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TopicsTopics Process context switches Creating and destroying processes
CS 105“Tour of the Black Holes of Computing!”
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ProcessesProcessesDef: A Def: A processprocess is an instance of a running program is an instance of a running program
One of the most profound ideas in computer science Not the same as “program” or “processor”
Process provides each program with two key Process provides each program with two key abstractions:abstractions: Logical control flow
Each program seems to have exclusive use of the CPU
Private address spaceEach program seems to have exclusive use of main memory
How are these illusions maintained?How are these illusions maintained? Process executions interleaved (multitasking) Address spaces managed by virtual memory system
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Logical Control FlowsLogical Control Flows
Time
Process A Process B Process C
Each process has its own logical control flow
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Concurrent ProcessesConcurrent Processes
Two processes Two processes run concurrentlyrun concurrently ( (are concurrent)are concurrent) if if their flows overlap in timetheir flows overlap in time
Otherwise, they are Otherwise, they are sequentialsequential
Examples:Examples: Concurrent: A & B, A & C Sequential: B & C
Time
Process A Process B Process C
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User View: Concurrent ProcessesUser View: Concurrent Processes
Control flows for concurrent processes are physically Control flows for concurrent processes are physically disjoint in time (except on multi-CPU machines)disjoint in time (except on multi-CPU machines)
However, we can think of concurrent processes as However, we can think of concurrent processes as running in parallel with each otherrunning in parallel with each other
Time
Process A Process B Process C
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Context SwitchingContext SwitchingProcesses are managed by a shared chunk of OS code Processes are managed by a shared chunk of OS code
called the called the kernelkernel Important: the kernel is not a separate process, but rather
runs as part of (or on behalf of) some user process
Control flow passes from one process to another via a Control flow passes from one process to another via a context switchcontext switch
Process Acode
Process Bcode
user code
kernel code
user code
kernel code
user code
Timecontext switch
context switch
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Private Address SpacesPrivate Address SpacesEach process has its own private address spaceEach process has its own private address space
memory mapped region forshared libraries
run-time heap(managed by malloc)
user stack(created at runtime)
unused0
%esp (stack pointer)
brk
0xffffffff
0x08048000
0x40000000
read/write segment(.data, .bss)
read-only segment(.init, .text, .rodata)
loaded from the executable file
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fork: Creating New Processesfork: Creating New Processes
int fork(void)int fork(void) Creates new process (child process) that is identical to
calling process (parent process) Returns 0 to child process Returns child’s pid to parent process
if (fork() == 0) { printf("hello from child\n");} else { printf("hello from parent\n");}
Fork is interesting(and often confusing)because it is calledonce but returns twice
Huh? Run that by me again!
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fork: Creating New Processesfork: Creating New Processes
int fork(void)int fork(void) Creates new process (child process) that is identical to
calling process (parent process) Returns 0 to child process Returns child’s pid to parent process
if (fork() == 0) { printf("hello from child\n");} else { printf("hello from parent\n");}
Fork is interesting(and often confusing)because it is calledonce but returns twice
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Fork Example #1Fork Example #1
void fork1(){ int x = 1; // Parent and child will get private copies! pid_t pid = fork(); if (pid == 0) {
printf("Child has x = %d\n", ++x); } else {
printf("Parent has x = %d\n", --x); } printf("Bye from process %d with x = %d\n", getpid(), x);}
Key PointsKey Points Parent and child both run same code
Distinguish parent from child by return value from fork Start with same state, but each has private copy
Including shared input and output file descriptorsRelative ordering of their print statements undefined
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Fork Example #2Fork Example #2
void fork2(){ printf("L0\n"); fork(); printf("L1\n"); fork(); printf("Bye\n");}
Key PointsKey Points Both parent and child can continue forking
L0 L1
L1
Bye
Bye
Bye
Bye
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Fork Example #3Fork Example #3
void fork3(){ printf("L0\n"); fork(); printf("L1\n"); fork(); printf("L2\n"); fork(); printf("Bye\n");}
Key PointsKey Points Both parent and child can continue forking
L1 L2
L2
Bye
Bye
Bye
Bye
L1 L2
L2
Bye
Bye
Bye
Bye
L0
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Fork Example #4Fork Example #4
void fork4(){ printf("L0\n"); if (fork() != 0) {
printf("L1\n"); if (fork() != 0) { printf("L2\n"); fork();}
} printf("Bye\n");}
Key PointsKey Points Both parent and child can continue forking
L0 L1
Bye
L2
Bye
Bye
Bye
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Fork Example #5Fork Example #5
void fork5(){ printf("L0\n"); if (fork() == 0) {
printf("L1\n"); if (fork() == 0) { printf("L2\n"); fork();}
} printf("Bye\n");}
Key PointsKey Points Both parent and child can continue forking
L0 Bye
L1
Bye
Bye
Bye
L2
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exit: Destroying a Processexit: Destroying a Process
void exit(int status)void exit(int status) Terminates a process
Normally return with status 0 (success)Nonzero value indicates failures (Anna Karenina)
atexit() registers functions to be executed upon exitBut very rarely used in practice
