Nginx（一）：启动流程解析

nginx作为高效的http服务器和反向代理服务器，值得我们深入了解。

我们带着几个问题，深入了解下nginx的工作原理。首先是开篇：nginx是如何启动的？

nginx是用c写的软件，github地址: https://github.com/nginx/nginx

其目录结构如下，我们主要关注 src 目录下的文件。

nginx.c 是main函数入口，我们也是通过这里进行启动流程分析的。

零、启动流程时序图

我们先通过一个时序图进行全局观察nginx是如何跑起来的，然后后续再稍微深入了解些细节。

简要步骤说明：

1. 初始化调试信息;

2. 解析命令配置参数信息;

3. 初始化环境信息，时间、pid、ssl...;

4. 初始化 init_cycle 变量, 将各种配置信息放入其中;

5. 处理继承NGINX环境变量中指定的socket;

6. 给各处理模块编号;

7. 初始化全局变量 ngx_cycle, 将init_cycle信息转移过来，并处理许多其他必要信息;

8. 初始化信号控制处理器 signals;

9. 开启worker子进程循环服务，开启master主进程循环服务;

一、main函数启动处理实现

通过main函数呢，也就完全理解了整个过程了，整个运行框架都在这里了。细节看需要进行深入。

// src/core/nginx.c 入口
int ngx_cdecl
main(int argc, char *const *argv)
{
    ngx_buf_t        *b;
    ngx_log_t        *log;
    ngx_uint_t        i;
    ngx_cycle_t      *cycle, init_cycle;
    ngx_conf_dump_t  *cd;
    ngx_core_conf_t  *ccf;

    ngx_debug_init();
    // 初始化错误信息容器
    if (ngx_strerror_init() != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 解析命令行参数，有限参数
    if (ngx_get_options(argc, argv) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    if (ngx_show_version) {
        ngx_show_version_info();

        if (!ngx_test_config) {
            return 0;
        }
    }

    /* TODO */ ngx_max_sockets = -1;

    ngx_time_init();

#if (NGX_PCRE)
    ngx_regex_init();
#endif

    ngx_pid = ngx_getpid();
    ngx_parent = ngx_getppid();
    // 初始化日志文件实例
    log = ngx_log_init(ngx_prefix);
    if (log == NULL) {
        return 1;
    }

    /* STUB */
#if (NGX_OPENSSL)
    ngx_ssl_init(log);
#endif

    /*
     * init_cycle->log is required for signal handlers and
     * ngx_process_options()
     */

    ngx_memzero(&init_cycle, sizeof(ngx_cycle_t));
    init_cycle.log = log;
    // 将 ngx_cycle 和 init_cycle 指向同一块内存，以下对 init_cycle 的操作，也就是对 ngx_cycle的操作
    ngx_cycle = &init_cycle;

    init_cycle.pool = ngx_create_pool(1024, log);
    if (init_cycle.pool == NULL) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 保存命令行参数信息
    if (ngx_save_argv(&init_cycle, argc, argv) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 设置进程相关信息，如配置文件，日志级别，配置前缀等
    if (ngx_process_options(&init_cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 初始化操作系统相关的参数, 如 cpu 核数,  进程标题，页缓存大小，随机数等
    if (ngx_os_init(log) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    /*
     * ngx_crc32_table_init() requires ngx_cacheline_size set in ngx_os_init()
     */
    // crc32 表初始化，内存分配
    if (ngx_crc32_table_init() != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    /*
     * ngx_slab_sizes_init() requires ngx_pagesize set in ngx_os_init()
     */
    // slat 大小设置初始化
    ngx_slab_sizes_init();
    // 添加继承过来的socket, 用于无中断重启
    if (ngx_add_inherited_sockets(&init_cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 设置 ngx_module 的索引值及名称
    if (ngx_preinit_modules() != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }
    // 初始化 cycle 相关必须信息，如初始化各模块（重量级方法）
    cycle = ngx_init_cycle(&init_cycle);
    if (cycle == NULL) {
        if (ngx_test_config) {
            ngx_log_stderr(0, "configuration file %s test failed",
                           init_cycle.conf_file.data);
        }

        return 1;
    }
    // 测试结束
    if (ngx_test_config) {
        if (!ngx_quiet_mode) {
            ngx_log_stderr(0, "configuration file %s test is successful",
                           cycle->conf_file.data);
        }

        if (ngx_dump_config) {
            cd = cycle->config_dump.elts;

            for (i = 0; i < cycle->config_dump.nelts; i++) {

                ngx_write_stdout("# configuration file ");
                (void) ngx_write_fd(ngx_stdout, cd[i].name.data,
                                    cd[i].name.len);
                ngx_write_stdout(":" NGX_LINEFEED);

                b = cd[i].buffer;

                (void) ngx_write_fd(ngx_stdout, b->pos, b->last - b->pos);
                ngx_write_stdout(NGX_LINEFEED);
            }
        }

        return 0;
    }
    // 如果是进行启停控制，则处理信号即可
    if (ngx_signal) {
        return ngx_signal_process(cycle, ngx_signal);
    }
    // 记录操作系统信息
    // 日志级别先后: error > warn > notice > info > debug
    ngx_os_status(cycle->log);

    ngx_cycle = cycle;

    ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_core_module);

    if (ccf->master && ngx_process == NGX_PROCESS_SINGLE) {
        ngx_process = NGX_PROCESS_MASTER;
    }

#if !(NGX_WIN32)
    // 初始化信号处理方法，针对 signals[] 中的方法进行调用注册
    if (ngx_init_signals(cycle->log) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    if (!ngx_inherited && ccf->daemon) {
        // 如果使用后台进程运行，则 fork() 当前进程后退出
        if (ngx_daemon(cycle->log) != NGX_OK) {
            return 1;
        }

        ngx_daemonized = 1;
    }

    if (ngx_inherited) {
        ngx_daemonized = 1;
    }

#endif
    // 创建进程pid文件,写入 ngx_pid
    if (ngx_create_pidfile(&ccf->pid, cycle->log) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    if (ngx_log_redirect_stderr(cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        return 1;
    }

    if (log->file->fd != ngx_stderr) {
        if (ngx_close_file(log->file->fd) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_close_file_n " built-in log failed");
        }
    }

    ngx_use_stderr = 0;

    if (ngx_process == NGX_PROCESS_SINGLE) {
        ngx_single_process_cycle(cycle);

