slirp: Avoid zombie processes after fork_exec

Slirp uses fork_exec for spawning service processes, and QEMU uses this for running smbd. As SIGCHLD is not handled, these processes become zombies on termination. Fix this by installing a proper signal handler, but also make sure we disable the signal while waiting on forked network setup/shutdown scripts. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>

slirp: Avoid zombie processes after fork_exec
Slirp uses fork_exec for spawning service processes, and QEMU uses this for running smbd. As SIGCHLD is not handled, these processes become zombies on termination. Fix this by installing a proper signal handler, but also make sure we disable the signal while waiting on forked network setup/shutdown scripts. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Jan Kiszka · Mark McLoughlin
1 parent c27ff608
Showing 2 changed files with 45 additions and 28 deletions
net.c
vl.c
@@ -1134,38 +1134,46 @@ static int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size)
 static int launch_script(const char *setup_script, const char *ifname, int fd)
 {
+    sigset_t oldmask, mask;
     int pid, status;
     char *args[3];
     char **parg;
-        /* try to launch network script */
-        pid = fork();
-        if (pid >= 0) {
-            if (pid == 0) {
-                int open_max = sysconf (_SC_OPEN_MAX), i;
-                for (i = 0; i < open_max; i++)
-                    if (i != STDIN_FILENO &&
-                        i != STDOUT_FILENO &&
-                        i != STDERR_FILENO &&
-                        i != fd)
-                        close(i);
-
-                parg = args;
-                *parg++ = (char *)setup_script;
-                *parg++ = (char *)ifname;
-                *parg++ = NULL;
-                execv(setup_script, args);
-                _exit(1);
-            }
-            while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid);
-            if (!WIFEXITED(status) ||
-                WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not launch network script\n",
-                        setup_script);
-                return -1;
+    sigemptyset(&mask);
+    sigaddset(&mask, SIGCHLD);
+    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, &oldmask);
+
+    /* try to launch network script */
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        int open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX), i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < open_max; i++) {
+            if (i != STDIN_FILENO &&
+                i != STDOUT_FILENO &&
+                i != STDERR_FILENO &&
+                i != fd) {
+                close(i);
             }
         }
-    return 0;
+        parg = args;
+        *parg++ = (char *)setup_script;
+        *parg++ = (char *)ifname;
+        *parg++ = NULL;
+        execv(setup_script, args);
+        _exit(1);
+    } else if (pid > 0) {
+        while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid) {
+            /* loop */
+        }
+        sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldmask, NULL);
+
+        if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not launch network script\n", setup_script);
+    return -1;
 }
 static int net_tap_init(VLANState *vlan, const char *model,
@@ -4783,7 +4783,12 @@ static void termsig_handler(int signal)
     qemu_system_shutdown_request();
 }
-static void termsig_setup(void)
+static void sigchld_handler(int signal)
+{
+    waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG);
+}
+
+static void sighandler_setup(void)
 {
     struct sigaction act;
@@ -4792,6 +4797,10 @@ static void termsig_setup(void)
     sigaction(SIGINT,  &act, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGHUP,  &act, NULL);
     sigaction(SIGTERM, &act, NULL);
+
+    act.sa_handler = sigchld_handler;
+    act.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP;
+    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &act, NULL);
 }
 #endif
@@ -5918,7 +5927,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #ifndef _WIN32
     /* must be after terminal init, SDL library changes signal handlers */
-    termsig_setup();
+    sighandler_setup();
 #endif
     /* Maintain compatibility with multiple stdio monitors */