console API improvements

doc/lxc-console.sgml.in

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
     </para>
 
     <para>
+      A <replaceable>ttynum</replaceable> of 0 may be given to attach
+      to the container's /dev/console instead of its
+      dev/tty&lt;<replaceable>ttynum</replaceable>&gt;.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
       A keyboard escape sequence may be used to disconnect from the tty
       and quit lxc-console. The default escape sequence is &lt;Ctrl+a q&gt;.
     </para>
@@ -107,8 +113,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 	</term>
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>
-	    Specify the tty number to connect, if not specified a tty
-	    number will be automatically choosen by the container.
+	    Specify the tty number to connect to or 0 for the console. If not
+	    specified the next available tty number will be automatically
+	    choosen by the container.
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>

src/lxc/commands.c

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <lxc/utils.h>
 
 #include "commands.h"
+#include "console.h"
 #include "confile.h"
 #include "mainloop.h"
 #include "af_unix.h"
@@ -546,6 +547,37 @@ static int lxc_cmd_stop_callback(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
 }
 
 /*
+ * lxc_cmd_console_winch: To process as if a SIGWINCH were received
+ *
+ * @name      : name of container to connect to
+ * @lxcpath   : the lxcpath in which the container is running
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, < 0 on failure
+ */
+int lxc_cmd_console_winch(const char *name, const char *lxcpath)
+{
+	int ret, stopped = 0;
+	struct lxc_cmd_rr cmd = {
+		.req = { .cmd = LXC_CMD_CONSOLE_WINCH },
+	};
+
+	ret = lxc_cmd(name, &cmd, &stopped, lxcpath);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int lxc_cmd_console_winch_callback(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
+					  struct lxc_handler *handler)
+{
+	struct lxc_cmd_rsp rsp = { .data = 0 };
+
+	lxc_console_sigwinch(SIGWINCH);
+	return lxc_cmd_rsp_send(fd, &rsp);
+}
+
+/*
  * lxc_cmd_console: Open an fd to a tty in the container
  *
  * @name           : name of container to connect to
@@ -599,39 +631,21 @@ static int lxc_cmd_console_callback(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
 				    struct lxc_handler *handler)
 {
 	int ttynum = PTR_TO_INT(req->data);
-	struct lxc_tty_info *tty_info = &handler->conf->tty_info;
+	int masterfd;
 	struct lxc_cmd_rsp rsp;
 
-	if (ttynum > 0) {
-		if (ttynum > tty_info->nbtty)
-			goto out_close;
-
-		if (tty_info->pty_info[ttynum - 1].busy)
-			goto out_close;
-
-		/* the requested tty is available */
-		goto out_send;
-	}
-
-	/* search for next available tty, fixup index tty1 => [0] */
-	for (ttynum = 1;
-	     ttynum <= tty_info->nbtty && tty_info->pty_info[ttynum - 1].busy;
-	     ttynum++);
-
-	/* we didn't find any available slot for tty */
-	if (ttynum > tty_info->nbtty)
+	masterfd = lxc_console_allocate(handler->conf, fd, &ttynum);
+	if (masterfd < 0)
 		goto out_close;
 
-out_send:
 	memset(&rsp, 0, sizeof(rsp));
 	rsp.data = INT_TO_PTR(ttynum);
-	if (lxc_af_unix_send_fd(fd, tty_info->pty_info[ttynum - 1].master,
-				&rsp, sizeof(rsp)) < 0) {
+	if (lxc_af_unix_send_fd(fd, masterfd, &rsp, sizeof(rsp)) < 0) {
 		ERROR("failed to send tty to client");
+		lxc_console_free(handler->conf, fd);
 		goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	tty_info->pty_info[ttynum - 1].busy = fd;
 	return 0;
 
 out_close:
@@ -650,6 +664,7 @@ static int lxc_cmd_process(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
 
