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[oweals/gnunet.git] / src / arm / arm_api.c
index f2d2b293a76b03375a5ba8c0ba65c349ad57ba9b..cc75e46daf40c36a7f95ac3deae8d6ba33fd8fe2 100644 (file)
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*
      This file is part of GNUnet.
-     (C) 2009 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+     (C) 2009, 2010 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
 
      GNUnet 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; either version 2, or (at your
+     by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
      option) any later version.
 
      GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 #include "arm.h"
 
 
-/**
- * How long are we willing to wait for a service operation during the multi-operation
- * request processing?
- */
-#define MULTI_TIMEOUT  GNUNET_TIME_relative_multiply (GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_SECONDS, 5)
-
-
 /**
  * Handle for interacting with ARM.
- */ 
+ */
 struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle
 {
 
@@ -56,13 +49,206 @@ struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle
    */
   struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg;
 
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Context for handling the shutdown of a service.
+ */
+struct ShutdownContext
+{
+  /**
+   * Connection to the service that is being shutdown.
+   */
+  struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection *sock;
+
+  /**
+   * Time allowed for shutdown to happen.
+   */
+  struct GNUNET_TIME_Absolute timeout;
+
+  /**
+   * Task set up to cancel the shutdown request on timeout.
+   */
+  GNUNET_SCHEDULER_TaskIdentifier cancel_task;
+
+  /**
+   * Task to call once shutdown complete
+   */
+  GNUNET_CLIENT_ShutdownTask cont;
+
+  /**
+   * Closure for shutdown continuation
+   */
+  void *cont_cls;
+
   /**
-   * Scheduler to use.
+   * We received a confirmation that the service will shut down.
    */
-  struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched;
+  int confirmed;
 
 };
 
