/* Timeout API for single-threaded programs that use blocking * syscalls (read/write/send/recv/connect/accept). * * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc. * * Author: Stefan Hajnoczi * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 * of the License. */ /* Use the following pattern: * * timeout_begin(TIMEOUT); * do { * ret = accept(...); * timeout_check("accept"); * } while (ret < 0 && ret == EINTR); * timeout_end(); */ #include #include #include #include #include "timeout.h" static volatile bool timeout; /* SIGALRM handler function. Do not use sleep(2), alarm(2), or * setitimer(2) while using this API - they may interfere with each * other. */ void sigalrm(int signo) { timeout = true; } /* Start a timeout. Call timeout_check() to verify that the timeout hasn't * expired. timeout_end() must be called to stop the timeout. Timeouts cannot * be nested. */ void timeout_begin(unsigned int seconds) { alarm(seconds); } /* Exit with an error message if the timeout has expired */ void timeout_check(const char *operation) { if (timeout) { fprintf(stderr, "%s timed out\n", operation); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } /* Stop a timeout */ void timeout_end(void) { alarm(0); timeout = false; }