hio/lib/http-cgi.c

/*
    Copyright (c) 2016-2020 Chung, Hyung-Hwan. All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:
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    OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
    IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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 */

#include "http-prv.h"
#include <hio-pro.h>
#include <hio-fmt.h>
#include <hio-chr.h>

#include <unistd.h> /* TODO: move file operations to sys-file.XXX */
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <stdlib.h> /* setenv, clearenv */

#if defined(HAVE_CRT_EXTERNS_H)
#	include <crt_externs.h> /* _NSGetEnviron */
#endif

#define CGI_ALLOW_UNLIMITED_REQ_CONTENT_LENGTH

enum cgi_res_mode_t
{
	CGI_RES_MODE_CHUNKED,
	CGI_RES_MODE_CLOSE,
	CGI_RES_MODE_LENGTH
};
typedef enum cgi_res_mode_t cgi_res_mode_t;

#define CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD 5

#define CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT (1 << 0)
#define CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER   (1 << 1)
#define CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_CLIENT  (1 << 2)
#define CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER    (1 << 3)
#define CGI_OVER_ALL (CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT | CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER | CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_CLIENT | CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER)

struct cgi_t
{
	HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_HEADER;

	hio_svc_htts_task_on_kill_t on_kill; /* user-provided on_kill callback */

	int options;
	hio_oow_t num_pending_writes_to_client;
	hio_oow_t num_pending_writes_to_peer;
	hio_dev_pro_t* peer;
	hio_htrd_t* peer_htrd;

	hio_dev_sck_t* csck;

	unsigned int over: 4; /* must be large enough to accomodate CGI_OVER_ALL */
	unsigned int keep_alive: 1;
	unsigned int req_content_length_unlimited: 1;
	unsigned int ever_attempted_to_write_to_client: 1;
	unsigned int client_eof_detected: 1;
	unsigned int client_disconnected: 1;
	unsigned int client_htrd_recbs_changed: 1;
	hio_oow_t req_content_length; /* client request content length */
	cgi_res_mode_t res_mode_to_cli;

	hio_dev_sck_on_read_t client_org_on_read;
	hio_dev_sck_on_write_t client_org_on_write;
	hio_dev_sck_on_disconnect_t client_org_on_disconnect;
	hio_htrd_recbs_t client_htrd_org_recbs;
};
typedef struct cgi_t cgi_t;

struct cgi_peer_xtn_t
{
	cgi_t* cgi; /* back pointer to the cgi object */
};
typedef struct cgi_peer_xtn_t cgi_peer_xtn_t;

static void cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi_t* cgi)
{
	HIO_DEBUG5 (cgi->htts->hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p(%d),p=%p) Halting participating devices\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->csck, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);

	if (cgi->csck) hio_dev_sck_halt (cgi->csck);

	/* check for peer as it may not have been started */
	if (cgi->peer) hio_dev_pro_halt (cgi->peer);
}

static int cgi_write_to_client (cgi_t* cgi, const void* data, hio_iolen_t dlen)
{
	if (cgi->csck)
	{
		cgi->ever_attempted_to_write_to_client = 1;

		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client++;
		if (hio_dev_sck_write(cgi->csck, data, dlen, HIO_NULL, HIO_NULL) <= -1)
		{
			cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client--;
			return -1;
		}

		if (cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client > CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
		{
			/* the client side is probably stuck. disable reading on the output stream of the peer */
			if (hio_dev_pro_read(cgi->peer, HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT, 0) <= -1) return -1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_writev_to_client (cgi_t* cgi, hio_iovec_t* iov, hio_iolen_t iovcnt)
{
	if (cgi->csck)
	{
		cgi->ever_attempted_to_write_to_client = 1;

		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client++;
		if (hio_dev_sck_writev(cgi->csck, iov, iovcnt, HIO_NULL, HIO_NULL) <= -1)
		{
			cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client--;
			return -1;
		}

		if (cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client > CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
		{
			if (hio_dev_pro_read(cgi->peer, HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT, 0) <= -1) return -1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_send_final_status_to_client (cgi_t* cgi, int status_code, int force_close)
{
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = cgi->task_client;
	hio_bch_t dtbuf[64];
	const hio_bch_t* status_msg;
	hio_oow_t content_len;

	hio_svc_htts_fmtgmtime (cli->htts, HIO_NULL, dtbuf, HIO_COUNTOF(dtbuf));
	status_msg = hio_http_status_to_bcstr(status_code);
	content_len = hio_count_bcstr(status_msg);

