watchdog/Watchdog.cpp

@@ -14,16 +14,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 
 
-
 WatchdogTask::WatchdogTask (): fd(0) {
-
-}
-
-WatchdogTask::~WatchdogTask() {
-
-}
-
-int WatchdogTask::performOperation() {
     int result = 0;
     // Only create the FIFO if it does not exist yet
     if(not std::filesystem::exists(watchdog::FIFO_NAME)) {
@@ -34,20 +25,27 @@ int WatchdogTask::performOperation() {
             std::cerr << "eive-watchdog: Could not created named pipe at " <<
                     watchdog::FIFO_NAME << ", error " << errno << ": " << strerror(errno) <<
                     std::endl;
-            return -2;
+            throw std::runtime_error("eive-watchdog: FIFO creation failed");
         }
 #if WATCHDOG_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
         std::cout << "eive-watchdog: Pipe at " << watchdog::FIFO_NAME <<
                 " created successfully" << std::endl;
 #endif
     }
+}
 
+WatchdogTask::~WatchdogTask() {
+
+}
+
+int WatchdogTask::performOperation() {
     // Open FIFO read only and non-blocking
     fd = open(watchdog::FIFO_NAME.c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
     if(fd < 0) {
         std::cerr << "eive-watchdog: Opening pipe " << watchdog::FIFO_NAME <<
                 "read-only failed with " << errno << ": " << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
     }
+    state = States::RUNNING;
 
     while(true) {
         WatchdogTask::LoopResult loopResult = watchdogLoop();

watchdog/main.cpp

@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
  *          It checks whether the OBSW writes to the the FIFO regularly.
  */
 int main() {
-    std::cout << "Starting OBSW watchdog.." << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "eive-watchdog: Starting OBSW watchdog.." << std::endl;
+    try {
         WatchdogTask watchdogTask;
         watchdogTask.performOperation();
+    }
+    catch(const std::runtime_error& e) {
+        std::cerr << "eive-watchdog: Run time exception " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 

watchdog/watchdogConf.h.in

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 namespace watchdog {
 
 static constexpr int TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 1000;
-const std::string FIFO_NAME = "/tmp/obsw-watchdog";
+const std::string FIFO_NAME = "/tmp/watchdog-pipe";
 const std::string RUNNING_FILE_NAME = "/tmp/obsw-running";
 
 }