minio/cmd/service.go

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 */

package cmd

import (
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"syscall"
)

// Type of service signals currently supported.
type serviceSignal int

const (
	serviceRestart serviceSignal = iota // Restarts the server.
	serviceStop                         // Stops the server.
	// Add new service requests here.
)

// Global service signal channel.
var globalServiceSignalCh chan serviceSignal

// GlobalServiceDoneCh - Global service done channel.
var GlobalServiceDoneCh chan struct{}

// Initialize service mutex once.
func init() {
	GlobalServiceDoneCh = make(chan struct{})
	globalServiceSignalCh = make(chan serviceSignal)
}

// restartProcess starts a new process passing it the active fd's. It
// doesn't fork, but starts a new process using the same environment and
// arguments as when it was originally started. This allows for a newly
// deployed binary to be started. It returns the pid of the newly started
// process when successful.
func restartProcess() error {
	// Use the original binary location. This works with symlinks such that if
	// the file it points to has been changed we will use the updated symlink.
	argv0, err := exec.LookPath(os.Args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Invokes the execve system call.
	// Re-uses the same pid. This preserves the pid over multiple server-respawns.
	return syscall.Exec(argv0, os.Args, os.Environ())
}