X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=cprogs%2Fcgi-fcgi-interp.c;h=93f691ea6670ab3acdc990eb24f48c6c337a2d61;hb=eb04acf0951d7aa75f08ff5a2b9c13715ba5a2bf;hp=8e126a9a70d5ae041079169f1b92498124184424;hpb=4d949b055ecba9b26ce26451e1049f15842310cf;p=chiark-utils.git

diff --git a/cprogs/cgi-fcgi-interp.c b/cprogs/cgi-fcgi-interp.c
index 8e126a9..93f691e 100644
--- a/cprogs/cgi-fcgi-interp.c
+++ b/cprogs/cgi-fcgi-interp.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *   #!/usr/bin/cgi-fcgi-interp [<options>],<interpreter>
  */
 /*
- * cgi-fcgi-interp.[ch] - C helpers common to the whole of chiark-utils
+ * cgi-fcgi-interp.[ch] - Convenience wrapper for cgi-fcgi
  *
  * Copyright 2016 Ian Jackson
  * Copyright 1982,1986,1993 The Regents of the University of California
@@ -37,8 +37,18 @@
  *          The real interpreter to use.  Eg "perl".  Need not
  *          be an absolute path; will be fed to execvp.
  *
+ *  -G<ident-info>
+ *          Add <ident-info> to the unique identifying information for
+ *          this fcgi program.  May be repeated; order is significant.
+ *
+ *  -E<ident-info-env-var>
+ *          Look <ident-info-env-var> up in the environment and add
+ *          <ident-info-env-var>=<value> as if specified with -G.  If
+ *          the variable is unset in the environment, it is as if
+ *          -G<ident-info-env-var> was specified.
+ *
  *  -g<ident>
- *          Use <ident> rather than hex(sha256(<script>))
+ *          Use <ident> rather than hex(sha256(<interp>\0<script>\0))
  *          as the basename of the leafname of the fcgi rendezvous
  *          socket.  If <ident> contains only hex digit characters it
  *          ought to be no more than 32 characters.  <ident> should
@@ -69,7 +79,6 @@
  * cgi-fcgi-interp automatically expires old sockets, including
  * ones where the named script is out of date.
  */
-
 /*
  * Uses one of two directories
  *   /var/run/user/<UID>/cgi-fcgi-interp/
@@ -78,8 +87,8 @@
  *   s<ident>
  *   l<ident>    used to lock around garbage collection
  *
- * If -M<ident> is not specified then an initial substricg of the
- * lowercase hex of the sha256 of the <script> (ie, our argv[1]) is
+ * If -M<ident> is not specified then an initial substring of the
+ * lowercase hex of the sha256 of <interp>\0<script>\0 is
  * used.  The substring is chosen so that the whole path is 10 bytes
  * shorter than sizeof(sun_path).  But always at least 33 characters.
  *
@@ -100,14 +109,10 @@
  *  - stat the socket and check its timestamp
  *       if it is too old, unlink it
  *  - dup stderr, mark no cloexec
- *  - run     cgi-fcgi -connect SOCKET       \
- *                cgi-fcgi-interp \
- *                --stage2 <was-stderr> <socket>      \
- -c<check-interval>		\
- *               \
- *                <interp> <script>
+ *  - set CHIARKUTILS_CGIFCGIINTERP_STAGE2=<stderr-copy-fd>
+ *  - run     cgi-fcgi -connect SOCKET <script>
  *
- * --stage2 does this:
+ * When CHIARKUTILS_CGIFCGIINTERP_STAGE2 is set, --stage2 does this:
  *  - dup2 <was-stderr> to fd 2
  *  - open /dev/null and expect fd 1 (and if not, close it)
  *  - become a new process group
@@ -137,25 +142,74 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
-#include <err.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
 	
 #include <nettle/sha.h>
 
 #include "myopt.h"
 
