popen: Add 'pipeline' procedure.

* libguile/posix.c (scm_open_process): Remove.
(scm_piped_process): Add to replace open_process.
* module/ice-9/popen.scm (pipe->fdes): Add to convert pipe pair to fdes pair.
(open-process): Add open-process for backwards compatibility.
(pipeline): Add to implement a pipeline using piped-process.
* doc/ref/posix.texi (Pipes): Document it.
* test-suite/tests/popen.test ("open-process")
("piped-process", "piped-process: with output")
("pipeline"): New tests.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>

doc/ref/posix.texi

@@ -2370,6 +2370,34 @@ processes, and a system-wide limit on the number of pipes, so pipes
 should be closed explicitly when no longer needed, rather than letting
 the garbage collector pick them up at some later time.
 
+@findex pipeline
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} pipeline commands
+Execute a @code{pipeline} of @var{commands} --- where each command is a
+list of a program and its arguments as strings --- returning an input
+port to the end of the pipeline, an output port to the beginning of the
+pipeline and a list of PIDs of the processes executing the @var{commands}.
+
+@example
+(let ((commands '(("git" "ls-files")
+                  ("tar" "-cf-" "-T-")
+                  ("sha1sum" "-")))
+      (pipe-fail? (lambda (pid)
+                    (not
+                     (zero?
+                      (status:exit-val
+                       (cdr
+                        (waitpid pid))))))))
+  (receive (from to pids) (pipeline commands)
+    (let* ((sha1 (read-delimited " " from))
+           (index (list-index pipe-fail? (reverse pids))))
+      (close to)
+      (close from)
+      (if (not index) sha1
+          (string-append "pipeline failed in command: "
+                         (string-join (list-ref commands index)))))))
+@result{} "52f99d234503fca8c84ef94b1005a3a28d8b3bc1"
+@end example
+@end deffn
 
 @node Networking
 @subsection Networking

libguile/posix.c

@@ -1372,10 +1372,9 @@ start_child (const char *exec_file, char **exec_argv,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_START_CHILD
 static SCM
-scm_open_process (SCM mode, SCM prog, SCM args)
+scm_piped_process (SCM prog, SCM args, SCM from, SCM to)
-#define FUNC_NAME "open-process"
+#define FUNC_NAME "piped-process"
 {
-  long mode_bits;
   int reading, writing;
   int c2p[2]; /* Child to parent.  */
   int p2c[2]; /* Parent to child.  */
@@ -1383,41 +1382,24 @@ scm_open_process (SCM mode, SCM prog, SCM args)
   int pid;
   char *exec_file;
   char **exec_argv;
-  SCM read_port = SCM_BOOL_F, write_port = SCM_BOOL_F;
 
   exec_file = scm_to_locale_string (prog);
   exec_argv = scm_i_allocate_string_pointers (scm_cons (prog, args));
 
-  mode_bits = scm_i_mode_bits (mode);
+  reading = scm_is_pair (from);
-  reading = mode_bits & SCM_RDNG;
+  writing = scm_is_pair (to);
-  writing = mode_bits & SCM_WRTNG;
 
   if (reading)
     {
-      if (pipe (c2p))
+      c2p[0] = scm_to_int (scm_car (from));
-        {
+      c2p[1] = scm_to_int (scm_cdr (from));
-          int errno_save = errno;
-          free (exec_file);
-          errno = errno_save;
-          SCM_SYSERROR;
-        }
       out = c2p[1];
     }
 
   if (writing)
     {
-      if (pipe (p2c))
+      p2c[0] = scm_to_int (scm_car (to));
-        {
+      p2c[1] = scm_to_int (scm_cdr (to));
-          int errno_save = errno;
-          free (exec_file);
-          if (reading)
-            {
-              close (c2p[0]);
-              close (c2p[1]);
-            }
-          errno = errno_save;
-          SCM_SYSERROR;
-        }
       in = p2c[0];
     }
 
@@ -1453,23 +1435,12 @@ scm_open_process (SCM mode, SCM prog, SCM args)
       SCM_SYSERROR;
     }
 
-  /* There is no sense in catching errors on close().  */
   if (reading)
-    {
     close (c2p[1]);
-      read_port = scm_i_fdes_to_port (c2p[0], scm_mode_bits ("r0"),
-                                      sym_read_pipe,
-                                      SCM_FPORT_OPTION_NOT_SEEKABLE);
-    }
   if (writing)
-    {
     close (p2c[0]);
-      write_port = scm_i_fdes_to_port (p2c[1], scm_mode_bits ("w0"),
-                                       sym_write_pipe,
-                                       SCM_FPORT_OPTION_NOT_SEEKABLE);
-    }
 
-  return scm_values_3 (read_port, write_port, scm_from_int (pid));
+  return scm_from_int (pid);
 }
 #undef FUNC_NAME
 
@@ -1514,8 +1485,8 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_system_star, "system*", 0, 0, 1,
 "Example: (system* \"echo\" \"foo\" \"bar\")")
 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_system_star
 {
-  SCM prog, res;
+  SCM prog, pid;
-  int pid, status, wait_result;
+  int status, wait_result;
 
   if (scm_is_null (args))
     SCM_WRONG_NUM_ARGS ();
@@ -1533,9 +1504,8 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_system_star, "system*", 0, 0, 1,
                          SCM_UNDEFINED);
 #endif
 
-  res = scm_open_process (scm_nullstr, prog, args);
+  pid = scm_piped_process (prog, args, SCM_UNDEFINED, SCM_UNDEFINED);
-  pid = scm_to_int (scm_c_value_ref (res, 2));
+  SCM_SYSCALL (wait_result = waitpid (scm_to_int (pid), &status, 0));
-  SCM_SYSCALL (wait_result = waitpid (pid, &status, 0));
   if (wait_result == -1)
     SCM_SYSERROR;
 