 	callback cb[LXC_CMD_MAX] = {
 		[LXC_CMD_CONSOLE]         = lxc_cmd_console_callback,
+		[LXC_CMD_CONSOLE_WINCH]   = lxc_cmd_console_winch_callback,
 		[LXC_CMD_STOP]            = lxc_cmd_stop_callback,
 		[LXC_CMD_GET_STATE]       = lxc_cmd_get_state_callback,
 		[LXC_CMD_GET_INIT_PID]    = lxc_cmd_get_init_pid_callback,
@@ -668,8 +683,7 @@ static int lxc_cmd_process(int fd, struct lxc_cmd_req *req,
 static void lxc_cmd_fd_cleanup(int fd, struct lxc_handler *handler,
 			       struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr)
 {
-	extern void lxc_console_remove_fd(int, struct lxc_tty_info *);
-	lxc_console_remove_fd(fd, &handler->conf->tty_info);
+	lxc_console_free(handler->conf, fd);
 	lxc_mainloop_del_handler(descr, fd);
 	close(fd);
 }

src/lxc/commands.h

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 typedef enum {
 	LXC_CMD_CONSOLE,
+	LXC_CMD_CONSOLE_WINCH,
 	LXC_CMD_STOP,
 	LXC_CMD_GET_STATE,
 	LXC_CMD_GET_INIT_PID,
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ struct lxc_cmd_console_rsp_data {
 	int ttynum;
 };
 
+extern int lxc_cmd_console_winch(const char *name, const char *lxcpath);
 extern int lxc_cmd_console(const char *name, int *ttynum, int *fd,
 			   const char *lxcpath);
 extern char *lxc_cmd_get_cgroup_path(const char *name, const char *lxcpath);

src/lxc/conf.c

@@ -1293,8 +1293,8 @@ static int setup_dev_console(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (console->peer == -1) {
-		INFO("no console output required");
+	if (console->master < 0) {
+		INFO("no console");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1359,8 +1359,8 @@ static int setup_ttydir_console(const struct lxc_rootfs *rootfs,
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		close(ret);
 
-	if (console->peer == -1) {
-		INFO("no console output required");
+	if (console->master < 0) {
+		INFO("no console");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2127,6 +2127,9 @@ struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf_init(void)
 	new->console.log_fd = -1;
 	new->console.path = NULL;
 	new->console.peer = -1;
+	new->console.peerpty.busy = -1;
+	new->console.peerpty.master = -1;
+	new->console.peerpty.slave = -1;
 	new->console.master = -1;
 	new->console.slave = -1;
 	new->console.name[0] = '\0';

src/lxc/conf.h

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ struct lxc_tty_info {
 	struct lxc_pty_info *pty_info;
 };
 
+struct lxc_tty_state;
+
 /*
  * Defines the structure to store the console information
  * @peer   : the file descriptor put/get console traffic
@@ -197,11 +199,14 @@ struct lxc_console {
 	int slave;
 	int master;
 	int peer;
+	struct lxc_pty_info peerpty;
+	struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr;
 	char *path;
 	char *log_path;
 	int log_fd;
 	char name[MAXPATHLEN];
 	struct termios *tios;
+	struct lxc_tty_state *tty_state;
 };
 
 /*

src/lxc/console.h

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
 
-extern int lxc_create_console(struct lxc_conf *);
-extern void lxc_delete_console(struct lxc_console *);
-extern int lxc_console_mainloop_add(struct lxc_epoll_descr *, struct lxc_handler *);
+struct lxc_epoll_descr;
+struct lxc_container;
+
+extern int  lxc_console_allocate(struct lxc_conf *conf, int sockfd, int *ttynum);
+extern int  lxc_console_create(struct lxc_conf *);
+extern void lxc_console_delete(struct lxc_console *);
+extern void lxc_console_free(struct lxc_conf *conf, int fd);
+
+extern int  lxc_console_mainloop_add(struct lxc_epoll_descr *, struct lxc_handler *);
+extern void lxc_console_sigwinch(int sig);
+extern int  lxc_console(struct lxc_container *c, int ttynum,
+		        int stdinfd, int stdoutfd, int stderrfd,
+		        int escape);
+extern int  lxc_console_getfd(struct lxc_container *c, int *ttynum,
+			      int *masterfd);

src/lxc/lxc.h

@@ -108,15 +108,6 @@ extern int lxc_monitor_read_fdset(fd_set *rfds, int nfds, struct lxc_msg *msg, i
 extern int lxc_monitor_close(int fd);
 