-#define die  common_die
-#define diee common_diee
-
 #define MINHEXHASH 33
+#define STAGE2_VAR "CHIARKUTILS_CGIFCGIINTERP_STAGE2"
 
 static const char *interp, *ident;
-static int numservers=4, debugmode, stage2;
+static int numservers=4, debugmode;
 static int check_interval=300;
 
-void diee(const char *m) {
-  err(127, "error: %s failed", m);
+static struct sha256_ctx identsc;
+
+static bool logging;
+static const char *stage2;
+
+static void vmsgcore(int estatus, int errnoval, const char *fmt, va_list al) {
+  int r;
+
+  if (logging) {
+    const char *fmt_use = fmt;
+    char *fmt_free = 0;
+    if (errnoval) {
+      r = asprintf(&fmt_free, "%s: %%m", fmt);
+      if (r) {
+	fmt_free = 0;
+      } else {
+	fmt_use = fmt_free;
+      }
+    }
+    vsyslog(LOG_ERR, fmt_use, al);
+    free(fmt_free);
+  } else {
+    fputs("cgi-fcgi-interp: ",stderr);
+    vfprintf(stderr,fmt,al);
+    if (errnoval!=-1) fprintf(stderr,": %s",strerror(errnoval));
+    fputc('\n',stderr);
+  }
+  if (estatus) exit(estatus);
 }
 
+#define DEF_MSG(func, attrs, estatus, errnoval, after)	\
+  static void func(const char *fmt, ...)		\
+    __attribute__((format(printf,1,2))) attrs;		\
+  static void func(const char *fmt, ...) {		\
+    va_list al;						\
+    va_start(al,fmt);					\
+    vmsgcore(estatus,errnoval,fmt,al);			\
+    after						\
+  }
+
+DEF_MSG(warninge, /*empty*/, 0, errno, { });
+DEF_MSG(warning , /*empty*/, 0, 0,     { });
+
+#define DEF_DIE(func, errnoval) \
+  DEF_MSG(func, __attribute__((noreturn)), 127, errnoval, { abort(); })
+
+DEF_DIE(diee, errno)
+DEF_DIE(die,  0)
+
+void common_diee(const char *m) { diee("%s", m); }
+void common_die (const char *m) { die ("%s", m); }
+
 static void fusagemessage(FILE *f) {
   fprintf(f, "usage: #!/usr/bin/cgi-fcgi-interp [<options>]\n");
 }
@@ -177,20 +231,38 @@ static void of_iassign(const struct cmdinfo *ci, const char *val) {
   *ci->iassignto = v;
 }
 
+static void ident_addstring(const struct cmdinfo *ci, const char *string) {
+  /* ci may be 0 and is provided so this can be .call */
+  sha256_update(&identsc,strlen(string)+1,string);
+}
+
+static void off_ident_addenv(const struct cmdinfo *ci, const char *name) {
+  const char *val = getenv(name);
+  if (val) {
+    sha256_update(&identsc,strlen(name),name); /* no nul */
+    sha256_update(&identsc,1,"=");
+    ident_addstring(0,val);
+  } else {
+    ident_addstring(0,name);
+  }
+}
+
 #define MAX_OPTS 5
 
 static const struct cmdinfo cmdinfos[]= {
-  { "help",   0, .call= of_help               },
-  { 0, 'g',   1, .sassignto= &ident           },
-  { 0, 'M',   1, .call=of_iassign, .iassignto= &numservers      },
-  { 0, 'D',   0, .iassignto= &debugmode, .arg= 1 },
-  { 0, 'c',   1, .call=of_iassign, .iassignto= &check_interval  },
-  { "--stage2",0, 0, .iassignto= &stage2, .arg= 1 },
+  { "help",   0, .call=of_help                                         },
+  { 0, 'g',   1,                    .sassignto= &ident                 },
+  { 0, 'G',   1, .call= ident_addstring                                },
+  { 0, 'E',   1, .call= off_ident_addenv                               },
+  { 0, 'M',   1, .call=of_iassign,  .iassignto= &numservers            },
+  { 0, 'D',   0,                    .iassignto= &debugmode,    .arg= 1 },
+  { 0, 'c',   1, .call=of_iassign,  .iassignto= &check_interval        },
   { 0 }
 };
 
