1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * cgroup_event_listener.c - Simple listener of cgroup events
18 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
20 #define USAGE_STR "Usage: cgroup_event_listener <path-to-control-file> <args>"
22 int main(int argc, char **argv)
26 int event_control = -1;
27 char event_control_path[PATH_MAX];
32 errx(1, "%s", USAGE_STR);
34 cfd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
36 err(1, "Cannot open %s", argv[1]);
38 ret = snprintf(event_control_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/cgroup.event_control",
41 errx(1, "Path to cgroup.event_control is too long");
43 event_control = open(event_control_path, O_WRONLY);
44 if (event_control == -1)
45 err(1, "Cannot open %s", event_control_path);
49 err(1, "eventfd() failed");
51 ret = snprintf(line, LINE_MAX, "%d %d %s", efd, cfd, argv[2]);
53 errx(1, "Arguments string is too long");
55 ret = write(event_control, line, strlen(line) + 1);
57 err(1, "Cannot write to cgroup.event_control");
62 ret = read(efd, &result, sizeof(result));
66 err(1, "Cannot read from eventfd");
68 assert(ret == sizeof(result));
70 ret = access(event_control_path, W_OK);
71 if ((ret == -1) && (errno == ENOENT)) {
72 puts("The cgroup seems to have removed.");
77 err(1, "cgroup.event_control is not accessible any more");
79 printf("%s %s: crossed\n", argv[1], argv[2]);