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      1 // Copyright 2013 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 contains functions for launching subprocesses.
      6 
      7 #ifndef BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
      8 #define BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
      9 
     10 #include <stddef.h>
     11 
     12 #include <string>
     13 #include <utility>
     14 #include <vector>
     15 
     16 #include "base/base_export.h"
     17 #include "base/environment.h"
     18 #include "base/macros.h"
     19 #include "base/process/process.h"
     20 #include "base/process/process_handle.h"
     21 #include "base/strings/string_piece.h"
     22 #include "build/build_config.h"
     23 
     24 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     25 #include "base/posix/file_descriptor_shuffle.h"
     26 #elif defined(OS_WIN)
     27 #include <windows.h>
     28 #endif
     29 
     30 namespace base {
     31 
     32 class CommandLine;
     33 
     34 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     35 typedef std::vector<HANDLE> HandlesToInheritVector;
     36 #endif
     37 // TODO(viettrungluu): Only define this on POSIX?
     38 typedef std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > FileHandleMappingVector;
     39 
     40 // Options for launching a subprocess that are passed to LaunchProcess().
     41 // The default constructor constructs the object with default options.
     42 struct BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions {
     43 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
     44   // Delegate to be run in between fork and exec in the subprocess (see
     45   // pre_exec_delegate below)
     46   class BASE_EXPORT PreExecDelegate {
     47    public:
     48     PreExecDelegate() {}
     49     virtual ~PreExecDelegate() {}
     50 
     51     // Since this is to be run between fork and exec, and fork may have happened
     52     // while multiple threads were running, this function needs to be async
     53     // safe.
     54     virtual void RunAsyncSafe() = 0;
     55 
     56    private:
     57     DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PreExecDelegate);
     58   };
     59 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
     60 
     61   LaunchOptions();
     62   LaunchOptions(const LaunchOptions&);
     63   ~LaunchOptions();
     64 
     65   // If true, wait for the process to complete.
     66   bool wait = false;
     67 
     68   // If not empty, change to this directory before executing the new process.
     69   base::FilePath current_directory;
     70 
     71 #if defined(OS_WIN)
     72   bool start_hidden = false;
     73 
     74   // If non-null, inherit exactly the list of handles in this vector (these
     75   // handles must be inheritable).
     76   HandlesToInheritVector* handles_to_inherit = nullptr;
     77 
     78   // If true, the new process inherits handles from the parent. In production
     79   // code this flag should be used only when running short-lived, trusted
     80   // binaries, because open handles from other libraries and subsystems will
     81   // leak to the child process, causing errors such as open socket hangs.
     82   // Note: If |handles_to_inherit| is non-null, this flag is ignored and only
     83   // those handles will be inherited.
     84   bool inherit_handles = false;
     85 
     86   // If non-null, runs as if the user represented by the token had launched it.
     87   // Whether the application is visible on the interactive desktop depends on
     88   // the token belonging to an interactive logon session.
     89   //
     90   // To avoid hard to diagnose problems, when specified this loads the
     91   // environment variables associated with the user and if this operation fails
     92   // the entire call fails as well.
     93   UserTokenHandle as_user = nullptr;
     94 
     95   // If true, use an empty string for the desktop name.
     96   bool empty_desktop_name = false;
     97 
     98   // If non-null, launches the application in that job object. The process will
     99   // be terminated immediately and LaunchProcess() will fail if assignment to
    100   // the job object fails.
    101   HANDLE job_handle = nullptr;
    102 
    103   // Handles for the redirection of stdin, stdout and stderr. The handles must
    104   // be inheritable. Caller should either set all three of them or none (i.e.
    105   // there is no way to redirect stderr without redirecting stdin). The
    106   // |inherit_handles| flag must be set to true when redirecting stdio stream.
    107   HANDLE stdin_handle = nullptr;
    108   HANDLE stdout_handle = nullptr;
    109   HANDLE stderr_handle = nullptr;
    110 
    111   // If set to true, ensures that the child process is launched with the
    112   // CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB flag which allows it to breakout of the parent
    113   // job if any.
    114   bool force_breakaway_from_job_ = false;
    115 #else  // !defined(OS_WIN)
    116   // Set/unset environment variables. These are applied on top of the parent
    117   // process environment.  Empty (the default) means to inherit the same
    118   // environment. See AlterEnvironment().
    119   EnvironmentMap environ;
    120 
    121   // Clear the environment for the new process before processing changes from
    122   // |environ|.
    123   bool clear_environ = false;
    124 
    125   // If non-null, remap file descriptors according to the mapping of
    126   // src fd->dest fd to propagate FDs into the child process.
