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// Copyright © Tavian Barnes <tavianator@tavianator.com>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD

/**
 * A process-spawning library inspired by posix_spawn().
 */

#ifndef BFS_XSPAWN_H
#define BFS_XSPAWN_H

#include "config.h"
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#if _POSIX_SPAWN > 0
#  include <spawn.h>
#endif

/**
 * bfs_spawn() flags.
 */
enum bfs_spawn_flags {
	/** Use the PATH variable to resolve the executable (like execvp()). */
	BFS_SPAWN_USE_PATH  = 1 << 0,
	/** Whether posix_spawn() can be used. */
	BFS_SPAWN_USE_POSIX = 1 << 1,
};

/**
 * bfs_spawn() attributes, controlling the context of the new process.
 */
struct bfs_spawn {
	/** Spawn flags. */
	enum bfs_spawn_flags flags;

	/** Linked list of actions. */
	struct bfs_spawn_action *head;
	struct bfs_spawn_action **tail;

#if _POSIX_SPAWN > 0
	/** posix_spawn() context, for when we can use it. */
	posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;
	posix_spawnattr_t attr;
#endif
};

/**
 * Create a new bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_init(struct bfs_spawn *ctx);

/**
 * Destroy a bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_destroy(struct bfs_spawn *ctx);

/**
 * Add a close() action to a bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_addclose(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, int fd);

/**
 * Add a dup2() action to a bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_adddup2(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, int oldfd, int newfd);

/**
 * Add an fchdir() action to a bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_addfchdir(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, int fd);

/**
 * Apply setrlimit() to a bfs_spawn() context.
 *
 * @return
 *         0 on success, -1 on failure.
 */
int bfs_spawn_setrlimit(struct bfs_spawn *ctx, int resource, const struct rlimit *rl);

/**
 * Spawn a new process.
 *
 * @param exe
 *         The executable to run.
 * @param ctx
 *         The context for the new process.
 * @param argv
 *         The arguments for the new process.
 * @param envp
 *         The environment variables for the new process (NULL for the current
 *         environment).
 * @return
 *         The PID of the new process, or -1 on error.
 */
pid_t bfs_spawn(const char *exe, const struct bfs_spawn *ctx, char **argv, char **envp);

/**
 * Look up an executable in the current PATH, as BFS_SPAWN_USE_PATH or execvp()
 * would do.
 *
 * @param exe
 *         The name of the binary to execute.  Bare names without a '/' will be
 *         searched on the provided PATH.
 * @return
 *         The full path to the executable, which should be free()'d, or NULL on
 *         failure.
 */
char *bfs_spawn_resolve(const char *exe);

#endif // BFS_XSPAWN_H