Reimplement child_process.fork

Fixes test/simple/test-child-process-fork.js

lib/child_process_uv.js

@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ var Process = process.binding('process_wrap').Process;
 var inherits = require('util').inherits;
 var constants; // if (!constants) constants = process.binding('constants');
 
+var LF = '\n'.charCodeAt(0);
+var Pipe;
+
 
 // constructors for lazy loading
-function createPipe() {
-  var Pipe = process.binding('pipe_wrap').Pipe;
-  return new Pipe();
+function createPipe(ipc) {
+  // Lazy load
+  if (!Pipe) {
+    Pipe = new process.binding('pipe_wrap').Pipe;
+  }
+
+  return new Pipe(ipc);
 }
 
 function createSocket(pipe, readable) {
@@ -61,6 +68,106 @@ function mergeOptions(target, overrides) {
 }
 
 
+function setupChannel(target, channel) {
+  target._channel = channel;
+
+  var jsonBuffer = '';
+
+  channel.onread = function(pool, offset, length) {
+    if (pool) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        if (pool[offset + i] === LF) {
+          jsonBuffer += pool.toString('ascii', offset, offset + i);
+          var message = JSON.parse(jsonBuffer);
+          jsonBuffer = pool.toString('ascii', i, length);
+          offset = i + 1;
+
+          target.emit('message', message);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      channel.close();
+      target._channel = null;
+    }
+  };
+
+  target.send = function(message, fd) {
+    if (fd) throw new Error("not yet implemented");
+
+    if (!target._channel) throw new Error("channel closed");
+
+    // For overflow protection don't write if channel queue is too deep.
+    if (channel.writeQueueSize > 1024 * 1024) {
+      return false; 
+    }
+
+    var buffer = Buffer(JSON.stringify(message) + '\n');
+
+    var writeReq = channel.write(buffer);
+
+    if (!writeReq) {
+      throw new Error(errno + " cannot write to IPC channel.");
+    } else {
+      writeReq.oncomplete = nop;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  };
+
+  channel.readStart();
+}
+
+
+function nop() { }
+
+
+exports.fork = function(modulePath, args, options) {
+  if (!options) options = {};
+
+  if (!args) args = [];
+  args.unshift(modulePath);
+
+  if (options.stdinStream) {
+    throw new Error("stdinStream not allowed for fork()");
+  }
+
+  if (options.customFds) {
+    throw new Error("customFds not allowed for fork()");
+  }
+
+  // Leave stdin open for the IPC channel. stdout and stderr should be the
+  // same as the parent's.
+  options.customFds = [ -1, 1, 2 ];
+
+  // Just need to set this - child process won't actually use the fd.
+  // For backwards compat - this can be changed to 'NODE_CHANNEL' before v0.6.
+  options.env = { NODE_CHANNEL_FD: 42 };
+
+  // stdin is the IPC channel.
+  options.stdinStream = createPipe(true);
+
+  var child = spawn(process.execPath, args, options);
+
+  setupChannel(child, options.stdinStream);
+
+  child.on('exit', function() {
+    if (child._channel) {
+      child._channel.close();
+    }
+  });
+
+  return child;
+};
+
+
+exports._forkChild = function() {
+  // set process.send()
+  var p = createPipe(true);
+  p.open(0);
+  setupChannel(process, p);
+};
+
+
 exports.exec = function(command /*, options, callback */) {
   var file, args, options, callback;
 
@@ -213,7 +320,8 @@ var spawn = exports.spawn = function(file, args, options) {
     cwd: options ? options.cwd : null,
     windowsVerbatimArguments: !!(options && options.windowsVerbatimArguments),
     envPairs: envPairs,
-    customFds: options ? options.customFds : null
+    customFds: options ? options.customFds : null,
+    stdinStream: options ? options.stdinStream : null
   });
 
   return child;
@@ -266,6 +374,9 @@ inherits(ChildProcess, EventEmitter);
 
 
 function setStreamOption(name, index, options) {
+  // Skip if we already have options.stdinStream
+  if (options[name]) return;
+
   if (options.customFds &&
       typeof options.customFds[index] == 'number' &&
       options.customFds[index] !== -1) {
@@ -283,6 +394,8 @@ function setStreamOption(name, index, options) {
 ChildProcess.prototype.spawn = function(options) {
   var self = this;
 
+  debugger;
+
   setStreamOption('stdinStream', 0, options);
   setStreamOption('stdoutStream', 1, options);
   setStreamOption('stderrStream', 2, options);

src/node.cc

@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ void MakeCallback(Handle<Object> object,
   HandleScope scope;
 
   Local<Value> callback_v = object->Get(String::New(method)); 
+  if (!callback_v->IsFunction()) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "method = %s", method);
+  }
   assert(callback_v->IsFunction());
   Local<Function> callback = Local<Function>::Cast(callback_v);