[PATCH v3 11/12] simple-ipc: add Unix domain socket implementation

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Feb 13, 2021, 00:09 UTC

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From: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>

Create Unix domain socket based implementation of "simple-ipc".

Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
---
 Makefile                            |   2 +
 compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c | 979 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt |   2 +
 simple-ipc.h                        |  13 +-
 4 files changed, 995 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40d5cab78d3f..08a4c88b92f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1677,6 +1677,8 @@ ifdef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_UNIX_SOCKETS
 else
 	LIB_OBJS += unix-socket.o
+	LIB_OBJS += compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.o
+	LIB_OBJS += compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.o
 endif
 
 ifdef USE_WIN32_IPC
diff --git a/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c b/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7fd0b34329e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c
@@ -0,0 +1,979 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "simple-ipc.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+#include "pkt-line.h"
+#include "thread-utils.h"
+#include "unix-socket.h"
+
+#ifdef NO_UNIX_SOCKETS
+#error compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c requires Unix sockets
+#endif
+
+enum ipc_active_state ipc_get_active_state(const char *path)
+{
+	enum ipc_active_state state = IPC_STATE__OTHER_ERROR;
+	struct ipc_client_connect_options options
+		= IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_OPTIONS_INIT;
+	struct stat st;
+	struct ipc_client_connection *connection_test = NULL;
+
+	options.wait_if_busy = 0;
+	options.wait_if_not_found = 0;
+
+	if (lstat(path, &st) == -1) {
+		switch (errno) {
+		case ENOENT:
+		case ENOTDIR:
+			return IPC_STATE__NOT_LISTENING;
+		default:
+			return IPC_STATE__INVALID_PATH;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* also complain if a plain file is in the way */
+	if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFSOCK)
+		return IPC_STATE__INVALID_PATH;
+
+	/*
+	 * Just because the filesystem has a S_IFSOCK type inode
+	 * at `path`, doesn't mean it that there is a server listening.
+	 * Ping it to be sure.
+	 */
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(path, &options, &connection_test);
+	ipc_client_close_connection(connection_test);
+
+	return state;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This value was chosen at random.
+ */
+#define WAIT_STEP_MS (50)
+
+/*
+ * Try to connect to the server.  If the server is just starting up or
+ * is very busy, we may not get a connection the first time.
+ */
+static enum ipc_active_state connect_to_server(
+	const char *path,
+	int timeout_ms,
+	const struct ipc_client_connect_options *options,
+	int *pfd)
+{
+	int wait_ms = 50;
+	int k;
+
+	*pfd = -1;
+
+	for (k = 0; k < timeout_ms; k += wait_ms) {
+		int fd = unix_stream_connect(path, options->uds_disallow_chdir);
+
+		if (fd != -1) {
+			*pfd = fd;
+			return IPC_STATE__LISTENING;
+		}
+
+		if (errno == ENOENT) {
+			if (!options->wait_if_not_found)
+				return IPC_STATE__PATH_NOT_FOUND;
+
+			goto sleep_and_try_again;
+		}
+
+		if (errno == ETIMEDOUT) {
+			if (!options->wait_if_busy)
+				return IPC_STATE__NOT_LISTENING;
+
+			goto sleep_and_try_again;
+		}
+
+		if (errno == ECONNREFUSED) {
+			if (!options->wait_if_busy)
+				return IPC_STATE__NOT_LISTENING;
+
+			goto sleep_and_try_again;
+		}
+
+		return IPC_STATE__OTHER_ERROR;
+
+	sleep_and_try_again:
+		sleep_millisec(wait_ms);
+	}
+
+	return IPC_STATE__NOT_LISTENING;
+}
+
+/*
+ * A randomly chosen timeout value.