+/**
+ * Handler receiving response to service shutdown requests.
+ * First call with NULL: service misbehaving, or something.
+ * First call with GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_SHUTDOWN_ACK:
+ *   - service will shutdown
+ * Second call with NULL:
+ *   - service has now really shut down.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param msg NULL, indicating socket closure.
+ */
+static void
+service_shutdown_handler (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg)
+{
+  struct ShutdownContext *shutdown_ctx = cls;
+
+  if ((msg == NULL) && (shutdown_ctx->confirmed != GNUNET_YES))
+  {
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+    /* Means the other side closed the connection and never confirmed a shutdown */
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+                "Service handle shutdown before ACK!\n");
+#endif
+    if (shutdown_ctx->cont != NULL)
+      shutdown_ctx->cont (shutdown_ctx->cont_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_SCHEDULER_cancel (shutdown_ctx->cancel_task);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (shutdown_ctx->sock, GNUNET_NO);
+    GNUNET_free (shutdown_ctx);
+  }
+  else if ((msg == NULL) && (shutdown_ctx->confirmed == GNUNET_YES))
+  {
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG, "Service shutdown complete.\n");
+#endif
+    if (shutdown_ctx->cont != NULL)
+      shutdown_ctx->cont (shutdown_ctx->cont_cls, GNUNET_NO);
+
+    GNUNET_SCHEDULER_cancel (shutdown_ctx->cancel_task);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (shutdown_ctx->sock, GNUNET_NO);
+    GNUNET_free (shutdown_ctx);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    GNUNET_assert (ntohs (msg->size) == sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader));
+    switch (ntohs (msg->type))
+    {
+    case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_SHUTDOWN_ACK:
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+                  "Received confirmation for service shutdown.\n");
+#endif
+      shutdown_ctx->confirmed = GNUNET_YES;
+      GNUNET_CLIENT_receive (shutdown_ctx->sock, &service_shutdown_handler,
+                             shutdown_ctx, GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_FOREVER_REL);
+      break;
+    default:                   /* Fall through */
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG, "Service shutdown refused!\n");
+#endif
+      if (shutdown_ctx->cont != NULL)
+        shutdown_ctx->cont (shutdown_ctx->cont_cls, GNUNET_YES);
+
+      GNUNET_SCHEDULER_cancel (shutdown_ctx->cancel_task);
+      GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (shutdown_ctx->sock, GNUNET_NO);
+      GNUNET_free (shutdown_ctx);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shutting down took too long, cancel receive and return error.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param tc context information (why was this task triggered now)
+ */
+void
+service_shutdown_cancel (void *cls,
+                         const struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_TaskContext *tc)
+{
+  struct ShutdownContext *shutdown_ctx = cls;
+
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG, "service_shutdown_cancel called!\n");
+#endif
+  shutdown_ctx->cont (shutdown_ctx->cont_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+  GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (shutdown_ctx->sock, GNUNET_NO);
+  GNUNET_free (shutdown_ctx);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * If possible, write a shutdown message to the target
+ * buffer and destroy the client connection.
+ *
+ * @param cls the "struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection" to destroy
+ * @param size number of bytes available in buf
+ * @param buf NULL on error, otherwise target buffer
+ * @return number of bytes written to buf
+ */
+static size_t
+write_shutdown (void *cls, size_t size, void *buf)
+{
+  struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg;
+  struct ShutdownContext *shutdown_ctx = cls;
+
+  if (size < sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                _("Failed to transmit shutdown request to client.\n"));
+    shutdown_ctx->cont (shutdown_ctx->cont_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (shutdown_ctx->sock, GNUNET_NO);
+    GNUNET_free (shutdown_ctx);
+    return 0;                   /* client disconnected */
+  }
+
+  GNUNET_CLIENT_receive (shutdown_ctx->sock, &service_shutdown_handler,
+                         shutdown_ctx, GNUNET_TIME_UNIT_FOREVER_REL);
+  shutdown_ctx->cancel_task =
+      GNUNET_SCHEDULER_add_delayed (GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_remaining
+                                    (shutdown_ctx->timeout),
+                                    &service_shutdown_cancel, shutdown_ctx);
+  msg = (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *) buf;
+  msg->type = htons (GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_SHUTDOWN);
+  msg->size = htons (sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader));
+  return sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Request that the service should shutdown.
+ * Afterwards, the connection will automatically be
+ * disconnected.  Hence the "sock" should not
+ * be used by the caller after this call
+ * (calling this function frees "sock" after a while).
+ *
+ * @param sock the socket connected to the service
+ * @param timeout how long to wait before giving up on transmission
+ * @param cont continuation to call once the service is really down
+ * @param cont_cls closure for continuation
+ *
+ */
+static void
+arm_service_shutdown (struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection *sock,
+                      struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
+                      GNUNET_CLIENT_ShutdownTask cont, void *cont_cls)
+{
+  struct ShutdownContext *shutdown_ctx;
+
+  shutdown_ctx = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct ShutdownContext));
+  shutdown_ctx->cont = cont;
+  shutdown_ctx->cont_cls = cont_cls;
+  shutdown_ctx->sock = sock;
+  shutdown_ctx->timeout = GNUNET_TIME_relative_to_absolute (timeout);
+  GNUNET_CLIENT_notify_transmit_ready (sock,
+                                       sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader),
+                                       timeout, GNUNET_YES, &write_shutdown,
+                                       shutdown_ctx);
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Setup a context for communicating with ARM.  Note that this
@@ -71,25 +257,17 @@ struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle
  * @param cfg configuration to use (needed to contact ARM;
  *        the ARM service may internally use a different
  *        configuration to determine how to start the service).
- * @param sched scheduler to use
  * @param service service that *this* process is implementing/providing, can be NULL
  * @return context to use for further ARM operations, NULL on error
  */
 struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *
 GNUNET_ARM_connect (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
-                   struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,
-                   const char *service)
+                    const char *service)
 {
   struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *ret;
-  struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection *client;
 
-  client = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect (sched, "arm", cfg);
-  if (client == NULL)
-    return NULL;
   ret = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle));
   ret->cfg = GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_dup (cfg);
-  ret->sched = sched;
-  ret->client = client;
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -103,11 +281,25 @@ void
 GNUNET_ARM_disconnect (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h)
 {
   if (h->client != NULL)
-    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (h->client);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (h->client, GNUNET_NO);
   GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_destroy (h->cfg);
   GNUNET_free (h);
 }
 
