implement a process which can restart itself

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ add_executable(nanosm
 	src/Timer.cpp
 	src/WordExp.cpp
 	src/Process.cpp
+	src/RestartingProcess.cpp
 )
 
 target_compile_definitions(nanosm PRIVATE

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 A nano-sized not-really-a session manager intended to replace less-than-robust Bash/etc scripts. 
 
-Written in C++20.
+Written in C++20, using epoll (without helper libraries), to stay nice and smol (Yes I know io_uring exists, but using it for something tiny that literally just waits and restarts processes would be far more overkill).
 
 # Why write this?
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Because `app &` then `exec wm` is impressively awful. What if your WM crashes, o
 
 And if your WM crashes? Your whole xorg server goes with it, meaning so does everything else.
 
-A more robust solution that's still small and easy to setup is clearly a better idea.
+A more robust solution that's still small and easy to setup (read: Not written in bash) is clearly a better idea.
 
 # Installation
 

cmake/CompilerFlags-GNU.cmake

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # TODO: This currently assumes libstdc++, later on we should *probably* set this with some detection
 # also TODO: Use a list so that this isn't one giant line (list JOIN should help.)
-set(NANOSM_CORE_COMPILE_ARGS "-Wall -Wformat=2 -Wimplicit-fallthrough -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 -fstack-clash-protection -fstack-protector-strong")
+set(NANOSM_CORE_COMPILE_ARGS "-Wall -Wformat=2 -Wimplicit-fallthrough")
 set(NANOSM_CORE_LINKER_ARGS "-fuse-ld=${NANOSM_LINKER}")
 
 if("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Release") # OR "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo"

doc/nanosm.toml

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # The nanosm(1) configuration file.
 
 [nanosm]
-# The window manager you want to use. This is the first application
-# launched
-window-manager="/path/to/wm/binary --any-additional-args-here"
 
-# Enable verbose debug logging. Only useful for debugging issues.
+# Controls if nanosm should be more verbose. Defaults to false.
-verbose=false
+verbose = false
 
-# Restart delay in seconds.
+# The time in seconds nanosm will wait before restarting any app which exits.
-restart-delay=1
+restart-time = 1
 
-# Any applications besides your window manager you want to run at startup.
+
+# Any applications you want to run at startup.
 # Note that applications are executed in the order they are declared, but
 # this will not hold true if any (or all apps) crash (they will be restarted
 # effectively in a psuedorandom order).
 [nanosm.apps]
+# The window manager you want to use.
+window-manager = { command = "/path/to/wm/binary --any-additional-args-here" }
 lxpanel = { command = "lxpanel" }
 pcmanfm-desktop = { command = "pcmanfm --desktop" }

src/EventLoop.cpp

@@ -4,37 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace nanosm {
 
-	/// A little ergonomic wrapper over
-	/// std::unique_ptr<T[]>, for a "kinda-vector"
-	/// that lives on the heap and is statically sized
-	template <class T>
-	struct UniqueArray final {
-		explicit UniqueArray(usize size)
-			: array(std::make_unique<T[]>(size)),
-			  size(size) {
-		}
-
-		UniqueArray(UniqueArray&& move) {
-			array = std::move(move.array);
-			size = move.size;
-
-			// invalidate
-			move.array = nullptr;
-			move.size = 0;
-		}
-
-		T& operator[](usize index) { return Get()[index]; }
-		const T& operator[](usize index) const { return Get()[index]; }
-
-		T* Get() { return array.get(); }
-		const T* Get() const { return array.get(); }
-		usize Size() const { return size; }
-
-	   private:
-		std::unique_ptr<T[]> array {};
-		usize size {};
-	};
-
 	EventLoop::EventLoop() {
 		epollFd = epoll_create1(EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
 

src/EventLoop.hpp

@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ namespace nanosm {
 			/// Returns the file descriptor for this IO object.
 			virtual int GetFD() const = 0;
 
-			/// Return raw event mask
+			/// Returns the raw event mask declaring what events the IO object is interested in
 			virtual int InterestedEvents() const = 0;
 
 			/// Called when the object is ready (do any i/o or handling here)
-			/// [eventMask] is the raw epoll event mask
+			/// [eventMask] is the raw epoll event mask, which can be used to pick what event to fire/do
 			virtual void OnReady(int eventMask) = 0;
 
 		   protected:
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ namespace nanosm {
 		EventLoop();
 		~EventLoop();
 