	if (!force_close) force_close = !cgi->keep_alive;
	if (hio_becs_fmt(cli->sbuf, "HTTP/%d.%d %d %hs\r\nServer: %hs\r\nDate: %hs\r\nConnection: %hs\r\n",
		cgi->task_req_version.major, cgi->task_req_version.minor,
		status_code, status_msg,
		cli->htts->server_name, dtbuf,
		(force_close? "close": "keep-alive")) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;

	if (cgi->task_req_method == HIO_HTTP_HEAD)
	{
		if (status_code != HIO_HTTP_STATUS_OK) content_len = 0;
		status_msg = "";
	}

	if (hio_becs_fcat(cli->sbuf, "Content-Type: text/plain\r\nContent-Length: %zu\r\n\r\n%hs", content_len, status_msg) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;

	cgi->task_status_code = status_code;
	return (cgi_write_to_client(cgi, HIO_BECS_PTR(cli->sbuf), HIO_BECS_LEN(cli->sbuf)) <= -1 ||
	        (force_close && cgi_write_to_client(cgi, HIO_NULL, 0) <= -1))? -1: 0;
}

static int cgi_write_last_chunk_to_client (cgi_t* cgi)
{
	if (!cgi->ever_attempted_to_write_to_client)
	{
		if (cgi_send_final_status_to_client(cgi, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, 0) <= -1) return -1;
	}
	else
	{
		if (cgi->res_mode_to_cli == CGI_RES_MODE_CHUNKED &&
		    cgi_write_to_client(cgi, "0\r\n\r\n", 5) <= -1) return -1;
	}

	if (!cgi->keep_alive && cgi_write_to_client(cgi, HIO_NULL, 0) <= -1) return -1;
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_write_to_peer (cgi_t* cgi, const void* data, hio_iolen_t dlen)
{
	if (cgi->peer)
	{
		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer++;
		if (hio_dev_pro_write(cgi->peer, data, dlen, HIO_NULL) <= -1)
		{
			cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer--;
			return -1;
		}

	/* TODO: check if it's already finished or something.. */
		if (cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer > CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
		{
			/* suspend input watching */
			if (cgi->csck && hio_dev_sck_read(cgi->csck, 0) <= -1) return -1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

static HIO_INLINE void cgi_mark_over (cgi_t* cgi, int over_bits)
{
	hio_svc_htts_t* htts = cgi->htts;
	hio_t* hio = htts->hio;
	unsigned int old_over;

	old_over = cgi->over;
	cgi->over |= over_bits;

    HIO_DEBUG8 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - old_over=%x | new-bits=%x => over=%x\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer, (int)old_over, (int)over_bits, (int)cgi->over);

	if (!(old_over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT) && (cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT))
	{
		if (cgi->csck && hio_dev_sck_read(cgi->csck, 0) <= -1)
		{
			HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - halting client for failure to disable input watching\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
			hio_dev_sck_halt (cgi->csck);
		}
	}

	if (!(old_over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER) && (cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER))
	{
		if (cgi->peer && hio_dev_pro_read(cgi->peer, HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT, 0) <= -1)
		{
			HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - halting peer for failure to disable input watching\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
			hio_dev_pro_halt (cgi->peer);
		}
	}

	if (old_over != CGI_OVER_ALL && cgi->over == CGI_OVER_ALL)
	{
		/* ready to stop */
		if (cgi->peer)
		{
			HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - halting unneeded peer\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
			hio_dev_pro_halt (cgi->peer);
		}

		if (cgi->csck)
		{
			HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->task_client != HIO_NULL);

			if (cgi->keep_alive && !cgi->client_eof_detected)
			{
				/* how to arrange to delete this cgi object and put the socket back to the normal waiting state??? */
				HIO_ASSERT (cgi->htts->hio, cgi->task_client->task == (hio_svc_htts_task_t*)cgi);

				HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_UNREF (cgi->task_client->task);
				/* cgi must not be accessed from here down as it could have been destroyed */
			}
			else
			{
				HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - halting peer for no keep-alive\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
				hio_dev_sck_shutdown (cgi->csck, HIO_DEV_SCK_SHUTDOWN_WRITE);
				hio_dev_sck_halt (cgi->csck);
			}
		}
	}
}

static void cgi_on_kill (hio_svc_htts_task_t* task)
{
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)task;
	hio_t* hio = cgi->htts->hio;

	HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - killing the task\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);

	if (cgi->on_kill) cgi->on_kill (task);

	if (cgi->peer)
	{
		cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_dev_pro_getxtn(cgi->peer);
		peer->cgi = HIO_NULL;  /* peer->cgi many not be NULL if the resource is killed regardless of the reference count */

		hio_dev_pro_kill (cgi->peer);
		cgi->peer = HIO_NULL;
	}

	if (cgi->peer_htrd)
	{
		cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_htrd_getxtn(cgi->peer_htrd);
		peer->cgi = HIO_NULL; /* peer->cgi many not be NULL if the resource is killed regardless of the reference count */

		hio_htrd_close (cgi->peer_htrd);
		cgi->peer_htrd = HIO_NULL;
	}

	if (cgi->csck)
	{
		HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->task_client != HIO_NULL);

		if (cgi->client_org_on_read) cgi->csck->on_read = cgi->client_org_on_read;
		if (cgi->client_org_on_write) cgi->csck->on_write = cgi->client_org_on_write;
		if (cgi->client_org_on_disconnect) cgi->csck->on_disconnect = cgi->client_org_on_disconnect;
		if (cgi->client_htrd_recbs_changed) hio_htrd_setrecbs (cgi->task_client->htrd, &cgi->client_htrd_org_recbs);

		if (!cgi->client_disconnected)
		{
			if (!cgi->keep_alive || hio_dev_sck_read(cgi->csck, 1) <= -1)
			{
				HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - halting client for failure to enable input watching\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
				hio_dev_sck_halt (cgi->csck);
			}
		}
	}

	cgi->client_org_on_read = HIO_NULL;
	cgi->client_org_on_write = HIO_NULL;
	cgi->client_org_on_disconnect = HIO_NULL;
	cgi->client_htrd_recbs_changed = 0;

	if (cgi->task_next) HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASKL_UNLINK_TASK (cgi); /* detach from the htts service only if it's attached */
	HIO_DEBUG5 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p[%d],p=%p) - killed the task\n", cgi->htts, cgi, cgi->task_client, (cgi->csck? cgi->csck->hnd: -1), cgi->peer);
}

static void cgi_peer_on_close (hio_dev_pro_t* pro, hio_dev_pro_sid_t sid)
{
	hio_t* hio = pro->hio;
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer_xtn = hio_dev_pro_getxtn(pro);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer_xtn->cgi;

	if (!cgi) return; /* cgi state already gone */

	switch (sid)
	{
		case HIO_DEV_PRO_MASTER:
			HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - peer %p(pid=%d) closing master\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid);
			cgi->peer = HIO_NULL; /* clear this peer from the state */

			HIO_ASSERT (hio, peer_xtn->cgi != HIO_NULL);
			HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_UNREF (peer_xtn->cgi);

			if (cgi->peer_htrd)
			{
				/* once this peer device is closed, peer's htrd is also never used.
				 * it's safe to detach the extra information attached on the htrd object. */
				peer_xtn = hio_htrd_getxtn(cgi->peer_htrd);
				HIO_ASSERT (hio, peer_xtn->cgi != HIO_NULL);
				HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_UNREF (peer_xtn->cgi);
			}

			break;

		case HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT:
			HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->peer == pro);
			HIO_DEBUG4 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - peer %p(pid=%d) closing slave[%d]\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid, sid);

			if (!(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER))
			{
				if (cgi_write_last_chunk_to_client(cgi) <= -1)
					cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
				else
					cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER);
			}
			break;

		case HIO_DEV_PRO_IN:
			HIO_DEBUG4 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - peer %p(pid=%d) closing slave[%d]\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid, sid);
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER);
			break;

		case HIO_DEV_PRO_ERR:
		default:
			HIO_DEBUG4 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - peer %p(pid=%d) closing slave[%d]\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid, sid);
			/* do nothing */
			break;
	}
}

static int cgi_peer_on_read (hio_dev_pro_t* pro, hio_dev_pro_sid_t sid, const void* data, hio_iolen_t dlen)
{
	hio_t* hio = pro->hio;
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_dev_pro_getxtn(pro);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer->cgi;

	HIO_ASSERT (hio, sid == HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT); /* since HIO_DEV_PRO_ERRTONUL is used, there should be no input from HIO_DEV_PRO_ERR */
	HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi != HIO_NULL);

	if (dlen <= -1)
	{
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - read error from peer %p(pid=%u)\n", cgi->htts, pro, (unsigned int)pro->child_pid);
		goto oops;
	}

	if (dlen == 0)
	{
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - EOF from peer %p(pid=%u)\n", cgi->htts, pro, (unsigned int)pro->child_pid);

		if (!(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER))
		{
			int n;
			/* the cgi script could be misbehaving.
			 * it still has to read more but EOF is read.
			 * otherwise peer_htrd_poke() should have been called */
			n = cgi_write_last_chunk_to_client(cgi);
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER);
			if (n <= -1) goto oops;
		}
	}
	else
	{
		hio_oow_t rem;

