系统调用fork()和execv函数

时间:2013-10-02 21:45:52

标签: c linux unix system-calls

我正在尝试使用此c代码连续运行两个可执行文件:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    fork();
    execv("./prcs1", &argv[1]); // GIVE ADDRESS OF 2nd element as starting point to skip source.txt
    fork();
    execv("./prcs2", argv);
    printf("EXECV Failed\n");
}

程序在第一次execv()调用之后退出,尽管有fork,它永远不会到达第二个execv()。我试过在第一个分叉后调用wait(),但我不确定它是什么缺少的。

在孩子退出后,为什么控制不会返回父母的任何想法?

4 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:16)

你有几个问题。首先,如果您只想运行两个程序,则只需要调用fork()一次。然后在父进程中运行一个程序,在子进程中运行一个程序。其次,您正在构建要错误传递给argv的{​​{1}}数组。第一个条目应该是可执行文件名。做类似的事情:

execv

请注意,此示例不会进行错误检查。

答案 1 :(得分:16)

您需要了解fork和execv如何协同工作。

  • fork()复制当前进程,将0返回给child,将childpid返回给父
  • fork()可能会失败,并在失败时返回-1,检查
  • execv()用新进程替换重复的父进程
  • 典型的fork / exec配对用新进程替换子进程
  • 经常你分叉一个以上的孩子,并希望他们同时跑,
  • 然而,你要求它们连续运行,这是一个又一个
  • 因此,您需要在开始第二次
  • 之前等待第一次完成
  • 因此你需要使用wait()的一些变体,下面的例子使用waitpid()来等待特定的孩子

你需要stdlib退出(如果execv失败),并且errno,打印原因,

//I'm trying to run two executables consecutively using this c code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

您可能想要检查您的孩子退出的原因(核心转储,信号,正常退出),因此我添加了此功能,

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

//WIFEXITED(status) returns true if the child terminated normally, that is, by calling exit(3) or _exit(2), or by returning from main().
//WEXITSTATUS(status) returns the exit status of the child.  This consists of the least significant 8 bits of the status argument that the child specified in a call to exit(3) or _exit(2) or as the argument for a return statement in main().  This macro should only be employed if WIFEXITED returned true.
//WIFSIGNALED(status) returns true if the child process was terminated by a signal.
//WTERMSIG(status) returns the number of the signal that caused the child process to terminate.  This macro should only be employed if WIFSIGNALED returned true.
//WCOREDUMP(status) returns true if the child produced a core dump.  This macro should only be employed if WIFSIGNALED returned true.  This macro is not specified in POSIX.1-2001 and is not available on some UNIX implementations (e.g., AIX, SunOS).  Only use this enclosed in #ifdef WCOREDUMP ... #endif.
//WIFSTOPPED(status) returns true if the child process was stopped by delivery of a signal; this is only possible if the call was done using WUNTRACED or when the child is being traced (see ptrace(2)).
//WSTOPSIG(status) returns the number of the signal which caused the child to stop.  This macro should only be employed if WIFSTOPPED returned true.
//WIFCONTINUED(status) (since Linux 2.6.10) returns true if the child process was resumed by delivery of SIGCONT.
int
exitreason(pid_t cid, int status)
{
    if( WIFEXITED(status) )
    {
        printf("child %d terminated normally, that is, by calling exit(3) or _exit(2), or by returning from main().\n",cid);
        if( WEXITSTATUS(status) )
        {
        printf("child %d exit status %d.  This consists of the least significant 8 bits of the status argument that the child specified in a call to exit(3) or _exit(2) or as the argument for a return statement in main().\n",cid,WEXITSTATUS(status));
        }
    }
    if( WIFSIGNALED(status) )
    {
        printf("child %d process was terminated by a signal.\n",cid);
        if( WTERMSIG(status) )
        {
        printf("child %d signal %d that caused the child process to terminate.\n",cid,WTERMSIG(status));
        }
        if( WCOREDUMP(status) )
        {
        printf("child %d produced a core dump.  WCOREDUMP() is not specified in POSIX.1-2001 and is not available on some UNIX implementations (e.g., AIX, SunOS).  Only use this enclosed in #ifdef WCOREDUMP ... #endif.\n",cid);
        }
    }
    if( WIFSTOPPED(status) )
    {
        printf("child %d process was stopped by delivery of a signal; this is only possible if the call was done using WUNTRACED or when the child is being traced (see ptrace(2)).\n",cid);
        if( WSTOPSIG(status) )
        {
        printf("child %d number of the signal which caused the child to stop.\n",cid);
        }
    }
    if( WIFCONTINUED(status) )
    {
        printf("child %d process was resumed by delivery of SIGCONT.\n");
    }
}

