csci4061/notes/08-signals-code/protected-reentrant.c
Michael Zhang 041f660ccd
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2018-01-29 17:28:37 -06:00

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// In-class exercise: protect non-reentrant function using signal
// blocking. This prevents stalls but NOT may yield incorrect results
// if the signals are unblocked before the CRITICAL section can be
// completed.
//
// Adapted from Stevens and Rago Fig 10.5.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <string.h>
#define USERNAME "kauffman"
static void alarm_handler(int signo) {
printf("in signal handler\n");
sigset_t block_all, defaults; // two sets of signals
sigfillset( &block_all ); // contains all signals
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &block_all, &defaults); // block all signals
struct passwd *rootptr = NULL;
// NON-REENTRANT FUNCTION CALL IN SIGNAL HANDLER
rootptr = getpwnam("root"); // fetch record associated with root password
if (rootptr == NULL){ // check for presence of root
printf("no root, that's weird...\n");
}
else{
printf("root looks okay\n");
}
alarm(1); // reset the alarm
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &defaults, NULL); // un-block signals
printf("leaving signal handler\n");
}
int main(void) {
signal(SIGALRM, alarm_handler); // handle alarms in with the above function
alarm(1);
int successes = 0;
printf("Repeatedly checking on user '%s'\n",USERNAME);
while(1){
// Block signals while calling non-reentrant function
sigset_t block_all, defaults; // two sets of signals
sigfillset( &block_all ); // contains all signals
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &block_all, &defaults); // block all signals
struct passwd *ptr = getpwnam(USERNAME); // non-reentrant call
// sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &defaults, NULL); // un-block signals, incorrect position
if(ptr == NULL){
perror("couldn't find user");
exit(1);
}
if(strcmp(ptr->pw_name, USERNAME) != 0){ // should always be equal to USERNAME
printf("return value corrupted! pw_name = %s\n",
ptr->pw_name);
exit(1);
}
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &defaults, NULL); // un-block signals, correct position
successes++; // Show progress of loop
if(successes % 100000 == 0){
printf("%d successes so far\n",successes);
}
}
exit(0);
}