Improve the subprocess backend

Better error handling.

Move the checking of the shell command to start so a proper error can be thrown if it's None.

Use write instead of write_all for finer grained error handling and the ability to attempt a restart on write errors.

Use try_wait to skip flushing and killing the process if it's already dead.

Stop the player on shutdown to *mostly* prevent write errors from spamming the logs during shutdown. Previously Ctrl+c always resulted in a write error.

connect/src/spirc.rs

@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ impl SpircTask {
             }
             SpircCommand::Shutdown => {
                 CommandSender::new(self, MessageType::kMessageTypeGoodbye).send();
+                self.player.stop();
                 self.shutdown = true;
                 if let Some(rx) = self.commands.as_mut() {
                     rx.close()

playback/src/audio_backend/subprocess.rs

@@ -4,30 +4,75 @@ use crate::convert::Converter;
 use crate::decoder::AudioPacket;
 use shell_words::split;
 
-use std::io::Write;
+use std::io::{ErrorKind, Write};
 use std::process::{exit, Child, Command, Stdio};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+enum SubprocessError {
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> {0}")]
+    OnWrite(std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Command {command} Can Not be Executed, {e}")]
+    SpawnFailure { command: String, e: std::io::Error },
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Failed to Parse Command args for {command}, {e}")]
+    InvalidArgs {
+        command: String,
+        e: shell_words::ParseError,
+    },
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Failed to Flush the Subprocess, {0}")]
+    FlushFailure(std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Failed to Kill the Subprocess, {0}")]
+    KillFailure(std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Failed to Wait for the Subprocess to Exit, {0}")]
+    WaitFailure(std::io::Error),
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> The Subprocess is no longer able to accept Bytes")]
+    WriteZero,
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> Missing Required Shell Command")]
+    MissingCommand,
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> The Subprocess is None")]
+    NoChild,
+
+    #[error("<SubprocessSink> The Subprocess's stdin is None")]
+    NoStdin,
+}
+
+impl From<SubprocessError> for SinkError {
+    fn from(e: SubprocessError) -> SinkError {
+        use SubprocessError::*;
+        let es = e.to_string();
+        match e {
+            FlushFailure(_) | KillFailure(_) | WaitFailure(_) | OnWrite(_) | WriteZero => {
+                SinkError::OnWrite(es)
+            }
+            SpawnFailure { .. } => SinkError::ConnectionRefused(es),
+            MissingCommand | InvalidArgs { .. } => SinkError::InvalidParams(es),
+            NoChild | NoStdin => SinkError::NotConnected(es),
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 pub struct SubprocessSink {
-    shell_command: String,
+    shell_command: Option<String>,
     child: Option<Child>,
     format: AudioFormat,
 }
 
 impl Open for SubprocessSink {
     fn open(shell_command: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
-        let shell_command = match shell_command.as_deref() {
+        if let Some("?") = shell_command.as_deref() {
-            Some("?") => {
+            println!("\nUsage:\n\nOutput to a Subprocess:\n\n\t--backend subprocess --device {{shell_command}}\n");
-                info!("Usage: --backend subprocess --device {{shell_command}}");
+            exit(0);
-                exit(0);
+        }
-            }
-            Some(cmd) => cmd.to_owned(),
-            None => {
-                error!("subprocess sink requires specifying a shell command");
-                exit(1);
-            }
-        };
 
-        info!("Using subprocess sink with format: {:?}", format);
+        info!("Using SubprocessSink with format: {:?}", format);
 
