process_util.h revision c7f5f8508d98d5952d42ed7648c2a8f30a4da156
1// Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5// This file/namespace contains utility functions for enumerating, ending and
6// computing statistics of processes.
7
8#ifndef BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
9#define BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
10
11#include "base/basictypes.h"
12
13#if defined(OS_WIN)
14#include <windows.h>
15#include <tlhelp32.h>
16#elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
17// kinfo_proc is defined in <sys/sysctl.h>, but this forward declaration
18// is sufficient for the vector<kinfo_proc> below.
19struct kinfo_proc;
20#include <mach/mach.h>
21#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
22#include <dirent.h>
23#include <limits.h>
24#include <sys/types.h>
25#endif
26
27#include <string>
28#include <utility>
29#include <vector>
30
31#include "base/command_line.h"
32#include "base/file_path.h"
33#include "base/process.h"
34
35#if defined(OS_WIN)
36typedef PROCESSENTRY32 ProcessEntry;
37typedef IO_COUNTERS IoCounters;
38#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
39// TODO(port): we should not rely on a Win32 structure.
40struct ProcessEntry {
41  base::ProcessId pid;
42  base::ProcessId ppid;
43  char szExeFile[NAME_MAX + 1];
44};
45
46struct IoCounters {
47  uint64_t ReadOperationCount;
48  uint64_t WriteOperationCount;
49  uint64_t OtherOperationCount;
50  uint64_t ReadTransferCount;
51  uint64_t WriteTransferCount;
52  uint64_t OtherTransferCount;
53};
54
55#include "base/file_descriptor_shuffle.h"
56#endif
57
58namespace base {
59
60// A minimalistic but hopefully cross-platform set of exit codes.
61// Do not change the enumeration values or you will break third-party
62// installers.
63enum {
64  PROCESS_END_NORMAL_TERMINATON = 0,
65  PROCESS_END_KILLED_BY_USER    = 1,
66  PROCESS_END_PROCESS_WAS_HUNG  = 2
67};
68
69// Returns the id of the current process.
70ProcessId GetCurrentProcId();
71
72// Returns the ProcessHandle of the current process.
73ProcessHandle GetCurrentProcessHandle();
74
75// Converts a PID to a process handle. This handle must be closed by
76// CloseProcessHandle when you are done with it. Returns true on success.
77bool OpenProcessHandle(ProcessId pid, ProcessHandle* handle);
78
79// Converts a PID to a process handle. On Windows the handle is opened
80// with more access rights and must only be used by trusted code.
81// You have to close returned handle using CloseProcessHandle. Returns true
82// on success.
83bool OpenPrivilegedProcessHandle(ProcessId pid, ProcessHandle* handle);
84
85// Closes the process handle opened by OpenProcessHandle.
86void CloseProcessHandle(ProcessHandle process);
87
88// Returns the unique ID for the specified process. This is functionally the
89// same as Windows' GetProcessId(), but works on versions of Windows before
90// Win XP SP1 as well.
91ProcessId GetProcId(ProcessHandle process);
92
93#if defined(OS_LINUX)
94// Returns the ID for the parent of the given process.
95ProcessId GetParentProcessId(ProcessHandle process);
96
97// Returns the path to the executable of the given process.
98FilePath GetProcessExecutablePath(ProcessHandle process);
99
100// Parse the data found in /proc/<pid>/stat and return the sum of the
101// CPU-related ticks.  Returns -1 on parse error.
102// Exposed for testing.
103int ParseProcStatCPU(const std::string& input);
104
105static const char kAdjustOOMScoreSwitch[] = "--adjust-oom-score";
106
107// This adjusts /proc/process/oom_adj so the Linux OOM killer will prefer
108// certain process types over others. The range for the adjustment is
109// [-17,15], with [0,15] being user accessible.
110bool AdjustOOMScore(ProcessId process, int score);
111#endif
112
113#if defined(OS_POSIX)
114// Sets all file descriptors to close on exec except for stdin, stdout
115// and stderr.
116// TODO(agl): remove this function
117// WARNING: do not use. It's inherently race-prone in the face of
118// multi-threading.
