--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * cgroup_event_listener.c - Simple listener of cgroup events
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/eventfd.h>
+
+#define USAGE_STR "Usage: cgroup_event_listener <path-to-control-file> <args>\n"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int efd = -1;
+ int cfd = -1;
+ int event_control = -1;
+ char event_control_path[PATH_MAX];
+ char line[LINE_MAX];
+ int ret;
+
+ if (argc != 3) {
+ fputs(USAGE_STR, stderr);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ cfd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
+ if (cfd == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open %s: %s\n", argv[1],
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = snprintf(event_control_path, PATH_MAX, "%s/cgroup.event_control",
+ dirname(argv[1]));
+ if (ret >= PATH_MAX) {
+ fputs("Path to cgroup.event_control is too long\n", stderr);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ event_control = open(event_control_path, O_WRONLY);
+ if (event_control == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open %s: %s\n", event_control_path,
+ strerror(errno));
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ efd = eventfd(0, 0);
+ if (efd == -1) {
+ perror("eventfd() failed");
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = snprintf(line, LINE_MAX, "%d %d %s", efd, cfd, argv[2]);
+ if (ret >= LINE_MAX) {
+ fputs("Arguments string is too long\n", stderr);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = write(event_control, line, strlen(line) + 1);
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ perror("Cannot write to cgroup.event_control");
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ while (1) {
+ uint64_t result;
+
+ ret = read(efd, &result, sizeof(result));
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ perror("Cannot read from eventfd");
+ break;
+ }
+ assert(ret == sizeof(result));
+
+ ret = access(event_control_path, W_OK);
+ if ((ret == -1) && (errno == ENOENT)) {
+ puts("The cgroup seems to have removed.");
+ ret = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ perror("cgroup.event_control "
+ "is not accessable any more");
+ break;
+ }
+
+ printf("%s %s: crossed\n", argv[1], argv[2]);
+ }
+
+out:
+ if (efd >= 0)
+ close(efd);
+ if (event_control >= 0)
+ close(event_control);
+ if (cfd >= 0)
+ close(cfd);
+
+ return (ret != 0);
+}