    } else {
        ngx_master_process_cycle(cycle);
    }

    return 0;
}

二、 命令行参数解析函数 ngx_get_options

解析命令行参数，让用户可以方便更改配置和控制nginx。没有啥复杂的，就是纯粹地按分割符将参数解析出来，放入全局的变量里，备后续的代码使用。简单看看即可。

// 解析命令行参数， -? -h -v -V -t -T -q -p -s 
static ngx_int_t
ngx_get_options(int argc, char *const *argv)
{
    u_char     *p;
    ngx_int_t   i;

    for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {

        p = (u_char *) argv[i];

        if (*p++ != '-') {
            ngx_log_stderr(0, "invalid option: \"%s\"", argv[i]);
            return NGX_ERROR;
        }

        while (*p) {

            switch (*p++) {
            // -h -v -V -t -T -q 后面无参数
            case '?':
            case 'h':
                ngx_show_version = 1;
                ngx_show_help = 1;
                break;

            case 'v':
                ngx_show_version = 1;
                break;

            case 'V':
                ngx_show_version = 1;
                ngx_show_configure = 1;
                break;

            case 't':
                ngx_test_config = 1;
                break;

            case 'T':
                ngx_test_config = 1;
                ngx_dump_config = 1;
                break;

            case 'q':
                ngx_quiet_mode = 1;
                break;
            // -p -c -g -s  后面必带参数
            case 'p':
                if (*p) {
                    ngx_prefix = p;
                    goto next;
                }

                if (argv[++i]) {
                    ngx_prefix = (u_char *) argv[i];
                    goto next;
                }

                ngx_log_stderr(0, "option \"-p\" requires directory name");
                return NGX_ERROR;
            // -c 指定配置文件
            case 'c':
                if (*p) {
                    ngx_conf_file = p;
                    goto next;
                }

                if (argv[++i]) {
                    ngx_conf_file = (u_char *) argv[i];
                    goto next;
                }

                ngx_log_stderr(0, "option \"-c\" requires file name");
                return NGX_ERROR;

            case 'g':
                if (*p) {
                    ngx_conf_params = p;
                    goto next;
                }

                if (argv[++i]) {
                    ngx_conf_params = (u_char *) argv[i];
                    goto next;
                }

                ngx_log_stderr(0, "option \"-g\" requires parameter");
                return NGX_ERROR;
            // -s 服务启停控制
            case 's':
                if (*p) {
                    ngx_signal = (char *) p;

                } else if (argv[++i]) {
                    ngx_signal = argv[i];

                } else {
                    ngx_log_stderr(0, "option \"-s\" requires parameter");
                    return NGX_ERROR;
                }

                if (ngx_strcmp(ngx_signal, "stop") == 0
                    || ngx_strcmp(ngx_signal, "quit") == 0
                    || ngx_strcmp(ngx_signal, "reopen") == 0
                    || ngx_strcmp(ngx_signal, "reload") == 0)
                {
                    ngx_process = NGX_PROCESS_SIGNALLER;
                    goto next;
                }

                ngx_log_stderr(0, "invalid option: \"-s %s\"", ngx_signal);
                return NGX_ERROR;

            default:
                ngx_log_stderr(0, "invalid option: \"%c\"", *(p - 1));
                return NGX_ERROR;
            }
        }

    next:

        continue;
    }

    return NGX_OK;
}

三、继承socket信息

通过 NGINX 这个环境变量，可以获取到原来的nginx监听的socket信息，如果要进行优雅重启，那么把这些socket接管过来，继续处理即可实现无中断重启服务作用。

// nginx.c, 继承之前的socket信息，无中断式重启
static ngx_int_t
ngx_add_inherited_sockets(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
{
    u_char           *p, *v, *inherited;
    ngx_int_t         s;
    ngx_listening_t  *ls;

    inherited = (u_char *) getenv(NGINX_VAR);

    if (inherited == NULL) {
        return NGX_OK;
    }

    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0,
                  "using inherited sockets from \"%s\"", inherited);

    if (ngx_array_init(&cycle->listening, cycle->pool, 10,
                       sizeof(ngx_listening_t))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        return NGX_ERROR;
    }

    for (p = inherited, v = p; *p; p++) {
        if (*p == ':' || *p == ';') {
            s = ngx_atoi(v, p - v);
            if (s == NGX_ERROR) {
                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, 0,
                              "invalid socket number \"%s\" in " NGINX_VAR
                              " environment variable, ignoring the rest"
                              " of the variable", v);
                break;
            }

            v = p + 1;
            // 添加到nginx的监听列表中
            ls = ngx_array_push(&cycle->listening);
            if (ls == NULL) {
                return NGX_ERROR;
            }

            ngx_memzero(ls, sizeof(ngx_listening_t));

            ls->fd = (ngx_socket_t) s;
        }
    }

    if (v != p) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, 0,
                      "invalid socket number \"%s\" in " NGINX_VAR
                      " environment variable, ignoring", v);
    }

    ngx_inherited = 1;
    // 设置每个socket的详细配置信息，比如忽略无效的socket等等
    return ngx_set_inherited_sockets(cycle);
}

// core/ngx_connection.c
ngx_int_t
ngx_set_inherited_sockets(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
{
    size_t                     len;
    ngx_uint_t                 i;
    ngx_listening_t           *ls;
    socklen_t                  olen;
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT || NGX_HAVE_TCP_FASTOPEN)
    ngx_err_t                  err;
#endif
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined SO_ACCEPTFILTER)
    struct accept_filter_arg   af;
#endif
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
    int                        timeout;
#endif
#if (NGX_HAVE_REUSEPORT)
    int                        reuseport;
#endif

    ls = cycle->listening.elts;
    for (i = 0; i < cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {

        ls[i].sockaddr = ngx_palloc(cycle->pool, sizeof(ngx_sockaddr_t));
        if (ls[i].sockaddr == NULL) {
            return NGX_ERROR;
        }

        ls[i].socklen = sizeof(ngx_sockaddr_t);
        // 忽略无效的监听
        if (getsockname(ls[i].fd, ls[i].sockaddr, &ls[i].socklen) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockname() of the inherited "
                          "socket #%d failed", ls[i].fd);
            ls[i].ignore = 1;
            continue;
        }

        if (ls[i].socklen > (socklen_t) sizeof(ngx_sockaddr_t)) {
            ls[i].socklen = sizeof(ngx_sockaddr_t);
        }

        switch (ls[i].sockaddr->sa_family) {

#if (NGX_HAVE_INET6)
        case AF_INET6:
            ls[i].addr_text_max_len = NGX_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN;
            len = NGX_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN + sizeof("[]:65535") - 1;
            break;
#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
        case AF_UNIX:
            ls[i].addr_text_max_len = NGX_UNIX_ADDRSTRLEN;
            len = NGX_UNIX_ADDRSTRLEN;
            break;
#endif

        case AF_INET:
            ls[i].addr_text_max_len = NGX_INET_ADDRSTRLEN;
            len = NGX_INET_ADDRSTRLEN + sizeof(":65535") - 1;
            break;

        default:
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "the inherited socket #%d has "
                          "an unsupported protocol family", ls[i].fd);
            ls[i].ignore = 1;
            continue;
        }

        ls[i].addr_text.data = ngx_pnalloc(cycle->pool, len);
        if (ls[i].addr_text.data == NULL) {
            return NGX_ERROR;
        }

        len = ngx_sock_ntop(ls[i].sockaddr, ls[i].socklen,
                            ls[i].addr_text.data, len, 1);
        if (len == 0) {
            return NGX_ERROR;
        }

        ls[i].addr_text.len = len;

        ls[i].backlog = NGX_LISTEN_BACKLOG;

        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, (void *) &ls[i].type,
                       &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_CRIT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_TYPE) %V failed", &ls[i].addr_text);
            ls[i].ignore = 1;
            continue;
        }

        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (void *) &ls[i].rcvbuf,
                       &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_RCVBUF) %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);

            ls[i].rcvbuf = -1;
        }

        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (void *) &ls[i].sndbuf,
                       &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_SNDBUF) %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);

            ls[i].sndbuf = -1;
        }

#if 0
        /* SO_SETFIB is currently a set only option */

#if (NGX_HAVE_SETFIB)

