in drivers/chan_user.c [144:217]
static int winch_thread(void *arg)
{
struct winch_data *data = arg;
sigset_t sigs;
int pty_fd, pipe_fd;
int count;
char c = 1;
pty_fd = data->pty_fd;
pipe_fd = data->pipe_fd;
count = write(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
if (count != sizeof(c))
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : failed to write "
"synchronization byte, err = %d\n", -count);
/*
* We are not using SIG_IGN on purpose, so don't fix it as I thought to
* do! If using SIG_IGN, the sigsuspend() call below would not stop on
* SIGWINCH.
*/
signal(SIGWINCH, winch_handler);
sigfillset(&sigs);
/* Block all signals possible. */
if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigs, NULL) < 0) {
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : sigprocmask failed, "
"errno = %d\n", errno);
exit(1);
}
/* In sigsuspend(), block anything else than SIGWINCH. */
sigdelset(&sigs, SIGWINCH);
if (setsid() < 0) {
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : setsid failed, errno = %d\n",
errno);
exit(1);
}
if (ioctl(pty_fd, TIOCSCTTY, 0) < 0) {
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : TIOCSCTTY failed on "
"fd %d err = %d\n", pty_fd, errno);
exit(1);
}
if (tcsetpgrp(pty_fd, os_getpid()) < 0) {
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : tcsetpgrp failed on "
"fd %d err = %d\n", pty_fd, errno);
exit(1);
}
/*
* These are synchronization calls between various UML threads on the
* host - since they are not different kernel threads, we cannot use
* kernel semaphores. We don't use SysV semaphores because they are
* persistent.
*/
count = read(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
if (count != sizeof(c))
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : failed to read "
"synchronization byte, err = %d\n", errno);
while(1) {
/*
* This will be interrupted by SIGWINCH only, since
* other signals are blocked.
*/
sigsuspend(&sigs);
count = write(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
if (count != sizeof(c))
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "winch_thread : write failed, "
"err = %d\n", errno);
}
}