Re: [PATCH 2.6.25-4] getdelays.c: signal handling for log rotation

From: Scott Wiersdorf
Date: Fri Jun 06 2008 - 17:05:00 EST


On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:16:13AM +0530, Balbir Singh wrote:
> > #define PRINTF(fmt, arg...) { \
> > @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ static void usage(void)
> > fprintf(stderr, " -l: listen forever\n");
> > fprintf(stderr, " -v: debug on\n");
> > fprintf(stderr, " -C: container path\n");
> > + fprintf(stderr, "\nSend USR1 to reopen the logfile if -w is used.\n");
>
> Please mention that old data will be lost and that SIGUSR1 will take affect
> after some data is received.

See below.

> Aren't we better of using the newer sigaction primitives? IIRC, signal can be
> racy. The man page states "Avoid its use"

I've rewritten this to use the new sigaction (bottom of this email). Thanks!

> > +int reopen_logfile(int fd, char *logfile)
> > +{
> > + if (fd) {
> > + PRINTF("USR1 received. Closing logfile.\n");
> > + close(fd);
> > + }
> > + fd = open(logfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
> > + S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
>
> So sending USR1 causes data to be lost?

Yes, if you don't move the old file out of the way first. Sending a
USR1 can also be used to rotate the log:

# ./getdelays -m0,1 -l -w logfile &
(time passes)
# mv logfile logfile.0
# kill -USR1 <pid>

Or to truncate the log:

# ./getdelays -m0,1 -l -w logfile &
(time passes)
# kill -USR1 <pid>

> > + if (reopen_log) {
> > + fd = reopen_logfile(fd, logfile);
> > + }
>
> This seems way of the 80 character space. You have braces that are not required.

Yeah, I'm all for saving one line ;-) (fixed in this new patch)


Signed-off-by: Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
--- Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c 2008-05-15 09:00:12.000000000 -0600
+++ Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c 2008-06-06 14:34:37.000000000 -0600
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ int dbg;
int print_delays;
int print_io_accounting;
int print_task_context_switch_counts;
+volatile sig_atomic_t reopen_log;
+struct sigaction sig_usr1;
__u64 stime, utime;

#define PRINTF(fmt, arg...) { \
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ static void usage(void)
fprintf(stderr, " -l: listen forever\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -v: debug on\n");
fprintf(stderr, " -C: container path\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\nSend USR1 to reopen and truncate the logfile (if \
+-w is used). New log is\ncreated after next netlink datum is received.\n");
}

/*
@@ -231,6 +235,30 @@ void print_ioacct(struct taskstats *t)
(unsigned long long)t->cancelled_write_bytes);
}

+void catch_usr1(int sig)
+{
+ reopen_log = 1;
+ sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sig_usr1, NULL);
+}
+
+int reopen_logfile(int fd, char *logfile)
+{
+ if (fd) {
+ PRINTF("USR1 received. Closing logfile.\n");
+ close(fd);
+ }
+ fd = open(logfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
+ S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ perror("Cannot open output file\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ reopen_log = 0;
+
+ return fd;
+}
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int c, rc, rep_len, aggr_len, len2, cmd_type;
@@ -320,12 +348,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}

if (write_file) {
- fd = open(logfile, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
- S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
- if (fd == -1) {
- perror("Cannot open output file\n");
- exit(1);
- }
+ fd = reopen_logfile(fd, logfile);
+ sig_usr1.sa_handler = catch_usr1;
+ memset (&sig_usr1.sa_mask, 0x00, sizeof(sigset_t));
+ sig_usr1.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
+ sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sig_usr1, NULL);
}

if ((nl_sd = create_nl_socket(NETLINK_GENERIC)) < 0)
@@ -444,6 +471,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
err(1,"write error\n");
}
}
+ if (reopen_log)
+ fd = reopen_logfile(fd, logfile);
if (!loop)
goto done;
break;
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