Вы можете использовать sigtimedwait
для ожидания SIGCHLD
или тайм-аута.
Рабочий пример:
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
template<class... Args>
void start_child(unsigned max_runtime_sec, Args... args) {
// Block SIGCHLD.
sigset_t set;
sigemptyset(&set);
sigaddset(&set, SIGCHLD);
sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, nullptr);
// Enable SIGCHLD.
signal(SIGCHLD, [](int){});
pid_t child_pid = fork();
switch(child_pid) {
case -1:
std::abort();
case 0: {
// Child process.
execl(args..., nullptr);
abort(); // never get here.
}
default: {
// paren process.
timespec timeout = {};
timeout.tv_sec = max_runtime_sec;
siginfo_t info = {};
int rc = sigtimedwait(&set, nullptr, &timeout);
if(SIGCHLD == rc) {
std::printf("child %u terminated in time with return code %d.\n", static_cast<unsigned>(child_pid), info.si_status);
}
else {
kill(child_pid, SIGTERM);
sigwaitinfo(&set, &info);
std::printf("child %u terminated on timeout with return code %d.\n", static_cast<unsigned>(child_pid), info.si_status);
}
}
}
}
int main() {
start_child(2, "/bin/sleep", "/bin/sleep", "10");
start_child(2, "/bin/sleep", "/bin/sleep", "1");
}
Вывод:
child 31548 terminated on timeout with return code 15.
child 31549 terminated in time with return code 0.