 /*
- * Show the console of the container.
- * @name : the name of container
- * @tty  : the tty number
- * @fd   : a pointer to a tty file descriptor
- * Returns 0 on sucess, < 0 otherwise
- */
-extern int lxc_console(const char *name, int ttynum, int *fd, const char *lxcpath);
-
-/*
  * Freeze all the tasks running inside the container <name>
  * @name : the container name
  * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise

src/lxc/lxc_console.c

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
+#include "../lxc/lxccontainer.h"
 #include "error.h"
 #include "lxc.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -87,184 +88,34 @@ Options :\n\
 	.escape = 1,
 };
 
-static int master = -1;
-
-static void winsz(void)
-{
-	struct winsize wsz;
-	if (ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, &wsz) == 0)
-		ioctl(master, TIOCSWINSZ, &wsz);
-}
-
-static void sigwinch(int sig)
-{
-	winsz();
-}
-
-static int setup_tios(int fd, struct termios *newtios, struct termios *oldtios)
-{
-	if (!isatty(fd)) {
-		ERROR("'%d' is not a tty", fd);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* Get current termios */
-	if (tcgetattr(fd, oldtios)) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to get current terminal settings");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	*newtios = *oldtios;
-
-	/* Remove the echo characters and signal reception, the echo
-	 * will be done below with master proxying */
-	newtios->c_iflag &= ~IGNBRK;
-	newtios->c_iflag &= BRKINT;
-	newtios->c_lflag &= ~(ECHO|ICANON|ISIG);
-	newtios->c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
-	newtios->c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
-
-	/* Set new attributes */
-	if (tcsetattr(fd, TCSAFLUSH, newtios)) {
-		ERROR("failed to set new terminal settings");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int stdin_handler(int fd, void *data, struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr)
-{
-	static int wait4q = 0;
-	int *peer = (int *)data;
-	char c;
-
-	if (read(0, &c, 1) < 0) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to read");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* we want to exit the console with Ctrl+a q */
-	if (c == my_args.escape && !wait4q) {
-		wait4q = !wait4q;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (c == 'q' && wait4q)
-		return 1;
-
-	wait4q = 0;
-	if (write(*peer, &c, 1) < 0) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to write");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int master_handler(int fd, void *data, struct lxc_epoll_descr *descr)
-{
-	char buf[1024];
-	int *peer = (int *)data;
-	int r,w;
-
-	r = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	if (r < 0) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to read");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	w = write(*peer, buf, r);
-	if (w < 0 || w != r) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to write");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int err, ttyfd, std_in = 1;
-	struct lxc_epoll_descr descr;
-	struct termios newtios, oldtios;
+	int ret;
+	struct lxc_container *c;
 
-	err = lxc_arguments_parse(&my_args, argc, argv);
-	if (err)
-		return -1;
+	ret = lxc_arguments_parse(&my_args, argc, argv);
+	if (ret)
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-	err = lxc_log_init(my_args.name, my_args.log_file, my_args.log_priority,
+	ret = lxc_log_init(my_args.name, my_args.log_file, my_args.log_priority,
 			   my_args.progname, my_args.quiet, my_args.lxcpath[0]);
-	if (err)
-		return -1;
-
-	err = setup_tios(0, &newtios, &oldtios);
-	if (err) {
-		ERROR("failed to setup tios");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	ttyfd = lxc_cmd_console(my_args.name, &my_args.ttynum, &master, my_args.lxcpath[0]);
-	if (ttyfd < 0) {
-		err = ttyfd;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n\
-Connected to tty %1$d\n\
-Type <Ctrl+%2$c q> to exit the console, \
-<Ctrl+%2$c Ctrl+%2$c> to enter Ctrl+%2$c itself\n", my_args.ttynum,
-                'a' + my_args.escape - 1);
-
-	err = setsid();
-	if (err)
-		INFO("already group leader");
-
-	if (signal(SIGWINCH, sigwinch) == SIG_ERR) {
-		SYSERROR("failed to set SIGWINCH handler");
-		err = -1;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	winsz();
-
-	err = lxc_mainloop_open(&descr);
-	if (err) {
-		ERROR("failed to create mainloop");
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-	err = lxc_mainloop_add_handler(&descr, 0, stdin_handler, &master);
-	if (err) {
-		ERROR("failed to add handler for the stdin");
-		goto out_mainloop_open;
+	c = lxc_container_new(my_args.name, my_args.lxcpath[0]);
+	if (!c) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "System error loading container\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	err = lxc_mainloop_add_handler(&descr, master, master_handler, &std_in);
-	if (err) {
-		ERROR("failed to add handler for the master");
-		goto out_mainloop_open;
+	if (!c->is_running(c)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not running\n", my_args.name);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	err = lxc_mainloop(&descr, -1);
-	if (err) {
-		ERROR("mainloop returned an error");
-		goto out_mainloop_open;
+	ret = c->console(c, my_args.ttynum, 0, 1, 2, my_args.escape);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-
-	close(ttyfd);
-	err =  0;
-
-out_mainloop_open:
-	lxc_mainloop_close(&descr);
-
-out:
-	/* Restore previous terminal parameter */
-	tcsetattr(0, TCSAFLUSH, &oldtios);
-
-	/* Return to line it is */
-	printf("\n");
-
-	close(master);
-
-	return err;
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }

src/lxc/lxccontainer.c

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "lxccontainer.h"
 #include "conf.h"
 #include "confile.h"
+#include "console.h"
 #include "cgroup.h"
 #include "commands.h"
 #include "version.h"
@@ -350,16 +351,22 @@ static bool lxcapi_unfreeze(struct lxc_container *c)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int lxcapi_console(struct lxc_container *c, int *ttynum, int *masterfd)
+static int lxcapi_console_getfd(struct lxc_container *c, int *ttynum, int *masterfd)
 {
 	int ttyfd;
 	if (!c)
 		return -1;
 
-	ttyfd = lxc_cmd_console(c->name, ttynum, masterfd, c->config_path);
+	ttyfd = lxc_console_getfd(c, ttynum, masterfd);
 	return ttyfd;
 }
 
+static int lxcapi_console(struct lxc_container *c, int ttynum, int stdinfd,
+			  int stdoutfd, int stderrfd, int escape)
+{
+	return lxc_console(c, ttynum, stdinfd, stdoutfd, stderrfd, escape);
+}
+
 static pid_t lxcapi_init_pid(struct lxc_container *c)
 {
 	if (!c)
@@ -2018,6 +2025,7 @@ struct lxc_container *lxc_container_new(const char *name, const char *configpath
 	c->freeze = lxcapi_freeze;
 	c->unfreeze = lxcapi_unfreeze;
 	c->console = lxcapi_console;
+	c->console_getfd = lxcapi_console_getfd;
 	c->init_pid = lxcapi_init_pid;
 	c->load_config = lxcapi_load_config;
 	c->want_daemonize = lxcapi_want_daemonize;

src/lxc/lxccontainer.h

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct lxc_container {
 		const char *lxcpath, int flags, const char *bdevtype,
 		const char *bdevdata, unsigned long newsize, char **hookargs);
 
-	/* lxcapi_console: allocate a console tty from container @c
+	/* lxcapi_console_getfd: allocate a console tty from container @c
 	 *
 	 * @c        : the running container
 	 * @ttynum   : in : tty number to attempt to allocate or -1 to
@@ -128,7 +128,24 @@ struct lxc_container {
 	 * indicate that it is done with the allocated console so that it can
 	 * be allocated by another caller.
 	 */
-	int (*console)(struct lxc_container *c, int *ttynum, int *masterfd);
+	int (*console_getfd)(struct lxc_container *c, int *ttynum, int *masterfd);
+
+	/* lxcapi_console: allocate and run a console tty from container @c
+	 *
+	 * @c        : the running container
+	 * @ttynum   : tty number to attempt to allocate, -1 to
+	 *             allocate the first available tty, or 0 to allocate
+	 *             the console
+	 * @stdinfd  : fd to read input from
+	 * @stdoutfd : fd to write output to
+	 * @stderrfd : fd to write error output to
+	 * @escape   : the escape character (1 == 'a', 2 == 'b', ...)
+	 *
+	 * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure. This function will not return
+	 * until the console has been exited by the user.
+	 */
+	int (*console)(struct lxc_container *c, int ttynum,
+		       int stdinfd, int stdoutfd, int stderrfd, int escape);
 