        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SETFIB,
                       (void *) &ls[i].setfib, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_SETFIB) %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);

            ls[i].setfib = -1;
        }

#endif
#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_REUSEPORT)

        reuseport = 0;
        olen = sizeof(int);

#ifdef SO_REUSEPORT_LB

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT_LB,
                       (void *) &reuseport, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_REUSEPORT_LB) %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);

        } else {
            ls[i].reuseport = reuseport ? 1 : 0;
        }

#else

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT,
                       (void *) &reuseport, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          "getsockopt(SO_REUSEPORT) %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);

        } else {
            ls[i].reuseport = reuseport ? 1 : 0;
        }
#endif

#endif

        if (ls[i].type != SOCK_STREAM) {
            continue;
        }

#if (NGX_HAVE_TCP_FASTOPEN)

        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_FASTOPEN,
                       (void *) &ls[i].fastopen, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            err = ngx_socket_errno;

            if (err != NGX_EOPNOTSUPP && err != NGX_ENOPROTOOPT
                && err != NGX_EINVAL)
            {
                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, err,
                              "getsockopt(TCP_FASTOPEN) %V failed, ignored",
                              &ls[i].addr_text);
            }

            ls[i].fastopen = -1;
        }

#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined SO_ACCEPTFILTER)

        ngx_memzero(⁡, sizeof(struct accept_filter_arg));
        olen = sizeof(struct accept_filter_arg);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ACCEPTFILTER, ⁡, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            err = ngx_socket_errno;

            if (err == NGX_EINVAL) {
                continue;
            }

            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, err,
                          "getsockopt(SO_ACCEPTFILTER) for %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);
            continue;
        }

        if (olen < sizeof(struct accept_filter_arg) || af.af_name[0] == '\0') {
            continue;
        }

        ls[i].accept_filter = ngx_palloc(cycle->pool, 16);
        if (ls[i].accept_filter == NULL) {
            return NGX_ERROR;
        }

        (void) ngx_cpystrn((u_char *) ls[i].accept_filter,
                           (u_char *) af.af_name, 16);
#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)

        timeout = 0;
        olen = sizeof(int);

        if (getsockopt(ls[i].fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT, &timeout, &olen)
            == -1)
        {
            err = ngx_socket_errno;

            if (err == NGX_EOPNOTSUPP) {
                continue;
            }

            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, err,
                          "getsockopt(TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT) for %V failed, ignored",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);
            continue;
        }

        if (olen < sizeof(int) || timeout == 0) {
            continue;
        }

        ls[i].deferred_accept = 1;
#endif
    }

    return NGX_OK;
}

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四、各模块的载入

在main函数中只有 ngx_preinit_modules, 该方法只会给各module做编号处理，而 ngx_load_module 则会查找外部定义好的模块信息。

// core/ngx_module.c
ngx_int_t
ngx_preinit_modules(void)
{
    ngx_uint_t  i;
    // ngx_modules, ngx_module_names 这两个变量会在加载时初始化
    for (i = 0; ngx_modules[i]; i++) {
        ngx_modules[i]->index = i;
        ngx_modules[i]->name = ngx_module_names[i];
    }

    ngx_modules_n = i;
    // NGX_MAX_DYNAMIC_MODULES:128
    ngx_max_module = ngx_modules_n + NGX_MAX_DYNAMIC_MODULES;

    return NGX_OK;
}
// nginx.c
static char *
ngx_load_module(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
{
#if (NGX_HAVE_DLOPEN)
    void                *handle;
    char               **names, **order;
    ngx_str_t           *value, file;
    ngx_uint_t           i;
    ngx_module_t        *module, **modules;
    ngx_pool_cleanup_t  *cln;

    if (cf->cycle->modules_used) {
        return "is specified too late";
    }

    value = cf->args->elts;

    file = value[1];

    if (ngx_conf_full_name(cf->cycle, &file, 0) != NGX_OK) {
        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
    }

    cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(cf->cycle->pool, 0);
    if (cln == NULL) {
        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
    }

    handle = ngx_dlopen(file.data);
    if (handle == NULL) {
        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                           ngx_dlopen_n " \"%s\" failed (%s)",
                           file.data, ngx_dlerror());
        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
    }

    cln->handler = ngx_unload_module;
    cln->data = handle;

    modules = ngx_dlsym(handle, "ngx_modules");
    if (modules == NULL) {
        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                           ngx_dlsym_n " \"%V\", \"%s\" failed (%s)",
                           &value[1], "ngx_modules", ngx_dlerror());
        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
    }

    names = ngx_dlsym(handle, "ngx_module_names");
    if (names == NULL) {
        ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                           ngx_dlsym_n " \"%V\", \"%s\" failed (%s)",
                           &value[1], "ngx_module_names", ngx_dlerror());
        return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
    }

    order = ngx_dlsym(handle, "ngx_module_order");

    for (i = 0; modules[i]; i++) {
        module = modules[i];
        module->name = names[i];

        if (ngx_add_module(cf, &file, module, order) != NGX_OK) {
            return NGX_CONF_ERROR;
        }

        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, cf->log, 0, "module: %s i:%ui",
                       module->name, module->index);
    }

    return NGX_CONF_OK;

#else

    ngx_conf_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cf, 0,
                       "\"load_module\" is not supported "
                       "on this platform");
    return NGX_CONF_ERROR;

#endif
}

五、初始化全局控制变量 ngx_cycle

ngx_cycle 是一个nginx中的重量级变量，和 redis 中的server变量一样。里面存储着各种配置信息，初始化socket监听，各模块的调度方式等等。

// core/ngx_cycle.c  初始化cycle信息
ngx_cycle_t *
ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
{
    void                *rv;
    char               **senv;
    ngx_uint_t           i, n;
    ngx_log_t           *log;
    ngx_time_t          *tp;
    ngx_conf_t           conf;
    ngx_pool_t          *pool;
    ngx_cycle_t         *cycle, **old;
    ngx_shm_zone_t      *shm_zone, *oshm_zone;
    ngx_list_part_t     *part, *opart;
    ngx_open_file_t     *file;
    ngx_listening_t     *ls, *nls;
    ngx_core_conf_t     *ccf, *old_ccf;
    ngx_core_module_t   *module;
    char                 hostname[NGX_MAXHOSTNAMELEN];

    ngx_timezone_update();

