[Nginx源码解析]ngx_add_inherited_sockets函数

//从环境变量中获取合法的socketfd 并添加到cycle->listening相应数组中
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;

    //获取环境变量，应该是在nginx安装时添加的
    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);
    //初始化 listening 数组
    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;
            // 将ls push到cycle->listening数组，注意其形式
            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;
    //其真正调用的函数
    return ngx_set_inherited_sockets(cycle);
}

nginx通过NGINX_VAR环境变量，获得老的nginx监听fd，可以进行平滑升级