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29 exception Can_t_kill of int * string ;; (* pid, reason *)
31 (* perform an action inside a critical section controlled by given mutex *)
32 let do_critical mutex =
36 let res = Lazy.force action in
39 with e -> Mutex.unlock mutex; raise e
42 let kill_signal = Sys.sigusr2 ;; (* signal used to kill children *)
43 let chan = Event.new_channel () ;; (* communication channel between threads *)
45 (* functions mangling "must die" PID list *)
46 let (add_to_dead_threads_walking, remove_from_dead_threads_walking, must_die) =
47 let dead_threads_walking = ref [] in
48 let mutex = Mutex.create () in
49 let add pid = do_critical mutex (lazy (
50 dead_threads_walking := pid :: !dead_threads_walking;
52 let remove pid = do_critical mutex (lazy (
53 dead_threads_walking := List.filter ((<>) pid) !dead_threads_walking
55 let is_in pid = do_critical mutex (lazy (
56 List.exists ((=) pid) !dead_threads_walking
61 (* "kill_signal" handler, check if current process must die, if this is the
62 case exits with Thread.exit *)
63 ignore (Sys.signal kill_signal (Sys.Signal_handle
65 let myself = Unix.getpid () in
67 | sg when (sg = kill_signal) && (must_die myself) ->
68 remove_from_dead_threads_walking myself;
69 prerr_endline "AYEEEEH!";
74 (* given a thread body (i.e. first argument of a Thread.create invocation)
75 return a new thread body which unblock the kill signal and send its pid to
77 let wrap_thread body =
79 ignore (Unix.sigprocmask Unix.SIG_UNBLOCK [ kill_signal ]);
80 Event.sync (Event.send chan (Unix.getpid ()));
84 let creation_mutex = Mutex.create () ;;
87 do_critical creation_mutex (lazy (
88 ignore (Thread.create (wrap_thread body) arg);
89 Event.sync (Event.receive chan)
93 add_to_dead_threads_walking pid;
95 Unix.kill pid kill_signal
96 with e -> raise (Can_t_kill (pid, Printexc.to_string e))
99 (* block kill signal in main process *)
100 ignore (Unix.sigprocmask Unix.SIG_BLOCK [ kill_signal ]) ;;