		HIO_ASSERT (hio, !(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER));

		if (hio_htrd_feed(cgi->peer_htrd, data, dlen, &rem) <= -1)
		{
			HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - unable to feed peer htrd - peer %p(pid=%u)\n", cgi->htts, pro, (unsigned int)pro->child_pid);

			if (!cgi->ever_attempted_to_write_to_client &&
			    !(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_CLIENT))
			{
				cgi_send_final_status_to_client (cgi, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, 1); /* don't care about error because it jumps to oops below anyway */
			}

			goto oops;
		}

		if (rem > 0)
		{
			/* If the script specifies Content-Length and produces longer data, it will come here */
/*printf ("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa EEEEEXcessive DATA..................\n");*/
/* TODO: or drop this request?? */
		}
	}

	return 0;

oops:
	cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_peer_on_write (hio_dev_pro_t* pro, hio_iolen_t wrlen, void* wrctx)
{
	hio_t* hio = pro->hio;
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_dev_pro_getxtn(pro);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer->cgi;

	if (cgi == HIO_NULL) return 0; /* there is nothing i can do. the cgi is being cleared or has been cleared already. */

	HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->peer == pro);

	if (wrlen <= -1)
	{
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - unable to write to peer %p(pid=%u)\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid);
		goto oops;
	}
	else if (wrlen == 0)
	{
		/* indicated EOF */
		/* do nothing here as i didn't increment num_pending_writes_to_peer when making the write request */

		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer--;
		HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer == 0);
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - indicated EOF to peer %p(pid=%u)\n", cgi->htts, pro, (int)pro->child_pid);
		/* indicated EOF to the peer side. i need no more data from the client side.
		 * i don't need to enable input watching in the client side either */
		cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER);
	}
	else
	{
		HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer > 0);

		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer--;
		if (cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer == CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
		{
			if (!(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT) &&
			    hio_dev_sck_read(cgi->csck, 1) <= -1) goto oops;
		}

		if ((cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT) && cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer <= 0)
		{
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER);
		}
	}

	return 0;

oops:
	cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
	return 0;
}


static int peer_capture_response_header (hio_htre_t* req, const hio_bch_t* key, const hio_htre_hdrval_t* val, void* ctx)
{
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = (hio_svc_htts_cli_t*)ctx;

	/* capture a header except Status, Connection, Transfer-Encoding, and Server */
	if (hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Status", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Connection", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Transfer-Encoding", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Server", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Date", 1) != 0)
	{
		do
		{
			if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, key) == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
			    hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, ": ") == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
			    hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, val->ptr) == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
			    hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, "\r\n") == (hio_oow_t)-1)
			{
				return -1;
			}

			val = val->next;
		}
		while (val);
	}

	return 0;
}

static int peer_htrd_peek (hio_htrd_t* htrd, hio_htre_t* req)
{
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_htrd_getxtn(htrd);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer->cgi;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = cgi->task_client;
	hio_bch_t dtbuf[64];
	int status_code = HIO_HTTP_STATUS_OK;
	const hio_bch_t* status_line = HIO_NULL;

	if (req->attr.content_length)
	{
// TOOD: remove content_length if content_length is negative or not numeric.
		cgi->res_mode_to_cli = CGI_RES_MODE_LENGTH;
	}

	if (req->attr.status)
	{
		int is_sober;
		const hio_bch_t* begptr, * endptr;
		hio_intmax_t v;
		hio_oow_t code_len;
		hio_oow_t desc_len;

		endptr = req->attr.status;
		while (hio_is_bch_space(*endptr)) endptr++;
		begptr = endptr;
		while (hio_is_bch_digit(*endptr)) endptr++;
		code_len = endptr - begptr;

		while (hio_is_bch_space(*endptr)) endptr++;
		begptr = endptr;
		while (*endptr != '\0') endptr++;
		desc_len = endptr - begptr;

		/* the status line could be simply "Status: 302" or more verbose like "Status: 302 Moved"
		 * the value may contain more than numbers */
		if (code_len > 0 && desc_len > 0)
		{
			status_line = req->attr.status;
		}
		else
		{
			v = hio_bchars_to_intmax(req->attr.status, hio_count_bcstr(req->attr.status), HIO_BCHARS_TO_INTMAX_MAKE_OPTION(0,0,0,10), &endptr, &is_sober);
			if (*endptr == '\0' && is_sober && v > 0 && v <= HIO_TYPE_MAX(int)) status_code = v;
		}
	}

	hio_svc_htts_fmtgmtime (cli->htts, HIO_NULL, dtbuf, HIO_COUNTOF(dtbuf));