         Self {
             shell_command,
@@ -39,26 +84,53 @@ impl Open for SubprocessSink {
 
 impl Sink for SubprocessSink {
     fn start(&mut self) -> SinkResult<()> {
-        let args = split(&self.shell_command).unwrap();
+        self.child.get_or_insert({
-        let child = Command::new(&args[0])
+            match self.shell_command.as_deref() {
-            .args(&args[1..])
+                Some(command) => {
-            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+                    let args = split(command).map_err(|e| SubprocessError::InvalidArgs {
-            .spawn()
+                        command: command.to_string(),
-            .map_err(|e| SinkError::ConnectionRefused(e.to_string()))?;
+                        e,
-        self.child = Some(child);
+                    })?;
+
+                    Command::new(&args[0])
+                        .args(&args[1..])
+                        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+                        .spawn()
+                        .map_err(|e| SubprocessError::SpawnFailure {
+                            command: command.to_string(),
+                            e,
+                        })?
+                }
+                None => return Err(SubprocessError::MissingCommand.into()),
+            }
+        });
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
     fn stop(&mut self) -> SinkResult<()> {
-        if let Some(child) = &mut self.child.take() {
+        let child = &mut self.child.take().ok_or(SubprocessError::NoChild)?;
-            child
+
-                .kill()
+        match child.try_wait() {
-                .map_err(|e| SinkError::OnWrite(e.to_string()))?;
+            // The process has already exited
-            child
+            // nothing to do.
-                .wait()
+            Ok(Some(_)) => Ok(()),
-                .map_err(|e| SinkError::OnWrite(e.to_string()))?;
+            Ok(_) => {
+                // The process Must DIE!!!
+                child
+                    .stdin
+                    .take()
+                    .ok_or(SubprocessError::NoStdin)?
+                    .flush()
+                    .map_err(SubprocessError::FlushFailure)?;
+
+                child.kill().map_err(SubprocessError::KillFailure)?;
+                child.wait().map_err(SubprocessError::WaitFailure)?;
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
+            Err(e) => Err(SubprocessError::WaitFailure(e).into()),
         }
-        Ok(())
     }
 
     sink_as_bytes!();
@@ -66,22 +138,67 @@ impl Sink for SubprocessSink {
 
 impl SinkAsBytes for SubprocessSink {
     fn write_bytes(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> SinkResult<()> {
-        if let Some(child) = &mut self.child {
+        // We get one attempted restart per write.
-            let child_stdin = child
+        // We don't want to get stuck in a restart loop.
+        let mut restarted = false;
+        let mut start_index = 0;
+        let data_len = data.len();
+        let mut end_index = data_len;
+
+        loop {
+            match self
+                .child
+                .as_ref()
+                .ok_or(SubprocessError::NoChild)?
                 .stdin
-                .as_mut()
+                .as_ref()
-                .ok_or_else(|| SinkError::NotConnected("Child is None".to_string()))?;
+                .ok_or(SubprocessError::NoStdin)?
-            child_stdin
+                .write(&data[start_index..end_index])
-                .write_all(data)
+            {
-                .map_err(|e| SinkError::OnWrite(e.to_string()))?;
+                Ok(0) => {
-            child_stdin
+                    // Potentially fatal.
-                .flush()
+                    // As per the docs a return value of 0
-                .map_err(|e| SinkError::OnWrite(e.to_string()))?;
+                    // means we shouldn't try to write to the
+                    // process anymore so let's try a restart
+                    // if we haven't already.
+                    self.try_restart(SubprocessError::WriteZero, &mut restarted)?;
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Ok(bytes_written) => {
+                    // What we want, a successful write.
+                    start_index = data_len.min(start_index + bytes_written);
+                    end_index = data_len.min(start_index + bytes_written);
+
+                    if end_index == data_len {
+                        break Ok(());
+                    }
+                }
+                // Non-fatal, retry the write.
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    // Very possibly fatal,
+                    // but let's try a restart anyway if we haven't already.
+                    self.try_restart(SubprocessError::OnWrite(e), &mut restarted)?;
+
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
         }
-        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
 impl SubprocessSink {
     pub const NAME: &'static str = "subprocess";
+
+    fn try_restart(&mut self, e: SubprocessError, restarted: &mut bool) -> SinkResult<()> {
+        // If the restart fails throw the original error back.
+        if !*restarted && self.stop().is_ok() && self.start().is_ok() {
+            *restarted = true;
+
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(e.into())
+        }
+    }
 }