 static uid_t us;
 static const char *run_base, *script, *socket_path;
+static const char *run_base_mkdir_p;
 static int stderr_copy;
 
 static bool find_run_base_var_run(void) {
@@ -209,16 +281,16 @@ static bool find_run_base_var_run(void) {
     diee("stat /var/run/user/UID");
   }
   if (!S_ISDIR(stab.st_mode)) {
-    warnx("%s not a directory, falling back to ~\n", try);
+    warning("%s not a directory, falling back to ~\n", try);
     return 0;
   }
   if (stab.st_uid != us) {
-    warnx("%s not owned by uid %lu, falling back to ~\n", try,
-	  (unsigned long)us);
+    warning("%s not owned by uid %lu, falling back to ~\n", try,
+	    (unsigned long)us);
     return 0;
   }
   if (stab.st_mode & 0077) {
-    warnx("%s writeable by group or other, falling back to ~\n", try);
+    warning("%s writeable by group or other, falling back to ~\n", try);
     return 0;
   }
   run_base = m_asprintf("%s/%s", try, "cgi-fcgi-interp");
@@ -239,7 +311,8 @@ static bool find_run_base_home(void) {
   if (sizeof(ut.nodename) > 32)
     ut.nodename[32] = 0;
 
-  try = m_asprintf("%s/%s/%s", pw->pw_dir, ".cgi-fcgi-interp", ut.nodename);
+  run_base_mkdir_p = m_asprintf("%s/%s", pw->pw_dir, ".cgi-fcgi-interp");
+  try = m_asprintf("%s/%s", run_base_mkdir_p, ut.nodename);
   run_base = try;
   return 1;
 }
@@ -258,21 +331,19 @@ static void find_socket_path(void) {
 
   if (!ident) {
     if (maxidentlen < MINHEXHASH)
-      errx(127,"base directory `%s'"
-	   " leaves only %d characters for id hash"
-	   " which is too little (<%d)",
-	   run_base, maxidentlen, MINHEXHASH);
+      die("base directory `%s'"
+	  " leaves only %d characters for id hash"
+	  " which is too little (<%d)",
+	  run_base, maxidentlen, MINHEXHASH);
 
     int identlen = maxidentlen > 64 ? 64 : maxidentlen;
     char *hexident = xmalloc(identlen + 2);
-    struct sha256_ctx sc;
     unsigned char bbuf[32];
     int i;
 
-    sha256_init(&sc);
-    sha256_update(&sc,strlen(interp)+1,interp);
-    sha256_update(&sc,strlen(script)+1,script);
-    sha256_digest(&sc,sizeof(bbuf),bbuf);
+    ident_addstring(0,interp);
+    ident_addstring(0,script);
+    sha256_digest(&identsc,sizeof(bbuf),bbuf);
 
     for (i=0; i<identlen; i += 2)
       sprintf(hexident+i, "%02x", bbuf[i/2]);
@@ -282,17 +353,22 @@ static void find_socket_path(void) {
   }
 
   if (strlen(ident) > maxidentlen)
-    errx(127, "base directory `%s' plus ident `%s' too long"
-	 " (with spare) for socket (max ident %d)\n",
-	 run_base, ident, maxidentlen);
+    die("base directory `%s' plus ident `%s' too long"
+	" (with spare) for socket (max ident %d)\n",
+	run_base, ident, maxidentlen);
 
   r = mkdir(run_base, 0700);
+  if (r && errno==ENOENT && run_base_mkdir_p) {
+    r = mkdir(run_base_mkdir_p, 0700);
+    if (r) diee("mkdir %s (since %s was ENOENT)",run_base_mkdir_p,run_base);
+    r = mkdir(run_base, 0700);
+  }
   if (r) {
     if (!(errno == EEXIST))
-      err(127,"mkdir %s",run_base);
+      diee("mkdir %s",run_base);
   }
 
