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#ifndef __LINUX_NS_HPP__
#define __LINUX_NS_HPP__

// This file contains Linux-only OS utilities.
#ifndef __linux__
#error "linux/ns.hpp is only available on Linux systems."
#endif

#include <sched.h>

#include <sys/syscall.h>

#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <string>
#include <thread>

#include <process/future.hpp>

#include <stout/lambda.hpp>
#include <stout/nothing.hpp>
#include <stout/option.hpp>
#include <stout/result.hpp>
#include <stout/try.hpp>

#ifndef CLONE_NEWNS
#define CLONE_NEWNS 0x00020000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWUTS
#define CLONE_NEWUTS 0x04000000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWIPC
#define CLONE_NEWIPC 0x08000000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWPID
#define CLONE_NEWPID 0x20000000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWNET
#define CLONE_NEWNET 0x40000000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWUSER
#define CLONE_NEWUSER 0x10000000
#endif

#ifndef CLONE_NEWCGROUP
#define CLONE_NEWCGROUP 0x02000000
#endif

// Define a 'setns' for compilation environments that don't already
// have one.
inline int setns(int fd, int nstype)
{
#ifdef SYS_setns
  return ::syscall(SYS_setns, fd, nstype);
#elif defined(__x86_64__)
  // A workaround for those hosts that have an old glibc (older than
  // 2.14) but have a new kernel. The magic number '308' here is the
  // syscall number for 'setns' on x86_64 architecture.
  return ::syscall(308, fd, nstype);
#else
#error "setns is not available"
#endif
}

namespace ns {

// Returns the nstype (e.g., CLONE_NEWNET, CLONE_NEWNS, etc.) for the
// given namespace which can be used when calling ::setns.
Try<int> nstype(const std::string& ns);


// Given a single CLONE_NEW* constant, return the corresponding namespace
// name. This is the inverse of ns::nstype().
Try<std::string> nsname(int nsType);


// Returns all the configured kernel namespaces.
std::set<int> nstypes();


// Returns true if all the given CLONE_NEW* constants are supported
// in the running kernel. If CLONE_NEWUSER is specified, the kernel
// version must be at least 3.12.0 since prior to that version, major
// kernel subsystems (e.g. XFS) did not implement user namespace
// support. See also user_namespaces(7).
Try<bool> supported(int nsTypes);


// Re-associate the calling process with the specified namespace. The
// path refers to one of the corresponding namespace entries in the
// /proc/[pid]/ns/ directory (or bind mounted elsewhere). We do not
// allow a process with multiple threads to call this function because
// it will lead to some weird situations where different threads of a
// process are in different namespaces.
Try<Nothing> setns(
    const std::string& path,
    const std::string& ns,
    bool checkMultithreaded = true);


// Re-associate the calling process with the specified namespace. The
// pid specifies the process whose namespace we will associate.
Try<Nothing> setns(
    pid_t pid,
    const std::string& ns,
    bool checkMultithreaded = true);


// Get the inode number of the specified namespace for the specified
// pid. The inode number identifies the namespace and can be used for
// comparisons, i.e., two processes with the same inode for a given
// namespace type are in the same namespace.
Result<ino_t> getns(pid_t pid, const std::string& ns);


Try<pid_t> clone(
    pid_t target,
    int nstypes,
    const lambda::function<int()>& f,
    int flags);


// Returns the namespace flags in the string form of bitwise-ORing the
// flags, e.g., CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWNET.
std::string stringify(int flags);


// The NamespaceRunner runs any function in a specified namespace.
// To do that it manages a separate thread which would be re-associated
// with that namespace.
class NamespaceRunner
{
public:
  NamespaceRunner()
  {
    // Start the looper thread.
    thread.reset(new std::thread(&NamespaceRunner::loop, this));
  }

  ~NamespaceRunner()
  {
    // Shutdown the queue.
    queue.shutdown();
    // Wait for the thread to complete.
    thread->join();
    thread.reset();
  }

  // Run any function in a specified namespace.
  template <typename T>
  process::Future<T> run(
      const std::string& path,
      const std::string& ns,
      const lambda::function<Try<T>()>& func)
  {
    std::shared_ptr<process::Promise<T>> promise(
        new process::Promise<T>);
    process::Future<T> future = promise->future();

    // Put a function to the queue, the function will be called
    // in the thread. The thread will be re-associated with the
    // specified namespace.
    queue.put([=]{
      Try<Nothing> setns = ::ns::setns(path, ns, false);
      if (setns.isError()) {
        promise->fail(setns.error());
      } else {
        promise->set(func());
      }
    });

    return future;
  }

private:
  typedef lambda::function<void()> Func;

  // The thread loop.
  void loop()
  {
    for (;;) {
      // Get a function from the queue.
      Option<Func> func = queue.get();

      // Stop the thread if the queue is shutdowned.
      if (func.isNone()) {
        break;
      }

      // Call the function, it re-associates the thread with the
      // specified namespace and calls the initial user function.
      func.get()();
    }
  }

  // It's not safe to use process::Queue when not all of its callers are
  // managed by libprocess. Calling Future::await() in looper thread
  // might cause the looper thread to be donated to a libprocess Process.
  // If that Process is very busy (e.g., master or agent Process), it's
  // possible that the looper thread will never re-gain control.
  //
  // ProcessingQueue uses mutex and condition variable to solve this
  // problem. ProcessingQueue::get() can block the thread. The main
  // use cases for the class are thread workers and thread pools.
  template <typename T>
  class ProcessingQueue
  {
  public:
    ProcessingQueue() : finished(false) {}

    ~ProcessingQueue() = default;

    // Add an element to the queue and notify one client.
    void put(T&& t)
    {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        queue.push(std::forward<T>(t));
        cond.notify_one();
      }
    }

    // NOTE: This function blocks the thread. It returns the oldest
    // element from the queue and returns None() if the queue is
    // shutdowned.
    Option<T> get()
    {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        // Wait for either a new queue element or queue shutdown.
        while (queue.empty() && !finished) {
          synchronized_wait(&cond, &mutex);
        }

        if (finished) {
          // The queue is shutdowned.
          return None();
        }

        // Return the oldest element from the queue.
        T t = std::move(queue.front());
        queue.pop();
        return Some(std::move(t));
      }
    }

    // Shutdown the queue and notify all clients.
    void shutdown() {
      synchronized (mutex) {
        finished = true;
        std::queue<T>().swap(queue);
        cond.notify_all();
      }
    }

  private:
    std::mutex mutex;
    std::condition_variable cond;
    std::queue<T> queue;
    bool finished;
  };

  ProcessingQueue<Func> queue;
  std::unique_ptr<std::thread> thread;
};

} // namespace ns {

#endif // __LINUX_NS_HPP__