    127   // This pointer is owned by the caller and must live through the
    128   // call to LaunchProcess().
    129   const FileHandleMappingVector* fds_to_remap = nullptr;
    130 
    131   // Each element is an RLIMIT_* constant that should be raised to its
    132   // rlim_max.  This pointer is owned by the caller and must live through
    133   // the call to LaunchProcess().
    134   const std::vector<int>* maximize_rlimits = nullptr;
    135 
    136   // If true, start the process in a new process group, instead of
    137   // inheriting the parent's process group.  The pgid of the child process
    138   // will be the same as its pid.
    139   bool new_process_group = false;
    140 
    141 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
    142   // If non-zero, start the process using clone(), using flags as provided.
    143   // Unlike in clone, clone_flags may not contain a custom termination signal
    144   // that is sent to the parent when the child dies. The termination signal will
    145   // always be set to SIGCHLD.
    146   int clone_flags = 0;
    147 
    148   // By default, child processes will have the PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS bit set. If
    149   // true, then this bit will not be set in the new child process.
    150   bool allow_new_privs = false;
    151 
    152   // Sets parent process death signal to SIGKILL.
    153   bool kill_on_parent_death = false;
    154 #endif  // defined(OS_LINUX)
    155 
    156 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    157   // If not empty, launch the specified executable instead of
    158   // cmdline.GetProgram(). This is useful when it is necessary to pass a custom
    159   // argv[0].
    160   base::FilePath real_path;
    161 
    162   // If non-null, a delegate to be run immediately prior to executing the new
    163   // program in the child process.
    164   //
    165   // WARNING: If LaunchProcess is called in the presence of multiple threads,
    166   // code running in this delegate essentially needs to be async-signal safe
    167   // (see man 7 signal for a list of allowed functions).
    168   PreExecDelegate* pre_exec_delegate = nullptr;
    169 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
    170 
    171 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
    172   // If non-negative, the specified file descriptor will be set as the launched
    173   // process' controlling terminal.
    174   int ctrl_terminal_fd = -1;
    175 #endif  // defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
    176 #endif  // !defined(OS_WIN)
    177 };
    178 
    179 // Launch a process via the command line |cmdline|.
    180 // See the documentation of LaunchOptions for details on |options|.
    181 //
    182 // Returns a valid Process upon success.
    183 //
    184 // Unix-specific notes:
    185 // - All file descriptors open in the parent process will be closed in the
    186 //   child process except for any preserved by options::fds_to_remap, and
    187 //   stdin, stdout, and stderr. If not remapped by options::fds_to_remap,
    188 //   stdin is reopened as /dev/null, and the child is allowed to inherit its
    189 //   parent's stdout and stderr.
    190 // - If the first argument on the command line does not contain a slash,
    191 //   PATH will be searched.  (See man execvp.)
    192 BASE_EXPORT Process LaunchProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
    193                                   const LaunchOptions& options);
    194 
    195 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    196 // Windows-specific LaunchProcess that takes the command line as a
    197 // string.  Useful for situations where you need to control the
    198 // command line arguments directly, but prefer the CommandLine version
    199 // if launching Chrome itself.
    200 //
    201 // The first command line argument should be the path to the process,
    202 // and don't forget to quote it.
    203 //
    204 // Example (including literal quotes)
    205 //  cmdline = "c:\windows\explorer.exe" -foo "c:\bar\"
    206 BASE_EXPORT Process LaunchProcess(const string16& cmdline,
    207                                   const LaunchOptions& options);
    208 
    209 // Launches a process with elevated privileges.  This does not behave exactly
    210 // like LaunchProcess as it uses ShellExecuteEx instead of CreateProcess to
    211 // create the process.  This means the process will have elevated privileges
    212 // and thus some common operations like OpenProcess will fail. Currently the
    213 // only supported LaunchOptions are |start_hidden| and |wait|.
    214 BASE_EXPORT Process LaunchElevatedProcess(const CommandLine& cmdline,
    215                                           const LaunchOptions& options);
    216 
    217 #elif defined(OS_POSIX)
    218 // A POSIX-specific version of LaunchProcess that takes an argv array
    219 // instead of a CommandLine.  Useful for situations where you need to
    220 // control the command line arguments directly, but prefer the
    221 // CommandLine version if launching Chrome itself.
    222 BASE_EXPORT Process LaunchProcess(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    223                                   const LaunchOptions& options);
    224 
    225 // Close all file descriptors, except those which are a destination in the
    226 // given multimap. Only call this function in a child process where you know
    227 // that there aren't any other threads.