 #if 0
 	bool (*commit_cgroups)(struct lxc_container *c);

src/lxc/start.c

@@ -50,69 +50,6 @@
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SIGNALFD_H
-#  include <sys/signalfd.h>
-#else
-/* assume kernel headers are too old */
-#include <stdint.h>
-struct signalfd_siginfo
-{
-	uint32_t ssi_signo;
-	int32_t ssi_errno;
-	int32_t ssi_code;
-	uint32_t ssi_pid;
-	uint32_t ssi_uid;
-	int32_t ssi_fd;
-	uint32_t ssi_tid;
-	uint32_t ssi_band;
-	uint32_t ssi_overrun;
-	uint32_t ssi_trapno;
-	int32_t ssi_status;
-	int32_t ssi_int;
-	uint64_t ssi_ptr;
-	uint64_t ssi_utime;
-	uint64_t ssi_stime;
-	uint64_t ssi_addr;
-	uint8_t __pad[48];
-};
-
-#  ifndef __NR_signalfd4
-/* assume kernel headers are too old */
-#    if __i386__
-#      define __NR_signalfd4 327
-#    elif __x86_64__
-#      define __NR_signalfd4 289
-#    elif __powerpc__
-#      define __NR_signalfd4 313
-#    elif __s390x__
-#      define __NR_signalfd4 322
-#    endif
-#endif
-
-#  ifndef __NR_signalfd
-/* assume kernel headers are too old */
-#    if __i386__
-#      define __NR_signalfd 321
-#    elif __x86_64__
-#      define __NR_signalfd 282
-#    elif __powerpc__
-#      define __NR_signalfd 305
-#    elif __s390x__
-#      define __NR_signalfd 316
-#    endif
-#endif
-
-int signalfd(int fd, const sigset_t *mask, int flags)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = syscall (__NR_signalfd4, fd, mask, _NSIG / 8, flags);
-	if (errno == ENOSYS && flags == 0)
-		retval = syscall (__NR_signalfd, fd, mask, _NSIG / 8);
-	return retval;
-}
-#endif
-
 #if !HAVE_DECL_PR_CAPBSET_DROP
 #define PR_CAPBSET_DROP 24
 #endif
@@ -198,6 +135,7 @@ static int setup_signal_fd(sigset_t *oldmask)
 	    sigdelset(&mask, SIGILL) ||
 	    sigdelset(&mask, SIGSEGV) ||
 	    sigdelset(&mask, SIGBUS) ||
+	    sigdelset(&mask, SIGWINCH) ||
 	    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, oldmask)) {
 		SYSERROR("failed to set signal mask");
 		return -1;
@@ -387,25 +325,26 @@ struct lxc_handler *lxc_init(const char *name, struct lxc_conf *conf, const char
 		goto out_aborting;
 	}
 
-	if (lxc_create_console(conf)) {
-		ERROR("failed to create console");
-		goto out_delete_tty;
-	}
-
 	/* the signal fd has to be created before forking otherwise
 	 * if the child process exits before we setup the signal fd,
 	 * the event will be lost and the command will be stuck */
 	handler->sigfd = setup_signal_fd(&handler->oldmask);
 	if (handler->sigfd < 0) {
 		ERROR("failed to set sigchild fd handler");
-		goto out_delete_console;
+		goto out_delete_tty;
+	}
+
+	/* do this after setting up signals since it might unblock SIGWINCH */
+	if (lxc_console_create(conf)) {
+		ERROR("failed to create console");
+		goto out_restore_sigmask;
 	}
 
 	INFO("'%s' is initialized", name);
 	return handler;
 
-out_delete_console:
-	lxc_delete_console(&conf->console);
+out_restore_sigmask:
+	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &handler->oldmask, NULL);
 out_delete_tty:
 	lxc_delete_tty(&conf->tty_info);
 out_aborting:
@@ -436,7 +375,7 @@ static void lxc_fini(const char *name, struct lxc_handler *handler)
 	if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &handler->oldmask, NULL))
 		WARN("failed to restore sigprocmask");
 
-	lxc_delete_console(&handler->conf->console);
+	lxc_console_delete(&handler->conf->console);
 	lxc_delete_tty(&handler->conf->tty_info);
 	close(handler->conf->maincmd_fd);
 	handler->conf->maincmd_fd = -1;

src/lxc/utils.h

@@ -75,6 +75,71 @@ static inline int unshare(int flags)
 int unshare(int);
 #endif
 
