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1 /* Definitions for POSIX spawn interface.
2 Copyright (C) 2000, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #ifndef _SPAWN_H
21 #define _SPAWN_H 1
23 #include <features.h>
24 #include <sched.h>
25 #include <signal.h>
26 #include <sys/types.h>
29 /* Data structure to contain attributes for thread creation. */
30 typedef struct
32 short int __flags;
33 pid_t __pgrp;
34 sigset_t __sd;
35 sigset_t __ss;
36 struct sched_param __sp;
37 int __policy;
38 int __pad[16];
39 } posix_spawnattr_t;
42 /* Data structure to contain information about the actions to be
43 performed in the new process with respect to file descriptors. */
44 typedef struct
46 int __allocated;
47 int __used;
48 struct __spawn_action *__actions;
49 int __pad[16];
50 } posix_spawn_file_actions_t;
53 /* Flags to be set in the `posix_spawnattr_t'. */
54 #define POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS 0x01
55 #define POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP 0x02
56 #define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF 0x04
57 #define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK 0x08
58 #define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM 0x10
59 #define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER 0x20
62 __BEGIN_DECLS
64 /* Spawn a new process executing PATH with the attributes describes in *ATTRP.
65 Before running the process perform the actions described in FILE-ACTIONS.
67 This function is a possible cancellation points and therefore not
68 marked with __THROW. */
69 extern int posix_spawn (pid_t *__restrict __pid,
70 __const char *__restrict __path,
71 __const posix_spawn_file_actions_t *__restrict
72 __file_actions,
73 __const posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict __attrp,
74 char *__const argv[__restrict_arr],
75 char *__const envp[__restrict_arr]);
77 /* Similar to `posix_spawn' but search for FILE in the PATH.
79 This function is a possible cancellation points and therefore not
80 marked with __THROW. */
81 extern int posix_spawnp (pid_t *__pid, __const char *__file,
82 __const posix_spawn_file_actions_t *__file_actions,
83 __const posix_spawnattr_t *__attrp,
84 char *__const argv[], char *__const envp[]);
87 /* Initialize data structure with attributes for `spawn' to default values. */
88 extern int posix_spawnattr_init (posix_spawnattr_t *__attr) __THROW;
90 /* Free resources associated with ATTR. */
91 extern int posix_spawnattr_destroy (posix_spawnattr_t *__attr) __THROW;
93 /* Store signal mask for signals with default handling from ATTR in
94 SIGDEFAULT. */
95 extern int posix_spawnattr_getsigdefault (__const posix_spawnattr_t *
96 __restrict __attr,
97 sigset_t *__restrict __sigdefault)
98 __THROW;
100 /* Set signal mask for signals with default handling in ATTR to SIGDEFAULT. */
101 extern int posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault (posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict __attr,
102 __const sigset_t *__restrict
103 __sigdefault)
104 __THROW;
106 /* Store signal mask for the new process from ATTR in SIGMASK. */
107 extern int posix_spawnattr_getsigmask (__const posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict
108 __attr,
109 sigset_t *__restrict __sigmask) __THROW;
111 /* Set signal mask for the new process in ATTR to SIGMASK. */
112 extern int posix_spawnattr_setsigmask (posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict __attr,
113 __const sigset_t *__restrict __sigmask)
114 __THROW;
116 /* Get flag word from the attribute structure. */
117 extern int posix_spawnattr_getflags (__const posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict
118 __attr,
119 short int *__restrict __flags) __THROW;
121 /* Store flags in the attribute structure. */
122 extern int posix_spawnattr_setflags (posix_spawnattr_t *_attr,
123 short int __flags) __THROW;
125 /* Get process group ID from the attribute structure. */
126 extern int posix_spawnattr_getpgroup (__const posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict
127 __attr, pid_t *__restrict __pgroup)
128 __THROW;
130 /* Store process group ID in the attribute structure. */
131 extern int posix_spawnattr_setpgroup (posix_spawnattr_t *__attr,
132 pid_t __pgroup) __THROW;
134 /* Get scheduling policy from the attribute structure. */
135 extern int posix_spawnattr_getschedpolicy (__const posix_spawnattr_t *
136 __restrict __attr,
137 int *__restrict __schedpolicy)
138 __THROW;
140 /* Store scheduling policy in the attribute structure. */
141 extern int posix_spawnattr_setschedpolicy (posix_spawnattr_t *__attr,
142 int __schedpolicy) __THROW;
144 /* Get scheduling parameters from the attribute structure. */
145 extern int posix_spawnattr_getschedparam (__const posix_spawnattr_t *
146 __restrict __attr,
147 struct sched_param *__restrict
148 __schedparam) __THROW;
150 /* Store scheduling parameters in the attribute structure. */
151 extern int posix_spawnattr_setschedparam (posix_spawnattr_t *__restrict __attr,
152 const struct sched_param *
153 __restrict __schedparam) __THROW;
156 /* Initialize data structure for file attribute for `spawn' call. */
157 extern int posix_spawn_file_actions_init (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *
158 __file_actions) __THROW;
160 /* Free resources associated with FILE-ACTIONS. */
161 extern int posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *
162 __file_actions) __THROW;
164 /* Add an action to FILE-ACTIONS which tells the implementation to call
165 `open' for the given file during the `spawn' call. */
166 extern int posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *
167 __restrict __file_actions,
168 int __fd,
169 __const char *__restrict __path,
170 int __oflag, mode_t __mode)
171 __THROW;
173 /* Add an action to FILE-ACTIONS which tells the implementation to call
174 `close' for the given file descriptor during the `spawn' call. */
175 extern int posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *
176 __file_actions, int __fd)
177 __THROW;
179 /* Add an action to FILE-ACTIONS which tells the implementation to call
180 `dup2' for the given file descriptors during the `spawn' call. */
181 extern int posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *
182 __file_actions,
183 int __fd, int __newfd) __THROW;
185 __END_DECLS
187 #endif /* spawn.h */