	if (hio_becs_fmt(cli->sbuf, "HTTP/%d.%d ", cgi->task_req_version.major, cgi->task_req_version.minor) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
	if (status_line)
	{
		if (hio_becs_fcat(cli->sbuf, "%hs\r\n", status_line) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
	}
	else
	{
		if (hio_becs_fcat(cli->sbuf, "%d %hs\r\n", status_code, hio_http_status_to_bcstr(status_code)) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
	}

	if (hio_becs_fcat(cli->sbuf, "Server: %hs\r\nDate: %hs\r\n", cli->htts->server_name, dtbuf) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;


	if (hio_htre_walkheaders(req, peer_capture_response_header, cli) <= -1) return -1;

	switch (cgi->res_mode_to_cli)
	{
		case CGI_RES_MODE_CHUNKED:
			if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n") == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
			/*if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, "Connection: keep-alive\r\n") == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;*/
			break;

		case CGI_RES_MODE_CLOSE:
			if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, "Connection: close\r\n") == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
			break;

		case CGI_RES_MODE_LENGTH:
			if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, (cgi->keep_alive? "Connection: keep-alive\r\n": "Connection: close\r\n")) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
	}

	if (hio_becs_cat(cli->sbuf, "\r\n") == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;

	return cgi_write_to_client(cgi, HIO_BECS_PTR(cli->sbuf), HIO_BECS_LEN(cli->sbuf));
}

static int peer_htrd_poke (hio_htrd_t* htrd, hio_htre_t* req)
{
	/* client request got completed */
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_htrd_getxtn(htrd);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer->cgi;

	if (cgi_write_last_chunk_to_client(cgi) <= -1) return -1;

	cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER);
	return 0;
}

static int peer_htrd_push_content (hio_htrd_t* htrd, hio_htre_t* req, const hio_bch_t* data, hio_oow_t dlen)
{
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer = hio_htrd_getxtn(htrd);
	cgi_t* cgi = peer->cgi;

	HIO_ASSERT (cgi->htts->hio, htrd == cgi->peer_htrd);

	switch (cgi->res_mode_to_cli)
	{
		case CGI_RES_MODE_CHUNKED:
		{
			hio_iovec_t iov[3];
			hio_bch_t lbuf[16];
			hio_oow_t llen;

			/* hio_fmt_uintmax_to_bcstr() null-terminates the output. only HIO_COUNTOF(lbuf) - 1
			 * is enough to hold '\r' and '\n' at the back without '\0'. */
			llen = hio_fmt_uintmax_to_bcstr(lbuf, HIO_COUNTOF(lbuf) - 1, dlen, 16 | HIO_FMT_UINTMAX_UPPERCASE, 0, '\0', HIO_NULL);
			lbuf[llen++] = '\r';
			lbuf[llen++] = '\n';

			iov[0].iov_ptr = lbuf;
			iov[0].iov_len = llen;
			iov[1].iov_ptr = (void*)data;
			iov[1].iov_len = dlen;
			iov[2].iov_ptr = "\r\n";
			iov[2].iov_len = 2;

			if (cgi_writev_to_client(cgi, iov, HIO_COUNTOF(iov)) <= -1) goto oops;
			break;
		}

		case CGI_RES_MODE_CLOSE:
		case CGI_RES_MODE_LENGTH:
			if (cgi_write_to_client(cgi, data, dlen) <= -1) goto oops;
			break;
	}

	if (cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client > CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
	{
		if (hio_dev_pro_read(cgi->peer, HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT, 0) <= -1) goto oops;
	}

	return 0;

oops:
	return -1;
}

static hio_htrd_recbs_t peer_htrd_recbs =
{
	peer_htrd_peek,
	peer_htrd_poke,
	peer_htrd_push_content
};

static int cgi_client_htrd_poke (hio_htrd_t* htrd, hio_htre_t* req)
{
	/* client request got completed */
	hio_svc_htts_cli_htrd_xtn_t* htrdxtn = (hio_svc_htts_cli_htrd_xtn_t*)hio_htrd_getxtn(htrd);
	hio_dev_sck_t* sck = htrdxtn->sck;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(sck);
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)cli->task;

	/* indicate EOF to the client peer */
	if (cgi_write_to_peer(cgi, HIO_NULL, 0) <= -1) return -1;

	cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT);
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_client_htrd_push_content (hio_htrd_t* htrd, hio_htre_t* req, const hio_bch_t* data, hio_oow_t dlen)
{
	hio_svc_htts_cli_htrd_xtn_t* htrdxtn = (hio_svc_htts_cli_htrd_xtn_t*)hio_htrd_getxtn(htrd);
	hio_dev_sck_t* sck = htrdxtn->sck;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(sck);
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)cli->task;

