fix: Prevent access violation by moving events, arch, and log objects to top of stack in Windows daemon

This is how we do it in the server/client apps, so it makes sense to mirror the same pattern.

src/apps/deskflow-daemon/deskflow-daemon.cpp

@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 
 #include "deskflow/DaemonApp.h"
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include "arch/Arch.h"
+#include "base/EventQueue.h"
+#include "base/Log.h"
+
+#if SYSAPI_WIN32
+#include "arch/win32/ArchMiscWindows.h"
+#endif
 
 #ifdef SYSAPI_UNIX
 
@@ -24,7 +30,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
 {
-  DaemonApp app;
+#if SYSAPI_WIN32
+  // win32 instance needed for threading, etc.
+  ArchMiscWindows::setInstanceWin32(GetModuleHandle(nullptr));
+#endif
+
+  Arch arch;
+  arch.init();
+
+  Log log;
+  EventQueue events;
+
+  DaemonApp app(&events);
   return app.run(__argc, __argv);
 }
 

src/lib/deskflow/DaemonApp.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "deskflow/DaemonApp.h"
 
 #include "arch/XArch.h"
-#include "base/EventQueue.h"
 #include "base/Log.h"
 #include "base/TMethodEventJob.h"
 #include "base/log_outputters.h"
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ int winMainLoopStatic(int, const char **)
 }
 #endif
 
-DaemonApp::DaemonApp()
+DaemonApp::DaemonApp(IEventQueue *events) : m_events(events)
 {
   s_instance = this;
 }
@@ -108,22 +107,11 @@ DaemonApp::~DaemonApp()
 
 int DaemonApp::run(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-#if SYSAPI_WIN32
-  // win32 instance needed for threading, etc.
-  ArchMiscWindows::setInstanceWin32(GetModuleHandle(NULL));
-#endif
-
-  Arch arch;
-  arch.init();
-
-  Log log;
-  m_events = std::make_unique<EventQueue>();
-
   bool uninstall = false;
   try {
     // default log level to system setting.
-    if (string logLevel = arch.setting("LogLevel"); logLevel != "")
-      log.setFilter(logLevel.c_str());
+    if (string logLevel = ARCH->setting("LogLevel"); logLevel != "")
+      CLOG->setFilter(logLevel.c_str());
 
     bool foreground = false;
 
@@ -137,11 +125,11 @@ int DaemonApp::run(int argc, char **argv)
       else if (arg == "/install") {
         LOG((CLOG_PRINT "installing windows daemon"));
         uninstall = true;
-        arch.installDaemon();
+        ARCH->installDaemon();
         return kExitSuccess;
       } else if (arg == "/uninstall") {
         LOG((CLOG_PRINT "uninstalling windows daemon"));
-        arch.uninstallDaemon();
+        ARCH->uninstallDaemon();
         return kExitSuccess;
       }
 #endif
@@ -157,7 +145,7 @@ int DaemonApp::run(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!foreground) {
       // Only use MS debug outputter when the process is daemonized, since stdout won't be accessible
       // in that case, but is accessible when running in the foreground.
-      log.insert(new MSWindowsDebugOutputter()); // NOSONAR -- Adopted by `Log`
+      CLOG->insert(new MSWindowsDebugOutputter()); // NOSONAR -- Adopted by `Log`
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -170,10 +158,10 @@ int DaemonApp::run(int argc, char **argv)
     } else {
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32
       LOG((CLOG_PRINT "daemonizing windows service"));
-      arch.daemonize(kAppName, winMainLoopStatic);
+      ARCH->daemonize(kAppName, winMainLoopStatic);
 #elif SYSAPI_UNIX
       LOG((CLOG_PRINT "daemonizing unix service"));
-      arch.daemonize(kAppName, unixMainLoopStatic);
+      ARCH->daemonize(kAppName, unixMainLoopStatic);
 #endif
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +202,7 @@ void DaemonApp::mainLoop(bool logToFile, bool foreground)
     SocketMultiplexer multiplexer;
 
     // uses event queue, must be created here.
-    m_ipcServer = std::make_unique<IpcServer>(m_events.get(), &multiplexer);
+    m_ipcServer = std::make_unique<IpcServer>(m_events, &multiplexer);
 
     // send logging to gui via ipc, log system adopts outputter.
     m_ipcLogOutputter = std::make_unique<IpcLogOutputter>(*m_ipcServer, IpcClientType::GUI, true);
@@ -235,7 +223,7 @@ void DaemonApp::mainLoop(bool logToFile, bool foreground)
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32
 
     // install the platform event queue to handle service stop events.
-    m_events->adoptBuffer(new MSWindowsEventQueueBuffer(m_events.get()));
+    m_events->adoptBuffer(new MSWindowsEventQueueBuffer(m_events));
 
     std::string command = ARCH->setting("Command");
     bool elevate = ARCH->setting("Elevate") == "1";

src/lib/deskflow/DaemonApp.h

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class DaemonApp
 {
 
 public:
-  DaemonApp();
+  DaemonApp(IEventQueue *events);
   ~DaemonApp();
   int run(int argc, char **argv);
   void mainLoop(bool logToFile, bool foreground = false);
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ public:
 private:
   std::unique_ptr<IpcServer> m_ipcServer;
   std::unique_ptr<IpcLogOutputter> m_ipcLogOutputter;
-  std::unique_ptr<IEventQueue> m_events;
+  IEventQueue *m_events = nullptr;
   FileLogOutputter *m_fileLogOutputter = nullptr;
 };