-		/// Add an object to the epoll event loop.
+		/// Add an object to the event loop.
 		void AddObject(IoObject::Ptr obj);
 
+		/// Removes a IO object from the event loop
 		void RemoveObject(IoObject::Ptr obj);
 
 		/// Posts a function to run after the epoll events are dispatched.
@@ -57,13 +58,17 @@ namespace nanosm {
 		/// Runs the main loop.
 		void Run();
 
+		/// Requests the mainloop to stop.
 		void Stop();
 
 	   private:
 		int epollFd {};
 		bool shouldStop { false };
 
+		/// All tracked IO objects.
 		std::set<std::shared_ptr<IoObject>> ioObjects {};
+
+		/// FIFO queue of functions to run semi-asynchronously
 		std::deque<PostFn> postCallbacks {};
 	};
 

src/Process.cpp

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ namespace nanosm {
 		} else {
 			// Parent: monitor FD
 			eventLoop.AddObject(IoObject::Ptr(shared_from_this()));
+			if(onProcessSpawn)
+				eventLoop.Post(onProcessSpawn);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -63,12 +65,12 @@ namespace nanosm {
 
 		// Post a callback to call the user's exit callback (if one exists)
 		eventLoop.Post([self = shared_from_this()]() {
+			if(self->onProcessExit)
+				self->onProcessExit(self->siginfo.si_status);
+
 			// Prepare for re-attaching, or etc.
 			self->eventLoop.RemoveObject(self);
 			self->Reset();
-
-			if(self->onProcessExit)
-				self->onProcessExit(self->siginfo.si_status);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -77,6 +79,10 @@ namespace nanosm {
 			kill(pid, SIGTERM);
 	}
 
+	void Process::SetSpawnCallback(std::function<void()> f) {
+		onProcessSpawn = f;
+	}
+
 	void Process::SetExitCallback(std::function<void(int)> f) {
 		onProcessExit = f;
 	}

src/Process.hpp

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ namespace nanosm {
 
 		void Kill();
 
+		auto GetPID() const { return pid; }
+
+		const std::string& GetCommandLine() const { return commLine; }
+
+		void SetSpawnCallback(std::function<void()> f);
+
 		void SetExitCallback(std::function<void(int)> f);
 
 	   private:
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ namespace nanosm {
 		siginfo_t siginfo {};
 		std::string commLine;
 
+		std::function<void()> onProcessSpawn;
 		std::function<void(int)> onProcessExit;
 	};
 

src/RestartingProcess.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include "RestartingProcess.hpp"
+
+#include "EventLoop.hpp"
+#include "Process.hpp"
+#include "Timer.hpp"
+
+namespace nanosm {
+
+	RestartingProcess::RestartingProcess(nanosm::EventLoop& eventLoop)
+		: eventLoop(eventLoop), process(std::make_shared<nanosm::Process>(eventLoop)), processRestartTimer(std::make_shared<nanosm::Timer>(eventLoop)) {
+		// Add timer to the event loop
+		eventLoop.AddObject(processRestartTimer);
+	}
+
+	RestartingProcess::~RestartingProcess() {
+		eventLoop.RemoveObject(processRestartTimer);
+	}
+
+	void RestartingProcess::Spawn(const std::string& commandLine) {
+		if(!initialized)
+			Init();
+
+		process->Spawn(commandLine);
+	}
+
+	void RestartingProcess::SetSpawnCallback(std::function<void(pid_t)> f) {
+		spawnCallback = f;
+	}
+
+	void RestartingProcess::SetExitCallback(std::function<void(pid_t, int)> f) {
+		exitCallback = f;
+	}
+
+	void RestartingProcess::SetRestartTime(u32 newRestartTime) {
+		restartTimeSeconds = newRestartTime;
+	}
+
+	const std::string& RestartingProcess::GetCommandLine() const {
+		return process->GetCommandLine();
+	}
+
+	void RestartingProcess::Init() {
+		process->SetSpawnCallback([self = shared_from_this()]() {
+			self->process->SetExitCallback([self](int exitCode) {
+				// TODO: bool to not arm restart timer?
+				// Also instead of hacking this into the RestartingProcess layer,
+				// why not have normal Process expose PID too? (not that it's important)
+				if(self->exitCallback)
+					self->exitCallback(self->process->GetPID(), exitCode);
+
+				self->processRestartTimer->SetExpiryCallback([self]() {
+					self->process->Respawn();
+				});
+
+				// Start the timer to wait a bit before restarting the process
+				self->processRestartTimer->Arm(self->restartTimeSeconds);
+			});
+
+			if(self->spawnCallback)
+				self->spawnCallback(self->process->GetPID());
+		});
+		initialized = true;
+	}
+
+} // namespace nanosm

