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/* java.lang.VMProcess -- VM implementation of java.lang.Process
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package java.lang;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;

/**
 * Represents one external process. Each instance of this class is in
 * one of three states: INITIAL, RUNNING, or TERMINATED. The instance
 * is {@link Object#notifyAll notifyAll()}'d each time the state changes.
 * The state of all instances is managed by a single dedicated thread
 * which does the actual fork()/exec() and wait() system calls. User
 * threads {@link Object#wait wait()} on the instance when creating the
 * process or waiting for it to terminate.
 *
 * <p>
 * See
 * <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11801">GCC bug
 * #11801</a> for the motivation behind the design of this class.
 *
 * @author Archie Cobbs
 * @see Process
 * @see Runtime#exec
 */
final class VMProcess extends Process
{

  // Possible states for a VMProcess
  private static final int INITIAL = 0;
  private static final int RUNNING = 1;
  private static final int TERMINATED = 2;

  // Dedicated thread that does all the fork()'ing and wait()'ing.
  static Thread processThread;

  // New processes waiting to be spawned by processThread.
  static final LinkedList workList = new LinkedList();

  // Return values set by nativeReap() when a child is reaped.
  // These are only accessed by processThread so no locking required.
  static long reapedPid;
  static int reapedExitValue;

  // Information about this process
  int state;				       // current state of process
  final String[] cmd;			       // copied from Runtime.exec()
  final String[] env;			       // copied from Runtime.exec()
  final File dir;			       // copied from Runtime.exec()
  Throwable exception;			       // if process failed to start
  long pid;				       // process id
  OutputStream stdin;			       // process input stream
  InputStream stdout;			       // process output stream
  InputStream stderr;			       // process error stream
  int exitValue;			       // process exit value

  //
  // Dedicated thread that does all the fork()'ing and wait()'ing
  // for external processes. This is needed because some systems like
  // Linux use a process-per-thread model, which means the same thread
  // that did the fork()/exec() must also do the wait().
  //
  private static class ProcessThread extends Thread
  {

    // Max time (in ms) we'll delay before trying to reap another child.
    private static final int MAX_REAP_DELAY = 1000;

    // Processes created but not yet terminated; maps Long(pid) -> VMProcess
    // Only used in run() and spawn() method from this Thread, so no locking.
    private final HashMap activeMap = new HashMap();

    // We have an explicit constructor, because the default
    // constructor will be private, which means the compiler will have
    // to generate a second package-private constructor, which is
    // bogus.
    ProcessThread ()
    {
    }

    public void run()
    {
      final LinkedList workList = VMProcess.workList;
      while (true)
	{

	  // Get the next process to spawn (if any) and spawn it. Spawn
	  // at most one at a time before checking for reapable children.
	  VMProcess process = null;
	  synchronized (workList)
	    {
	      if (!workList.isEmpty())
		process = (VMProcess)workList.removeFirst();
	    }

	  if (process != null)
	    spawn(process);


	  // Check for termination of active child processes
	  while (!activeMap.isEmpty() && VMProcess.nativeReap())
	    {
	      long pid = VMProcess.reapedPid;
	      int exitValue = VMProcess.reapedExitValue;
	      process = (VMProcess)activeMap.remove(new Long(pid));
	      if (process != null)
		{
		  synchronized (process)
		    {
		      process.exitValue = exitValue;
		      process.state = TERMINATED;
		      process.notify();
		    }
		}
	      else
		System.err.println("VMProcess WARNING reaped unknown process: "
				   + pid);
	    }


	  // If there are more new processes to create, go do that now.
	  // If there is nothing left to do, exit this thread. Otherwise,
	  // sleep a little while, and then check again for reapable children.
	  // We will get woken up immediately if there are new processes to
	  // spawn, but not if there are new children to reap. So we only
	  // sleep a short time, in effect polling while processes are active.
	  synchronized (workList)
	    {
	      if (!workList.isEmpty())
		continue;
	      if (activeMap.isEmpty())
		{
		  processThread = null;
		  break;
		}
	
	      try
		{
		  workList.wait(MAX_REAP_DELAY);
		}
	      catch (InterruptedException e)
		{
		  /* ignore */
		}
	    }
	}
    }