+struct ARM_ShutdownContext
+{
+  /**
+   * Callback to call once shutdown complete.
+   */
+  GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb;
+
+  /**
+   * Closure for callback.
+   */
+  void *cb_cls;
+};
+
+
 
 /**
  * Internal state for a request with ARM.
@@ -142,6 +334,8 @@ struct RequestContext
 
 };
 
+#include "do_start_process.c"
+
 
 /**
  * A client specifically requested starting of ARM itself.
@@ -153,69 +347,104 @@ struct RequestContext
  * @param tc why were we called (reason says if ARM is running)
  */
 static void
-arm_service_report (void *cls,
-                   const struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_TaskContext *tc)
+arm_service_report (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_TaskContext *tc)
 {
   struct RequestContext *pos = cls;
-  pid_t pid;
+  struct GNUNET_OS_Process *proc;
   char *binary;
   char *config;
+  char *loprefix;
+  char *lopostfix;
 
   if (0 != (tc->reason & GNUNET_SCHEDULER_REASON_PREREQ_DONE))
-    {
-      /* arm is running! */
-      if (pos->callback != NULL)
-        pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_YES);
-      GNUNET_free (pos);
-      return;
-    }
-  /* FIXME: should we check that HOSTNAME for 'arm' is localhost? */
-  /* start service */
+  {
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+                "Looks like `%s' is already running.\n", "gnunet-service-arm");
+#endif
+    /* arm is running! */
+    if (pos->callback != NULL)
+      pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_YES);
+    GNUNET_free (pos);
+    return;
+  }
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+              "Looks like `%s' is not running, will start it.\n",
+              "gnunet-service-arm");
+#endif
   if (GNUNET_OK !=
-      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (pos->h->cfg,
-                                            "arm",
-                                            "BINARY",
-                                            &binary))
-    {
-      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
-                  _("Configuration failes to specify option `%s' in section `%s'!\n"),
-                 "BINARY",
-                 "arm");
-      if (pos->callback != NULL)
-        pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
-      GNUNET_free (pos);
-      return;
-    }
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (pos->h->cfg, "arm", "PREFIX",
+                                             &loprefix))
+    loprefix = GNUNET_strdup ("");
   if (GNUNET_OK !=
-      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_filename (pos->h->cfg,
-                                              "arm", "CONFIG", &config))
-    {
-      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
-                  _("Configuration fails to specify option `%s' in section `%s'!\n"),
-                 "CONFIG",
-                 "arm");
-      if (pos->callback != NULL)
-        pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
-      GNUNET_free (binary);
-      GNUNET_free (pos);
-      return;
-    }
-  pid = GNUNET_OS_start_process (binary, binary, "-d", "-c", config,
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (pos->h->cfg, "arm", "OPTIONS",
+                                             &lopostfix))
+    lopostfix = GNUNET_strdup ("");
+  if (GNUNET_OK !=
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (pos->h->cfg, "arm", "BINARY",
+                                             &binary))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                _
+                ("Configuration failes to specify option `%s' in section `%s'!\n"),
+                "BINARY", "arm");
+    if (pos->callback != NULL)
+      pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_free (pos);
+    GNUNET_free (loprefix);
+    GNUNET_free (lopostfix);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (GNUNET_OK !=
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_filename (pos->h->cfg, "arm", "CONFIG",
+                                               &config))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                _
+                ("Configuration fails to specify option `%s' in section `%s'!\n"),
+                "CONFIG", "arm");
+    if (pos->callback != NULL)
+      pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_free (binary);
+    GNUNET_free (pos);
+    GNUNET_free (loprefix);
+    GNUNET_free (lopostfix);
+    return;
+  }
+  if ((GNUNET_YES == GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_have_value (pos->h->cfg, "TESTING", "WEAKRANDOM")) && (GNUNET_YES == GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_yesno (pos->h->cfg, "TESTING", "WEAKRANDOM")) && (GNUNET_NO == GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_have_value (pos->h->cfg, "TESTING", "HOSTFILE"))      /* Means we are ONLY running locally */
+      )
+  {
+    /* we're clearly running a test, don't daemonize */
+    proc = do_start_process (NULL, loprefix, binary, "-c", config,
 #if DEBUG_ARM
-                                 "-L", "DEBUG",
+                             "-L", "DEBUG",
 #endif
-                                 NULL);
+                             /* no daemonization! */
+                             lopostfix, NULL);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    proc = do_start_process (NULL, loprefix, binary, "-c", config,
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+                             "-L", "DEBUG",
+#endif
+                             "-d", lopostfix, NULL);
+  }
   GNUNET_free (binary);
   GNUNET_free (config);
-  if (pid == -1)
-    {
-      if (pos->callback != NULL)
-        pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
-      GNUNET_free (pos);
-      return;
-    }
+  GNUNET_free (loprefix);
+  GNUNET_free (lopostfix);
+  if (proc == NULL)
+  {
+    if (pos->callback != NULL)
+      pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_free (pos);
+    return;
+  }
   if (pos->callback != NULL)
     pos->callback (pos->cls, GNUNET_YES);
+  GNUNET_free (proc);
   GNUNET_free (pos);
 }
 
