busybox/update.c

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/*
 * Mini update implementation for busybox; much pasted from update-2.11
 *
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 by Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
 * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1999 Torsten Poulin.
 * Copyright (c) 2000 by Karl M. Hegbloom <karlheg@debian.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 2 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, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 */

/*
 * Note: This program is only necessary if you are running a 2.0.x (or
 * earlier) kernel. 2.2.x and higher flush filesystem buffers automatically.
 */

#include "busybox.h"
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/syslog.h>
#include <unistd.h> /* for getopt() */
#include <stdlib.h>


#if defined(__GLIBC__)
#include <sys/kdaemon.h>
#else
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <linux/unistd.h>
static _syscall2(int, bdflush, int, func, int, data);
#endif /* __GLIBC__ */

static unsigned int sync_duration = 30;
static unsigned int flush_duration = 5;
static int use_sync = 0;

extern int update_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int pid;
	int opt;

	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Ss:f:")) > 0) {
		switch (opt) {
			case 'S':
				use_sync = 1;
				break;
			case 's':
				sync_duration = atoi(optarg);
				break;
			case 'f':
				flush_duration = atoi(optarg);
				break;
			default:
				show_usage();
		}
	}

	pid = fork();
	if (pid < 0)
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	else if (pid == 0) {
		/* Become a proper daemon */
		setsid();
		chdir("/");
#ifdef OPEN_MAX
		for (pid = 0; pid < OPEN_MAX; pid++) close(pid);
#else
		/* glibc 2.1.92 requires using sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) */
		for (pid = 0; pid < sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX); pid++) close(pid);
#endif

		/*
		 * This is no longer necessary since 1.3.5x, but it will harmlessly
		 * exit if that is the case.
		 */

		/* set the program name that will show up in a 'ps' listing */
		argv[0] = "bdflush (update)";
		argv[1] = NULL;
		argv[2] = NULL;
		for (;;) {
			if (use_sync) {
				sleep(sync_duration);
				sync();
			} else {
				sleep(flush_duration);
				if (bdflush(1, 0) < 0) {
					openlog("update", LOG_CONS, LOG_DAEMON);
					syslog(LOG_INFO,
						   "This kernel does not need update(8). Exiting.");
					closelog();
					return EXIT_SUCCESS;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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