void cleanup(void) { printf("cleaning up\n");}
void fork6() { atexit(cleanup); fork(); exit(0);}
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ZombiesZombiesIdeaIdea
When process terminates, still consumes system resourcesVarious tables maintained by OS (to store exit status)
Called a “zombie”Living corpse, half alive and half dead
ReapingReaping Performed by parent on terminated child Parent is given exit status information Kernel discards process
What If Parent Doesn’t Reap?What If Parent Doesn’t Reap? If any parent terminates without reaping a child, then child
will be reaped by init process Only need explicit reaping for long-running processes
E.g., shells and servers
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linux> ./forks 7 &[1] 6639Running Parent, PID = 6639Terminating Child, PID = 6640linux> ps PID TTY TIME CMD 6585 ttyp9 00:00:00 tcsh 6639 ttyp9 00:00:03 forks 6640 ttyp9 00:00:00 forks <defunct> 6641 ttyp9 00:00:00 pslinux> kill 6639[1] Terminatedlinux> ps PID TTY TIME CMD 6585 ttyp9 00:00:00 tcsh 6642 ttyp9 00:00:00 ps
Zombie ExampleZombie Example
ps shows child process as “defunct”
Killing parent allows child to be reaped
void fork7(){ if (fork() == 0) {
/* Child */printf("Terminating Child, PID = %d\n", getpid());exit(0);
} else {printf("Running Parent, PID = %d\n", getpid());while (1) ; /* Infinite loop */
}}
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linux> ./forks 8Terminating Parent, PID = 6675Running Child, PID = 6676linux> ps PID TTY TIME CMD 6585 ttyp9 00:00:00 tcsh 6676 ttyp9 00:00:06 forks 6677 ttyp9 00:00:00 pslinux> kill 6676linux> ps PID TTY TIME CMD 6585 ttyp9 00:00:00 tcsh 6678 ttyp9 00:00:00 ps
NonterminatingChildExample
NonterminatingChildExample
Child process still active even though parent has terminated
Must kill explicitly, or else will keep running indefinitely
void fork8(){ if (fork() == 0) {
/* Child */printf("Running Child, PID = %d\n", getpid());while (1) ; /* Infinite loop */
} else {printf("Terminating Parent, PID = %d\n", getpid());exit(0);
}}
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wait: Synchronizing With Childrenwait: Synchronizing With Childrenint wait(int *child_status)int wait(int *child_status)
Suspends current process until one of its children terminates
Return value is pid of child process that terminated If child_status != NULL, then integer it points to will be
set to indicate why child terminated
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wait: Synchronizing With Childrenwait: Synchronizing With Childrenvoid fork9() { int child_status;
if (fork() == 0) { printf("HC: hello from child\n"); } else { printf("HP: hello from parent\n"); wait(&child_status); printf("CT: child has terminated\n"); } printf("Bye\n"); exit(0);}
HP
HC Bye
CT Bye
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Wait ExampleWait Example If multiple children completed, will take in arbitrary order Can use macros WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS to get
information about exit statusvoid fork10(){ pid_t pid[N]; int i; int child_status; for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
if ((pid[i] = fork()) == 0) exit(100+i); /* Child */
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {pid_t wpid = wait(&child_status);if (WIFEXITED(child_status)) printf("Child %d terminated with exit status %d\
n", wpid, WEXITSTATUS(child_status));
else printf("Child %d terminated abnormally\n", wpid);
}}
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WaitpidWaitpid waitpid(pid, &status, options)
Can wait for specific processVarious options available (see man page)
void fork11(){ pid_t pid[N]; int i; int child_status; for (i = 0; i < N; i++)
if ((pid[i] = fork()) == 0) exit(100+i); /* Child */
for (i = 0; i < N; i++) {pid_t wpid = waitpid(pid[i], &child_status, 0);if (WIFEXITED(child_status)) printf("Child %d terminated with exit status %d\n",
wpid, WEXITSTATUS(child_status));else printf("Child %d terminated abnormally\n", wpid);
}
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Wait/Waitpid Example OutputsWait/Waitpid Example Outputs
Child 3565 terminated with exit status 103Child 3564 terminated with exit status 102Child 3563 terminated with exit status 101Child 3562 terminated with exit status 100Child 3566 terminated with exit status 104
Child 3568 terminated with exit status 100Child 3569 terminated with exit status 101Child 3570 terminated with exit status 102Child 3571 terminated with exit status 103Child 3572 terminated with exit status 104
Using wait (fork10)
Using waitpid (fork11)
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exec: Running New Programsexec: Running New Programsint execlp(char *what, char *arg0, char *arg1, …, 0)int execlp(char *what, char *arg0, char *arg1, …, 0)
Loads and runs executable at what with args arg0, arg1, …what is the name or complete path of an executablearg0 becomes the name of the process
» Typically arg0 is either identical to what, or else it contains only the executable filename from what
“Real” arguments to the executable start with arg1, etc. List of args is terminated by a (char *)0 argument
Returns -1 if error, otherwise doesn’t return!
main() { if (fork() == 0) { execlp("/usr/bin/cp", "cp", "foo", "bar", NULL); } wait(NULL); printf("copy completed\n"); exit(0);}
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SummarizingSummarizing
ProcessesProcesses At any given time, system has multiple active processes But only one (per CPU core) can execute at a time Each process appears to have total control of processor +
private memory space
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Summarizing (cont.)Summarizing (cont.)Spawning ProcessesSpawning Processes
Call to forkOne call, two returns
Terminating ProcessesTerminating Processes Call exit
One call, no return
Reaping ProcessesReaping Processes Call wait or waitpid
Replacing Program Executed by ProcessReplacing Program Executed by Process Call execl (or variant)
One call, (normally) no return