run-command: create start_bg_command

Create a variation of `run_command()` and `start_command()` to launch a command
into the background and optionally wait for it to become "ready" before returning.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

run-command.h

@@ -496,4 +496,61 @@ int run_processes_parallel_tr2(int n, get_next_task_fn, start_failure_fn,
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 void prepare_other_repo_env(struct strvec *env_array, const char *new_git_dir);
 
+/**
+ * Possible return values for start_bg_command().
+ */
+enum start_bg_result {
+	/* child process is "ready" */
+	SBGR_READY = 0,
+
+	/* child process could not be started */
+	SBGR_ERROR,
+
+	/* callback error when testing for "ready" */
+	SBGR_CB_ERROR,
+
+	/* timeout expired waiting for child to become "ready" */
+	SBGR_TIMEOUT,
+
+	/* child process exited or was signalled before becomming "ready" */
+	SBGR_DIED,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Callback used by start_bg_command() to ask whether the
+ * child process is ready or needs more time to become "ready".
+ *
+ * The callback will receive the cmd and cb_data arguments given to
+ * start_bg_command().
+ *
+ * Returns 1 is child needs more time (subject to the requested timeout).
+ * Returns 0 if child is "ready".
+ * Returns -1 on any error and cause start_bg_command() to also error out.
+ */
+typedef int(start_bg_wait_cb)(const struct child_process *cmd, void *cb_data);
+
+/**
+ * Start a command in the background.  Wait long enough for the child
+ * to become "ready" (as defined by the provided callback).  Capture
+ * immediate errors (like failure to start) and any immediate exit
+ * status (such as a shutdown/signal before the child became "ready")
+ * and return this like start_command().
+ *
+ * We run a custom wait loop using the provided callback to wait for
+ * the child to start and become "ready".  This is limited by the given
+ * timeout value.
+ *
+ * If the child does successfully start and become "ready", we orphan
+ * it into the background.
+ *
+ * The caller must not call finish_command().
+ *
+ * The opaque cb_data argument will be forwarded to the callback for
+ * any instance data that it might require.  This may be NULL.
+ */
+enum start_bg_result start_bg_command(struct child_process *cmd,
+				      start_bg_wait_cb *wait_cb,
+				      void *cb_data,
+				      unsigned int timeout_sec);
+
 #endif