+ */
+#define MY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS (1000)
+
+enum ipc_active_state ipc_client_try_connect(
+	const char *path,
+	const struct ipc_client_connect_options *options,
+	struct ipc_client_connection **p_connection)
+{
+	enum ipc_active_state state = IPC_STATE__OTHER_ERROR;
+	int fd = -1;
+
+	*p_connection = NULL;
+
+	trace2_region_enter("ipc-client", "try-connect", NULL);
+	trace2_data_string("ipc-client", NULL, "try-connect/path", path);
+
+	state = connect_to_server(path, MY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS,
+				  options, &fd);
+
+	trace2_data_intmax("ipc-client", NULL, "try-connect/state",
+			   (intmax_t)state);
+	trace2_region_leave("ipc-client", "try-connect", NULL);
+
+	if (state == IPC_STATE__LISTENING) {
+		(*p_connection) = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ipc_client_connection));
+		(*p_connection)->fd = fd;
+	}
+
+	return state;
+}
+
+void ipc_client_close_connection(struct ipc_client_connection *connection)
+{
+	if (!connection)
+		return;
+
+	if (connection->fd != -1)
+		close(connection->fd);
+
+	free(connection);
+}
+
+int ipc_client_send_command_to_connection(
+	struct ipc_client_connection *connection,
+	const char *message, struct strbuf *answer)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	strbuf_setlen(answer, 0);
+
+	trace2_region_enter("ipc-client", "send-command", NULL);
+
+	if (write_packetized_from_buf_no_flush(message, strlen(message),
+					       connection->fd) < 0 ||
+	    packet_flush_gently(connection->fd) < 0) {
+		ret = error(_("could not send IPC command"));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (read_packetized_to_strbuf(
+		    connection->fd, answer,
+		    PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF | PACKET_READ_NEVER_DIE) < 0) {
+		ret = error(_("could not read IPC response"));
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+done:
+	trace2_region_leave("ipc-client", "send-command", NULL);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int ipc_client_send_command(const char *path,
+			    const struct ipc_client_connect_options *options,
+			    const char *message, struct strbuf *answer)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+	enum ipc_active_state state;
+	struct ipc_client_connection *connection = NULL;
+
+	state = ipc_client_try_connect(path, options, &connection);
+
+	if (state != IPC_STATE__LISTENING)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ipc_client_send_command_to_connection(connection, message, answer);
+
+	ipc_client_close_connection(connection);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int set_socket_blocking_flag(int fd, int make_nonblocking)
+{
+	int flags;
+
+	flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, NULL);
+
+	if (flags < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (make_nonblocking)
+		flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	else
+		flags &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
+
+	return fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Magic numbers used to annotate callback instance data.
+ * These are used to help guard against accidentally passing the
+ * wrong instance data across multiple levels of callbacks (which
+ * is easy to do if there are `void*` arguments).
+ */
+enum magic {
+	MAGIC_SERVER_REPLY_DATA,
+	MAGIC_WORKER_THREAD_DATA,
+	MAGIC_ACCEPT_THREAD_DATA,
+	MAGIC_SERVER_DATA,
+};
+
+struct ipc_server_reply_data {
+	enum magic magic;
+	int fd;
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_data;
+};
+
+struct ipc_worker_thread_data {
+	enum magic magic;
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *next_thread;
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data;
+	pthread_t pthread_id;
+};
+
+struct ipc_accept_thread_data {
+	enum magic magic;
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data;
+
+	struct unix_stream_server_socket *server_socket;
+
+	int fd_send_shutdown;
+	int fd_wait_shutdown;
+	pthread_t pthread_id;
+};
+
+/*
+ * With unix-sockets, the conceptual "ipc-server" is implemented as a single
+ * controller "accept-thread" thread and a pool of "worker-thread" threads.
+ * The former does the usual `accept()` loop and dispatches connections
+ * to an idle worker thread.  The worker threads wait in an idle loop for
+ * a new connection, communicate with the client and relay data to/from
+ * the `application_cb` and then wait for another connection from the
+ * server thread.  This avoids the overhead of constantly creating and
+ * destroying threads.
+ */
+struct ipc_server_data {
+	enum magic magic;
+	ipc_server_application_cb *application_cb;
+	void *application_data;
+	struct strbuf buf_path;
+
+	struct ipc_accept_thread_data *accept_thread;
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_list;
+
+	pthread_mutex_t work_available_mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t work_available_cond;
+
+	/*
+	 * Accepted but not yet processed client connections are kept
+	 * in a circular buffer FIFO.  The queue is empty when the
+	 * positions are equal.
+	 */
+	int *fifo_fds;
+	int queue_size;
+	int back_pos;
+	int front_pos;
+
+	int shutdown_requested;
+	int is_stopped;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Remove and return the oldest queued connection.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 if empty.