-  socket_path = m_asprintf("%s/g%s",run_base,ident);
+  socket_path = m_asprintf("%s/s%s",run_base,ident);
 }  
 
 /*
@@ -337,30 +413,62 @@ static void find_socket_path(void) {
 
 
 
-static bool stab_isnewer(const struct stat *a, const struct stat *b) {
 #ifdef st_mtime
+
+static bool stab_isnewer(const struct stat *a, const struct stat *b) {
+  if (debugmode)
+    fprintf(stderr,"stab_isnewer mtim %lu.%06lu %lu.06%lu\n",
+	    (unsigned long)a->st_mtim.tv_sec,
+	    (unsigned long)a->st_mtim.tv_nsec,
+	    (unsigned long)b->st_mtim.tv_sec,
+	    (unsigned long)b->st_mtim.tv_nsec);
   return timespeccmp(&a->st_mtim, &b->st_mtim, >);
-#else
+}
+
+static void stab_mtimenow(struct stat *out) {
+  int r = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &out->st_mtim);
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) clock_gettime");
+  if (debugmode)
+    fprintf(stderr,"stab_mtimenow mtim %lu.%06lu\n",
+	    (unsigned long)out->st_mtim.tv_sec,
+	    (unsigned long)out->st_mtim.tv_nsec);
+}
+
+#else /* !defined(st_mtime) */
+
+static bool stab_isnewer(const struct stat *a, const struct stat *b) {
+  if (debugmode)
+    fprintf(stderr,"stab_isnewer mtime %lu %lu\n",
+	    (unsigned long)a->st_mtime,
+	    (unsigned long)b->st_mtime);
   return a->st_mtime > &b->st_mtime;
-#endif
 }
 
+static void stab_mtimenow(struct stat *out) {
+  out->st_mtime = time(NULL);
+  if (baseline_time.st_mtime == (time_t)-1) diee("(stage2) time()");
+  if (debugmode)
+    fprintf(stderr,"stab_mtimenow mtime %lu\n",
+	    (unsigned long)out->st_mtime);
+}
+
+#endif /* !defined(st_mtime) */
+
 static bool check_garbage_vs(const struct stat *started) {
   struct stat script_stab;
-  struct stat sock_stab;
   int r;
 
   r = lstat(script, &script_stab);
-  if (r) err(127,"lstat script (%s)",script);
+  if (r) diee("lstat script (%s)",script);
 
-  if (stab_isnewer(&script_stab, &sock_stab))
+  if (stab_isnewer(&script_stab, started))
     return 1;
 
   if (S_ISLNK(script_stab.st_mode)) {
     r = stat(script, &script_stab);
-    if (r) err(127,"stat script (%s0",script);
+    if (r) diee("stat script (%s0",script);
 
-    if (stab_isnewer(&script_stab, &sock_stab))
+    if (stab_isnewer(&script_stab, started))
       return 1;
   }
 
@@ -375,7 +483,7 @@ static bool check_garbage(void) {
   if (r) {
     if ((errno == ENOENT))
       return 0; /* well, no garbage then */
-    err(127,"stat socket (%s)",socket_path);
+    diee("stat socket (%s)",socket_path);
   }
 
   return check_garbage_vs(&sock_stab);
@@ -392,26 +500,34 @@ static void tidy_garbage(void) {
   const char *lock_path = m_asprintf("%s/l%s",run_base,ident);
 
   lockfd = open(lock_path, O_CREAT|O_RDWR, 0600);
-  if (lockfd<0) err(127,"create lock (%s)", lock_path);
+  if (lockfd<0) diee("create lock (%s)", lock_path);
 
   r = flock(lockfd, LOCK_EX);
-  if (r) err(127,"lock lock (%s)", lock_path);
+  if (r) diee("lock lock (%s)", lock_path);
 