    /* force localtime update with a new timezone */

    tp = ngx_timeofday();
    tp->sec = 0;

    ngx_time_update();


    log = old_cycle->log;

    pool = ngx_create_pool(NGX_CYCLE_POOL_SIZE, log);
    if (pool == NULL) {
        return NULL;
    }
    pool->log = log;

    cycle = ngx_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(ngx_cycle_t));
    if (cycle == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    cycle->pool = pool;
    cycle->log = log;
    // 将old_cycle赋值到变量中，并依次将其中的各配置提取出来
    cycle->old_cycle = old_cycle;

    cycle->conf_prefix.len = old_cycle->conf_prefix.len;
    cycle->conf_prefix.data = ngx_pstrdup(pool, &old_cycle->conf_prefix);
    if (cycle->conf_prefix.data == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    cycle->prefix.len = old_cycle->prefix.len;
    cycle->prefix.data = ngx_pstrdup(pool, &old_cycle->prefix);
    if (cycle->prefix.data == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    cycle->conf_file.len = old_cycle->conf_file.len;
    cycle->conf_file.data = ngx_pnalloc(pool, old_cycle->conf_file.len + 1);
    if (cycle->conf_file.data == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }
    ngx_cpystrn(cycle->conf_file.data, old_cycle->conf_file.data,
                old_cycle->conf_file.len + 1);

    cycle->conf_param.len = old_cycle->conf_param.len;
    cycle->conf_param.data = ngx_pstrdup(pool, &old_cycle->conf_param);
    if (cycle->conf_param.data == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }


    n = old_cycle->paths.nelts ? old_cycle->paths.nelts : 10;

    if (ngx_array_init(&cycle->paths, pool, n, sizeof(ngx_path_t *))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    ngx_memzero(cycle->paths.elts, n * sizeof(ngx_path_t *));


    if (ngx_array_init(&cycle->config_dump, pool, 1, sizeof(ngx_conf_dump_t))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    ngx_rbtree_init(&cycle->config_dump_rbtree, &cycle->config_dump_sentinel,
                    ngx_str_rbtree_insert_value);

    if (old_cycle->open_files.part.nelts) {
        n = old_cycle->open_files.part.nelts;
        for (part = old_cycle->open_files.part.next; part; part = part->next) {
            n += part->nelts;
        }

    } else {
        n = 20;
    }

    if (ngx_list_init(&cycle->open_files, pool, n, sizeof(ngx_open_file_t))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }


    if (old_cycle->shared_memory.part.nelts) {
        n = old_cycle->shared_memory.part.nelts;
        for (part = old_cycle->shared_memory.part.next; part; part = part->next)
        {
            n += part->nelts;
        }

    } else {
        n = 1;
    }

    if (ngx_list_init(&cycle->shared_memory, pool, n, sizeof(ngx_shm_zone_t))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    n = old_cycle->listening.nelts ? old_cycle->listening.nelts : 10;

    if (ngx_array_init(&cycle->listening, pool, n, sizeof(ngx_listening_t))
        != NGX_OK)
    {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    ngx_memzero(cycle->listening.elts, n * sizeof(ngx_listening_t));


    ngx_queue_init(&cycle->reusable_connections_queue);


    cycle->conf_ctx = ngx_pcalloc(pool, ngx_max_module * sizeof(void *));
    if (cycle->conf_ctx == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }


    if (gethostname(hostname, NGX_MAXHOSTNAMELEN) == -1) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno, "gethostname() failed");
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    /* on Linux gethostname() silently truncates name that does not fit */

    hostname[NGX_MAXHOSTNAMELEN - 1] = '\0';
    cycle->hostname.len = ngx_strlen(hostname);

    cycle->hostname.data = ngx_pnalloc(pool, cycle->hostname.len);
    if (cycle->hostname.data == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    ngx_strlow(cycle->hostname.data, (u_char *) hostname, cycle->hostname.len);

    // 将 ngx_module 赋给 cycle->modules
    if (ngx_cycle_modules(cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    // 调用各模块的 create_conf() 
    for (i = 0; cycle->modules[i]; i++) {
        if (cycle->modules[i]->type != NGX_CORE_MODULE) {
            continue;
        }

        module = cycle->modules[i]->ctx;

        if (module->create_conf) {
            rv = module->create_conf(cycle);
            if (rv == NULL) {
                ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
                return NULL;
            }
            cycle->conf_ctx[cycle->modules[i]->index] = rv;
        }
    }


    senv = environ;


    ngx_memzero(&conf, sizeof(ngx_conf_t));
    /* STUB: init array ? */
    conf.args = ngx_array_create(pool, 10, sizeof(ngx_str_t));
    if (conf.args == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }

    conf.temp_pool = ngx_create_pool(NGX_CYCLE_POOL_SIZE, log);
    if (conf.temp_pool == NULL) {
        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
        return NULL;
    }


    conf.ctx = cycle->conf_ctx;
    conf.cycle = cycle;
    conf.pool = pool;
    conf.log = log;
    conf.module_type = NGX_CORE_MODULE;
    conf.cmd_type = NGX_MAIN_CONF;

#if 0
    log->log_level = NGX_LOG_DEBUG_ALL;
#endif

    if (ngx_conf_param(&conf) != NGX_CONF_OK) {
        environ = senv;
        ngx_destroy_cycle_pools(&conf);
        return NULL;
    }

    if (ngx_conf_parse(&conf, &cycle->conf_file) != NGX_CONF_OK) {
        environ = senv;
        ngx_destroy_cycle_pools(&conf);
        return NULL;
    }

    if (ngx_test_config && !ngx_quiet_mode) {
        ngx_log_stderr(0, "the configuration file %s syntax is ok",
                       cycle->conf_file.data);
    }
    // 调用各模块的 init_conf()
    for (i = 0; cycle->modules[i]; i++) {
        if (cycle->modules[i]->type != NGX_CORE_MODULE) {
            continue;
        }

        module = cycle->modules[i]->ctx;

        if (module->init_conf) {
            if (module->init_conf(cycle,
                                  cycle->conf_ctx[cycle->modules[i]->index])
                == NGX_CONF_ERROR)
            {
                environ = senv;
                ngx_destroy_cycle_pools(&conf);
                return NULL;
            }
        }
    }

    if (ngx_process == NGX_PROCESS_SIGNALLER) {
        return cycle;
    }

    ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_core_module);

    if (ngx_test_config) {

        if (ngx_create_pidfile(&ccf->pid, log) != NGX_OK) {
            goto failed;
        }

    } else if (!ngx_is_init_cycle(old_cycle)) {

        /*
         * we do not create the pid file in the first ngx_init_cycle() call
         * because we need to write the demonized process pid
         */

        old_ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(old_cycle->conf_ctx,
                                                   ngx_core_module);
        if (ccf->pid.len != old_ccf->pid.len
            || ngx_strcmp(ccf->pid.data, old_ccf->pid.data) != 0)
        {
            /* new pid file name */

            if (ngx_create_pidfile(&ccf->pid, log) != NGX_OK) {
                goto failed;
            }

            ngx_delete_pidfile(old_cycle);
        }
    }


    if (ngx_test_lockfile(cycle->lock_file.data, log) != NGX_OK) {
        goto failed;
    }


    if (ngx_create_paths(cycle, ccf->user) != NGX_OK) {
        goto failed;
    }


    if (ngx_log_open_default(cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        goto failed;
    }

    /* open the new files */

    part = &cycle->open_files.part;
    file = part->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= part->nelts) {
            if (part->next == NULL) {
                break;
            }
            part = part->next;
            file = part->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        if (file[i].name.len == 0) {
            continue;
        }

        file[i].fd = ngx_open_file(file[i].name.data,
                                   NGX_FILE_APPEND,
                                   NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN,
                                   NGX_FILE_DEFAULT_ACCESS);

        ngx_log_debug3(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, log, 0,
                       "log: %p %d \"%s\"",
                       &file[i], file[i].fd, file[i].name.data);

        if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_open_file_n " \"%s\" failed",
                          file[i].name.data);
            goto failed;
        }