+ */
+static int fifo_dequeue(struct ipc_server_data *server_data)
+{
+	/* ASSERT holding mutex */
+
+	int fd;
+
+	if (server_data->back_pos == server_data->front_pos)
+		return -1;
+
+	fd = server_data->fifo_fds[server_data->front_pos];
+	server_data->fifo_fds[server_data->front_pos] = -1;
+
+	server_data->front_pos++;
+	if (server_data->front_pos == server_data->queue_size)
+		server_data->front_pos = 0;
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Push a new fd onto the back of the queue.
+ *
+ * Drop it and return -1 if queue is already full.
+ */
+static int fifo_enqueue(struct ipc_server_data *server_data, int fd)
+{
+	/* ASSERT holding mutex */
+
+	int next_back_pos;
+
+	next_back_pos = server_data->back_pos + 1;
+	if (next_back_pos == server_data->queue_size)
+		next_back_pos = 0;
+
+	if (next_back_pos == server_data->front_pos) {
+		/* Queue is full. Just drop it. */
+		close(fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	server_data->fifo_fds[server_data->back_pos] = fd;
+	server_data->back_pos = next_back_pos;
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wait for a connection to be queued to the FIFO and return it.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 if someone has already requested a shutdown.
+ */
+static int worker_thread__wait_for_connection(
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_data)
+{
+	/* ASSERT NOT holding mutex */
+
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data = worker_thread_data->server_data;
+	int fd = -1;
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+	for (;;) {
+		if (server_data->shutdown_requested)
+			break;
+
+		fd = fifo_dequeue(server_data);
+		if (fd >= 0)
+			break;
+
+		pthread_cond_wait(&server_data->work_available_cond,
+				  &server_data->work_available_mutex);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Forward declare our reply callback function so that any compiler
+ * errors are reported when we actually define the function (in addition
+ * to any errors reported when we try to pass this callback function as
+ * a parameter in a function call).  The former are easier to understand.
+ */
+static ipc_server_reply_cb do_io_reply_callback;
+
+/*
+ * Relay application's response message to the client process.
+ * (We do not flush at this point because we allow the caller
+ * to chunk data to the client thru us.)
+ */
+static int do_io_reply_callback(struct ipc_server_reply_data *reply_data,
+		       const char *response, size_t response_len)
+{
+	if (reply_data->magic != MAGIC_SERVER_REPLY_DATA)
+		BUG("reply_cb called with wrong instance data");
+
+	return write_packetized_from_buf_no_flush(response, response_len,
+						  reply_data->fd);
+}
+
+/* A randomly chosen value. */
+#define MY_WAIT_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS (10)
+
+/*
+ * If the client hangs up without sending any data on the wire, just
+ * quietly close the socket and ignore this client.
+ *
+ * This worker thread is committed to reading the IPC request data
+ * from the client at the other end of this fd.  Wait here for the
+ * client to actually put something on the wire -- because if the
+ * client just does a ping (connect and hangup without sending any
+ * data), our use of the pkt-line read routines will spew an error
+ * message.
+ *
+ * Return -1 if the client hung up.
+ * Return 0 if data (possibly incomplete) is ready.
+ */
+static int worker_thread__wait_for_io_start(
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_data,
+	int fd)
+{
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data = worker_thread_data->server_data;
+	struct pollfd pollfd[1];
+	int result;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		pollfd[0].fd = fd;
+		pollfd[0].events = POLLIN;
+
+		result = poll(pollfd, 1, MY_WAIT_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+		if (result < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+
+		if (result == 0) {
+			/* a timeout */
+
+			int in_shutdown;
+
+			pthread_mutex_lock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+			in_shutdown = server_data->shutdown_requested;
+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+
+			/*
+			 * If a shutdown is already in progress and this
+			 * client has not started talking yet, just drop it.
+			 */
+			if (in_shutdown)
+				goto cleanup;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (pollfd[0].revents & POLLHUP)
+			goto cleanup;
+
+		if (pollfd[0].revents & POLLIN)
+			return 0;
+
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+cleanup:
+	close(fd);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Receive the request/command from the client and pass it to the
+ * registered request-callback.  The request-callback will compose
+ * a response and call our reply-callback to send it to the client.
