ircd: Add restart support w/ console cmd.

construct/construct.cc

@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ const char *const usererrstr
 %s
 )"};
 
-int main(int argc, char *const *argv, const char *const *const envp)
+int main(int _argc, char *const *_argv, char *const *const _envp)
 try
 {
 	umask(077);       // better safe than sorry --SRB
 
 	// '-' switched arguments come first; this function incs argv and decs argc
+	auto argc(_argc);
+	auto argv(_argv), envp(_envp);
 	parseargs(&argc, &argv, opts);
 	applyargs();
 
@@ -149,6 +151,11 @@ try
 	// Execution.
 	// Blocks until a clean exit from a quit() or an exception comes out of it.
 	ios.run();
+
+	// The restart flag can be set by the console command "restart" which
+	// calls ircd::quit() to clean break from the run() loop.
+	if(ircd::restart)
+		ircd::syscall(::execve, _argv[0], _argv, _envp);
 }
 catch(const ircd::user_error &e)
 {

include/ircd/ircd.h

@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ namespace ircd
 {
 	struct init;
 
-	extern conf::item<bool> debugmode;
-
 	seconds uptime();
 	void init(boost::asio::io_context &ios, const string_view &origin, const string_view &hostname);
 	bool quit() noexcept;
+
+	extern conf::item<bool> restart;
+	extern conf::item<bool> debugmode;
 }

include/ircd/run.h

@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ namespace ircd::run
 	enum class level :int;
 	struct changed;
 
-	extern const enum level &level;
-
 	string_view reflect(const enum level &);
-
 	bool set(const enum level &);
+
+	extern const enum level &level;
 }
 
 /// An instance of this class registers itself to be called back when

ircd/ircd.cc

@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ ircd::debugmode
 	{ "persist",  false             },
 };
 
+decltype(ircd::restart)
+ircd::restart
+{
+	{ "name",     "ircd.restart"  },
+	{ "default",  false           },
+	{ "persist",  false           },
+};
+
 /// Sets up the IRCd and its main context, then returns without blocking.
 //
 /// Pass your io_context instance, it will share it with the rest of your program.

modules/console.cc

@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ console_cmd__debug(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 // main
 //
 
+bool
+console_cmd__restart(opt &out, const string_view &line)
+{
+	ircd::restart.set("true");
+	ircd::quit();
+	return false;
+}
+
 bool
 console_cmd__die(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 {