    // Spawn a process
    private void spawn(VMProcess process)
    {
      
      // Spawn the process and put it in our active map indexed by pid.
      // If the spawn operation fails, store the exception with the process.
      // In either case, wake up thread that created the process.
      synchronized (process)
	{
	  try
	    {
	      process.nativeSpawn(process.cmd, process.env, process.dir);
	      process.state = RUNNING;
	      activeMap.put(new Long(process.pid), process);
	    }
          catch (ThreadDeath death)
            {
              throw death;
            }
	  catch (Throwable t)
	    {
	      process.state = TERMINATED;
	      process.exception = t;
	    }
	  process.notify();
	}
    }
  }

  // Constructor
  private VMProcess(String[] cmd, String[] env, File dir) throws IOException
  {
    
    // Initialize this process
    this.state = INITIAL;
    this.cmd = cmd;
    this.env = env;
    this.dir = dir;
  
    // Add process to the new process work list and wakeup processThread
    synchronized (workList)
      {
	workList.add(this);
	if (processThread == null)
	  {
	    processThread = new ProcessThread();
	    processThread.setDaemon(true);
	    processThread.start();
	  }
	else
	  {
	    workList.notify();
	  }
      }

    // Wait for processThread to spawn this process and update its state
    synchronized (this)
      {
	while (state == INITIAL)
	  {
	    try
	      {
		wait();
	      }
	    catch (InterruptedException e)
	      {
		/* ignore */
	      }
	  }
      }

    // If spawning failed, rethrow the exception in this thread
    if (exception != null)
      {
	exception.fillInStackTrace();
	if (exception instanceof IOException)
	  throw (IOException)exception;

	if (exception instanceof Error)
	  throw (Error)exception;

	if (exception instanceof RuntimeException)
	  throw (RuntimeException)exception;

	throw new RuntimeException(exception);
      }
  }

  // Invoked by native code (from nativeSpawn()) to record process info.
  private void setProcessInfo(OutputStream stdin,
                 InputStream stdout, InputStream stderr, long pid)
  {
    this.stdin = stdin;
    this.stdout = stdout;
    this.stderr = stderr;
    this.pid = pid;
  }

  /**
   * Entry point from Runtime.exec().
   */
  static Process exec(String[] cmd, String[] env, File dir) throws IOException
  {
    return new VMProcess(cmd, env, dir);
  }

  public OutputStream getOutputStream()
  {
    return stdin;
  }

  public InputStream getInputStream()
  {
    return stdout;
  }

  public InputStream getErrorStream()
  {
    return stderr;
  }

  public synchronized int waitFor() throws InterruptedException
  {
    while (state != TERMINATED)
      wait();
    return exitValue;
  }

  public synchronized int exitValue()
  {
    if (state != TERMINATED)
      throw new IllegalThreadStateException();
    return exitValue;
  }

  public synchronized void destroy()
  {
    if (state == TERMINATED)
      return;

    nativeKill(pid);
    
    while (state != TERMINATED)
      {
	try
	  {
	    wait();
	  }
	catch (InterruptedException e)
	  {
	    /* ignore */
	  }
      }
  }

  /**
   * Does the fork()/exec() thing to create the O/S process.
   * Must invoke setProcessInfo() before returning successfully.
   * This method is only invoked by processThread.
   *
   * @throws IOException if the O/S process could not be created.
   */
  native void nativeSpawn(String[] cmd, String[] env, File dir)
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Test for a reapable child process, and reap if so. Does not block.
   * If a child was reaped, this method must set reapedPid and
   * reapedExitValue appropriately before returning.
   * This method is only invoked by processThread.
   *
   * @return true if a child was reaped, otherwise false
   */
  // This is not private as it is called from an inner class.
  static native boolean nativeReap();

  /**
   * Kill a process. This sends it a fatal signal but does not reap it.
   */
  private static native void nativeKill(long pid);
}