1 /* run a command with a limited timeout
2 tridge@samba.org, June 2005
3 metze@samba.org, March 2006
5 attempt to be as portable as possible (fighting posix all the way)
13 #include <sys/types.h>
16 static pid_t child_pid
;
18 static void usage(void)
20 printf("usage: timelimit <time> <command>\n");
21 printf(" SIGUSR1 - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
22 printf(" SIGALRM - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
23 printf(" after 5s SIGKILL will be passed and exit(1)\n");
24 printf(" SIGTERM - passes SIGTERM to command's process group\n");
25 printf(" after 1s SIGKILL will be passed and exit(1)\n");
28 static void sig_alrm_kill(int sig
)
30 fprintf(stderr
, "\nMaximum time expired in timelimit - killing\n");
31 kill(-child_pid
, SIGKILL
);
35 static void sig_alrm_term(int sig
)
37 kill(-child_pid
, SIGTERM
);
39 signal(SIGALRM
, sig_alrm_kill
);
42 static void sig_term(int sig
)
44 kill(-child_pid
, SIGTERM
);
46 signal(SIGALRM
, sig_alrm_kill
);
49 static void sig_usr1(int sig
)
51 kill(-child_pid
, SIGTERM
);
54 static void new_process_group(void)
56 if (setpgid(0,0) == -1) {
63 int main(int argc
, char *argv
[])
72 maxtime
= atoi(argv
[1]);
77 execvp(argv
[2], argv
+2);
82 signal(SIGTERM
, sig_term
);
83 signal(SIGINT
, sig_term
);
84 signal(SIGQUIT
, sig_term
);
85 signal(SIGUSR1
, sig_usr1
);
86 signal(SIGALRM
, sig_alrm_term
);
91 pid_t pid
= wait(&status
);
93 ret
= WEXITSTATUS(status
);
94 } else if (errno
== ECHILD
) {
99 kill(-child_pid
, SIGKILL
);