@@ -224,7 +453,7 @@ arm_service_report (void *cls,
  * Process a response from ARM to a request for a change in service
  * status.
  *
- * @param cls the request context 
+ * @param cls the request context
  * @param msg the response
  */
 static void
@@ -234,39 +463,41 @@ handle_response (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg)
   int ret;
 
   if (msg == NULL)
-    {
-      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
-                  _("Error receiving response from ARM service\n"));
-      GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (sc->h->client);
-      sc->h->client = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect (sc->h->sched, 
-                                            "arm", 
-                                            sc->h->cfg);
-      GNUNET_assert (NULL != sc->h->client);
-      if (sc->callback != NULL)
-        sc->callback (sc->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
-      GNUNET_free (sc);
-      return;
-    }
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                _
+                ("Error receiving response to `%s' request from ARM for service `%s'\n"),
+                (sc->type == GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_START) ? "START" : "STOP",
+                (const char *) &sc[1]);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_disconnect (sc->h->client, GNUNET_NO);
+    sc->h->client = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect ("arm", sc->h->cfg);
+    GNUNET_assert (NULL != sc->h->client);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_ignore_shutdown (sc->h->client, GNUNET_YES);
+    if (sc->callback != NULL)
+      sc->callback (sc->cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_free (sc);
+    return;
+  }
 #if DEBUG_ARM
   GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
-              "Received response from ARM service: %u\n",
-             ntohs(msg->type));
+              "Received response from ARM for service `%s': %u\n",
+              (const char *) &sc[1], ntohs (msg->type));
 #endif
   switch (ntohs (msg->type))
-    {
-    case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_UP:
-      ret = GNUNET_YES;
-      break;
-    case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_DOWN:
-      ret = GNUNET_NO;
-      break;
-    case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_UNKNOWN:
-      ret = GNUNET_SYSERR;
-      break;
-    default:
-      GNUNET_break (0);
-      ret = GNUNET_SYSERR;
-    }
+  {
+  case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_UP:
+    ret = GNUNET_YES;
+    break;
+  case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_DOWN:
+    ret = GNUNET_NO;
+    break;
+  case GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_IS_UNKNOWN:
+    ret = GNUNET_SYSERR;
+    break;
+  default:
+    GNUNET_break (0);
+    ret = GNUNET_SYSERR;
+  }
   if (sc->callback != NULL)
     sc->callback (sc->cls, ret);
   GNUNET_free (sc);
@@ -281,30 +512,32 @@ handle_response (void *cls, const struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg)
  * @param timeout how long to wait before failing for good
  * @param cb callback to invoke when service is ready
  * @param cb_cls closure for callback
- * @param type type of the request 
+ * @param type type of the request
  */
 static void
-change_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
-               const char *service_name,
-                struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
-                GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb, void *cb_cls, uint16_t type)
+change_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h, const char *service_name,
+                struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout, GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb,
+                void *cb_cls, uint16_t type)
 {
   struct RequestContext *sctx;
   size_t slen;
   struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg;
 
