From d33b865ec7bd41f9f0f5bf1197b9178beb8232f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cs17899219 <cs17899219@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:29:06 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add a signal SIGUSR1 for safely stop the server (#677)

---
 src/local.c       | 11 +++++++++++
 src/shadowsocks.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/local.c b/src/local.c
index 71942909..52983a42 100644
--- a/src/local.c
+++ b/src/local.c
@@ -940,6 +940,9 @@ static void signal_cb(EV_P_ ev_signal *w, int revents)
         switch (w->signum) {
         case SIGINT:
         case SIGTERM:
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+        case SIGUSR1:
+#endif
             ev_unloop(EV_A_ EVUNLOOP_ALL);
         }
     }
@@ -1328,6 +1331,11 @@ int start_ss_local_server(profile_t profile)
     ev_signal_init(&sigterm_watcher, signal_cb, SIGTERM);
     ev_signal_start(EV_DEFAULT, &sigint_watcher);
     ev_signal_start(EV_DEFAULT, &sigterm_watcher);
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+    struct ev_signal sigusr1_watcher;
+    ev_signal_init(&sigusr1_watcher, signal_cb, SIGUSR1);
+    ev_signal_start(EV_DEFAULT, &sigusr1_watcher);
+#endif
 
     // Setup keys
     LOGI("initializing ciphers... %s", method);
@@ -1405,6 +1413,9 @@ int start_ss_local_server(profile_t profile)
 
     ev_signal_stop(EV_DEFAULT, &sigint_watcher);
     ev_signal_stop(EV_DEFAULT, &sigterm_watcher);
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+    ev_signal_stop(EV_DEFAULT, &sigusr1_watcher);
+#endif
 
     // cannot reach here
     return 0;
diff --git a/src/shadowsocks.h b/src/shadowsocks.h
index 1492887e..f883291e 100644
--- a/src/shadowsocks.h
+++ b/src/shadowsocks.h
@@ -83,5 +83,7 @@ int start_ss_local_server(profile_t profile);
 
 // To stop the service on posix system, just kill the daemon process
 // kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+// Otherwise, If you start the service in a thread, you may need to send a signal SIGUSER1 to the thread.
+// pthread_kill(pthread_t, SIGUSR1);
 
 #endif // _SHADOWSOCKS_H