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    "msgid": "<20250815141237.2235085-1-barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com>",
    "date": "2025-08-15T14:12:37",
    "name": "[RFC,v1] apps: cam: Use signalfd",
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        "name": "Barnabás Pőcze",
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            "date": "2025-08-15T14:12:37",
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        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Subject": "[RFC PATCH v1] apps: cam: Use signalfd",
        "Date": "Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:12:37 +0200",
        "Message-ID": "<20250815141237.2235085-1-barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com>",
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    "content": "Use a signalfd to detect `SIGINT` instead of registering a signal handler in\norder to remove the `CamApp` singleton. This is better than using a normal\nsignal handler: a signal can arrive after the `CamApp` object has been destroyed,\nleading to a use-after-free. Modifying the `CamApp::app_` in the destructor is\nnot a good alternative because that would not be async signal safe (unless it\nis made atomic).\n\nSigned-off-by: Barnabás Pőcze <barnabas.pocze@ideasonboard.com>\n---\n src/apps/cam/main.cpp | 66 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------\n 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)\n\n--\n2.50.1",
    "diff": "diff --git a/src/apps/cam/main.cpp b/src/apps/cam/main.cpp\nindex fa266eca6..cbc85b59f 100644\n--- a/src/apps/cam/main.cpp\n+++ b/src/apps/cam/main.cpp\n@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@\n #include <signal.h>\n #include <string.h>\n\n+#include <sys/signalfd.h>\n+\n #include <libcamera/libcamera.h>\n #include <libcamera/property_ids.h>\n\n@@ -27,15 +29,12 @@ using namespace libcamera;\n class CamApp\n {\n public:\n-\tCamApp();\n-\n-\tstatic CamApp *instance();\n+\tCamApp(EventLoop &loop);\n\n \tint init(int argc, char **argv);\n \tvoid cleanup();\n\n \tint exec();\n-\tvoid quit();\n\n private:\n \tvoid cameraAdded(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam);\n@@ -46,26 +45,17 @@ private:\n\n \tstatic std::string cameraName(const Camera *camera);\n\n-\tstatic CamApp *app_;\n \tOptionsParser::Options options_;\n\n \tstd::unique_ptr<CameraManager> cm_;\n\n \tstd::atomic_uint loopUsers_;\n-\tEventLoop loop_;\n+\tEventLoop *loop_ = nullptr;\n };\n\n-CamApp *CamApp::app_ = nullptr;\n-\n-CamApp::CamApp()\n-\t: loopUsers_(0)\n-{\n-\tCamApp::app_ = this;\n-}\n-\n-CamApp *CamApp::instance()\n+CamApp::CamApp(EventLoop &loop)\n+\t: loopUsers_(0), loop_(&loop)\n {\n-\treturn CamApp::app_;\n }\n\n int CamApp::init(int argc, char **argv)\n@@ -103,11 +93,6 @@ int CamApp::exec()\n \treturn ret;\n }\n\n-void CamApp::quit()\n-{\n-\tloop_.exit();\n-}\n-\n int CamApp::parseOptions(int argc, char *argv[])\n {\n \tStreamKeyValueParser streamKeyValue;\n@@ -205,7 +190,7 @@ void CamApp::cameraRemoved(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam)\n void CamApp::captureDone()\n {\n \tif (--loopUsers_ == 0)\n-\t\tEventLoop::instance()->exit(0);\n+\t\tloop_->exit(0);\n }\n\n int CamApp::run()\n@@ -290,7 +275,7 @@ int CamApp::run()\n \t}\n\n \tif (loopUsers_)\n-\t\tloop_.exec();\n+\t\tloop_->exec();\n\n \t/* 6. Stop capture. */\n \tfor (const auto &session : sessions) {\n@@ -345,29 +330,36 @@ std::string CamApp::cameraName(const Camera *camera)\n \treturn name;\n }\n\n-namespace {\n-\n-void signalHandler([[maybe_unused]] int signal)\n+int main(int argc, char **argv)\n {\n-\tstd::cout << \"Exiting\" << std::endl;\n-\tCamApp::instance()->quit();\n-}\n+\tauto sigfd = [] {\n+\t\tsigset_t ss;\n\n-} /* namespace */\n+\t\tsigemptyset(&ss);\n+\t\tsigaddset(&ss, SIGINT);\n+\t\tsigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &ss, nullptr);\n\n-int main(int argc, char **argv)\n-{\n-\tCamApp app;\n+\t\treturn UniqueFD(signalfd(-1, &ss, SFD_CLOEXEC | SFD_NONBLOCK));\n+\t}();\n+\tif (!sigfd.isValid())\n+\t\treturn EXIT_FAILURE;\n+\n+\tEventLoop loop;\n+\tCamApp app(loop);\n \tint ret;\n\n+\tloop.addFdEvent(sigfd.get(), EventLoop::Read, [&] {\n+\t\tsignalfd_siginfo si;\n+\t\tstd::ignore = read(sigfd.get(), &si, sizeof(si));\n+\n+\t\tstd::cout << \"Exiting\" << std::endl;\n+\t\tloop.exit(0);\n+\t});\n+\n \tret = app.init(argc, argv);\n \tif (ret)\n \t\treturn ret == -EINTR ? 0 : EXIT_FAILURE;\n\n-\tstruct sigaction sa = {};\n-\tsa.sa_handler = &signalHandler;\n-\tsigaction(SIGINT, &sa, nullptr);\n-\n \tif (app.exec())\n \t\treturn EXIT_FAILURE;\n\n",
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        "RFC",
        "v1"
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