   if (check_garbage()) {
     r = unlink(socket_path);
     if (r) {
       if (!(errno == ENOENT))
-	err(127,"remove out-of-date socket (%s)", socket_path);
+	diee("remove out-of-date socket (%s)", socket_path);
     }
   }
 
   r = close(lockfd);
-  if (r) errx(127,"close lock (%s)", lock_path);
+  if (r) diee("close lock (%s)", lock_path);
 }
 
 static void make_stderr_copy(void) {
   stderr_copy = dup(2);
-  if (stderr_copy < 0) err(127,"dup stderr (for copy for stage2)");
+  if (stderr_copy < 0) diee("dup stderr (for copy for stage2)");
+}
+
+static void prep_stage2(void) {
+  int r;
+  
+  const char *stage2_val = m_asprintf("%d", stderr_copy);
+  r = setenv(STAGE2_VAR, stage2_val, 1);
+  if (r) diee("set %s (to announce to stage2)", STAGE2_VAR);
 }
 
 static void shbang_opts(const char *const **argv_io,
@@ -419,7 +535,7 @@ static void shbang_opts(const char *const **argv_io,
   myopt(argv_io, cmdinfos);
 
   interp = *(*argv_io)++;
-  if (!interp) errx(127,"need interpreter argument");
+  if (!interp) badusage("need interpreter argument");
 }
 
 /* stage2 predeclarations */
@@ -428,29 +544,32 @@ static void become_pgrp(void);
 static void setup_handlers(void);
 static void spawn_script(void);
 static void queue_alarm(void);
+static void start_logging(void);
+static void await_something(void);
 
 int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
-  const char *smashedopt, *us;
+  const char *smashedopt;
   int r;
 
-  us = argv[0];
+  stage2 = getenv(STAGE2_VAR);
+  if (stage2) {
+    int stderrfd = atoi(stage2);
+    assert(stderrfd>2);
 
-  if (argc>=4 && !strcmp(argv[1],"--stage2")) {
-    ++argv;
-    stage2 = 1;
-
-    int stderrfd = atoi(*++argv);
     r = dup2(stderrfd, 2);
     assert(r==2);
 
     r = open("/dev/null",O_WRONLY);
-    if (r<0) err(127,"open /dev/null as stdout");
+    if (r<0) diee("open /dev/null as stdout");
     if (r>=3) close(r);
-    else if (r!=1) errx(127,"open /dev/null for stdout gave bad fd %d",r);
+    else if (r!=1) die("open /dev/null for stdout gave bad fd %d",r);
 
-    socket_path = *++argv;
+    r = close(stderrfd);
+    if (r) diee("close saved stderr fd");
   }
 
+  sha256_init(&identsc);
+
   if (argc>=2 &&
       (smashedopt = argv[1]) &&
       smashedopt[0]=='-' &&
@@ -461,14 +580,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
     int split_argc = 0;
     split_args[split_argc++] = argv[0];
     for (;;) {
-      if (split_argc >= MAX_OPTS) errx(127,"too many options in combined arg");
+      if (split_argc >= MAX_OPTS) die("too many options in combined arg");
       split_args[split_argc++] = smashedopt;
       if (smashedopt[0] != '-') /* never true on first iteration */
 	break;
       char *delim = strchr(smashedopt,' ');
       if (!delim) delim = strchr(smashedopt,',');
-      if (!delim)
-	errx(127,"combined arg lacks <interpreter>");
+      if (!delim) badusage("combined arg lacks <interpreter>");
       *delim = 0;
       smashedopt = delim+1;
     }
@@ -479,14 +597,14 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
 
     shbang_opts(&split_argv, cmdinfos);
     /* sets interp */
-    if (!split_argv) errx(127,"combined arg too many non-option arguments");
+    if (!split_argv) badusage("combined arg too many non-option arguments");
   } else {
     shbang_opts(&argv, cmdinfos);
   }
 