   slen = strlen (service_name) + 1;
-  if (slen + sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader) >
+  if (slen + sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader) >=
       GNUNET_SERVER_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE)
-    {
-      GNUNET_break (0);
-      if (cb != NULL)
-        cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_NO);
-      return;
-    }
+  {
+    GNUNET_break (0);
+    if (cb != NULL)
+      cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_NO);
+    return;
+  }
 #if DEBUG_ARM
   GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
-              _("ARM requests starting of service `%s'.\n"), service_name);
+              (type ==
+               GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_START) ?
+              _("Requesting start of service `%s'.\n") :
+              _("Requesting termination of service `%s'.\n"), service_name);
 #endif
   sctx = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct RequestContext) + slen);
   sctx->h = h;
@@ -312,26 +545,32 @@ change_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
   sctx->cls = cb_cls;
   sctx->timeout = GNUNET_TIME_relative_to_absolute (timeout);
   sctx->type = type;
+  memcpy (&sctx[1], service_name, slen);
   msg = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader) + slen);
   msg->size = htons (sizeof (struct GNUNET_MessageHeader) + slen);
   msg->type = htons (sctx->type);
   memcpy (&msg[1], service_name, slen);
   if (GNUNET_OK !=
-      GNUNET_CLIENT_transmit_and_get_response (sctx->h->client,
-                                              msg,
-                                              GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_remaining (sctx->timeout),
-                                              GNUNET_YES,
-                                              &handle_response,
-                                              sctx))
-    {       
-      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
-                 _("Error while trying to transmit to ARM service\n"));
-      if (cb != NULL)
-       cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
-      GNUNET_free (sctx);
-      GNUNET_free (msg);
-      return;
-    }
+      GNUNET_CLIENT_transmit_and_get_response (sctx->h->client, msg,
+                                               GNUNET_TIME_absolute_get_remaining
+                                               (sctx->timeout), GNUNET_YES,
+                                               &handle_response, sctx))
+  {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
+                (type ==
+                 GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_START) ?
+                _
+                ("Error while trying to transmit request to start `%s' to ARM\n")
+                :
+                _
+                ("Error while trying to transmit request to stop `%s' to ARM\n"),
+                (const char *) &service_name);
+    if (cb != NULL)
+      cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
+    GNUNET_free (sctx);
+    GNUNET_free (msg);
+    return;
+  }
   GNUNET_free (msg);
 }
 
@@ -346,62 +585,77 @@ change_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
  * @param cb_cls closure for callback
  */
 void
-GNUNET_ARM_start_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
-                         const char *service_name,
+GNUNET_ARM_start_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h, const char *service_name,
                           struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
                           GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb, void *cb_cls)
 {
   struct RequestContext *sctx;
+  struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection *client;
+  size_t slen;
 