119void SetAllFDsToCloseOnExec();
120// Close all file descriptors, expect those which are a destination in the
121// given multimap. Only call this function in a child process where you know
122// that there aren't any other threads.
123void CloseSuperfluousFds(const base::InjectiveMultimap& saved_map);
124#endif
125
126#if defined(OS_WIN)
127// Runs the given application name with the given command line. Normally, the
128// first command line argument should be the path to the process, and don't
129// forget to quote it.
130//
131// If wait is true, it will block and wait for the other process to finish,
132// otherwise, it will just continue asynchronously.
133//
134// Example (including literal quotes)
135//  cmdline = "c:\windows\explorer.exe" -foo "c:\bar\"
136//
137// If process_handle is non-NULL, the process handle of the launched app will be
138// stored there on a successful launch.
139// NOTE: In this case, the caller is responsible for closing the handle so
140//       that it doesn't leak!
141bool LaunchApp(const std::wstring& cmdline,
142               bool wait, bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
143
144// Runs the given application name with the given command line as if the user
145// represented by |token| had launched it. The caveats about |cmdline| and
146// |process_handle| explained for LaunchApp above apply as well.
147//
148// Whether the application is visible on the interactive desktop depends on
149// the token belonging to an interactive logon session.
150//
151// To avoid hard to diagnose problems, this function internally loads the
152// environment variables associated with the user and if this operation fails
153// the entire call fails as well.
154bool LaunchAppAsUser(UserTokenHandle token, const std::wstring& cmdline,
155                     bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
156
157#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
158// Runs the application specified in argv[0] with the command line argv.
159// Before launching all FDs open in the parent process will be marked as
160// close-on-exec.  |fds_to_remap| defines a mapping of src fd->dest fd to
161// propagate FDs into the child process.
162//
163// As above, if wait is true, execute synchronously. The pid will be stored
164// in process_handle if that pointer is non-null.
165//
166// Note that the first argument in argv must point to the executable filename.
167// If the filename is not fully specified, PATH will be searched.
168typedef std::vector<std::pair<int, int> > file_handle_mapping_vector;
169bool LaunchApp(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
170               const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
171               bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
172
173// Similar to the above, but also (un)set environment variables in child process
174// through |environ|.
175typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > environment_vector;
176bool LaunchApp(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
177               const environment_vector& environ,
178               const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
179               bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
180
181#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
182// Similar to the above, but also returns the new process's task_t if
183// |task_handle| is not NULL. If |task_handle| is not NULL, the caller is
184// responsible for calling |mach_port_deallocate()| on the returned handle.
185bool LaunchAppAndGetTask(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
186                         const environment_vector& environ,
187                         const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
188                         bool wait,
189                         task_t* task_handle,
190                         ProcessHandle* process_handle);
191#endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
192#endif  // defined(OS_POSIX)
193
194// Executes the application specified by cl. This function delegates to one
195// of the above two platform-specific functions.
196bool LaunchApp(const CommandLine& cl,
197               bool wait, bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle);
198
199// Executes the application specified by |cl| and wait for it to exit. Stores
200// the output (stdout) in |output|. Redirects stderr to /dev/null. Returns true
201// on success (application launched and exited cleanly, with exit code
202// indicating success). |output| is modified only when the function finished
203// successfully.
204bool GetAppOutput(const CommandLine& cl, std::string* output);
205
206#if defined(OS_POSIX)
207// A restricted version of |GetAppOutput()| which (a) clears the environment,
208// and (b) stores at most |max_output| bytes; also, it doesn't search the path
209// for the command.
210bool GetAppOutputRestricted(const CommandLine& cl,
211                            std::string* output, size_t max_output);
212#endif
213
214// Used to filter processes by process ID.
215class ProcessFilter {
216 public:
217  // Returns true to indicate set-inclusion and false otherwise.  This method
218  // should not have side-effects and should be idempotent.
219  virtual bool Includes(ProcessId pid, ProcessId parent_pid) const = 0;
220};
221
222// Returns the number of processes on the machine that are running from the
223// given executable name.  If filter is non-null, then only processes selected
224// by the filter will be counted.