+ */
+static int worker_thread__do_io(
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_data,
+	int fd)
+{
+	/* ASSERT NOT holding lock */
+
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct ipc_server_reply_data reply_data;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	reply_data.magic = MAGIC_SERVER_REPLY_DATA;
+	reply_data.worker_thread_data = worker_thread_data;
+
+	reply_data.fd = fd;
+
+	ret = read_packetized_to_strbuf(
+		reply_data.fd, &buf,
+		PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF | PACKET_READ_NEVER_DIE);
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		ret = worker_thread_data->server_data->application_cb(
+			worker_thread_data->server_data->application_data,
+			buf.buf, do_io_reply_callback, &reply_data);
+
+		packet_flush_gently(reply_data.fd);
+	}
+	else {
+		/*
+		 * The client probably disconnected/shutdown before it
+		 * could send a well-formed message.  Ignore it.
+		 */
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	close(reply_data.fd);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Block SIGPIPE on the current thread (so that we get EPIPE from
+ * write() rather than an actual signal).
+ *
+ * Note that using sigchain_push() and _pop() to control SIGPIPE
+ * around our IO calls is not thread safe:
+ * [] It uses a global stack of handler frames.
+ * [] It uses ALLOC_GROW() to resize it.
+ * [] Finally, according to the `signal(2)` man-page:
+ *    "The effects of `signal()` in a multithreaded process are unspecified."
+ */
+static void thread_block_sigpipe(sigset_t *old_set)
+{
+	sigset_t new_set;
+
+	sigemptyset(&new_set);
+	sigaddset(&new_set, SIGPIPE);
+
+	sigemptyset(old_set);
+	pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &new_set, old_set);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Thread proc for an IPC worker thread.  It handles a series of
+ * connections from clients.  It pulls the next fd from the queue
+ * processes it, and then waits for the next client.
+ *
+ * Block SIGPIPE in this worker thread for the life of the thread.
+ * This avoids stray (and sometimes delayed) SIGPIPE signals caused
+ * by client errors and/or when we are under extremely heavy IO load.
+ *
+ * This means that the application callback will have SIGPIPE blocked.
+ * The callback should not change it.
+ */
+static void *worker_thread_proc(void *_worker_thread_data)
+{
+	struct ipc_worker_thread_data *worker_thread_data = _worker_thread_data;
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data = worker_thread_data->server_data;
+	sigset_t old_set;
+	int fd, io;
+	int ret;
+
+	trace2_thread_start("ipc-worker");
+
+	thread_block_sigpipe(&old_set);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		fd = worker_thread__wait_for_connection(worker_thread_data);
+		if (fd == -1)
+			break; /* in shutdown */
+
+		io = worker_thread__wait_for_io_start(worker_thread_data, fd);
+		if (io == -1)
+			continue; /* client hung up without sending anything */
+
+		ret = worker_thread__do_io(worker_thread_data, fd);
+
+		if (ret == SIMPLE_IPC_QUIT) {
+			trace2_data_string("ipc-worker", NULL, "queue_stop_async",
+					   "application_quit");
+			/*
+			 * The application layer is telling the ipc-server
+			 * layer to shutdown.
+			 *
+			 * We DO NOT have a response to send to the client.
+			 *
+			 * Queue an async stop (to stop the other threads) and
+			 * allow this worker thread to exit now (no sense waiting
+			 * for the thread-pool shutdown signal).
+			 *
+			 * Other non-idle worker threads are allowed to finish
+			 * responding to their current clients.
+			 */
+			ipc_server_stop_async(server_data);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	trace2_thread_exit();
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* A randomly chosen value. */
+#define MY_ACCEPT_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS (60 * 1000)
+
+/*
+ * Accept a new client connection on our socket.  This uses non-blocking
+ * IO so that we can also wait for shutdown requests on our socket-pair
+ * without actually spinning on a fast timeout.
+ */
+static int accept_thread__wait_for_connection(
+	struct ipc_accept_thread_data *accept_thread_data)
+{
+	struct pollfd pollfd[2];
+	int result;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		pollfd[0].fd = accept_thread_data->fd_wait_shutdown;
+		pollfd[0].events = POLLIN;
+
+		pollfd[1].fd = accept_thread_data->server_socket->fd_socket;
+		pollfd[1].events = POLLIN;
+
+		result = poll(pollfd, 2, MY_ACCEPT_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+		if (result < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		if (result == 0) {
+			/* a timeout */
+
+			/*
+			 * If someone deletes or force-creates a new unix
+			 * domain socket at our path, all future clients
+			 * will be routed elsewhere and we silently starve.