src/RestartingProcess.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Types.hpp"
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+
+
+namespace nanosm {
+
+	struct EventLoop;
+	struct Timer;
+	struct Process;
+
+	/// A process which automatically restarts.
+	struct RestartingProcess : public std::enable_shared_from_this<RestartingProcess> {
+		RestartingProcess(nanosm::EventLoop& eventLoop);
+
+		~RestartingProcess();
+		void Spawn(const std::string& commandLine);
+
+		void SetSpawnCallback(std::function<void(pid_t)> f);
+
+		void SetExitCallback(std::function<void(pid_t, int)> f);
+
+		/// Set the restart time.
+		void SetRestartTime(u32 newRestartTime);
+
+		const std::string& GetCommandLine() const;
+
+	   private:
+		void Init();
+
+		nanosm::EventLoop& eventLoop;
+		std::shared_ptr<nanosm::Process> process;
+		std::shared_ptr<nanosm::Timer> processRestartTimer;
+		bool initialized { false };
+		u32 restartTimeSeconds { 1 };
+
+		std::function<void(pid_t pid)> spawnCallback;
+		std::function<void(pid_t pid, int exitCode)> exitCallback;
+	};
+
+} // namespace nanosm

src/Types.hpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
 
 using u8 = std::uint8_t;
 using i8 = std::int8_t;
@@ -11,3 +12,38 @@ using u64 = std::uint64_t;
 using i64 = std::int64_t;
 using usize = std::size_t;
 using isize = std::intptr_t;
+
+namespace nanosm {
+
+	/// A little ergonomic wrapper over
+	/// std::unique_ptr<T[]>, for a "kinda-vector"
+	/// that lives on the heap and is statically sized
+	template <class T>
+	struct UniqueArray final {
+		explicit UniqueArray(usize size)
+			: array(std::make_unique<T[]>(size)),
+			  size(size) {
+		}
+
+		UniqueArray(UniqueArray&& move) {
+			array = std::move(move.array);
+			size = move.size;
+
+			// invalidate
+			move.array = nullptr;
+			move.size = 0;
+		}
+
+		T& operator[](usize index) { return Get()[index]; }
+		const T& operator[](usize index) const { return Get()[index]; }
+
+		T* Get() { return array.get(); }
+		const T* Get() const { return array.get(); }
+		usize Size() const { return size; }
+
+	   private:
+		std::unique_ptr<T[]> array {};
+		usize size {};
+	};
+
+} // namespace nanosm

src/main.cpp

@@ -4,34 +4,24 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "EventLoop.hpp"
-#include "WordExp.hpp"
-
-#include "Timer.hpp"
 #include "Process.hpp"
+#include "RestartingProcess.hpp"
+#include "Timer.hpp"
 
 nanosm::EventLoop ev;
 
+auto process = std::make_shared<nanosm::RestartingProcess>(ev);
+
 // tests stuff :)
-
-auto timer = std::make_shared<nanosm::Timer>(ev);
-auto process = std::make_shared<nanosm::Process>(ev);
-
 void test() {
-
+	process->SetSpawnCallback([](pid_t pid) {
+		printf("\"%s\" spawned as pid %d successfully\n", process->GetCommandLine().c_str(), pid);
 		// Do magic
-	process->SetExitCallback([p = process](int exitCode) {
+		process->SetExitCallback([](pid_t pid, int exitCode) {
-		printf("exited with %d exitcode\n", exitCode);
+			printf("\"%s\" pid %d exited with %d exitcode\n", process->GetCommandLine().c_str(), pid, exitCode);
-
+		});
-		timer->SetExpiryCallback([pp = p]() {
-			printf("Timer elapsed, restarting Nowr\n");
-			pp->Respawn();
 	});
 
-		// Start the timer to wait a bit before restarting the process
-		timer->Arm(1);
-	});
-
-	ev.AddObject(timer);
 	process->Spawn("xterm");
 }