Add -timelimit option

This option limits the CPU time used by ffmpeg to the number of seconds
specified.  After this time, the OS sends a SIGXCPU signal, which we
handle and attempt to exit cleanly.  If the process is stuck, the OS
will deliver a SIGKILL one second later, forcibly terminating the
process.

This functionality is useful in automated setups where a runaway ffmpeg
process would otherwise go undetected.

Originally committed as revision 21347 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 600dcaf51f..3034e2d44a 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 #if CONFIG_NETWORK
 #include "libavformat/network.h"
 #endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#endif
 
 #undef exit
 
@@ -257,6 +260,19 @@ int opt_loglevel(const char *opt, const char *arg)
     return 0;
 }
 
+int opt_timelimit(const char *opt, const char *arg)
+{
+#if HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H
+    int lim = parse_number_or_die(opt, arg, OPT_INT64, 0, INT_MAX);
+    struct rlimit rl = { lim, lim + 1 };
+    if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU, &rl))
+        perror("setrlimit");
+#else
+    fprintf(stderr, "Warning: -%s not implemented on this OS\n", opt);
+#endif
+    return 0;
+}
+
 void set_context_opts(void *ctx, void *opts_ctx, int flags)
 {
     int i;