cis-452-lab-3/extra-credit.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.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 two child processes and waits for them to send
 * back signals. If the parent receives a signal, the handler for that
 * signal tells them what to do. Uses POSIX signal handling instead of
 * ANSI signal handling.
 *
 * To end the program, do a Ctrl + C.
***************************************************************************/

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

/**
 * Main function for the program.
 */
int main()
{
    // Structs for sigaction.
    struct sigaction actionUsr1, actionUsr2, actionInt;

    // Forked PID and amount of time the child will wait.
    int pid, sig, waitTime;

    // Forking off the first child.
    pid = fork();

    // Error handling.
    if (pid < 0)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR with fork.\n");
        exit(1);
        // Child process code.
    }
    else if (!pid)
    {
        // Seeding rand().
        srand(time(NULL) + 1);

        // Loop for sending SIGUSR1.
        while (1)
        {
            // Getting random seconds.
            waitTime = (rand() % 5) + 1;

            sig = (rand() % 2) + 1;

            // Waiting for random seconds.
            sleep(waitTime);

            if (sig == 1)
            {
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR1);
            }
            else
            {
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR2);
            }
        }
    }

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

    // Forking off a second child.
    pid = fork();

    // Error handling.
    if (pid < 0)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR with fork.\n");
        exit(1);
        // Child process code.
    }
    else if (!pid)
    {
        // Seeding rand().
        srand(time(NULL) + 2);

        while (1)
        {
            // Getting random seconds.
            waitTime = (rand() % 5) + 1;

            sig = (rand() % 2) + 1;

            // Sleeping for random seconds.
            sleep(waitTime);

            if (sig == 1)
            {
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR1);
            }
            else
            {
                kill(getppid(), SIGUSR2);
            }
        }
    }

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

    // Set all bytes to 0.
    memset(&actionUsr1, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
    memset(&actionUsr2, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
    memset(&actionInt, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));

    /*
	 * If SA_SIGINFO is specified in sa_flags, then 
	 * sa_sigaction (instead of sa_handler) specifies 
	 * the signal-handling function for signum.
	 * (From the man page for sigaction.)
	 */
    actionUsr1.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
    actionUsr2.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
    actionInt.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;

    // Choosing the signal handlers.
    actionUsr1.sa_sigaction = &sigHandler;
    actionUsr2.sa_sigaction = &sigHandler;
    actionInt.sa_sigaction = &sigHandler;

    /*
	 * Actually binding the signal handlers.
	 * I figured out how to do this using the following article:
	 * https://www.linuxprogrammingblog.com/code-examples/sigaction
	 */
    sigaction(SIGUSR1, &actionUsr1, NULL);
    sigaction(SIGUSR2, &actionUsr2, NULL);
    sigaction(SIGINT, &actionInt, NULL);

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

/**
 * Signal handler for all signals. Parameter descriptions pulled 
 * from the man page for sigaction.
 *
 * @param sigNum, number of the signal that caused invocation of the 
 * 	handler.
 * @param siginfo_t*, pointer to a siginfo_t, which is a structure 
 * 	containing further information about the signal.
 * @param ucontext, pointer to a ucontext_t structure, cast to void*.
 * 	The structure pointed to by this field contains signal 
 * 	context information that was saved on the user-space stack by 
 * 	the kernel.
 */
void sigHandler(int sigNum, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
{
    // If the signal was SIGUSR1.
    if (sigNum == SIGUSR1)
    {
        // Saying it's SIGUSR1 and telling who sent it.
        fprintf(stderr, "Received a SIGUSR1 from PID %d.\n",
                info->si_pid);

        // Done handling.
        return;
    }
    // If the signal was SIGUSR2.
    else if (sigNum == SIGUSR2)
    {
        // Saying it's SIGUSR2 and telling who sent it.
        fprintf(stderr, "Received a SIGUSR2 from PID %d.\n",
                info->si_pid);

        // Done handling.
        return;
    }
    // If the signal was SIGINT (^C).
    else if (sigNum == SIGINT)
    {
        // Goodbye message.
        char *message = " received. That's it, "
                        "I'm shutting you down...\n";

        // Printing goodbye message.
        fprintf(stderr, message);

        // Exiting.
        exit(0);
    }

    return;
}