	HIO_ASSERT (sck->hio, cli->sck == sck);
	return cgi_write_to_peer(cgi, data, dlen);
}

static hio_htrd_recbs_t cgi_client_htrd_recbs =
{
	HIO_NULL, /* this shall be set to an actual peer handler before hio_htrd_setrecbs() */
	cgi_client_htrd_poke,
	cgi_client_htrd_push_content
};

static void cgi_client_on_disconnect (hio_dev_sck_t* sck)
{
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(sck);
	hio_svc_htts_t* htts = cli->htts;
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)cli->task;
	hio_t* hio = sck->hio;

	HIO_ASSERT (hio, sck == cgi->csck);
	HIO_DEBUG4 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p,csck=%p) - client socket disconnect notified\n", htts, cgi, cli, sck);

	cgi->client_disconnected = 1;
	cgi->csck = HIO_NULL;
	cgi->task_client = HIO_NULL;
	if (cgi->client_org_on_disconnect)
	{
		cgi->client_org_on_disconnect (sck);
		/* this original callback destroys the associated resource.
		 * cgi must not be accessed from here down */
	}

	HIO_DEBUG4 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - cgi(t=%p,c=%p,csck=%p) - client socket disconnect handled\n", htts, cgi, cli, sck);
	/* Note: after this callback, the actual device pointed to by 'sck' will be freed in the main loop. */
}

static int cgi_client_on_read (hio_dev_sck_t* sck, const void* buf, hio_iolen_t len, const hio_skad_t* srcaddr)
{
	hio_t* hio = sck->hio;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(sck);
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)cli->task;

	HIO_ASSERT (hio, sck == cli->sck);

	if (len <= -1)
	{
		/* read error */
		HIO_DEBUG2 (cli->htts->hio, "HTTS(%p) - read error on client %p(%d)\n", sck, (int)sck->hnd);
		goto oops;
	}

	if (!cgi->peer)
	{
		/* the peer is gone */
		goto oops; /* do what?  just return 0? */
	}

	if (len == 0)
	{
		/* EOF on the client side. arrange to close */
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - EOF from client %p(hnd=%d)\n", cgi->htts, sck, (int)sck->hnd);
		cgi->client_eof_detected = 1;

		if (!(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT)) /* if this is true, EOF is received without cgi_client_htrd_poke() */
		{
			int n;
			n = cgi_write_to_peer(cgi, HIO_NULL, 0);
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT);
			if (n <= -1) goto oops;
		}
	}
	else
	{
		hio_oow_t rem;

		HIO_ASSERT (hio, !(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT));

		if (hio_htrd_feed(cli->htrd, buf, len, &rem) <= -1) goto oops;

		if (rem > 0)
		{
			/* TODO store this to client buffer. once the current resource is completed, arrange to call on_read() with it */
			HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - excessive data after contents by cgi client %p(%d)\n", sck->hio, sck, (int)sck->hnd);
		}
	}

	return 0;

oops:
	cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
	return 0;
}

static int cgi_client_on_write (hio_dev_sck_t* sck, hio_iolen_t wrlen, void* wrctx, const hio_skad_t* dstaddr)
{
	hio_t* hio = sck->hio;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(sck);
	cgi_t* cgi = (cgi_t*)cli->task;

	if (wrlen <= -1)
	{
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - unable to write to client %p(%d)\n", sck->hio, sck, (int)sck->hnd);
		goto oops;
	}

	if (wrlen == 0)
	{
		/* if the connect is keep-alive, this part may not be called */
		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client--;
		HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client == 0);
		HIO_DEBUG3 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - indicated EOF to client %p(%d)\n", cgi->htts, sck, (int)sck->hnd);
		/* since EOF has been indicated to the client, it must not write to the client any further.
		 * this also means that i don't need any data from the peer side either.
		 * i don't need to enable input watching on the peer side */
		cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_CLIENT);
	}
	else
	{
		HIO_ASSERT (hio, cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client > 0);

		cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client--;
		if (cgi->peer && cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client == CGI_PENDING_IO_THRESHOLD)
		{
			if (!(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER) &&
			    hio_dev_pro_read(cgi->peer, HIO_DEV_PRO_OUT, 1) <= -1) goto oops;
		}

		if ((cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_PEER) && cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client <= 0)
		{
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_CLIENT);
		}
	}

	return 0;

oops:
	cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
	return 0;
}

struct peer_fork_ctx_t
{
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli;
	hio_htre_t* req;
	const hio_bch_t* docroot;
	const hio_bch_t* script;
	hio_bch_t* actual_script;
};
typedef struct peer_fork_ctx_t peer_fork_ctx_t;

static int peer_capture_request_header (hio_htre_t* req, const hio_bch_t* key, const hio_htre_hdrval_t* val, void* ctx)
{
	hio_becs_t* dbuf = (hio_becs_t*)ctx;