    228 BASE_EXPORT void CloseSuperfluousFds(const InjectiveMultimap& saved_map);
    229 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
    230 
    231 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    232 // Set |job_object|'s JOBOBJECT_EXTENDED_LIMIT_INFORMATION
    233 // BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags to |limit_flags|.
    234 BASE_EXPORT bool SetJobObjectLimitFlags(HANDLE job_object, DWORD limit_flags);
    235 
    236 // Output multi-process printf, cout, cerr, etc to the cmd.exe console that ran
    237 // chrome. This is not thread-safe: only call from main thread.
    238 BASE_EXPORT void RouteStdioToConsole(bool create_console_if_not_found);
    239 #endif  // defined(OS_WIN)
    240 
    241 // Executes the application specified by |cl| and wait for it to exit. Stores
    242 // the output (stdout) in |output|. Redirects stderr to /dev/null. Returns true
    243 // on success (application launched and exited cleanly, with exit code
    244 // indicating success).
    245 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const CommandLine& cl, std::string* output);
    246 
    247 // Like GetAppOutput, but also includes stderr.
    248 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutputAndError(const CommandLine& cl,
    249                                       std::string* output);
    250 
    251 #if defined(OS_WIN)
    252 // A Windows-specific version of GetAppOutput that takes a command line string
    253 // instead of a CommandLine object. Useful for situations where you need to
    254 // control the command line arguments directly.
    255 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const StringPiece16& cl, std::string* output);
    256 #endif
    257 
    258 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
    259 // A POSIX-specific version of GetAppOutput that takes an argv array
    260 // instead of a CommandLine.  Useful for situations where you need to
    261 // control the command line arguments directly.
    262 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutput(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    263                               std::string* output);
    264 
    265 // Like the above POSIX-specific version of GetAppOutput, but also includes
    266 // stderr.
    267 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutputAndError(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    268                                       std::string* output);
    269 
    270 // A version of |GetAppOutput()| which also returns the exit code of the
    271 // executed command. Returns true if the application runs and exits cleanly. If
    272 // this is the case the exit code of the application is available in
    273 // |*exit_code|.
    274 BASE_EXPORT bool GetAppOutputWithExitCode(const CommandLine& cl,
    275                                           std::string* output, int* exit_code);
    276 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
    277 
    278 // If supported on the platform, and the user has sufficent rights, increase
    279 // the current process's scheduling priority to a high priority.
    280 BASE_EXPORT void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
    281 
    282 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
    283 // An implementation of LaunchProcess() that uses posix_spawn() instead of
    284 // fork()+exec(). This does not support the |pre_exec_delegate| and
    285 // |current_directory| options.
    286 Process LaunchProcessPosixSpawn(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
    287                                 const LaunchOptions& options);
    288 
    289 // Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
    290 // (ReportCrash).  When forking and execing a new process, the child will
    291 // inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
    292 // instance running inside the parent.  The parent's Breakpad instance should
    293 // not handle the child's exceptions.  Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
    294 // in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
    295 // See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
    296 void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
    297 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
    298 
    299 // Creates a LaunchOptions object suitable for launching processes in a test
    300 // binary. This should not be called in production/released code.
    301 BASE_EXPORT LaunchOptions LaunchOptionsForTest();
    302 
    303 #if defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_NACL_NONSFI)
    304 // A wrapper for clone with fork-like behavior, meaning that it returns the
    305 // child's pid in the parent and 0 in the child. |flags|, |ptid|, and |ctid| are
    306 // as in the clone system call (the CLONE_VM flag is not supported).
    307 //
    308 // This function uses the libc clone wrapper (which updates libc's pid cache)
    309 // internally, so callers may expect things like getpid() to work correctly
    310 // after in both the child and parent. An exception is when this code is run
    311 // under Valgrind. Valgrind does not support the libc clone wrapper, so the libc
    312 // pid cache may be incorrect after this function is called under Valgrind.
    313 //
    314 // As with fork(), callers should be extremely careful when calling this while
    315 // multiple threads are running, since at the time the fork happened, the
    316 // threads could have been in any state (potentially holding locks, etc.).
    317 // Callers should most likely call execve() in the child soon after calling
    318 // this.
    319 BASE_EXPORT pid_t ForkWithFlags(unsigned long flags, pid_t* ptid, pid_t* ctid);
    320 #endif
    321 
    322 }  // namespace base
    323 
    324 #endif  // BASE_PROCESS_LAUNCH_H_
    325