+			 * If that happens, just queue a shutdown.
+			 */
+			if (unix_stream_server__was_stolen(
+				    accept_thread_data->server_socket)) {
+				trace2_data_string("ipc-accept", NULL,
+						   "queue_stop_async",
+						   "socket_stolen");
+				ipc_server_stop_async(
+					accept_thread_data->server_data);
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (pollfd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
+			/* shutdown message queued to socketpair */
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (pollfd[1].revents & POLLIN) {
+			/* a connection is available on server_socket */
+
+			int client_fd =
+				accept(accept_thread_data->server_socket->fd_socket,
+				       NULL, NULL);
+			if (client_fd >= 0)
+				return client_fd;
+
+			/*
+			 * An error here is unlikely -- it probably
+			 * indicates that the connecting process has
+			 * already dropped the connection.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		BUG("unandled poll result errno=%d r[0]=%d r[1]=%d",
+		    errno, pollfd[0].revents, pollfd[1].revents);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Thread proc for the IPC server "accept thread".  This waits for
+ * an incoming socket connection, appends it to the queue of available
+ * connections, and notifies a worker thread to process it.
+ *
+ * Block SIGPIPE in this thread for the life of the thread.  This
+ * avoids any stray SIGPIPE signals when closing pipe fds under
+ * extremely heavy loads (such as when the fifo queue is full and we
+ * drop incomming connections).
+ */
+static void *accept_thread_proc(void *_accept_thread_data)
+{
+	struct ipc_accept_thread_data *accept_thread_data = _accept_thread_data;
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data = accept_thread_data->server_data;
+	sigset_t old_set;
+
+	trace2_thread_start("ipc-accept");
+
+	thread_block_sigpipe(&old_set);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int client_fd = accept_thread__wait_for_connection(
+			accept_thread_data);
+
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+		if (server_data->shutdown_requested) {
+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+			if (client_fd >= 0)
+				close(client_fd);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (client_fd < 0) {
+			/* ignore transient accept() errors */
+		}
+		else {
+			fifo_enqueue(server_data, client_fd);
+			pthread_cond_broadcast(&server_data->work_available_cond);
+		}
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+	}
+
+	trace2_thread_exit();
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We can't predict the connection arrival rate relative to the worker
+ * processing rate, therefore we allow the "accept-thread" to queue up
+ * a generous number of connections, since we'd rather have the client
+ * not unnecessarily timeout if we can avoid it.  (The assumption is
+ * that this will be used for FSMonitor and a few second wait on a
+ * connection is better than having the client timeout and do the full
+ * computation itself.)
+ *
+ * The FIFO queue size is set to a multiple of the worker pool size.
+ * This value chosen at random.
+ */
+#define FIFO_SCALE (100)
+
+/*
+ * The backlog value for `listen(2)`.  This doesn't need to huge,
+ * rather just large enough for our "accept-thread" to wake up and
+ * queue incoming connections onto the FIFO without the kernel
+ * dropping any.
+ *
+ * This value chosen at random.
+ */
+#define LISTEN_BACKLOG (50)
+
+static struct unix_stream_server_socket *create_listener_socket(
+	const char *path,
+	const struct ipc_server_opts *ipc_opts)
+{
+	struct unix_stream_server_socket *server_socket = NULL;
+	struct unix_stream_listen_opts uslg_opts = UNIX_STREAM_LISTEN_OPTS_INIT;
+
+	uslg_opts.listen_backlog_size = LISTEN_BACKLOG;
+	uslg_opts.disallow_chdir = ipc_opts->uds_disallow_chdir;
+
+	server_socket = unix_stream_server__listen_with_lock(path, &uslg_opts);
+	if (!server_socket)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (set_socket_blocking_flag(server_socket->fd_socket, 1)) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		error_errno(_("could not set listener socket nonblocking '%s'"),
+			    path);
+		unix_stream_server__free(server_socket);
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	trace2_data_string("ipc-server", NULL, "listen-with-lock", path);
+	return server_socket;
+}
+
+static struct unix_stream_server_socket *setup_listener_socket(
+	const char *path,
+	const struct ipc_server_opts *ipc_opts)
+{
+	struct unix_stream_server_socket *server_socket;
+
+	trace2_region_enter("ipc-server", "create-listener_socket", NULL);
+	server_socket = create_listener_socket(path, ipc_opts);
+	trace2_region_leave("ipc-server", "create-listener_socket", NULL);
+
+	return server_socket;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Start IPC server in a pool of background threads.