   script = *argv++;
-  if (!script) errx(127,"need script argument");
-  if (*argv) errx(127,"too many arguments");
+  if (!script) badusage("need script argument");
+  if (*argv) badusage("too many arguments");
 
   if (!stage2) {
     
@@ -506,15 +624,14 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
       tidy_garbage();
 
     make_stderr_copy();
+    prep_stage2();
 
     execlp("cgi-fcgi",
-	   "cgi-fcti", "-connect", socket_path,
-	   us, "--stage2",
-	   m_asprintf("-c%d", check_interval),
-	   m_asprintf("%d", stderr_copy), socket_path,
-	   interp, script,
+	   "cgi-fcgi", "-connect", socket_path,
+	   script,
+	   m_asprintf("%d", numservers),
 	   (char*)0);
-    err(127,"exec cgi-fcgi");
+    diee("exec cgi-fcgi");
     
   } else { /*stage2*/
 
@@ -523,6 +640,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
     setup_handlers();
     spawn_script();
     queue_alarm();
+    start_logging();
     await_something();
     abort();
 
@@ -536,18 +654,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char *const *argv) {
  * and the main program has signals blocked except in sigsuspend, so
  * we don't need to worry about async-signal-safety, or errno. */
 
-static struct stab baseline_time;
+static struct stat baseline_time;
 static pid_t script_child, stage2_pgrp;
 static bool out_of_date;
+static int errpipe;
 
 static void record_baseline_time(void) {
-#ifdef st_mtime
-  int r = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &baselime_time.st_mtim);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) clock_gettime");
-#else
-  baseline_time.st_mtime = time(NULL);
-  if (baseline_time.st_mtime == (time_t)-1) err(127,"(stage2) time()");
-#endif
+  stab_mtimenow(&baseline_time);
 }
 
 static void become_pgrp(void) {
@@ -556,17 +669,17 @@ static void become_pgrp(void) {
   stage2_pgrp = getpid();
 
   r = setpgid(0,0);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) setpgid");
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) setpgid");
 }
 
 static void atexit_handler(void) {
   int r;
 
   sighandler_t sigr = signal(SIGTERM,SIG_IGN);
-  if (sigr == SIG_ERR) warn("(stage2) signal(SIGTERM,SIG_IGN)");
+  if (sigr == SIG_ERR) warninge("(stage2) signal(SIGTERM,SIG_IGN)");
 
   r = killpg(stage2_pgrp,SIGTERM);
-  if (r) warn("(stage) killpg failed");
+  if (r) warninge("(stage) killpg failed");
 }
 
 static void alarm_handler(int dummy) {
@@ -578,12 +691,39 @@ static void alarm_handler(int dummy) {
   queue_alarm();
 }
 
+static void child_handler(int dummy) {
+  for (;;) {
+    int status;
+    pid_t got = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG);
+    if (got == (pid_t)-1) diee("(stage2) waitpid");
+    if (got != script_child) {
+      warning("(stage2) waitpid got status %d for unknown child [%lu]",
+	      status, (unsigned long)got);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+      int v = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+      if (v) warning("program failed with error exit status %d", v);
+      exit(status);
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+      int s = WTERMSIG(status);
+      warning("program died due to fatal signal %s%s",
+	      strsignal(s), WCOREDUMP(status) ? " (core dumped" : "");
+      assert(status & 0xff);
+      exit(status & 0xff);
+    } else {
+      die("program failed with crazy wait status %#x", status);
+    }
+  }
+  exit(127);
+}
+
 static void setup_handlers(void) {
   struct sigaction sa;
   int r;
 
   r = atexit(atexit_handler);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) atexit");
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) atexit");
 
   sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
   sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGALRM);
@@ -591,28 +731,125 @@ static void setup_handlers(void) {
   sa.sa_flags = 0;
 
   r = sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sa.sa_mask, 0);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,)");
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,)");
 