225int GetProcessCount(const std::wstring& executable_name,
226                    const ProcessFilter* filter);
227
228// Attempts to kill all the processes on the current machine that were launched
229// from the given executable name, ending them with the given exit code.  If
230// filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are killed.
231// Returns false if all processes were able to be killed off, false if at least
232// one couldn't be killed.
233bool KillProcesses(const std::wstring& executable_name, int exit_code,
234                   const ProcessFilter* filter);
235
236// Attempts to kill the process identified by the given process
237// entry structure, giving it the specified exit code. If |wait| is true, wait
238// for the process to be actually terminated before returning.
239// Returns true if this is successful, false otherwise.
240bool KillProcess(ProcessHandle process, int exit_code, bool wait);
241#if defined(OS_WIN)
242bool KillProcessById(ProcessId process_id, int exit_code, bool wait);
243#endif
244
245// Get the termination status (exit code) of the process and return true if the
246// status indicates the process crashed. |child_exited| is set to true iff the
247// child process has terminated. (|child_exited| may be NULL.)
248//
249// On Windows, it is an error to call this if the process hasn't terminated
250// yet. On POSIX, |child_exited| is set correctly since we detect terminate in
251// a different manner on POSIX.
252bool DidProcessCrash(bool* child_exited, ProcessHandle handle);
253
254// Waits for process to exit. In POSIX systems, if the process hasn't been
255// signaled then puts the exit code in |exit_code|; otherwise it's considered
256// a failure. On Windows |exit_code| is always filled. Returns true on success,
257// and closes |handle| in any case.
258bool WaitForExitCode(ProcessHandle handle, int* exit_code);
259
260// Wait for all the processes based on the named executable to exit.  If filter
261// is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited on.
262// Returns after all processes have exited or wait_milliseconds have expired.
263// Returns true if all the processes exited, false otherwise.
264bool WaitForProcessesToExit(const std::wstring& executable_name,
265                            int64 wait_milliseconds,
266                            const ProcessFilter* filter);
267
268// Wait for a single process to exit. Return true if it exited cleanly within
269// the given time limit.
270bool WaitForSingleProcess(ProcessHandle handle,
271                          int64 wait_milliseconds);
272
273// Returns true when |wait_milliseconds| have elapsed and the process
274// is still running.
275bool CrashAwareSleep(ProcessHandle handle, int64 wait_milliseconds);
276
277// Waits a certain amount of time (can be 0) for all the processes with a given
278// executable name to exit, then kills off any of them that are still around.
279// If filter is non-null, then only processes selected by the filter are waited
280// on.  Killed processes are ended with the given exit code.  Returns false if
281// any processes needed to be killed, true if they all exited cleanly within
282// the wait_milliseconds delay.
283bool CleanupProcesses(const std::wstring& executable_name,
284                      int64 wait_milliseconds,
285                      int exit_code,
286                      const ProcessFilter* filter);
287
288// This class provides a way to iterate through the list of processes
289// on the current machine that were started from the given executable
290// name.  To use, create an instance and then call NextProcessEntry()
291// until it returns false.
292class NamedProcessIterator {
293 public:
294  NamedProcessIterator(const std::wstring& executable_name,
295                       const ProcessFilter* filter);
296  ~NamedProcessIterator();
297
298  // If there's another process that matches the given executable name,
299  // returns a const pointer to the corresponding PROCESSENTRY32.
300  // If there are no more matching processes, returns NULL.
301  // The returned pointer will remain valid until NextProcessEntry()
302  // is called again or this NamedProcessIterator goes out of scope.
303  const ProcessEntry* NextProcessEntry();
304
305 private:
306  // Determines whether there's another process (regardless of executable)
307  // left in the list of all processes.  Returns true and sets entry_ to
308  // that process's info if there is one, false otherwise.
309  bool CheckForNextProcess();
310
311  bool IncludeEntry();
312
313  // Initializes a PROCESSENTRY32 data structure so that it's ready for
314  // use with Process32First/Process32Next.