-  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_INFO,
-              _("Starting service `%s'\n"), service_name);
-  if (0 == strcmp ("arm", service_name))
+#if DEBUG_ARM
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+              _("Asked to start service `%s' within %llu ms\n"), service_name,
+              (unsigned long long) timeout.rel_value);
+#endif
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+              _("Asked to start service `%s' within %llu ms\n"), service_name,
+              (unsigned long long) timeout.rel_value);
+  if (0 == strcasecmp ("arm", service_name))
+  {
+    slen = strlen ("arm") + 1;
+    sctx = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct RequestContext) + slen);
+    sctx->h = h;
+    sctx->callback = cb;
+    sctx->cls = cb_cls;
+    sctx->timeout = GNUNET_TIME_relative_to_absolute (timeout);
+    memcpy (&sctx[1], service_name, slen);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_service_test ("arm", h->cfg, timeout, &arm_service_report,
+                                sctx);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (h->client == NULL)
+  {
+    client = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect ("arm", h->cfg);
+    if (client == NULL)
     {
-      sctx = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct RequestContext));
-      sctx->h = h;
-      sctx->callback = cb;
-      sctx->cls = cb_cls;
-      sctx->timeout = GNUNET_TIME_relative_to_absolute (timeout);
-      GNUNET_CLIENT_service_test (h->sched,
-                                  "arm",
-                                  h->cfg, timeout, &arm_service_report, sctx);
+      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+                  "arm_api, GNUNET_CLIENT_connect returned NULL\n");
+      cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
       return;
     }
-  change_service (h, service_name, timeout, cb, cb_cls, GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_START);
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG,
+                "arm_api, GNUNET_CLIENT_connect returned non-NULL\n");
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_ignore_shutdown (client, GNUNET_YES);
+    h->client = client;
+  }
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_DEBUG, "arm_api, h->client non-NULL\n");
+  change_service (h, service_name, timeout, cb, cb_cls,
+                  GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_START);
 }
 
-
 /**
- * Stop a service.
+ * Callback from the arm stop service call, indicates that the arm service
+ * is well and truly dead, won't die, or an error occurred.
  *
- * @param h handle to ARM
- * @param service_name name of the service
- * @param timeout how long to wait before failing for good
- * @param cb callback to invoke when service is ready
- * @param cb_cls closure for callback
+ * @param cls closure for the callback
+ * @param reason reason for callback, GNUNET_NO if arm is shutdown
+ *        GNUNET_YES if arm remains running, and GNUNET_SYSERR on error
  */
 void
-GNUNET_ARM_stop_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
-                        const char *service_name,
-                         struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
-                         GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb, void *cb_cls)
+arm_shutdown_callback (void *cls, int reason)
 {
-  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_INFO,
-              _("Stopping service `%s'\n"), service_name);
-  if (0 == strcmp ("arm", service_name))
-    {
-      GNUNET_CLIENT_service_shutdown (h->client);
-      h->client = NULL;
-      if (cb != NULL)
-        cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_NO);
-      return;
-    }
-  change_service (h, service_name, timeout, cb, cb_cls, GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_STOP);
+  struct ARM_ShutdownContext *arm_shutdown_ctx = cls;
+
+  if (arm_shutdown_ctx->cb != NULL)
+    arm_shutdown_ctx->cb (arm_shutdown_ctx->cb_cls, reason);
+
+  GNUNET_free (arm_shutdown_ctx);
 }
 
 
 /**
- * Function to call for each service.
+ * Stop a service.
  *
  * @param h handle to ARM
  * @param service_name name of the service
@@ -409,155 +663,40 @@ GNUNET_ARM_stop_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
  * @param cb callback to invoke when service is ready
  * @param cb_cls closure for callback
  */
-typedef void (*ServiceOperation) (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h,
-                                 const char *service_name,
-                                 struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
-                                 GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb, void *cb_cls);
-
-
-/**
- * Context for starting or stopping multiple services.
- */
-struct MultiContext
+void
+GNUNET_ARM_stop_service (struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h, const char *service_name,
+                         struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
+                         GNUNET_ARM_Callback cb, void *cb_cls)
 {
-  /**
-   * NULL-terminated array of services to start or stop.
-   */
-  char **services;
-
-  /**
-   * Our handle to ARM.
-   */
-  struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h;
-
-  /**
-   * Identifies the operation (start or stop).
-   */
-  ServiceOperation op;
-
-  /**
-   * Current position in "services".
-   */
-  unsigned int pos;
-};
-
+  struct ARM_ShutdownContext *arm_shutdown_ctx;
+  struct GNUNET_CLIENT_Connection *client;
 