+ */
+int ipc_server_run_async(struct ipc_server_data **returned_server_data,
+			 const char *path, const struct ipc_server_opts *opts,
+			 ipc_server_application_cb *application_cb,
+			 void *application_data)
+{
+	struct unix_stream_server_socket *server_socket = NULL;
+	struct ipc_server_data *server_data;
+	int sv[2];
+	int k;
+	int nr_threads = opts->nr_threads;
+
+	*returned_server_data = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create a socketpair and set sv[1] to non-blocking.  This
+	 * will used to send a shutdown message to the accept-thread
+	 * and allows the accept-thread to wait on EITHER a client
+	 * connection or a shutdown request without spinning.
+	 */
+	if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sv) < 0)
+		return error_errno(_("could not create socketpair for '%s'"),
+				   path);
+
+	if (set_socket_blocking_flag(sv[1], 1)) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		close(sv[0]);
+		close(sv[1]);
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return error_errno(_("making socketpair nonblocking '%s'"),
+				   path);
+	}
+
+	server_socket = setup_listener_socket(path, opts);
+	if (!server_socket) {
+		int saved_errno = errno;
+		close(sv[0]);
+		close(sv[1]);
+		errno = saved_errno;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	server_data = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*server_data));
+	server_data->magic = MAGIC_SERVER_DATA;
+	server_data->application_cb = application_cb;
+	server_data->application_data = application_data;
+	strbuf_init(&server_data->buf_path, 0);
+	strbuf_addstr(&server_data->buf_path, path);
+
+	if (nr_threads < 1)
+		nr_threads = 1;
+
+	pthread_mutex_init(&server_data->work_available_mutex, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init(&server_data->work_available_cond, NULL);
+
+	server_data->queue_size = nr_threads * FIFO_SCALE;
+	server_data->fifo_fds = xcalloc(server_data->queue_size,
+					sizeof(*server_data->fifo_fds));
+
+	server_data->accept_thread =
+		xcalloc(1, sizeof(*server_data->accept_thread));
+	server_data->accept_thread->magic = MAGIC_ACCEPT_THREAD_DATA;
+	server_data->accept_thread->server_data = server_data;
+	server_data->accept_thread->server_socket = server_socket;
+	server_data->accept_thread->fd_send_shutdown = sv[0];
+	server_data->accept_thread->fd_wait_shutdown = sv[1];
+
+	if (pthread_create(&server_data->accept_thread->pthread_id, NULL,
+			   accept_thread_proc, server_data->accept_thread))
+		die_errno(_("could not start accept_thread '%s'"), path);
+
+	for (k = 0; k < nr_threads; k++) {
+		struct ipc_worker_thread_data *wtd;
+
+		wtd = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*wtd));
+		wtd->magic = MAGIC_WORKER_THREAD_DATA;
+		wtd->server_data = server_data;
+
+		if (pthread_create(&wtd->pthread_id, NULL, worker_thread_proc,
+				   wtd)) {
+			if (k == 0)
+				die(_("could not start worker[0] for '%s'"),
+				    path);
+			/*
+			 * Limp along with the thread pool that we have.
+			 */
+			break;
+		}
+
+		wtd->next_thread = server_data->worker_thread_list;
+		server_data->worker_thread_list = wtd;
+	}
+
+	*returned_server_data = server_data;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Gently tell the IPC server treads to shutdown.
+ * Can be run on any thread.
+ */
+int ipc_server_stop_async(struct ipc_server_data *server_data)
+{
+	/* ASSERT NOT holding mutex */
+
+	int fd;
+
+	if (!server_data)
+		return 0;
+
+	trace2_region_enter("ipc-server", "server-stop-async", NULL);
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+
+	server_data->shutdown_requested = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Write a byte to the shutdown socket pair to wake up the
+	 * accept-thread.
