(ProcessHandle process) const = 0;
    404   };
    405 
    406   // The port provider needs to outlive the ProcessMetrics object returned by
    407   // this function. If NULL is passed as provider, the returned object
    408   // only returns valid metrics if |process| is the current process.
    409   static ProcessMetrics* CreateProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process,
    410                                               PortProvider* port_provider);
    411 #endif
    412 
    413   ~ProcessMetrics();
    414 
    415   // Returns the current space allocated for the pagefile, in bytes (these pages
    416   // may or may not be in memory).  On Linux, this returns the total virtual
    417   // memory size.
    418   size_t GetPagefileUsage() const;
    419   // Returns the peak space allocated for the pagefile, in bytes.
    420   size_t GetPeakPagefileUsage() const;
    421   // Returns the current working set size, in bytes.  On Linux, this returns
    422   // the resident set size.
    423   size_t GetWorkingSetSize() const;
    424   // Returns the peak working set size, in bytes.
    425   size_t GetPeakWorkingSetSize() const;
    426   // Returns private usage, in bytes. Private bytes is the amount
    427   // of memory currently allocated to a process that cannot be shared.
    428   // Note: returns 0 on unsupported OSes: prior to XP SP2.
    429   size_t GetPrivateBytes() const;
    430   // Fills a CommittedKBytes with both resident and paged
    431   // memory usage as per definition of CommittedBytes.
    432   void GetCommittedKBytes(CommittedKBytes* usage) const;
    433   // Fills a WorkingSetKBytes containing resident private and shared memory
    434   // usage in bytes, as per definition of WorkingSetBytes.
    435   bool GetWorkingSetKBytes(WorkingSetKBytes* ws_usage) const;
    436 
    437   // Computes the current process available memory for allocation.
    438   // It does a linear scan of the address space querying each memory region
    439   // for its free (unallocated) status. It is useful for estimating the memory
    440   // load and fragmentation.
    441   bool CalculateFreeMemory(FreeMBytes* free) const;
    442 
    443   // Returns the CPU usage in percent since the last time this method was
    444   // called. The first time this method is called it returns 0 and will return
    445   // the actual CPU info on subsequent calls.
    446   // On Windows, the CPU usage value is for all CPUs. So if you have 2 CPUs and
    447   // your process is using all the cycles of 1 CPU and not the other CPU, this
    448   // method returns 50.
    449   double GetCPUUsage();
    450 
    451   // Retrieves accounting information for all I/O operations performed by the
    452   // process.
    453   // If IO information is retrieved successfully, the function returns true
    454   // and fills in the IO_COUNTERS passed in. The function returns false
    455   // otherwise.
    456   bool GetIOCounters(IoCounters* io_counters) const;
    457 
    458  private:
    459 #if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
    460   explicit ProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process);
    461 #else
    462   ProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process, PortProvider* port_provider);
    463 #endif
    464 
    465   ProcessHandle process_;
    466 
    467   int processor_count_;
    468 
    469   // Used to store the previous times and CPU usage counts so we can
    470   // compute the CPU usage between calls.
    471   int64 last_time_;
    472   int64 last_system_time_;
    473 
    474 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
    475   // Jiffie count at the last_time_ we updated.
    476   int last_cpu_;
    477 #endif
    478 
    479 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    480   // Queries the port provider if it's set.
    481   mach_port_t TaskForPid(ProcessHandle process) const;
    482 
    483   PortProvider* port_provider_;
    484 #endif
    485 
    486   DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(ProcessMetrics);
    487 };
    488 
    489 // Returns the memory commited by the system in KBytes.
    490 // Returns 0 if it can't compute the commit charge.
    491 size_t GetSystemCommitCharge();
    492 
    493 // Enables low fragmentation heap (LFH) for every heaps of this process. This
    494 // won't have any effect on heaps created after this function call. It will not
    495 // modify data allocated in the heaps before calling this function. So it is
    496 // better to call this function early in initialization and again before
    497 // entering the main loop.
    498 // Note: Returns true on Windows 2000 without doing anything.
    499 bool EnableLowFragmentationHeap();
    500 
    501 // Enables 'terminate on heap corruption' flag. Helps protect against heap
    502 // overflow. Has no effect if the OS doesn't provide the necessary facility.
    503 void EnableTerminationOnHeapCorruption();
    504 
    505 #if !defined(OS_WIN)
    506 // Turns on process termination if memory runs out. This is handled on Windows
    507 // inside RegisterInvalidParamHandler().
    508 void EnableTerminationOnOutOfMemory();
    509 #endif
    510 
    511 #if defined(UNIT_TEST)
    512 // Enables stack dump to console output on exception and signals.
    513 // When enabled, the process will quit immediately. This is meant to be used in
    514 // unit_tests only!
    515 bool EnableInProcessStackDumping();
    516 #endif  // defined(UNIT_TEST)
    517 
    518 // If supported on the platform, and the user has sufficent rights, increase
    519 // the current process's scheduling priority to a high priority.
    520 void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
    521 
    522 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    523 // Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
    524 // (ReportCrash).  When forking and execing a new process, the child will
    525 // inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
    526 // instance running inside the parent.  The parent's Breakpad instance should
    527 // not handle the child's exceptions.  Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
    528 // in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
    529 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
    530 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
    531 #endif
    532 
    533 }  // namespace base
    534 
    535 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
    536