cis-452-lab-3/programming-assignment.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <time.h>

/**************************************************************************
 * Authors: Gary Fleming, Amber McCloughan
 * Class: CIS452 - Operating Systems Concepts
 * Professor: Dr. Greg Wolffe
 * Date: 2/07/2019
 * 
 * Program that forks off a child process and waits for it to send
 * signals back. If the parent process receives a signal from the
 * child, the signal handler tells the parent what to do.
 *
 * To end the program, do a Ctrl + C.
***************************************************************************/

// See comment above function definition.
void sigHandler(int);

/**
 * Main function of program.
 */
int main()
{
    // Seeding rand().
    srand(time(NULL));

    /* 
	 * PID from fork, user signal number, 
	 * and time to wait respectively.
	 */
    int pid, sig, waitTime;

    // Forking off child process.
    pid = fork();

    // Error handling.
    if (pid < 0)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR with fork.\n");
        exit(1);
        // Child process code.
    }
    else if (!pid)
    {
        while (1)
        {
            /* 
			 * Wait for random amount of time 
			 * between 1 and 5 seconds.
			 */
            waitTime = (rand() % 5) + 1;

            // Sleep for random time.
            sleep(waitTime);

            /*
			 * Randomly choose between SIGUSR1
			 * and SIGUS2.
			 */
            sig = (rand() % 2) + 1;

            // SIGUSR1
            if (sig == 1)
            {
                // Send the signal!
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR1);
            }
            // SIGUSR2
            else
            {
                // Send the signal!
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR2);
            }
        }
    }

    // Saying which process was forked off.
    printf("Spawned child PID %d.\n", pid);

    // Binding signal handlers.
    signal(SIGUSR1, sigHandler);
    signal(SIGUSR2, sigHandler);
    signal(SIGINT, sigHandler);

    // Loop for waiting on signals.
    while (1)
    {
        printf("Waiting...\n");
        pause();
    }

    return 0;
}

/**
 * Handler for signals. Binded for all three signals
 * concerned in this application: SIGUSR1 (user-defined
 * signal 1), SIGUSR2 (user-defined signal 2), and
 * SIGINT (keyboard interrupt signal ^C). Depending
 * on which signal is being handled (specified by
 * sigNum), the handler will do different things.
 * This is driven by the if-else statement.
 *
 * @param sigNum, the identifying number of the signal
 * 	sent and now being handled. According to the 
 * 	man page for signal:
 * 		SIGINT = 2
 * 		SIGUSR1 = 30, 10, 16
 * 		SIGUS2 = 31, 12, 17
 */
void sigHandler(int sigNum)
{
    // If we're dealing with SIGUSR1.
    if (sigNum == SIGUSR1)
    {
        // Saying it's SIGUSR1.
        printf("Received a SIGUSR1 signal.\n");

        // Binding signal handler again.
        signal(SIGUSR1, sigHandler);

        // Done handling.
        return;
        // If we're dealing with SIGUS2.
    }
    else if (sigNum == SIGUSR2)
    {
        // Saying it's SIGUSR2.
        printf("Received a SIGUSR2 signal.\n");

        // Binding signal handler again.
        signal(SIGUSR2, sigHandler);

        // Done handling.
        return;
        // If we're dealing with SIGINT (^C).
    }
    else if (sigNum == SIGINT)
    {
        // Exit message.
        printf(" received. That's it, I'm shutting you down...\n");

        // Exiting.
        exit(0);
    }

    return;
}