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{- daemon support
 -
 - Copyright 2012 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
 -
 - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
 -}

module Utility.Daemon where

import Common

import System.Posix

{- Run an action as a daemon, with all output sent to a file descriptor.
 -
 - Can write its pid to a file, to guard against multiple instances
 - running and allow easy termination.
 -
 - When successful, does not return. -}
daemonize :: Fd -> Maybe FilePath -> Bool -> IO () -> IO ()
daemonize logfd pidfile changedirectory a = do
	_ <- forkProcess child1
	out
	where
		child1 = do
			_ <- createSession
			_ <- forkProcess child2
			out
		child2 = do
			maybe noop lockPidFile pidfile 
			when changedirectory $
				setCurrentDirectory "/"
			nullfd <- openFd "/dev/null" ReadOnly Nothing defaultFileFlags
			_ <- redir nullfd stdInput
			mapM_ (redir logfd) [stdOutput, stdError]
			closeFd logfd
			a
			out
		redir newh h = do
			closeFd h
			dupTo newh h
		out = exitImmediately ExitSuccess

{- Locks the pid file, with an exclusive, non-blocking lock.
 - Writes the pid to the file, fully atomically.
 - Fails if the pid file is already locked by another process. -}
lockPidFile :: FilePath -> IO ()
lockPidFile file = do
	createDirectoryIfMissing True (parentDir file)
	fd <- openFd file ReadWrite (Just stdFileMode) defaultFileFlags
	locked <- catchMaybeIO $ setLock fd (WriteLock, AbsoluteSeek, 0, 0)
	fd' <- openFd newfile ReadWrite (Just stdFileMode) defaultFileFlags
		{ trunc = True }
	locked' <- catchMaybeIO $ setLock fd' (WriteLock, AbsoluteSeek, 0, 0)
	case (locked, locked') of
		(Nothing, _) -> alreadyrunning
		(_, Nothing) -> alreadyrunning
		_ -> do
			_ <- fdWrite fd' =<< show <$> getProcessID
			renameFile newfile file
			closeFd fd
	where
		newfile = file ++ ".new"
		alreadyrunning = error "Daemon is already running."

{- Checks if the daemon is running, by checking that the pid file
 - is locked by the same process that is listed in the pid file.
 -
 - If it's running, returns its pid. -}
checkDaemon :: FilePath -> IO (Maybe ProcessID)
checkDaemon pidfile = do
	v <- catchMaybeIO $
		openFd pidfile ReadOnly (Just stdFileMode) defaultFileFlags
	case v of
		Just fd -> do
			locked <- getLock fd (ReadLock, AbsoluteSeek, 0, 0)
			p <- readish <$> readFile pidfile
			return $ check locked p
		Nothing -> return Nothing
	where
		check Nothing _ = Nothing
		check _ Nothing = Nothing
		check (Just (pid, _)) (Just pid')
			| pid == pid' = Just pid
			| otherwise = error $
				"stale pid in " ++ pidfile ++ 
				" (got " ++ show pid' ++ 
				"; expected " ++ show pid ++ " )"

{- Stops the daemon, safely. -}
stopDaemon :: FilePath -> IO ()
stopDaemon pidfile = go =<< checkDaemon pidfile
	where
		go Nothing = noop
		go (Just pid) = signalProcess sigTERM pid