#if !(NGX_WIN32)
        if (fcntl(file[i].fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                          "fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC) \"%s\" failed",
                          file[i].name.data);
            goto failed;
        }
#endif
    }

    cycle->log = &cycle->new_log;
    pool->log = &cycle->new_log;


    /* create shared memory */

    part = &cycle->shared_memory.part;
    shm_zone = part->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= part->nelts) {
            if (part->next == NULL) {
                break;
            }
            part = part->next;
            shm_zone = part->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        if (shm_zone[i].shm.size == 0) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, 0,
                          "zero size shared memory zone \"%V\"",
                          &shm_zone[i].shm.name);
            goto failed;
        }

        shm_zone[i].shm.log = cycle->log;

        opart = &old_cycle->shared_memory.part;
        oshm_zone = opart->elts;

        for (n = 0; /* void */ ; n++) {

            if (n >= opart->nelts) {
                if (opart->next == NULL) {
                    break;
                }
                opart = opart->next;
                oshm_zone = opart->elts;
                n = 0;
            }

            if (shm_zone[i].shm.name.len != oshm_zone[n].shm.name.len) {
                continue;
            }

            if (ngx_strncmp(shm_zone[i].shm.name.data,
                            oshm_zone[n].shm.name.data,
                            shm_zone[i].shm.name.len)
                != 0)
            {
                continue;
            }

            if (shm_zone[i].tag == oshm_zone[n].tag
                && shm_zone[i].shm.size == oshm_zone[n].shm.size
                && !shm_zone[i].noreuse)
            {
                shm_zone[i].shm.addr = oshm_zone[n].shm.addr;
#if (NGX_WIN32)
                shm_zone[i].shm.handle = oshm_zone[n].shm.handle;
#endif

                if (shm_zone[i].init(&shm_zone[i], oshm_zone[n].data)
                    != NGX_OK)
                {
                    goto failed;
                }

                goto shm_zone_found;
            }

            break;
        }

        if (ngx_shm_alloc(&shm_zone[i].shm) != NGX_OK) {
            goto failed;
        }

        if (ngx_init_zone_pool(cycle, &shm_zone[i]) != NGX_OK) {
            goto failed;
        }

        if (shm_zone[i].init(&shm_zone[i], NULL) != NGX_OK) {
            goto failed;
        }

    shm_zone_found:

        continue;
    }


    /* handle the listening sockets */

    if (old_cycle->listening.nelts) {
        ls = old_cycle->listening.elts;
        for (i = 0; i < old_cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {
            ls[i].remain = 0;
        }

        nls = cycle->listening.elts;
        for (n = 0; n < cycle->listening.nelts; n++) {

            for (i = 0; i < old_cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {
                if (ls[i].ignore) {
                    continue;
                }

                if (ls[i].remain) {
                    continue;
                }

                if (ls[i].type != nls[n].type) {
                    continue;
                }

                if (ngx_cmp_sockaddr(nls[n].sockaddr, nls[n].socklen,
                                     ls[i].sockaddr, ls[i].socklen, 1)
                    == NGX_OK)
                {
                    nls[n].fd = ls[i].fd;
                    nls[n].previous = &ls[i];
                    ls[i].remain = 1;

                    if (ls[i].backlog != nls[n].backlog) {
                        nls[n].listen = 1;
                    }

#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined SO_ACCEPTFILTER)

                    /*
                     * FreeBSD, except the most recent versions,
                     * could not remove accept filter
                     */
                    nls[n].deferred_accept = ls[i].deferred_accept;

                    if (ls[i].accept_filter && nls[n].accept_filter) {
                        if (ngx_strcmp(ls[i].accept_filter,
                                       nls[n].accept_filter)
                            != 0)
                        {
                            nls[n].delete_deferred = 1;
                            nls[n].add_deferred = 1;
                        }

                    } else if (ls[i].accept_filter) {
                        nls[n].delete_deferred = 1;

                    } else if (nls[n].accept_filter) {
                        nls[n].add_deferred = 1;
                    }
#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)

                    if (ls[i].deferred_accept && !nls[n].deferred_accept) {
                        nls[n].delete_deferred = 1;

                    } else if (ls[i].deferred_accept != nls[n].deferred_accept)
                    {
                        nls[n].add_deferred = 1;
                    }
#endif

#if (NGX_HAVE_REUSEPORT)
                    if (nls[n].reuseport && !ls[i].reuseport) {
                        nls[n].add_reuseport = 1;
                    }
#endif

                    break;
                }
            }

            if (nls[n].fd == (ngx_socket_t) -1) {
                nls[n].open = 1;
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined SO_ACCEPTFILTER)
                if (nls[n].accept_filter) {
                    nls[n].add_deferred = 1;
                }
#endif
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
                if (nls[n].deferred_accept) {
                    nls[n].add_deferred = 1;
                }
#endif
            }
        }

    } else {
        ls = cycle->listening.elts;
        for (i = 0; i < cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {
            ls[i].open = 1;
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined SO_ACCEPTFILTER)
            if (ls[i].accept_filter) {
                ls[i].add_deferred = 1;
            }
#endif
#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
            if (ls[i].deferred_accept) {
                ls[i].add_deferred = 1;
            }
#endif
        }
    }
    // 开启socket监听，主要调用 socket(), bind(), listen() 等方法实现
    if (ngx_open_listening_sockets(cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        goto failed;
    }

    if (!ngx_test_config) {
        // 配置socket 监听相关属性
        ngx_configure_listening_sockets(cycle);
    }


    /* commit the new cycle configuration */

    if (!ngx_use_stderr) {
        (void) ngx_log_redirect_stderr(cycle);
    }

    pool->log = cycle->log;
    // 调用各模块的 init_module() 方法，让模块初始化各自信息
    if (ngx_init_modules(cycle) != NGX_OK) {
        /* fatal */
        exit(1);
    }


    /* close and delete stuff that lefts from an old cycle */

    /* free the unnecessary shared memory */

    opart = &old_cycle->shared_memory.part;
    oshm_zone = opart->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= opart->nelts) {
            if (opart->next == NULL) {
                goto old_shm_zone_done;
            }
            opart = opart->next;
            oshm_zone = opart->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        part = &cycle->shared_memory.part;
        shm_zone = part->elts;

        for (n = 0; /* void */ ; n++) {

            if (n >= part->nelts) {
                if (part->next == NULL) {
                    break;
                }
                part = part->next;
                shm_zone = part->elts;
                n = 0;
            }

            if (oshm_zone[i].shm.name.len != shm_zone[n].shm.name.len) {
                continue;
            }

            if (ngx_strncmp(oshm_zone[i].shm.name.data,
                            shm_zone[n].shm.name.data,
                            oshm_zone[i].shm.name.len)
                != 0)
            {
                continue;
            }

            if (oshm_zone[i].tag == shm_zone[n].tag
                && oshm_zone[i].shm.size == shm_zone[n].shm.size
                && !oshm_zone[i].noreuse)
            {
                goto live_shm_zone;
            }

            break;
        }

        ngx_shm_free(&oshm_zone[i].shm);

    live_shm_zone:

        continue;
    }

old_shm_zone_done:


    /* close the unnecessary listening sockets */

    ls = old_cycle->listening.elts;
    for (i = 0; i < old_cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {

        if (ls[i].remain || ls[i].fd == (ngx_socket_t) -1) {
            continue;
        }

        if (ngx_close_socket(ls[i].fd) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          ngx_close_socket_n " listening socket on %V failed",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);
        }

