#include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include pid_t g_pid = 0; std::mutex g_child_pids_mutex; std::vector g_child_pids; const char *g_program = nullptr; bool g_use_vfork = true; // Use vfork by default. bool g_call_exec = false; // Does not call exec by default. int call_vfork(int index) { pid_t child_pid = 0; if (g_use_vfork) { child_pid = vfork(); } else { child_pid = fork(); } if (child_pid == -1) { // Error handling perror("vfork"); return 1; } else if (child_pid == 0) { // This code is executed by the child process g_pid = getpid(); printf("Child process: %d\n", g_pid); if (g_call_exec) { std::string child_exit_code = std::to_string(index + 10); execl(g_program, g_program, "--child", child_exit_code.c_str(), NULL); } else { _exit(index + 10); } } else { // This code is executed by the parent process printf("[Parent] Forked process id: %d\n", child_pid); } return 0; } void wait_all_children_to_exit() { std::lock_guard Lock(g_child_pids_mutex); for (pid_t child_pid : g_child_pids) { int child_status = 0; pid_t pid = waitpid(child_pid, &child_status, 0); if (child_status != 0) { int exit_code = WEXITSTATUS(child_status); if (exit_code > 15 || exit_code < 10) { printf("Error: child process exits with unexpected code %d\n", exit_code); _exit(1); // This will let our program know that some child processes // didn't exist with an expected exit status. } } if (pid != child_pid) _exit(2); // This will let our program know it didn't succeed } } void create_threads(int num_threads) { std::vector threads; for (int i = 0; i < num_threads; ++i) { threads.emplace_back(std::thread(call_vfork, i)); } printf("Created %d threads, joining...\n", num_threads); // end_of_create_threads for (auto &thread : threads) { thread.join(); } wait_all_children_to_exit(); } // Can be called in various ways: // 1. [program]: use vfork and not call exec // 2. [program] --fork: use fork and not call exec // 3. [program] --fork --exec: use fork and call exec // 4. [program] --exec: use vfork and call exec // 5. [program] --child [exit_code]: child process int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { g_pid = getpid(); g_program = argv[0]; for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) { if (strcmp(argv[i], "--child") == 0) { assert(i + 1 < argc); int child_exit_code = std::stoi(argv[i + 1]); printf("Child process: %d, exiting with code %d\n", g_pid, child_exit_code); _exit(child_exit_code); } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--fork") == 0) g_use_vfork = false; else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--exec") == 0) g_call_exec = true; } int num_threads = 5; // break here create_threads(num_threads); return 0; }