   sa.sa_handler = alarm_handler;
   r = sigaction(SIGALRM, &sa, 0);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) sigaction SIGALRM");
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) sigaction SIGALRM");
 
   sa.sa_flags |= SA_NOCLDSTOP;
   sa.sa_handler = child_handler;
   r = sigaction(SIGCHLD, &sa, 0);
-  if (r) err(127,"(stage2) sigaction SIGCHLD");
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) sigaction SIGCHLD");
 }
 
 static void spawn_script(void) {
+  int r;
+  int errpipes[2];
+
+  r = pipe(errpipes);
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) pipe");
+
   script_child = fork();
-  if (script_child == (pid_t)-1) err(127,"(stage2) fork");
+  if (script_child == (pid_t)-1) diee("(stage2) fork");
   if (!script_child) {
+    r = close(errpipes[0]);
+    if (r) diee("(stage2 child) close errpipes[0]");
+
+    r = dup2(errpipes[1], 2);
+    if (r != 2) diee("(stage2 child) dup2 stderr");
+
     execlp(interp,
 	   interp, script, (char*)0);
-    err(127,"(stage2) exec interpreter (`%s', for `%s')\n",interp,script);
+    diee("(stage2) exec interpreter (`%s', for `%s')\n",interp,script);
   }
+
+  r = close(errpipes[1]);
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) close errpipes[1]");
+
+  errpipe = errpipes[0];
+  r = fcntl(errpipe, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+  if (r) diee("(stage2) set errpipe nonblocking");
 }
 
 static void queue_alarm(void) {
   alarm(check_interval);
 }
+
+static void start_logging(void) {
+  int r;
+
+  openlog(script, LOG_NOWAIT|LOG_PID, LOG_USER);
+  logging = 1;
+  r = dup2(1,2);
+  if (r!=2) diee("dup2 stdout to stderr");
+}
+
+static void errpipe_readable(void) {
+  static char buf[1024];
+  static int pending;
+
+  /* %: does not contain newlines
+   * _: empty (garbage)
+   */ 
+
+  /*           %%%%%%%%%%%__________________ */
+  /*                      ^ pending          */
+
+  for (;;) {
+    int avail = sizeof(buf) - pending;
+    ssize_t got = read(errpipe, buf+pending, avail);
+    if (got==-1) {
+      if (errno==EINTR) continue;
+      else if (errno==EWOULDBLOCK || errno==EAGAIN) return;
+      else diee("(stage2) errpipe read");
+      got = 0;
+    } else if (got==0) {
+      warning("program closed its stderr fd");
+      errpipe = -1;
+      return;
+    }
+    int scanned = pending;
+    pending += got;
+    int eaten = 0;
+    for (;;) {
+      const char *newline = memchr(buf+scanned, '\n', pending-scanned);
+      int printupto, eat;
+      if (newline) {
+	printupto = newline-buf;
+	eat = printupto + 1;
+      } else if (!eaten && pending==sizeof(buf)) { /* overflow */
+	printupto = pending;
+	eat = printupto;
+      } else {
+	break;
+      }
+      syslog(LOG_ERR,"stderr: %.*s", printupto-eaten, buf+eaten);
+      eaten += eat;
+      scanned = eaten;
+    }
+    pending -= eaten;
+    memmove(buf, buf+eaten, pending);
+  }
+}     
+
+static void await_something(void) {
+  int r;
+  sigset_t mask;
+  sigemptyset(&mask);
+
+  for (;;) {
+    fd_set rfds;
+    FD_ZERO(&rfds);
+    if (errpipe >= 0)
+      FD_SET(errpipe, &rfds);
+    r = pselect(errpipe+1, &rfds,0,0, 0, &mask);
+    if (r==-1) {
+      if (errno != EINTR) diee("(stage2) sigsuspend");
+      continue;
+    }
+    assert(r>0);
+    assert(FD_ISSET(errpipe, &rfds));
+    errpipe_readable();
+  }
+}