+	 */
+	if (write(server_data->accept_thread->fd_send_shutdown, "Q", 1) < 0)
+		error_errno("could not write to fd_send_shutdown");
+
+	/*
+	 * Drain the queue of existing connections.
+	 */
+	while ((fd = fifo_dequeue(server_data)) != -1)
+		close(fd);
+
+	/*
+	 * Gently tell worker threads to stop processing new connections
+	 * and exit.  (This does not abort in-process conversations.)
+	 */
+	pthread_cond_broadcast(&server_data->work_available_cond);
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+
+	trace2_region_leave("ipc-server", "server-stop-async", NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wait for all IPC server threads to stop.
+ */
+int ipc_server_await(struct ipc_server_data *server_data)
+{
+	pthread_join(server_data->accept_thread->pthread_id, NULL);
+
+	if (!server_data->shutdown_requested)
+		BUG("ipc-server: accept-thread stopped for '%s'",
+		    server_data->buf_path.buf);
+
+	while (server_data->worker_thread_list) {
+		struct ipc_worker_thread_data *wtd =
+			server_data->worker_thread_list;
+
+		pthread_join(wtd->pthread_id, NULL);
+
+		server_data->worker_thread_list = wtd->next_thread;
+		free(wtd);
+	}
+
+	server_data->is_stopped = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ipc_server_free(struct ipc_server_data *server_data)
+{
+	struct ipc_accept_thread_data * accept_thread_data;
+
+	if (!server_data)
+		return;
+
+	if (!server_data->is_stopped)
+		BUG("cannot free ipc-server while running for '%s'",
+		    server_data->buf_path.buf);
+
+	accept_thread_data = server_data->accept_thread;
+	if (accept_thread_data) {
+		unix_stream_server__free(accept_thread_data->server_socket);
+
+		if (accept_thread_data->fd_send_shutdown != -1)
+			close(accept_thread_data->fd_send_shutdown);
+		if (accept_thread_data->fd_wait_shutdown != -1)
+			close(accept_thread_data->fd_wait_shutdown);
+
+		free(server_data->accept_thread);
+	}
+
+	while (server_data->worker_thread_list) {
+		struct ipc_worker_thread_data *wtd =
+			server_data->worker_thread_list;
+
+		server_data->worker_thread_list = wtd->next_thread;
+		free(wtd);
+	}
+
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&server_data->work_available_cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&server_data->work_available_mutex);
+
+	strbuf_release(&server_data->buf_path);
+
+	free(server_data->fifo_fds);
+	free(server_data);
+}
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bd41054ee70..4c27a373414a 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
 	list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c compat/simple-ipc/ipc-win32.c)
+else()
+	list(APPEND compat_SOURCES compat/simple-ipc/ipc-shared.c compat/simple-ipc/ipc-unix-socket.c)
 endif()
 
 set(EXE_EXTENSION ${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/simple-ipc.h b/simple-ipc.h
index a3f96b42cca2..f7e72e966f9a 100644
--- a/simple-ipc.h
+++ b/simple-ipc.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * See Documentation/technical/api-simple-ipc.txt
  */
 
-#if defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE)
+#if defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE) || !defined(NO_UNIX_SOCKETS)
 #define SUPPORTS_SIMPLE_IPC
 #endif
 
@@ -62,11 +62,17 @@ struct ipc_client_connect_options {
 	 * the service and need to wait for it to become ready.
 	 */
 	unsigned int wait_if_not_found:1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Disallow chdir() when creating a Unix domain socket.
+	 */
+	unsigned int uds_disallow_chdir:1;
 };
 
 #define IPC_CLIENT_CONNECT_OPTIONS_INIT { \
 	.wait_if_busy = 0, \
 	.wait_if_not_found = 0, \
+	.uds_disallow_chdir = 0, \
 }
 
 /*
@@ -159,6 +165,11 @@ struct ipc_server_data;
 struct ipc_server_opts
 {
 	int nr_threads;
+
+	/*
+	 * Disallow chdir() when creating a Unix domain socket.
+	 */
+	unsigned int uds_disallow_chdir:1;
 };
 
 /*

-- 
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