@@ -2382,7 +2352,7 @@ SCM_DEFINE (scm_gethostname, "gethostname", 0, 0, 0,
 static void
 scm_init_popen (void)
 {
-  scm_c_define_gsubr ("open-process", 2, 0, 1, scm_open_process);
+  scm_c_define_gsubr ("piped-process", 2, 2, 0, scm_piped_process);
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_START_CHILD */
 

module/ice-9/popen.scm

@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
   #:use-module (rnrs bytevectors)
   #:use-module (ice-9 binary-ports)
   #:use-module (ice-9 threads)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
   #:export (port/pid-table open-pipe* open-pipe close-pipe open-input-pipe
-            open-output-pipe open-input-output-pipe))
+            open-output-pipe open-input-output-pipe pipeline))
 
 (eval-when (expand load eval)
   (load-extension (string-append "libguile-" (effective-version))
@@ -84,6 +85,28 @@
 (define port/pid-table (make-weak-key-hash-table))
 (define port/pid-table-mutex (make-mutex))
 
+(define (pipe->fdes)
+  (let ((p (pipe)))
+   (cons (port->fdes (car p))
+         (port->fdes (cdr p)))))
+
+(define (open-process mode command . args)
+  "Backwards compatible implementation of the former procedure in
+libguile/posix.c (scm_open_process) replaced by
+scm_piped_process. Executes the program @var{command} with optional
+arguments @var{args} (all strings) in a subprocess.  A port to the
+process (based on pipes) is created and returned.  @var{mode} specifies
+whether an input, an output or an input-output port to the process is
+created: it should be the value of @code{OPEN_READ}, @code{OPEN_WRITE}
+or @code{OPEN_BOTH}."
+  (let* ((from (and (or (string=? mode OPEN_READ)
+                        (string=? mode OPEN_BOTH)) (pipe->fdes)))
+         (to (and (or (string=? mode OPEN_WRITE)
+                      (string=? mode OPEN_BOTH)) (pipe->fdes)))
+         (pid (piped-process command args from to)))
+    (values (and from (fdes->inport (car from)))
+            (and to (fdes->outport (cdr to))) pid)))
+
 (define (open-pipe* mode command . args)
   "Executes the program @var{command} with optional arguments
 @var{args} (all strings) in a subprocess.
@@ -176,3 +199,24 @@ information on how to interpret this value."
   "Equivalent to @code{open-pipe} with mode @code{OPEN_BOTH}"
   (open-pipe command OPEN_BOTH))
 
+(define (pipeline commands)
+  "Execute a pipeline of @var(commands) -- where each command is a list of a
+program and its arguments as strings -- returning an input port to the
+end of the pipeline, an output port to the beginning of the pipeline and
+a list of PIDs of the processes executing the @var(commands)."
+  (let* ((to (pipe->fdes))
+         (pipes (map (lambda _ (pipe->fdes)) commands))
+	 (pipeline (fold (lambda (from proc prev)
+                           (let* ((to (car prev))
+                                  (pids (cdr prev))
+                                  (pid (piped-process (car proc)
+                                                      (cdr proc)
+                                                      from
+                                                      to)))
+                             (cons from (cons pid pids))))
+                         `(,to)
+                         pipes
+                         commands))
+	 (from (car pipeline))
+	 (pids (cdr pipeline)))
+    (values (fdes->inport (car from)) (fdes->outport (cdr to)) pids)))

test-suite/tests/popen.test

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; popen.test --- exercise ice-9/popen.scm      -*- scheme -*-
 ;;;;
-;;;; Copyright 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; Copyright 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 ;;;; Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
 (define-module (test-suite test-ice-9-popen)
-  #:use-module (test-suite lib))
+  #:use-module (test-suite lib)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 receive)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim))
+
 
 ;; read from PORT until eof is reached, return what's read as a string
 (define (read-string-to-eof port)
@@ -211,3 +214,34 @@ exec 2>~a; read REPLY"
      (let ((st (close-pipe (open-output-pipe "exit 1"))))
        (and (status:exit-val st)
             (= 1 (status:exit-val st)))))))
+
+
+;;
+;; pipeline related tests
+;;
+
+(pass-if "open-process"
+  (receive (from to pid)
+      ((@@ (ice-9 popen) open-process) OPEN_BOTH "rev")
+    (display "dlrow olleh" to) (close to)
+    (and (equal? "hello world" (read-string from))
+         (= 0 (status:exit-val (cdr (waitpid pid)))))))
+
+(pass-if "piped-process"
+  (= 42 (status:exit-val
+         (cdr (waitpid ((@@ (ice-9 popen) piped-process)
+                        "./meta/guile" '("-c" "(exit 42)")))))))
+
+(pass-if "piped-process: with output"
+  (let* ((p (pipe))
+         (pid ((@@ (ice-9 popen) piped-process) "echo" '("foo" "bar")
+                             (cons (port->fdes (car p))
+                                   (port->fdes (cdr p))))))
+    (and (equal? "foo bar\n" (read-string (car p)))
+         (= 0 (status:exit-val (cdr (waitpid pid)))))))
+
+(pass-if "pipeline"
+  (receive (from to pids)
+      (pipeline '(("echo" "dlrow olleh") ("rev")))
+    (and (string=? "hello world\n" (read-string from))
+         (equal? '(0 0) (map (compose status:exit-val cdr waitpid) pids)))))