	if (hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Connection", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Transfer-Encoding", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Content-Length", 1) != 0 &&
	    hio_comp_bcstr(key, "Expect", 1) != 0)
	{
		hio_oow_t val_offset;
		hio_bch_t* ptr;

		hio_becs_clear (dbuf);
		if (hio_becs_cpy(dbuf, "HTTP_") == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
		    hio_becs_cat(dbuf, key) == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
		    hio_becs_ccat(dbuf, '\0') == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;

		for (ptr = HIO_BECS_PTR(dbuf); *ptr; ptr++)
		{
			*ptr = hio_to_bch_upper(*ptr);
			if (*ptr =='-') *ptr = '_';
		}

		val_offset = HIO_BECS_LEN(dbuf);
		if (hio_becs_cat(dbuf, val->ptr) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
		val = val->next;
		while (val)
		{
			if (hio_becs_cat(dbuf, ",") == (hio_oow_t)-1 ||
			    hio_becs_cat(dbuf, val->ptr) == (hio_oow_t)-1) return -1;
			val = val->next;
		}

		setenv (HIO_BECS_PTR(dbuf), HIO_BECS_CPTR(dbuf, val_offset), 1);
	}

	return 0;
}

static int cgi_peer_on_fork (hio_dev_pro_t* pro, void* fork_ctx)
{
	hio_t* hio = pro->hio; /* in this callback, the pro device is not fully up. however, the hio field is guaranteed to be available */
	peer_fork_ctx_t* fc = (peer_fork_ctx_t*)fork_ctx;
	hio_oow_t content_length;
	const hio_bch_t* qparam;
	const hio_bch_t* tmpstr;
	hio_bch_t* path, * lang;
	hio_bch_t tmp[256];
	hio_becs_t dbuf;

	qparam = hio_htre_getqparam(fc->req);
	/* the anchor/fragment is never part of the server-side URL.
	 * the client must discard that part before sending to the server.
	 * hio_htre_getqanchor() is just disregarded here. */

	tmpstr = getenv("PATH");
	if (!tmpstr) tmpstr = "";
	path = hio_dupbcstr(hio, tmpstr, HIO_NULL);

	tmpstr = getenv("LANG");
	if (!tmpstr) tmpstr = "";
	lang = hio_dupbcstr(hio, tmpstr, HIO_NULL);

#if defined(HAVE_CLEARENV)
	clearenv ();
#elif defined(HAVE_CRT_EXTERNS_H)
	{
		char** environ = *_NSGetEnviron();
		if (environ) environ[0] = '\0';
	}

#else
	{
		extern char** environ;
		/* environ = NULL; this crashed this program on NetBSD */
		if (environ) environ[0] = '\0';
	}
#endif
	if (path)
	{
		setenv ("PATH", path, 1);
		hio_freemem (hio, path);
	}

	if (lang)
	{
		setenv ("LANG", lang, 1);
		hio_freemem (hio, lang);
	}

	setenv ("GATEWAY_INTERFACE", "CGI/1.1", 1);

	hio_fmttobcstr (hio, tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), "HTTP/%d.%d", (int)hio_htre_getmajorversion(fc->req), (int)hio_htre_getminorversion(fc->req));
	setenv ("SERVER_PROTOCOL", tmp, 1);

	setenv ("DOCUMENT_ROOT", fc->docroot, 1);
	setenv ("SCRIPT_NAME", fc->script, 1);
	setenv ("SCRIPT_FILENAME", fc->actual_script, 1);
	/* TODO: PATH_INFO */

	setenv ("REQUEST_METHOD", hio_htre_getqmethodname(fc->req), 1);
	setenv ("REQUEST_URI", hio_htre_getqpath(fc->req), 1);

	if (qparam) setenv ("QUERY_STRING", qparam, 1);

	if (hio_htre_getreqcontentlen(fc->req, &content_length) == 0)
	{
		hio_fmt_uintmax_to_bcstr(tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), content_length, 10, 0, '\0', HIO_NULL);
		setenv ("CONTENT_LENGTH", tmp, 1);
	}
	else
	{
		/* content length unknown, neither is it 0 - this is not standard */
		setenv ("CONTENT_LENGTH", "-1", 1);
	}
	setenv ("SERVER_SOFTWARE", fc->cli->htts->server_name, 1);

	hio_skadtobcstr (hio, &fc->cli->sck->localaddr, tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), HIO_SKAD_TO_BCSTR_ADDR);
	setenv ("SERVER_ADDR", tmp, 1);

	gethostname (tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp)); /* if this fails, i assume tmp contains the ip address set by hio_skadtobcstr() above */
	setenv ("SERVER_NAME", tmp, 1);

