启动子进程中的竞争条件导致从管道读取挂起

Question

我有两个线程，每个线程启动一个子进程。第一个应用程序是一个运行时间很长的二进制文件。第二个退出很快。

竞争条件有时会导致失败。下面我有一个最小可行的代码示例。

它使用 Boost Process 0.5，它使用标准的 fork/execve/dup2 系统。关于 Boost Process 的工作原理有一些技巧，但总的来说效果很好。

父进程启动了很多进程，总的来说是可以的。

我无法轻松地一次启动一个进程，尤其是因为我不知道哪些部分不能交错。

关于为什么会挂起的任何想法？

预期输出：

/etc/init.d/led restart: Creating child
Creating child1
Reading STDOUT
/etc/init.d/led restart: Waiting for it to exit
Reading std_err_pipe


wait_for_exit(pullapp);
Reading std_out_pipe
< file list>

Done

然而，它经常（但并非总是）停在 std_err_pipe。

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>
#include <boost/process.hpp>
#include <boost/thread.hpp>

void run_sleep()
{
    int      exit_code;
    std::string   str;

    std::vector< std::string >  args;

    boost::shared_ptr<boost::process::child> child;

    args.push_back(boost::process::search_path("sleep"));
    args.push_back("20");

    boost::iostreams::stream< boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source >
        out_stream;

    boost::process::pipe out_pipe = boost::process::create_pipe();

    {
        //MUST BE IN SEPARATE SCOPE SO SINK AND SOURCE ARE DESTROYED
        // See 
        boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_sink    out_sink
            (out_pipe.sink,   boost::iostreams::close_handle);
        boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source  out_source
            (out_pipe.source, boost::iostreams::close_handle);

        std::cout << "Creating child1" << std::endl;
        child.reset(new boost::process::child(
            boost::process::execute(
                boost::process::initializers::run_exe(args[0]),
                boost::process::initializers::set_args(args),
                boost::process::initializers::bind_stdout(out_sink),
                boost::process::initializers::bind_stderr(out_sink)
            )
        ));

        out_stream.open(out_source);
    }

    std::cout << "Reading STDOUT" << std::endl;
    while( out_stream ) {
        std::string line;

        std::getline(out_stream, line);

        std::cout << line << std::endl;
    }

    std::cout << "wait_for_exit(pullapp);" << std::endl;
    exit_code = wait_for_exit(*child);

    child.reset();

    return;
}


void run_ls()
{
    int      exit_code;
    std::string   str;

    std::vector< std::string >  args ;

    args.push_back(boost::process::search_path("ls"));
    args.push_back("/lib");

    boost::process::pipe std_out_pipe = boost::process::create_pipe();
    boost::process::pipe std_err_pipe = boost::process::create_pipe();

    std::cout << "/etc/init.d/led restart: Creating child" << std::endl;

    {
        boost::process::child child = boost::process::execute(
            boost::process::initializers::set_args(args),
            boost::process::initializers::bind_stdout(
                boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_sink(
                    std_out_pipe.sink,
                    boost::iostreams::close_handle
                )
            ),
            boost::process::initializers::bind_stderr(
                boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_sink(
                    std_err_pipe.sink,
                    boost::iostreams::close_handle
                )
            ),
            boost::process::initializers::throw_on_error()
        );

        std::cout << "/etc/init.d/led restart: Waiting for it to exit" << std::endl;
        exit_code = wait_for_exit(child);
    }

    { //with std_err_stream, istream
        boost::iostreams::stream< boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source >
            std_err_stream(
                boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source(
                    std_err_pipe.source, boost::iostreams::close_handle
                )
            );

        std::cout << "Reading std_err_pipe" << std::endl;
        std::istream istream(std_err_stream.rdbuf());
        while( istream ) {
            getline(istream, str);
            std::cout << str << std::endl;
        }
    }

    { //with std_out_stream, istream
        boost::iostreams::stream< boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source >
            std_out_stream(
                boost::iostreams::file_descriptor_source(
                    std_out_pipe.source, boost::iostreams::close_handle
                )
            );

        std::cout << "Reading std_out_pipe" << std::endl;
        std::istream istream(std_out_stream.rdbuf());
        while( istream ) {
            getline(istream, str);
            std::cout << str << std::endl;
        }
    }

    std::cout << "Done" << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
    boost::thread  run_sleep_tr(run_sleep);
    boost::thread  run_ls_tr(run_ls);

    run_sleep_tr.join();
    run_ls_tr.join();

    return 0;
}

(另存为process-test.cpp并用g++ process-test.cpp -o process-test -lboost_iostreams -lboost_filesystem -lboost_thread -lboost_system编译)

Answer 1

显然这是因为文件句柄在多个进程中结束。这些进程不会关闭那些句柄，因此父进程仍在等待。

对于Linux，修复相对容易；管道应在 create_pipe 中使用 O_CLOEXEC 创建。 bind_* 方法中的 dup2 调用会清除此标志，这足以使管道正常工作。

在Windows，我还没有真正找到解决办法。您必须将句柄标记为可继承。可以在 executor() 方法中执行此操作，但这可能需要全局互斥锁。我还没有时间仔细研究它。

Answer 2

我不确定 "use boost.process 0.6" 是否算作答案，但这对你来说是正确的。经过几bug-reports就是了。在 windows 上，关闭父进程中的接收器就足够了。

启动子进程中的竞争条件导致从管道读取挂起

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