oweals/dinit.git
8 years agoUpdate TODO list
Davin McCall [Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:01:33 +0000 (02:01 +0000)]
Update TODO list

8 years agoSeveral changes, centered around improving logging and handling
Davin McCall [Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:55:51 +0000 (01:55 +0000)]
Several changes, centered around improving logging and handling
read-only initial filesystem.

* introduce basic logging functions
* allow "onstart" commands to specify if console output should
  stop and/or if control socket should be opened after a service
  starts
* fix a bug in load_service / service constructor interaction,
  caused services with arguments to fail

8 years agoUse C++11 typesafe enums for service type (ServiceType) and state
Davin McCall [Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:28:41 +0000 (00:28 +0000)]
Use C++11 typesafe enums for service type (ServiceType) and state
(ServiceState).

8 years agoMake start_ps_process more C++ish and prevent it throwing exceptions
Davin McCall [Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:42:01 +0000 (15:42 +0000)]
Make start_ps_process more C++ish and prevent it throwing exceptions

The function already has a status result so it doesn't make much
sense to allow exceptions to propogate out of it.

8 years agoAllow for quoted program arguments (and executable).
Davin McCall [Sun, 15 Nov 2015 11:28:50 +0000 (11:28 +0000)]
Allow for quoted program arguments (and executable).

In loadServiceRecord(), the 'command' setting was parsed and unquoted
resulting in a single string. Now, the beginning and end of each part
(i.e. the executable and each argument) are recorded so they can be
stored as part of the service record, and nul terminators are stored
behind each part.

9 years agoFix comment in relation to vfork (we are using fork instead now)
Davin McCall [Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:15:34 +0000 (18:15 +0000)]
Fix comment in relation to vfork (we are using fork instead now)

9 years agoMinor cleanup: use C++-style cast and add some comments
Davin McCall [Fri, 13 Nov 2015 18:12:37 +0000 (18:12 +0000)]
Minor cleanup: use C++-style cast and add some comments

9 years agoBack out incorrect comment introduced earlier.
Davin McCall [Thu, 5 Nov 2015 00:23:35 +0000 (00:23 +0000)]
Back out incorrect comment introduced earlier.

9 years agoImprove comments - remove no longer relevant comment, add some new comments.
Davin McCall [Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:14:58 +0000 (22:14 +0000)]
Improve comments - remove no longer relevant comment, add some new comments.

9 years agoAdd parameter documentation for read_setting_value
Davin McCall [Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:08:37 +0000 (22:08 +0000)]
Add parameter documentation for read_setting_value

9 years agoAugment read_setting_value so that it can return the position (start and end)
Davin McCall [Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:05:20 +0000 (22:05 +0000)]
Augment read_setting_value so that it can return the position (start and end)
of each part of the setting value.

9 years agoChange parameter type of read_setting_{name,value} from string_iterator pointer to...
Davin McCall [Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:17:38 +0000 (20:17 +0000)]
Change parameter type of read_setting_{name,value} from string_iterator pointer to string_iterator reference.

9 years agoImprove comment.
Davin McCall [Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:14:21 +0000 (20:14 +0000)]
Improve comment.

9 years agoAdd support for "internal" services (which don't actually run any
Davin McCall [Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:59:16 +0000 (20:59 +0100)]
Add support for "internal" services (which don't actually run any
external process) and enhance config file parsing a little.

9 years agoRe-vamp the "build system".
Davin McCall [Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:56:16 +0000 (21:56 +0100)]
Re-vamp the "build system".

Move compiler options etc into make variables in the "mconfig" file.
The main makefile includes the mconfig file, so it shouldn't generally
be necessary to edit the makefile itself. Includes sample config for
GCC and LLVM+libc+++.

9 years agoSimple cleanups.
Davin McCall [Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:52:10 +0000 (21:52 +0100)]
Simple cleanups.

9 years agoFinish soft dependency support.
Davin McCall [Wed, 9 Sep 2015 19:52:23 +0000 (20:52 +0100)]
Finish soft dependency support.

If a soft dependency fails to start, it no longer cancels its
dependent's start.

9 years agoSet dependents desired state to STOPPED immediately
Davin McCall [Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:12:51 +0000 (18:12 +0100)]
Set dependents desired state to STOPPED immediately
when stop of dependency requested.

Previously, if the state was STARTING when the stop
was issued, dependencies were not stopped.

9 years agoImplement "soft" dependencies. These are created by using
Davin McCall [Mon, 7 Sep 2015 09:44:15 +0000 (10:44 +0100)]
Implement "soft" dependencies. These are created by using
"depends-soft=" in the service file in place of "depends-on=".
If a service stops or dies, it will not cause dependents with
only a soft dependency to stop. This can be used to control
startup order without creating a real dependency.

Note: if a soft dependency fails to start, it still causes the
dependent to also fail to start.

9 years agoJust adding some comments.
Davin McCall [Sun, 6 Sep 2015 17:35:36 +0000 (18:35 +0100)]
Just adding some comments.

9 years agoFilter "auto" from the command line. LILO adds it automatically for
Davin McCall [Sun, 6 Sep 2015 17:34:27 +0000 (18:34 +0100)]
Filter "auto" from the command line. LILO adds it automatically for
non-interactive boots; we can just ignore it.

9 years agoforceStop() needs to issue stop().
Davin McCall [Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:35:33 +0000 (20:35 +0100)]
forceStop() needs to issue stop().

Both were issued when a process died unexpectedly, but in case of
a dependent, forceStop() would be issued without stop() meaning that
the dependent would not actually stop.

9 years agoProperly intiiatiise force_stop
Davin McCall [Tue, 1 Sep 2015 19:20:00 +0000 (20:20 +0100)]
Properly intiiatiise force_stop

9 years agoClean up exception throwing/handling during service loading, and fix
Davin McCall [Tue, 1 Sep 2015 15:50:44 +0000 (16:50 +0100)]
Clean up exception throwing/handling during service loading, and fix
dependency cycle detection.

9 years agoInitial commit.
Davin McCall [Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:54:23 +0000 (18:54 +0100)]
Initial commit.