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#include <csignal>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>

#include <unistd.h>

#include "libutil/types.hh"

namespace nix {

static void sigsegvHandler(int _signo, siginfo_t* info, void* ctx) {
  /* Detect stack overflows by comparing the faulting address with
     the stack pointer.  Unfortunately, getting the stack pointer is
     not portable. */
  bool haveSP = true;
  char* sp = nullptr;
#if defined(__x86_64__) && defined(REG_RSP)
  sp = (char*)(static_cast<ucontext_t*>(ctx))->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RSP];
#elif defined(REG_ESP)
  sp = (char*)((ucontext_t*)ctx)->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ESP];
#else
  haveSP = false;
#endif

  if (haveSP) {
    ptrdiff_t diff = static_cast<char*>(info->si_addr) - sp;
    if (diff < 0) {
      diff = -diff;
    }
    if (diff < 4096) {
      char msg[] = "error: stack overflow (possible infinite recursion)\n";
      [[gnu::unused]] auto res = write(2, msg, strlen(msg));
      _exit(1);  // maybe abort instead?
    }
  }

  /* Restore default behaviour (i.e. segfault and dump core). */
  struct sigaction act {};
  sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
  act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
  act.sa_flags = 0;
  if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, nullptr) != 0) {
    abort();
  }
}

void detectStackOverflow() {
#if defined(SA_SIGINFO) && defined(SA_ONSTACK)
  /* Install a SIGSEGV handler to detect stack overflows.  This
     requires an alternative stack, otherwise the signal cannot be
     delivered when we're out of stack space. */
  stack_t stack;
  stack.ss_size = 4096 * 4 + MINSIGSTKSZ;
  static auto stackBuf = std::make_unique<std::vector<char>>(stack.ss_size);
  stack.ss_sp = stackBuf->data();
  if (stack.ss_sp == nullptr) {
    throw Error("cannot allocate alternative stack");
  }
  stack.ss_flags = 0;
  if (sigaltstack(&stack, nullptr) == -1) {
    throw SysError("cannot set alternative stack");
  }

  struct sigaction act {};
  sigfillset(&act.sa_mask);
  act.sa_sigaction = sigsegvHandler;
  act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_ONSTACK;
  if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, nullptr) != 0) {
    throw SysError("resetting SIGSEGV");
  }
#endif
}

}  // namespace nix