315  void InitProcessEntry(ProcessEntry* entry);
316
317  std::wstring executable_name_;
318
319#if defined(OS_WIN)
320  HANDLE snapshot_;
321  bool started_iteration_;
322#elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
323  std::vector<kinfo_proc> kinfo_procs_;
324  size_t index_of_kinfo_proc_;
325#elif defined(OS_POSIX)
326  DIR *procfs_dir_;
327#endif
328  ProcessEntry entry_;
329  const ProcessFilter* filter_;
330
331  DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(NamedProcessIterator);
332};
333
334// Working Set (resident) memory usage broken down by
335//
336// On Windows:
337// priv (private): These pages (kbytes) cannot be shared with any other process.
338// shareable:      These pages (kbytes) can be shared with other processes under
339//                 the right circumstances.
340// shared :        These pages (kbytes) are currently shared with at least one
341//                 other process.
342//
343// On Linux:
344// priv:           Pages mapped only by this process
345// shared:         PSS or 0 if the kernel doesn't support this
346// shareable:      0
347//
348// On OS X: TODO(thakis): Revise.
349// priv:           Memory.
350// shared:         0
351// shareable:      0
352struct WorkingSetKBytes {
353  WorkingSetKBytes() : priv(0), shareable(0), shared(0) {}
354  size_t priv;
355  size_t shareable;
356  size_t shared;
357};
358
359// Committed (resident + paged) memory usage broken down by
360// private: These pages cannot be shared with any other process.
361// mapped:  These pages are mapped into the view of a section (backed by
362//          pagefile.sys)
363// image:   These pages are mapped into the view of an image section (backed by
364//          file system)
365struct CommittedKBytes {
366  CommittedKBytes() : priv(0), mapped(0), image(0) {}
367  size_t priv;
368  size_t mapped;
369  size_t image;
370};
371
372// Free memory (Megabytes marked as free) in the 2G process address space.
373// total : total amount in megabytes marked as free. Maximum value is 2048.
374// largest : size of the largest contiguous amount of memory found. It is
375//   always smaller or equal to FreeMBytes::total.
376// largest_ptr: starting address of the largest memory block.
377struct FreeMBytes {
378  size_t total;
379  size_t largest;
380  void* largest_ptr;
381};
382
383// Convert a POSIX timeval to microseconds.
384int64 TimeValToMicroseconds(const struct timeval& tv);
385
386// Provides performance metrics for a specified process (CPU usage, memory and
387// IO counters). To use it, invoke CreateProcessMetrics() to get an instance
388// for a specific process, then access the information with the different get
389// methods.
390class ProcessMetrics {
391 public:
392  // Creates a ProcessMetrics for the specified process.
393  // The caller owns the returned object.
394#if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
395  static ProcessMetrics* CreateProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process);
396#else
397  class PortProvider {
398   public:
399    // Should return the mach task for |process| if possible, or else
400    // |MACH_PORT_NULL|. Only processes that this returns tasks for will have
401    // metrics on OS X (except for the current process, which always gets
402    // metrics).
403    virtual mach_port_t TaskForPid(ProcessHandle process) const = 0;
404  };
405
406  // The port provider needs to outlive the ProcessMetrics object returned by
407  // this function. If NULL is passed as provider, the returned object
408  // only returns valid metrics if |process| is the current process.
409  static ProcessMetrics* CreateProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process,
410                                              PortProvider* port_provider);
411#endif
412
413  ~ProcessMetrics();
414
415  // Returns the current space allocated for the pagefile, in bytes (these pages
416  // may or may not be in memory).  On Linux, this returns the total virtual
417  // memory size.
418  size_t GetPagefileUsage() const;
419  // Returns the peak space allocated for the pagefile, in bytes.
420  size_t GetPeakPagefileUsage() const;
421  // Returns the current working set size, in bytes.  On Linux, this returns
422  // the resident set size.
423  size_t GetWorkingSetSize() const;
424  // Returns the peak working set size, in bytes.
425  size_t GetPeakWorkingSetSize() const;
426  // Returns private usage, in bytes. Private bytes is the amount
427  // of memory currently allocated to a process that cannot be shared.
428  // Note: returns 0 on unsupported OSes: prior to XP SP2.
