Implement app streams: stdio for apps (#640)

Implement file IO for applications to facilitate text input/output capturing.

Apps can now launch apps and:
- Read their stdio output
- Write to their stdio input
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Ken Van Hoeylandt
2026-08-30 12:07:40 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 64fb1a9f52
commit 6e5e35610b
20 changed files with 1540 additions and 10 deletions
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#include <app/manager.h>
#include <app/metadata.h>
#include <app/private/fd_table.h>
#include <app/private/fs.h>
#include <app/private/ledger.h>
#include <app/private/scheduler.h>
@@ -89,8 +90,15 @@ char** copy_arguments(int argc, const char* const argv[]) {
// Takes ownership of argv (already a deep copy, or NULL/argc==0) regardless of outcome -
// app_scheduler_start() frees it on any failure path, and the spawned task frees it once its
// run() returns.
error_t start_internal(const char* id, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, int argc, char* argv[], AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
// run() returns. @a bindings (@a binding_count entries, may be NULL/0) are subscribed into the
// new instance's fd table before app_scheduler_start() is called, so they're in place before its
// task begins executing (see app_manager_start_with_streams()).
error_t start_internal(const char* id, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, int argc, char* argv[], const AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
if (binding_count != 0 && bindings == nullptr) {
app_ledger_free_arguments(argc, argv);
return ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
}
auto& ledger = app_ledger();
mutex_lock(&ledger.mutex);
@@ -106,13 +114,42 @@ error_t start_internal(const char* id, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, int arg
AppInstanceRecord record { .id = target_id, .manifest = manifest, .state = APP_INSTANCE_STATE_STARTING, .task = nullptr };
record.parent_id = parent_instance_id;
ledger.instances[target_id] = record;
// Constructed on the map-resident copy, not the local `record` about to go out of scope.
// AppFdTable::fds[] entries point into AppFdTable::slots[] by address (see fd_table.h), so
// constructing before the copy above would leave them pointing at stack storage.
app_fd_table_construct(&ledger.instances[target_id].fd_table);
mutex_unlock(&ledger.mutex);
LOG_I(TAG, "[instance %d] starting %s with parent %d", target_id, manifest->id, parent_instance_id);
for (size_t i = 0; i < binding_count; i++) {
error_t bind_result = app_stream_subscribe(bindings[i].stream, bindings[i].buffer, bindings[i].buffer_capacity, bindings[i].event_group, target_id, bindings[i].producer_fd);
if (bind_result != ERROR_NONE) {
LOG_E(TAG, "[instance %d] Failed to bind stream at fd %d: %s", target_id, bindings[i].producer_fd, error_to_string(bind_result));
// Undo bindings[0..i): app_fd_table_teardown() below only closes each stream. It
// doesn't release the event bits app_stream_subscribe() claimed or destruct
// stream->internal.mutex; only app_stream_unsubscribe() does that.
for (size_t j = 0; j < i; j++) {
app_stream_unsubscribe(bindings[j].stream);
}
mutex_lock(&ledger.mutex);
app_fd_table_teardown(&ledger.instances[target_id].fd_table);
ledger.instances.erase(target_id);
mutex_unlock(&ledger.mutex);
app_ledger_free_arguments(argc, argv);
return bind_result;
}
}
error_t error = app_scheduler_start(target_id, manifest->location, manifest->stack, argc, argv);
if (error != ERROR_NONE) {
// Every binding succeeded before app_scheduler_start() failed. Unsubscribe all of them,
// same reasoning as the bind-failure path above.
for (size_t j = 0; j < binding_count; j++) {
app_stream_unsubscribe(bindings[j].stream);
}
mutex_lock(&ledger.mutex);
app_fd_table_teardown(&ledger.instances[target_id].fd_table);
ledger.instances.erase(target_id);
mutex_unlock(&ledger.mutex);
LOG_I(TAG, "[instance %d] Failed to start: %s", target_id, error_to_string(error));
@@ -126,15 +163,19 @@ error_t start_internal(const char* id, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, int arg
} // namespace
error_t app_manager_start(const char* id, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
return start_internal(id, 0, 0, nullptr, out_app_instance_id);
return start_internal(id, 0, 0, nullptr, nullptr, 0, out_app_instance_id);
}
error_t app_manager_start_with_parameters(const char* id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
return start_internal(id, 0, argc, copy_arguments(argc, argv), out_app_instance_id);
return start_internal(id, 0, argc, copy_arguments(argc, argv), nullptr, 0, out_app_instance_id);
}
error_t app_manager_start_for_result(const char* id, AppInstanceId parent_instance_id, int argc, const char* const argv[], AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
return start_internal(id, parent_instance_id, argc, copy_arguments(argc, argv), out_app_instance_id);
return start_internal(id, parent_instance_id, argc, copy_arguments(argc, argv), nullptr, 0, out_app_instance_id);
}
error_t app_manager_start_with_streams(const char* id, const AppStreamBinding* bindings, size_t binding_count, AppInstanceId* out_app_instance_id) {
return start_internal(id, 0, 0, nullptr, bindings, binding_count, out_app_instance_id);
}
error_t app_manager_stop(AppInstanceId app_instance_id) {