#if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)

        if (ls[i].sockaddr->sa_family == AF_UNIX) {
            u_char  *name;

            name = ls[i].addr_text.data + sizeof("unix:") - 1;

            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_WARN, cycle->log, 0,
                          "deleting socket %s", name);

            if (ngx_delete_file(name) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                              ngx_delete_file_n " %s failed", name);
            }
        }

#endif
    }


    /* close the unnecessary open files */

    part = &old_cycle->open_files.part;
    file = part->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= part->nelts) {
            if (part->next == NULL) {
                break;
            }
            part = part->next;
            file = part->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE || file[i].fd == ngx_stderr) {
            continue;
        }

        if (ngx_close_file(file[i].fd) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_close_file_n " \"%s\" failed",
                          file[i].name.data);
        }
    }

    ngx_destroy_pool(conf.temp_pool);

    if (ngx_process == NGX_PROCESS_MASTER || ngx_is_init_cycle(old_cycle)) {

        ngx_destroy_pool(old_cycle->pool);
        cycle->old_cycle = NULL;

        return cycle;
    }


    if (ngx_temp_pool == NULL) {
        ngx_temp_pool = ngx_create_pool(128, cycle->log);
        if (ngx_temp_pool == NULL) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, 0,
                          "could not create ngx_temp_pool");
            exit(1);
        }

        n = 10;

        if (ngx_array_init(&ngx_old_cycles, ngx_temp_pool, n,
                           sizeof(ngx_cycle_t *))
            != NGX_OK)
        {
            exit(1);
        }

        ngx_memzero(ngx_old_cycles.elts, n * sizeof(ngx_cycle_t *));

        ngx_cleaner_event.handler = ngx_clean_old_cycles;
        ngx_cleaner_event.log = cycle->log;
        ngx_cleaner_event.data = &dumb;
        dumb.fd = (ngx_socket_t) -1;
    }

    ngx_temp_pool->log = cycle->log;

    old = ngx_array_push(&ngx_old_cycles);
    if (old == NULL) {
        exit(1);
    }
    *old = old_cycle;

    if (!ngx_cleaner_event.timer_set) {
        ngx_add_timer(&ngx_cleaner_event, 30000);
        ngx_cleaner_event.timer_set = 1;
    }
    // 正常返回初始化好的 cycle
    return cycle;


failed:

    if (!ngx_is_init_cycle(old_cycle)) {
        old_ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(old_cycle->conf_ctx,
                                                   ngx_core_module);
        if (old_ccf->environment) {
            environ = old_ccf->environment;
        }
    }

    /* rollback the new cycle configuration */

    part = &cycle->open_files.part;
    file = part->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= part->nelts) {
            if (part->next == NULL) {
                break;
            }
            part = part->next;
            file = part->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE || file[i].fd == ngx_stderr) {
            continue;
        }

        if (ngx_close_file(file[i].fd) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_close_file_n " \"%s\" failed",
                          file[i].name.data);
        }
    }

    /* free the newly created shared memory */

    part = &cycle->shared_memory.part;
    shm_zone = part->elts;

    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {

        if (i >= part->nelts) {
            if (part->next == NULL) {
                break;
            }
            part = part->next;
            shm_zone = part->elts;
            i = 0;
        }

        if (shm_zone[i].shm.addr == NULL) {
            continue;
        }

        opart = &old_cycle->shared_memory.part;
        oshm_zone = opart->elts;

        for (n = 0; /* void */ ; n++) {

            if (n >= opart->nelts) {
                if (opart->next == NULL) {
                    break;
                }
                opart = opart->next;
                oshm_zone = opart->elts;
                n = 0;
            }

            if (shm_zone[i].shm.name.len != oshm_zone[n].shm.name.len) {
                continue;
            }

            if (ngx_strncmp(shm_zone[i].shm.name.data,
                            oshm_zone[n].shm.name.data,
                            shm_zone[i].shm.name.len)
                != 0)
            {
                continue;
            }

            if (shm_zone[i].tag == oshm_zone[n].tag
                && shm_zone[i].shm.size == oshm_zone[n].shm.size
                && !shm_zone[i].noreuse)
            {
                goto old_shm_zone_found;
            }

            break;
        }

        ngx_shm_free(&shm_zone[i].shm);

    old_shm_zone_found:

        continue;
    }

    if (ngx_test_config) {
        ngx_destroy_cycle_pools(&conf);
        return NULL;
    }

    ls = cycle->listening.elts;
    for (i = 0; i < cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {
        if (ls[i].fd == (ngx_socket_t) -1 || !ls[i].open) {
            continue;
        }

        if (ngx_close_socket(ls[i].fd) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_socket_errno,
                          ngx_close_socket_n " %V failed",
                          &ls[i].addr_text);
        }
    }

    ngx_destroy_cycle_pools(&conf);

    return NULL;
}

六、处理发送给nginx的控制信号

针对 nginx -s stop|reload 等信号时，nginx是如何处理的呢？实际上，它只会运行到 ngx_signal_process(), 向原有的nginx进程发送相应的kill命令就返回了。

// ngx_cycle.c, 处理信号
ngx_int_t
ngx_signal_process(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, char *sig)
{
    ssize_t           n;
    ngx_pid_t         pid;
    ngx_file_t        file;
    ngx_core_conf_t  *ccf;
    u_char            buf[NGX_INT64_LEN + 2];

    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "signal process started");
    // 根据下标获取 core_module 配置信息
    ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_core_module);

    ngx_memzero(&file, sizeof(ngx_file_t));

    file.name = ccf->pid;
    file.log = cycle->log;

    file.fd = ngx_open_file(file.name.data, NGX_FILE_RDONLY,
                            NGX_FILE_OPEN, NGX_FILE_DEFAULT_ACCESS);

    if (file.fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                      ngx_open_file_n " \"%s\" failed", file.name.data);
        return 1;
    }

    n = ngx_read_file(&file, buf, NGX_INT64_LEN + 2, 0);

    if (ngx_close_file(file.fd) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                      ngx_close_file_n " \"%s\" failed", file.name.data);
    }

    if (n == NGX_ERROR) {
        return 1;
    }

    while (n-- && (buf[n] == CR || buf[n] == LF)) { /* void */ }

    pid = ngx_atoi(buf, ++n);

    if (pid == (ngx_pid_t) NGX_ERROR) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, cycle->log, 0,
                      "invalid PID number \"%*s\" in \"%s\"",
                      n, buf, file.name.data);
        return 1;
    }
    // 根据 sig 处理pid 进程状态
    return ngx_os_signal_process(cycle, sig, pid);

}

ngx_int_t
ngx_os_signal_process(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, char *name, ngx_pid_t pid)
{
    ngx_signal_t  *sig;
    // 遍历所有的 signals, 找到匹配的方法后响应
    for (sig = signals; sig->signo != 0; sig++) {
        if (ngx_strcmp(name, sig->name) == 0) {
            // 操作系统只进行 kill 调用即可
            // 而该命令会被正运行的master进程接收到，做后续处理。
            if (kill(pid, sig->signo) != -1) {
                return 0;
            }