429  size_t GetPrivateBytes() const;
430  // Fills a CommittedKBytes with both resident and paged
431  // memory usage as per definition of CommittedBytes.
432  void GetCommittedKBytes(CommittedKBytes* usage) const;
433  // Fills a WorkingSetKBytes containing resident private and shared memory
434  // usage in bytes, as per definition of WorkingSetBytes.
435  bool GetWorkingSetKBytes(WorkingSetKBytes* ws_usage) const;
436
437  // Computes the current process available memory for allocation.
438  // It does a linear scan of the address space querying each memory region
439  // for its free (unallocated) status. It is useful for estimating the memory
440  // load and fragmentation.
441  bool CalculateFreeMemory(FreeMBytes* free) const;
442
443  // Returns the CPU usage in percent since the last time this method was
444  // called. The first time this method is called it returns 0 and will return
445  // the actual CPU info on subsequent calls.
446  // On Windows, the CPU usage value is for all CPUs. So if you have 2 CPUs and
447  // your process is using all the cycles of 1 CPU and not the other CPU, this
448  // method returns 50.
449  double GetCPUUsage();
450
451  // Retrieves accounting information for all I/O operations performed by the
452  // process.
453  // If IO information is retrieved successfully, the function returns true
454  // and fills in the IO_COUNTERS passed in. The function returns false
455  // otherwise.
456  bool GetIOCounters(IoCounters* io_counters) const;
457
458 private:
459#if !defined(OS_MACOSX)
460  explicit ProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process);
461#else
462  ProcessMetrics(ProcessHandle process, PortProvider* port_provider);
463#endif
464
465  ProcessHandle process_;
466
467  int processor_count_;
468
469  // Used to store the previous times and CPU usage counts so we can
470  // compute the CPU usage between calls.
471  int64 last_time_;
472  int64 last_system_time_;
473
474#if defined(OS_LINUX)
475  // Jiffie count at the last_time_ we updated.
476  int last_cpu_;
477#endif
478
479#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
480  // Queries the port provider if it's set.
481  mach_port_t TaskForPid(ProcessHandle process) const;
482
483  PortProvider* port_provider_;
484#endif
485
486  DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(ProcessMetrics);
487};
488
489// Returns the memory commited by the system in KBytes.
490// Returns 0 if it can't compute the commit charge.
491size_t GetSystemCommitCharge();
492
493// Enables low fragmentation heap (LFH) for every heaps of this process. This
494// won't have any effect on heaps created after this function call. It will not
495// modify data allocated in the heaps before calling this function. So it is
496// better to call this function early in initialization and again before
497// entering the main loop.
498// Note: Returns true on Windows 2000 without doing anything.
499bool EnableLowFragmentationHeap();
500
501// Enables 'terminate on heap corruption' flag. Helps protect against heap
502// overflow. Has no effect if the OS doesn't provide the necessary facility.
503void EnableTerminationOnHeapCorruption();
504
505#if !defined(OS_WIN)
506// Turns on process termination if memory runs out. This is handled on Windows
507// inside RegisterInvalidParamHandler().
508void EnableTerminationOnOutOfMemory();
509#endif
510
511#if defined(UNIT_TEST)
512// Enables stack dump to console output on exception and signals.
513// When enabled, the process will quit immediately. This is meant to be used in
514// unit_tests only!
515bool EnableInProcessStackDumping();
516#endif  // defined(UNIT_TEST)
517
518// If supported on the platform, and the user has sufficent rights, increase
519// the current process's scheduling priority to a high priority.
520void RaiseProcessToHighPriority();
521
522#if defined(OS_MACOSX)
523// Restore the default exception handler, setting it to Apple Crash Reporter
524// (ReportCrash).  When forking and execing a new process, the child will
525// inherit the parent's exception ports, which may be set to the Breakpad
526// instance running inside the parent.  The parent's Breakpad instance should
527// not handle the child's exceptions.  Calling RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler
528// in the child after forking will restore the standard exception handler.
529// See http://crbug.com/20371/ for more details.
530void RestoreDefaultExceptionHandler();
531#endif
532
533}  // namespace base
534
535#endif  // BASE_PROCESS_UTIL_H_
536