+/* Define signalfd() if missing from the C library */
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SIGNALFD_H
+#  include <sys/signalfd.h>
+#else
+/* assume kernel headers are too old */
+#include <stdint.h>
+struct signalfd_siginfo
+{
+	uint32_t ssi_signo;
+	int32_t ssi_errno;
+	int32_t ssi_code;
+	uint32_t ssi_pid;
+	uint32_t ssi_uid;
+	int32_t ssi_fd;
+	uint32_t ssi_tid;
+	uint32_t ssi_band;
+	uint32_t ssi_overrun;
+	uint32_t ssi_trapno;
+	int32_t ssi_status;
+	int32_t ssi_int;
+	uint64_t ssi_ptr;
+	uint64_t ssi_utime;
+	uint64_t ssi_stime;
+	uint64_t ssi_addr;
+	uint8_t __pad[48];
+};
+
+#  ifndef __NR_signalfd4
+/* assume kernel headers are too old */
+#    if __i386__
+#      define __NR_signalfd4 327
+#    elif __x86_64__
+#      define __NR_signalfd4 289
+#    elif __powerpc__
+#      define __NR_signalfd4 313
+#    elif __s390x__
+#      define __NR_signalfd4 322
+#    endif
+#endif
+
+#  ifndef __NR_signalfd
+/* assume kernel headers are too old */
+#    if __i386__
+#      define __NR_signalfd 321
+#    elif __x86_64__
+#      define __NR_signalfd 282
+#    elif __powerpc__
+#      define __NR_signalfd 305
+#    elif __s390x__
+#      define __NR_signalfd 316
+#    endif
+#endif
+
+static inline int signalfd(int fd, const sigset_t *mask, int flags)
+{
+	int retval;
+
+	retval = syscall (__NR_signalfd4, fd, mask, _NSIG / 8, flags);
+	if (errno == ENOSYS && flags == 0)
+		retval = syscall (__NR_signalfd, fd, mask, _NSIG / 8);
+	return retval;
+}
+#endif
+
+
 /**
  * BUILD_BUG_ON - break compile if a condition is true.
  * @condition: the condition which the compiler should know is false.

src/python-lxc/examples/pyconsole-vte.py

+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Example program showing use of console functions in the lxc python binding
+#
+
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "The python-lxc API isn't yet stable")
+
+import gtk
+import vte
+import lxc
+import sys
+
+def gtk_exit_cb(terminal):
+    gtk.main_quit()
+
+def vte_con(ct, ttynum):
+    print("Doing console in a VTE widget...")
+    masterfd = ct.console_getfd(ttynum)
+    term = vte.Terminal()
+    term.set_cursor_blinks(True)
+    term.set_scrollback_lines(1000)
+    term.connect('eof', gtk_exit_cb)
+
+    term.set_pty(masterfd)
+    term.feed_child('\n')
+    #term.feed_child('ps aux\n')
+
+    vscrollbar = gtk.VScrollbar()
+    vscrollbar.set_adjustment(term.get_adjustment())
+
+    hbox = gtk.HBox()
+    hbox.pack_start(term)
+    hbox.pack_start(vscrollbar)
+
+    window = gtk.Window()
+    window.add(hbox)
+    window.connect('delete-event', lambda window, event: gtk.main_quit())
+    window.show_all()
+    gtk.main()
+    print("Console done")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ttynum = -1
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        sys.exit("Usage: %s container-name [ttynum]" % sys.argv[0])
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        ttynum = int(sys.argv[2])
+
+    ct = lxc.Container(sys.argv[1])
+
+    print("Container:%s tty:%d" % (ct.name, ttynum))
+    if not ct.defined:
+        sys.exit("Container %s not defined" % ct.name)
+    if not ct.running:
+        sys.exit("Container %s not running" % ct.name)
+
+    vte_con(ct, ttynum)

src/python-lxc/examples/pyconsole.py

+#!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# Example program showing use of console functions in the lxc python binding
+#
+
+import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", "The python-lxc API isn't yet stable")
+
+import lxc
+import sys
+import time
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ttynum = -1
+    escape = 1
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        sys.exit("Usage: %s container-name [ttynum [escape]]" % sys.argv[0])
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        ttynum = int(sys.argv[2])
+    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
+        escape = ord(sys.argv[3]) - ord('a') + 1
+
+    ct = lxc.Container(sys.argv[1])
+
+    print("Container:%s tty:%d Ctrl-%c q to quit" % (ct.name, ttynum, ord('a') + escape-1))
+    time.sleep(1)
+    if not ct.defined:
+        sys.exit("Container %s not defined" % ct.name)
+    if not ct.running:
+        sys.exit("Container %s not running" % ct.name)
+
+    ct.console(ttynum, 0, 1, 2, escape)
+    print("Console done")