            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "kill(%P, %d) failed", pid, sig->signo);
        }
    }

    return 1;
}
// nginx 定义的各种signal
typedef struct {
    int     signo;
    char   *signame;
    char   *name;
    void  (*handler)(int signo, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *ucontext);
} ngx_signal_t;
// os/unix/ngx_process.c
ngx_signal_t  signals[] = {
    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_RECONFIGURE_SIGNAL),    /* signo SIGHUP */
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_RECONFIGURE_SIGNAL),    /* *signame */
      "reload",                                    /* *name */
      ngx_signal_handler },                        /* *handler */

    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_REOPEN_SIGNAL),        /* signo SIGINFO */ 
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_REOPEN_SIGNAL),
      "reopen",
      ngx_signal_handler },

    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_NOACCEPT_SIGNAL),
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_NOACCEPT_SIGNAL),
      "",
      ngx_signal_handler },

    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_TERMINATE_SIGNAL),    /* signo SIGTERM */
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_TERMINATE_SIGNAL),
      "stop",
      ngx_signal_handler },

    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL),    /* signo SIGQUIT */    
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL),
      "quit",
      ngx_signal_handler },

    { ngx_signal_value(NGX_CHANGEBIN_SIGNAL),
      "SIG" ngx_value(NGX_CHANGEBIN_SIGNAL),
      "",
      ngx_signal_handler },

    { SIGALRM, "SIGALRM", "", ngx_signal_handler },

    { SIGINT, "SIGINT", "", ngx_signal_handler },

    { SIGIO, "SIGIO", "", ngx_signal_handler },

    { SIGCHLD, "SIGCHLD", "", ngx_signal_handler },

    { SIGSYS, "SIGSYS, SIG_IGN", "", NULL },

    { SIGPIPE, "SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN", "", NULL },

    { 0, NULL, "", NULL }
};

七、master循环服务与worker进程循环服务

main方法运行到最后，一定是以死循环的形式呈现服务的。而 ngx_master_process_cycle 则是处理这两个事情的函数。其主要作用就是，根据配置参数启动worker进程并进入循环服务，自身以master进程地形式运行循环服务。

// os/unix/ngx_process_cycle.c, 主循环服务
void
ngx_master_process_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
{
    char              *title;
    u_char            *p;
    size_t             size;
    ngx_int_t          i;
    ngx_uint_t         n, sigio;
    sigset_t           set;
    struct itimerval   itv;
    ngx_uint_t         live;
    ngx_msec_t         delay;
    ngx_listening_t   *ls;
    ngx_core_conf_t   *ccf;

    sigemptyset(&set);
    sigaddset(&set, SIGCHLD);
    sigaddset(&set, SIGALRM);
    sigaddset(&set, SIGIO);
    sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_RECONFIGURE_SIGNAL));
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_REOPEN_SIGNAL));
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_NOACCEPT_SIGNAL));
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_TERMINATE_SIGNAL));
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL));
    sigaddset(&set, ngx_signal_value(NGX_CHANGEBIN_SIGNAL));

    if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL) == -1) {
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                      "sigprocmask() failed");
    }

    sigemptyset(&set);

    // master process
    size = sizeof(master_process);

    for (i = 0; i < ngx_argc; i++) {
        size += ngx_strlen(ngx_argv[i]) + 1;
    }

    title = ngx_pnalloc(cycle->pool, size);
    if (title == NULL) {
        /* fatal */
        exit(2);
    }

    p = ngx_cpymem(title, master_process, sizeof(master_process) - 1);
    for (i = 0; i < ngx_argc; i++) {
        *p++ = ' ';
        p = ngx_cpystrn(p, (u_char *) ngx_argv[i], size);
    }

    ngx_setproctitle(title);


    ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx, ngx_core_module);
    // 开启请求处理子进程 "worker process"
    ngx_start_worker_processes(cycle, ccf->worker_processes,
                               NGX_PROCESS_RESPAWN);
    // 开启管理进程 "cache manager" / "cache loader" 
    ngx_start_cache_manager_processes(cycle, 0);

    ngx_new_binary = 0;
    delay = 0;
    sigio = 0;
    live = 1;
    // master 进程主循环服务
    // 监听外部各种控制信号
    for ( ;; ) {
        if (delay) {
            if (ngx_sigalrm) {
                sigio = 0;
                delay *= 2;
                ngx_sigalrm = 0;
            }

            ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
                           "termination cycle: %M", delay);

            itv.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
            itv.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
            itv.it_value.tv_sec = delay / 1000;
            itv.it_value.tv_usec = (delay % 1000 ) * 1000;

            if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &itv, NULL) == -1) {
                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                              "setitimer() failed");
            }
        }

        ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0, "sigsuspend");

        sigsuspend(&set);

        ngx_time_update();

        ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
                       "wake up, sigio %i", sigio);

        if (ngx_reap) {
            ngx_reap = 0;
            ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0, "reap children");

            live = ngx_reap_children(cycle);
        }
        // master 进程退出，删除pid文件，关闭socket监听等等
        if (!live && (ngx_terminate || ngx_quit)) {
            ngx_master_process_exit(cycle);
        }

        if (ngx_terminate) {
            if (delay == 0) {
                delay = 50;
            }

            if (sigio) {
                sigio--;
                continue;
            }

            sigio = ccf->worker_processes + 2 /* cache processes */;
            // 通知子进程进行关闭处理
            if (delay > 1000) {
                ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle, SIGKILL);
            } else {
                ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle,
                                       ngx_signal_value(NGX_TERMINATE_SIGNAL));
            }

            continue;
        }

        if (ngx_quit) {
            ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle,
                                        ngx_signal_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL));

            ls = cycle->listening.elts;
            for (n = 0; n < cycle->listening.nelts; n++) {
                if (ngx_close_socket(ls[n].fd) == -1) {
                    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, ngx_socket_errno,
                                  ngx_close_socket_n " %V failed",
                                  &ls[n].addr_text);
                }
            }
            cycle->listening.nelts = 0;

            continue;
        }
        // 重启nginx服务
        if (ngx_reconfigure) {
            ngx_reconfigure = 0;
            // new_binary
            if (ngx_new_binary) {
                ngx_start_worker_processes(cycle, ccf->worker_processes,
                                           NGX_PROCESS_RESPAWN);
                ngx_start_cache_manager_processes(cycle, 0);
                ngx_noaccepting = 0;

                continue;
            }

            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "reconfiguring");
            // 重新初始化 cycle 信息
            cycle = ngx_init_cycle(cycle);
            if (cycle == NULL) {
                cycle = (ngx_cycle_t *) ngx_cycle;
                continue;
            }
            // 重启子进程
            ngx_cycle = cycle;
            ccf = (ngx_core_conf_t *) ngx_get_conf(cycle->conf_ctx,
                                                   ngx_core_module);
            ngx_start_worker_processes(cycle, ccf->worker_processes,
                                       NGX_PROCESS_JUST_RESPAWN);
            ngx_start_cache_manager_processes(cycle, 1);

