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+/**
+ * slack — Spawn processes with customised timer slack
+ * Copyright © 2014 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+
+static void usage(void)
+{
+ printf("USAGE: slack (get | GET | (reset | <interval> <options..> [--fatal] [--] <command..>))\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("The <interval> must be a positive number optionally with a suffix:\n");
+ printf(" ns n nanoseconds (default)\n");
+ printf(" µs µ ns n microseconds\n");
+ printf(" ms m milliseconds\n");
+ printf(" s seconds\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("If `GET' is used rather than `get', the timer slack value will be printed in\n");
+ printf("nanoseconds without suffix. `GET' and `get' prints the current timer slack\n");
+ printf("value and exits.\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("`reset` reset the timer slack value to the default (the time slack value for\n");
+ printf("the init process (PID 1) has.)\n");
+ printf("\n");
+ printf("Unless `--fatal` is used, the program will run <command> even if the timer\n");
+ printf("slack could not be set.\n");
+ printf("\n");
+}
+
+
+
+#define NS (1L)
+#define US (1000L)
+#define MS (1000L * 1000L)
+#define S (1000L * 1000L * 1000L)
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+ long slackvalue, r;
+ int i, j, fatal = 0;
+ char** exec_argv;
+
+ if ((argc < 2) || !strcmp(argv[1], "--help") || !strcmp(argv[1], "help"))
+ return usage(), argc < 2 ? 1 : 0;
+
+ if (!strcmp(argv[1], "get") || !strcmp(argv[1], "GET"))
+ {
+ const char* suffix;
+ if (r = prctl(PR_GET_TIMERSLACK), r < 0)
+ perror(*argv);
+ else
+ {
+ if (!strcmp(argv[1], "GET"))
+ suffix = "";
+ else if (r % S == 0) suffix = "s", r /= S;
+ else if (r % MS == 0) suffix = "ms", r /= MS;
+ else if (r % US == 0) suffix = "µs", r /= US;
+ else suffix = "ns";
+ printf("%li%s\n", r, suffix);
+ }
+ return r > 0 ? 0 : 1;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
+ if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--fatal"))
+ fatal = 1;
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--"))
+ {
+ i++;
+ break;
+ }
+ else if (strstr(argv[i], "-") == argv[i])
+ return usage(), 1;
+ else
+ break;
+
+ if (i == argc)
+ return usage(), 1;
+
+ exec_argv = malloc((argc - i + 1) * sizeof(char*));
+ if (exec_argv == NULL)
+ return perror(*argv), 2;
+ exec_argv[argc - i] = NULL;
+ for (j = 0; i < argc; j++, i++)
+ exec_argv[j] = argv[i];
+
+ if (!strcmp(argv[1], "reset"))
+ slackvalue = 0;
+ else
+ {
+ char* end;
+
+ slackvalue = strtol(argv[1], &end, 10);
+ if (end == argv[1])
+ return fprintf(stderr, "No slack value specified."), 1;
+
+ if (!strcmp(end, "n") || !strcmp(end, "ns") || !strcmp(end, "")) slackvalue *= NS;
+ else if (!strcmp(end, "µ") || !strcmp(end, "µs")) slackvalue *= US;
+ else if (!strcmp(end, "u") || !strcmp(end, "us")) slackvalue *= US;
+ else if (!strcmp(end, "m") || !strcmp(end, "ms")) slackvalue *= MS;
+ else if (!strcmp(end, "s")) slackvalue *= S;
+ else
+ return fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognised suffix for slack value."), 1;
+
+ if (slackvalue <= 0)
+ return fprintf(stderr, "Invalid slack value: %lins", slackvalue), 1;
+ }
+
+ if (r = prctl(PR_SET_TIMERSLACK, slackvalue), r < 0)
+ if (perror(*argv), fatal)
+ return 2;
+
+ execvp(*exec_argv, exec_argv);
+ perror(*argv);
+ return 2;
+}
+