src/python-lxc/lxc.c

@@ -638,6 +638,40 @@ Container_unfreeze(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+Container_console(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"ttynum", "stdinfd", "stdoutfd", "stderrfd", "escape", NULL};
+    int ttynum = -1, stdinfd = 0, stdoutfd = 1, stderrfd = 2, escape = 1;
+
+    if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|iiiii", kwlist,
+                                      &ttynum, &stdinfd, &stdoutfd, &stderrfd,
+                                      &escape))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (self->container->console(self->container, ttynum,
+				 stdinfd, stdoutfd, stderrfd, escape) == 0) {
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+Container_console_getfd(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"ttynum", NULL};
+    int ttynum = -1, masterfd;
+
+    if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|i", kwlist, &ttynum))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (self->container->console_getfd(self->container, &ttynum, &masterfd) < 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Unable to allocate tty");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyLong_FromLong(masterfd);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 Container_wait(Container *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     static char *kwlist[] = {"state", "timeout", NULL};
@@ -804,6 +838,18 @@ static PyMethodDef Container_methods[] = {
      "\n"
      "Wait for the container to reach a given state or timeout."
     },
+    {"console", (PyCFunction)Container_console,
+     METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
+     "console(ttynum = -1, stdinfd = 0, stdoutfd = 1, stderrfd = 2, escape = 0) -> boolean\n"
+     "\n"
+     "Attach to container's console."
+    },
+    {"console_getfd", (PyCFunction)Container_console_getfd,
+     METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS,
+     "console(ttynum = -1) -> boolean\n"
+     "\n"
+     "Attach to container's console."
+    },
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 };
 

src/python-lxc/lxc/__init__.py

@@ -291,19 +291,25 @@ class Container(_lxc.Container):
         self.load_config()
         return True
 
-    def console(self, tty="1"):
+    def console(self, ttynum = -1, stdinfd = 0, stdoutfd = 1, stderrfd = 2, escape = 1):
         """
-            Access the console of a container.
+            Attach to console of running container.
         """
 
         if not self.running:
             return False
 
-        if subprocess.call(["lxc-console", "-n", self.name, "-t", "%s" % tty,
-                            "-P", self.get_config_path()],
-                           universal_newlines=True) != 0:
+        return _lxc.Container.console(self, ttynum, stdinfd, stdoutfd, stderrfd, escape)
+
+    def console_getfd(self, ttynum = -1):
+        """
+            Attach to console of running container.
+        """
+
+        if not self.running:
             return False
-        return True
+
+        return _lxc.Container.console_getfd(self, ttynum)
 
     def get_cgroup_item(self, key):
         """

src/tests/console.c

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static int test_console_running_container(struct lxc_container *c)
 		ttynum[i] = ttyfd[i] = masterfd[i] = -1;
 
 	ttynum[0] = 1;
-	ret = c->console(c, &ttynum[0], &masterfd[0]);
+	ret = c->console_getfd(c, &ttynum[0], &masterfd[0]);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		TSTERR("console allocate failed");
 		goto err1;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int test_console_running_container(struct lxc_container *c)
 	}
 
 	/* attempt to alloc same ttynum */
-	ret = c->console(c, &ttynum[0], &masterfd[1]);
+	ret = c->console_getfd(c, &ttynum[0], &masterfd[1]);
 	if (ret != -1) {
 		TSTERR("console allocate should fail for allocated ttynum %d", ttynum[0]);
 		goto err2;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int test_console_running_container(struct lxc_container *c)
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 		for (nrconsoles = 0; nrconsoles < MAXCONSOLES; nrconsoles++) {
-			ret = c->console(c, &ttynum[nrconsoles], &masterfd[nrconsoles]);
+			ret = c->console_getfd(c, &ttynum[nrconsoles], &masterfd[nrconsoles]);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				break;
 			ttyfd[nrconsoles] = ret;