            /* allow new processes to start */
            ngx_msleep(100);

            live = 1;
            ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle,
                                        ngx_signal_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL));
        }

        if (ngx_restart) {
            ngx_restart = 0;
            ngx_start_worker_processes(cycle, ccf->worker_processes,
                                       NGX_PROCESS_RESPAWN);
            ngx_start_cache_manager_processes(cycle, 0);
            live = 1;
        }

        if (ngx_reopen) {
            ngx_reopen = 0;
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "reopening logs");
            ngx_reopen_files(cycle, ccf->user);
            ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle,
                                        ngx_signal_value(NGX_REOPEN_SIGNAL));
        }

        if (ngx_change_binary) {
            ngx_change_binary = 0;
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "changing binary");
            ngx_new_binary = ngx_exec_new_binary(cycle, ngx_argv);
        }

        if (ngx_noaccept) {
            ngx_noaccept = 0;
            ngx_noaccepting = 1;
            ngx_signal_worker_processes(cycle,
                                        ngx_signal_value(NGX_SHUTDOWN_SIGNAL));
        }
    }
}
// ngx_process_cycle.c, 依据配置信息，开启子进程循环服务
static void
ngx_start_worker_processes(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_int_t n, ngx_int_t type)
{
    ngx_int_t      i;
    ngx_channel_t  ch;

    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "start worker processes");

    ngx_memzero(&ch, sizeof(ngx_channel_t));

    ch.command = NGX_CMD_OPEN_CHANNEL;

    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        // 创建子进程，然后运行 ngx_worker_process_cycle 逻辑
        ngx_spawn_process(cycle, ngx_worker_process_cycle,
                          (void *) (intptr_t) i, "worker process", type);

        ch.pid = ngx_processes[ngx_process_slot].pid;
        ch.slot = ngx_process_slot;
        ch.fd = ngx_processes[ngx_process_slot].channel[0];

        ngx_pass_open_channel(cycle, &ch);
    }
}
// ngx_process.c, 创建子进程
ngx_pid_t
ngx_spawn_process(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_spawn_proc_pt proc, void *data,
    char *name, ngx_int_t respawn)
{
    u_long     on;
    ngx_pid_t  pid;
    ngx_int_t  s;

    if (respawn >= 0) {
        s = respawn;

    } else {
        for (s = 0; s < ngx_last_process; s++) {
            if (ngx_processes[s].pid == -1) {
                break;
            }
        }

        if (s == NGX_MAX_PROCESSES) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, 0,
                          "no more than %d processes can be spawned",
                          NGX_MAX_PROCESSES);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }
    }


    if (respawn != NGX_PROCESS_DETACHED) {

        /* Solaris 9 still has no AF_LOCAL */

        if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, ngx_processes[s].channel) == -1)
        {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "socketpair() failed while spawning \"%s\"", name);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        ngx_log_debug2(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, cycle->log, 0,
                       "channel %d:%d",
                       ngx_processes[s].channel[0],
                       ngx_processes[s].channel[1]);

        if (ngx_nonblocking(ngx_processes[s].channel[0]) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_nonblocking_n " failed while spawning \"%s\"",
                          name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        if (ngx_nonblocking(ngx_processes[s].channel[1]) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          ngx_nonblocking_n " failed while spawning \"%s\"",
                          name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        on = 1;
        if (ioctl(ngx_processes[s].channel[0], FIOASYNC, &on) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "ioctl(FIOASYNC) failed while spawning \"%s\"", name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        if (fcntl(ngx_processes[s].channel[0], F_SETOWN, ngx_pid) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "fcntl(F_SETOWN) failed while spawning \"%s\"", name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        if (fcntl(ngx_processes[s].channel[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC) failed while spawning \"%s\"",
                           name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        if (fcntl(ngx_processes[s].channel[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                          "fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC) failed while spawning \"%s\"",
                           name);
            ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
            return NGX_INVALID_PID;
        }

        ngx_channel = ngx_processes[s].channel[1];

    } else {
        ngx_processes[s].channel[0] = -1;
        ngx_processes[s].channel[1] = -1;
    }

    ngx_process_slot = s;

    // 创建子进程
    pid = fork();

    switch (pid) {

    case -1:
        ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, cycle->log, ngx_errno,
                      "fork() failed while spawning \"%s\"", name);
        ngx_close_channel(ngx_processes[s].channel, cycle->log);
        return NGX_INVALID_PID;

    case 0:
        ngx_parent = ngx_pid;
        ngx_pid = ngx_getpid();
        // 子进程中直接调用 ngx_worker_process_cycle() 方法进行事务处理
        proc(cycle, data);
        break;

    default:
        // 父进程则直接返回了
        break;
    }

    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "start %s %P", name, pid);

    ngx_processes[s].pid = pid;
    ngx_processes[s].exited = 0;

    if (respawn >= 0) {
        return pid;
    }

    ngx_processes[s].proc = proc;
    ngx_processes[s].data = data;
    ngx_processes[s].name = name;
    ngx_processes[s].exiting = 0;

    switch (respawn) {

    case NGX_PROCESS_NORESPAWN:
        ngx_processes[s].respawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].just_spawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].detached = 0;
        break;

    case NGX_PROCESS_JUST_SPAWN:
        ngx_processes[s].respawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].just_spawn = 1;
        ngx_processes[s].detached = 0;
        break;

    case NGX_PROCESS_RESPAWN:
        ngx_processes[s].respawn = 1;
        ngx_processes[s].just_spawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].detached = 0;
        break;

    case NGX_PROCESS_JUST_RESPAWN:
        ngx_processes[s].respawn = 1;
        ngx_processes[s].just_spawn = 1;
        ngx_processes[s].detached = 0;
        break;

    case NGX_PROCESS_DETACHED:
        ngx_processes[s].respawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].just_spawn = 0;
        ngx_processes[s].detached = 1;
        break;
    }

    if (s == ngx_last_process) {
        ngx_last_process++;
    }

    return pid;
}

// ngx_process_cycle.c, 子进程处理服务
static void
ngx_worker_process_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, void *data)
{
    ngx_int_t worker = (intptr_t) data;

    ngx_process = NGX_PROCESS_WORKER;
    ngx_worker = worker;

    ngx_worker_process_init(cycle, worker);

    ngx_setproctitle("worker process");
    // 子进程中的死循环服务，通过 ngx_process_events_and_timers 进行事件处理
    for ( ;; ) {
        // 当需要子进程退出时，会调用 ngx_worker_process_exit(), 并最终调用 exit(0); 直接退出而无需执行后续代码
        if (ngx_exiting) {
            if (ngx_event_no_timers_left() == NGX_OK) {
                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "exiting");
                ngx_worker_process_exit(cycle);
            }
        }

        ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0, "worker cycle");
        // 主要逻辑处理如：网络事件 accept, read, 锁获取等等
        ngx_process_events_and_timers(cycle);

        if (ngx_terminate) {
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "exiting");
            ngx_worker_process_exit(cycle);
        }

        if (ngx_quit) {
            ngx_quit = 0;
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0,
                          "gracefully shutting down");
            ngx_setproctitle("worker process is shutting down");

            if (!ngx_exiting) {
                ngx_exiting = 1;
                ngx_set_shutdown_timer(cycle);
                ngx_close_listening_sockets(cycle);
                ngx_close_idle_connections(cycle);
            }
        }

        if (ngx_reopen) {
            ngx_reopen = 0;
            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_NOTICE, cycle->log, 0, "reopening logs");
            ngx_reopen_files(cycle, -1);
        }
    }
}

到此，nginx整个启动流程就分析完了，有了个整体概念。再要研究，我们就得要针对具体的功能点来分析了。请听下回分解。