I have 2 children, and I want to send signals from children to parent, and an answer (random number, why? why not...) named pipe from the parent to each child.
I have this code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#define WRITE(Str) (void)write(1,Str,strlen(Str))
void handler(int signumber)
{
WRITE("Signal arrived\n");
}
int main(){
/*random number */
srand(time(NULL)); //random number
int r = rand() % 2; //random number between 0 and 1
char original1[]="rdnr: ";
original1[6]=r+'0';
r = rand() % 2;
char original2[]="rdnr: ";
original2[6]=r+'0';
/*pipe, named pipe*/
int pid,fd,fd2;
printf("Fifo start!\n");
int fid=mkfifo("fifo.ftc", S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR ); // creating named pipe file
int fid2=mkfifo("fifo2.ftc", S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR );
if (fid==-1) //error handling
{
printf("Error at fid number: %i",errno);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (fid2==-1) //error handling
{
printf("Error at fid2 number: %i",errno);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Pipe system OK!\n");
/*signal*/
sigset_t sigset;
sigemptyset(&sigset); //empty signal set
sigaddset(&sigset,SIGTERM); //SIGTERM is in set
//sigfillset(&sigset); //each signal is in the set
sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,&sigset,NULL); //signals in sigset will be blocked
signal(SIGTERM,handler); //signal and handler is connetcted
signal(SIGUSR1,handler);
pid_t child2;
pid_t child=fork();
if (child>0)
{
child2 = fork();
if(child2>0){
printf("Parent, wainting for signal...\n");
sigsuspend(&sigset);
sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&sigset,NULL);
int status;
wait(&status);
printf("Parent got 2 signal!\n");
printf("Parent will send 2 random number: %s and %s\n", original1, original2);
fd=open("fifo.ftc",O_WRONLY);
write(fd,original1,12);
close(fd);
fd2=open("fifo2.ftc",O_WRONLY);
write(fd2,original2,12);
close(fd2);
printf("Parent has sent the numbers!\n");
}
else{
printf("I'm child2.\n");
printf("child2 signalnr: %i (it is not blocked)\n", SIGUSR1);
kill(getppid(),SIGUSR1);
/*get pipe*/
sleep(5);
char s[1024]="nothn";
printf("got on pipe, in child2: %d!\n",fid);
fd=open("fifo.ftc",O_RDONLY);
read(fd,s,sizeof(s));
printf("got this on pipe, by child2: %s \n",s);
close(fd);
// remove fifo.ftc
unlink("fifo.ftc");
}
}
else
{
printf("I'm child1.\n");
printf("child1 signal nr: %i (it is blocked)\n",SIGTERM);
sleep(3);
kill(getppid(),SIGTERM);
//sleep(5);
/*get pipe*/
char s[1024]="nothn";
printf("Got this on pipe, by child1: %d!\n",fid2);
fd2=open("fifo2.ftc",O_RDONLY);
read(fd2,s,sizeof(s));
printf("got this inpipe fd2: %s by child2 \n",s);
close(fd2);
// remove fifo2.ftc
unlink("fifo2.ftc");
}
return 0;
}
And the pipes, and the signals work correctly if I use them separately, but together, here, not.
I got only this:
Fifo start!
Error at fid number: 17
by error handlers.
How can I use correctly the pipes and the signals at the same time?
UPDATE: I've rethinked the parent as was mentioned in the comment section, now the output, what I can see is:
Fifo start!
Pipe system OK!
Parent, wainting for signal...
I'm child2.
I'm child1.
child1 signal nr: 15 (it is blocked)
child2 signalnr: 10 (it is not blocked)
Handled signal nr: 10
Got this on pipe, by child1: 0!
Handled signal nr: 15
got on pipe, in child2: 0!
So, the problem as I see is, the child process can't wait for the pipes, how can I solve this?
UPDATE2:
If I delete
int status;
wait(&status);
from the parent then works fine, just nothing is the to ensure the second signal arrives before the pipe things.