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-rw-r--r--changelog.d/8011.misc1
-rw-r--r--synapse/app/_base.py16
-rw-r--r--synapse/python_dependencies.py1
-rw-r--r--synapse/util/daemonize.py131
4 files changed, 135 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/changelog.d/8011.misc b/changelog.d/8011.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfeb4bdaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/8011.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace daemonize library with a local implementation.
diff --git a/synapse/app/_base.py b/synapse/app/_base.py
index 373a80a4a7..fa40c68f53 100644
--- a/synapse/app/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/app/_base.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 import gc
 import logging
 import os
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import sys
 import traceback
 from typing import Iterable
 
-from daemonize import Daemonize
 from typing_extensions import NoReturn
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, error, reactor
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ from synapse.config.server import ListenerConfig
 from synapse.crypto import context_factory
 from synapse.logging.context import PreserveLoggingContext
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import Linearizer
+from synapse.util.daemonize import daemonize_process
 from synapse.util.rlimit import change_resource_limit
 from synapse.util.versionstring import get_version_string
 
@@ -129,17 +128,8 @@ def start_reactor(
             if print_pidfile:
                 print(pid_file)
 
-            daemon = Daemonize(
-                app=appname,
-                pid=pid_file,
-                action=run,
-                auto_close_fds=False,
-                verbose=True,
-                logger=logger,
-            )
-            daemon.start()
-        else:
-            run()
+            daemonize_process(pid_file, logger)
+        run()
 
 
 def quit_with_error(error_string: str) -> NoReturn:
diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index abea2be4ef..e5f22fb858 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
     "pyyaml>=3.11",
     "pyasn1>=0.1.9",
     "pyasn1-modules>=0.0.7",
-    "daemonize>=2.3.1",
     "bcrypt>=3.1.0",
     "pillow>=4.3.0",
     "sortedcontainers>=1.4.4",
diff --git a/synapse/util/daemonize.py b/synapse/util/daemonize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7913fa1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/util/daemonize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2012, 2013, 2014 Ilya Otyutskiy <ilya.otyutskiy@icloud.com>
+# Copyright 2020 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import atexit
+import fcntl
+import logging
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+
+
+def daemonize_process(pid_file: str, logger: logging.Logger, chdir: str = "/") -> None:
+    """daemonize the current process
+
+    This calls fork(), and has the main process exit. When it returns we will be
+    running in the child process.
+    """
+
+    # If pidfile already exists, we should read pid from there; to overwrite it, if
+    # locking will fail, because locking attempt somehow purges the file contents.
+    if os.path.isfile(pid_file):
+        with open(pid_file, "r") as pid_fh:
+            old_pid = pid_fh.read()
+
+    # Create a lockfile so that only one instance of this daemon is running at any time.
+    try:
+        lock_fh = open(pid_file, "w")
+    except IOError:
+        print("Unable to create the pidfile.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        # Try to get an exclusive lock on the file. This will fail if another process
+        # has the file locked.
+        fcntl.flock(lock_fh, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+    except IOError:
+        print("Unable to lock on the pidfile.")
+        # We need to overwrite the pidfile if we got here.
+        #
+        # XXX better to avoid overwriting it, surely. this looks racey as the pid file
+        # could be created between us trying to read it and us trying to lock it.
+        with open(pid_file, "w") as pid_fh:
+            pid_fh.write(old_pid)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Fork, creating a new process for the child.
+    process_id = os.fork()
+
+    if process_id != 0:
+        # parent process
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    # This is the child process. Continue.
+
+    # Stop listening for signals that the parent process receives.
+    # This is done by getting a new process id.
+    # setpgrp() is an alternative to setsid().
+    # setsid puts the process in a new parent group and detaches its controlling
+    # terminal.
+
+    os.setsid()
+
+    # point stdin, stdout, stderr at /dev/null
+    devnull = "/dev/null"
+    if hasattr(os, "devnull"):
+        # Python has set os.devnull on this system, use it instead as it might be
+        # different than /dev/null.
+        devnull = os.devnull
+
+    devnull_fd = os.open(devnull, os.O_RDWR)
+    os.dup2(devnull_fd, 0)
+    os.dup2(devnull_fd, 1)
+    os.dup2(devnull_fd, 2)
+    os.close(devnull_fd)
+
+    # now that we have redirected stderr to /dev/null, any uncaught exceptions will
+    # get sent to /dev/null, so make sure we log them.
+    #
+    # (we don't normally expect reactor.run to raise any exceptions, but this will
+    # also catch any other uncaught exceptions before we get that far.)
+
+    def excepthook(type_, value, traceback):
+        logger.critical("Unhanded exception", exc_info=(type_, value, traceback))
+
+    sys.excepthook = excepthook
+
+    # Set umask to default to safe file permissions when running as a root daemon. 027
+    # is an octal number which we are typing as 0o27 for Python3 compatibility.
+    os.umask(0o27)
+
+    # Change to a known directory. If this isn't done, starting a daemon in a
+    # subdirectory that needs to be deleted results in "directory busy" errors.
+    os.chdir(chdir)
+
+    try:
+        lock_fh.write("%s" % (os.getpid()))
+        lock_fh.flush()
+    except IOError:
+        logger.error("Unable to write pid to the pidfile.")
+        print("Unable to write pid to the pidfile.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # write a log line on SIGTERM.
+    def sigterm(signum, frame):
+        logger.warning("Caught signal %s. Stopping daemon." % signum)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, sigterm)
+
+    # Cleanup pid file at exit.
+    def exit():
+        logger.warning("Stopping daemon.")
+        os.remove(pid_file)
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    atexit.register(exit)
+
+    logger.warning("Starting daemon.")