这是你的程序注释用注释解释父代表处理的代码部分,以及孩子(ren)处理的代码部分。

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char proc1[] = "/bin/echo"; //"./prcs1";
    char proc2[] = "/bin/echo"; //"./prcs2";
    pid_t cid1, cid2, cidX;
    int status=0;
    int waitoptions = 0;
    //WNOHANG    return immediately if no child has exited.
    //WUNTRACED  also return if a child has stopped (but not traced via ptrace(2)).  Status for traced children which have stopped is provided even if this option is not specified.
    //WCONTINUED also return if a stopped child has been resumed by delivery of SIGCONT.
    int res;

    if( (cid1 = fork()) == 0 ) //child1
    {
        printf("in child1\n");
        if( (res = execv(proc1, &argv[1])) < 0 ) // GIVE ADDRESS OF 2nd element as starting point to skip source.txt
        {
        printf("error: child1: %d exec failed %d\n", cid1, errno);
        printf("error: cannot execv %s\n",proc1);
        exit(91); //must exit child
        }
    }
    else if( cid1 > 0 ) //cid>0, parent, waitfor child
    {
        cidX = waitpid(cid1, &status, waitoptions);
        printf("child1: %d res %d\n", cid1, res);
        exitreason(cid1, status);
    }
    else //cid1 < 0, error
    {
        printf("error: child1 fork failed\n");
    }

    if( (cid2 = fork()) == 0 ) //child2
    {
        printf("in child2\n");
        if( (res = execv(proc2, &argv[1])) < 0 ) // GIVE ADDRESS OF 2nd element as starting point to skip source.txt
        {
        printf("error: child2: %d exec failed %d\n", cid2, errno);
        printf("error: cannot execv %s\n",proc2);
        exit(92); //must exit child
        }
    }
    else if( cid2 > 0 ) //cid>0, parent, waitfor child
    {
        cidX = waitpid(cid2, &status, waitoptions);
        printf("child2: %d res %d\n", cid2, res);
        exitreason(cid2, status);
    }
    else //cid2 < 0, error
    {
        printf("error: child2 fork failed\n");
    }
}

答案 2 :(得分:4)

我猜你没有太多阅读fork()。

当你调用fork()时,它会创建一个子进程,它将从fork运行相同的代码。

fork()会返回三种值

  • 否定显示错误
  • positive表示你在父进程中,值表示childprosess ID
  • 零表示你正处于子女处理过程中。

您的代码应如下所示。

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{

    int ret = fork();
    if(ret==0)
    {
       //child process
       execv("./prcs1", &argv[1]); // GIVE ADDRESS OF 2nd element as starting point to skip source.txt
       printf("EXECV Failed from child\n");
    }
    else if(ret>0)
    {
       //parent process
       execv("./prcs2", argv);
       printf("EXECV Failed from parent\n");
    }
    else
    {
       //you will come here only if fork() fails.
       printf("forkFailed\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

答案 3 :(得分:3)

只有在呼叫失败时,exec系列才会返回。

由于你没有检查fork的返回值,你将在父进程和子进程中调用execv。

检查返回值:如果它是0,则表示您在子进程中,如果它大于零,则表示您在父进程中。低于零表示分叉失败。