-/**
- * Run the operation for the next service in the multi-service
- * request.
- *
- * @param cls the "struct MultiContext" that is being processed
- * @param success status of the previous operation (ignored)
- */
-static void
-next_operation (void *cls,
-               int success)
-{
-  struct MultiContext *mc = cls;
-  char *pos;
-  
-  if (NULL == (pos = mc->services[mc->pos]))
+  GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_INFO,
+              _("Stopping service `%s' within %llu ms\n"), service_name,
+              (unsigned long long) timeout.rel_value);
+  if (h->client == NULL)
+  {
+    client = GNUNET_CLIENT_connect ("arm", h->cfg);
+    if (client == NULL)
     {
-      GNUNET_free (mc->services);
-      GNUNET_ARM_disconnect (mc->h);
-      GNUNET_free (mc);
+      cb (cb_cls, GNUNET_SYSERR);
       return;
     }
-  mc->pos++;
-  mc->op (mc->h, pos, MULTI_TIMEOUT, &next_operation, mc);
-  GNUNET_free (pos);
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Run a multi-service request.
- *
- * @param cfg configuration to use (needed to contact ARM;
- *        the ARM service may internally use a different
- *        configuration to determine how to start the service).
- * @param sched scheduler to use
- * @param op the operation to perform for each service
- * @param va NULL-terminated list of services
- */
-static void
-run_multi_request (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
-                  struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,                   
-                  ServiceOperation op,
-                  va_list va)
-{
-  va_list cp;
-  unsigned int total;
-  struct MultiContext *mc;
-  struct GNUNET_ARM_Handle *h;
-  const char *c;
-  
-  h = GNUNET_ARM_connect (cfg, sched, NULL);
-  if (NULL == h)
-    {
-      GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
-                 _("Error while trying to transmit to ARM service\n"));
-      return; 
-    }
-  total = 1;
-  va_copy (cp, va);
-  while (NULL != (va_arg (cp, const char*))) total++;
-  va_end (cp);
-  mc = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof(struct MultiContext));
-  mc->services = GNUNET_malloc (total * sizeof (char*));
-  mc->h = h;
-  mc->op = op;
-  total = 0;
-  va_copy (cp, va);
-  while (NULL != (c = va_arg (cp, const char*))) 
-    mc->services[total++] = GNUNET_strdup (c);
-  va_end (cp);
-  next_operation (mc, GNUNET_YES);
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Start multiple services in the specified order.  Convenience
- * function.  Works asynchronously, failures are not reported.
- *
- * @param cfg configuration to use (needed to contact ARM;
- *        the ARM service may internally use a different
- *        configuration to determine how to start the service).
- * @param sched scheduler to use
- * @param ... NULL-terminated list of service names (const char*)
- */
-void
-GNUNET_ARM_start_services (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
-                          struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,
-                          ...)
-{
-  va_list ap;
-
-  va_start (ap, sched);
-  run_multi_request (cfg, sched, &GNUNET_ARM_start_service, ap);
-  va_end (ap);
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Stop multiple services in the specified order.  Convenience
- * function.  Works asynchronously, failures are not reported.
- *
- * @param cfg configuration to use (needed to contact ARM;
- *        the ARM service may internally use a different
- *        configuration to determine how to start the service).
- * @param sched scheduler to use
- * @param ... NULL-terminated list of service names (const char*)
- */
-void
-GNUNET_ARM_stop_services (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
-                         struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,
-                         ...)
-{
-  va_list ap;
-
-  va_start (ap, sched);
-  run_multi_request (cfg, sched, &GNUNET_ARM_stop_service, ap);
-  va_end (ap);
+    GNUNET_CLIENT_ignore_shutdown (client, GNUNET_YES);
+    h->client = client;
+  }
+  if (0 == strcasecmp ("arm", service_name))
+  {
+    arm_shutdown_ctx = GNUNET_malloc (sizeof (struct ARM_ShutdownContext));
+    arm_shutdown_ctx->cb = cb;
+    arm_shutdown_ctx->cb_cls = cb_cls;
+    arm_service_shutdown (h->client, timeout, &arm_shutdown_callback,
+                          arm_shutdown_ctx);
+    h->client = NULL;
+    return;
+  }
+  change_service (h, service_name, timeout, cb, cb_cls,
+                  GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_ARM_STOP);
 }