	hio_skadtobcstr (hio, &fc->cli->sck->localaddr, tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), HIO_SKAD_TO_BCSTR_PORT);
	setenv ("SERVER_PORT", tmp, 1);

	hio_skadtobcstr (hio, &fc->cli->sck->remoteaddr, tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), HIO_SKAD_TO_BCSTR_ADDR);
	setenv ("REMOTE_ADDR", tmp, 1);

	hio_skadtobcstr (hio, &fc->cli->sck->remoteaddr, tmp, HIO_COUNTOF(tmp), HIO_SKAD_TO_BCSTR_PORT);
	setenv ("REMOTE_PORT", tmp, 1);

	if (hio_becs_init(&dbuf, hio, 256) >= 0)
	{
		hio_htre_walkheaders (fc->req,  peer_capture_request_header, &dbuf);
		/* [NOTE] trailers are not available when this cgi resource is started. let's not call hio_htre_walktrailers() */
		hio_becs_fini (&dbuf);
	}

	return 0;
}

int hio_svc_htts_docgi (hio_svc_htts_t* htts, hio_dev_sck_t* csck, hio_htre_t* req, const hio_bch_t* docroot, const hio_bch_t* script, int options, hio_svc_htts_task_on_kill_t on_kill)
{
	hio_t* hio = htts->hio;
	hio_svc_htts_cli_t* cli = hio_dev_sck_getxtn(csck);
	cgi_t* cgi = HIO_NULL;
	cgi_peer_xtn_t* peer_xtn;
	hio_dev_pro_make_t mi;
	peer_fork_ctx_t fc;

	/* ensure that you call this function before any contents is received */
	HIO_ASSERT (hio, hio_htre_getcontentlen(req) == 0);
	HIO_ASSERT (hio, cli->sck == csck);


	HIO_MEMSET (&fc, 0, HIO_SIZEOF(fc));
	fc.cli = cli;
	fc.req = req;
	fc.docroot = docroot;
	fc.script = script;
	fc.actual_script = hio_svc_htts_dupmergepaths(htts, docroot, script);
	if (!fc.actual_script) goto oops;

	HIO_MEMSET (&mi, 0, HIO_SIZEOF(mi));
	mi.flags = HIO_DEV_PRO_READOUT | HIO_DEV_PRO_ERRTONUL | HIO_DEV_PRO_WRITEIN /*| HIO_DEV_PRO_FORGET_CHILD*/;
	mi.cmd = fc.actual_script;
	mi.on_read = cgi_peer_on_read;
	mi.on_write = cgi_peer_on_write;
	mi.on_close = cgi_peer_on_close;
	mi.on_fork = cgi_peer_on_fork;
	mi.fork_ctx = &fc;

	cgi = (cgi_t*)hio_svc_htts_task_make(htts, HIO_SIZEOF(*cgi), cgi_on_kill, req, cli);
	if (HIO_UNLIKELY(!cgi)) goto oops;

	cgi->on_kill = on_kill;
	cgi->options = options;
	/*cgi->num_pending_writes_to_client = 0;
	cgi->num_pending_writes_to_peer = 0;*/
	cgi->req_content_length_unlimited = hio_htre_getreqcontentlen(req, &cgi->req_content_length);

	cgi->csck = csck;
	cgi->task_client = cli;
	/* remember the client socket's io event handlers */
	cgi->client_org_on_read = csck->on_read;
	cgi->client_org_on_write = csck->on_write;
	cgi->client_org_on_disconnect = csck->on_disconnect;
	/* set new io events handlers on the client socket */
	csck->on_read = cgi_client_on_read;
	csck->on_write = cgi_client_on_write;
	csck->on_disconnect = cgi_client_on_disconnect;

	HIO_ASSERT (hio, cli->task == HIO_NULL);
	HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_REF ((hio_svc_htts_task_t*)cgi, cli->task); /* cli->task = cgi */

	if (access(mi.cmd, X_OK) == -1)
	{
		cgi_send_final_status_to_client (cgi, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_FORBIDDEN, 1); /* 403 Forbidden */
		goto oops; /* TODO: must not go to oops.  just destroy the cgi and finalize the request .. */
	}

	cgi->peer = hio_dev_pro_make(hio, HIO_SIZEOF(*peer_xtn), &mi);
	if (HIO_UNLIKELY(!cgi->peer)) goto oops;
	peer_xtn = hio_dev_pro_getxtn(cgi->peer);
	HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_REF (cgi, peer_xtn->cgi); /* peer->cgi in pro = cgi */

	cgi->peer_htrd = hio_htrd_open(hio, HIO_SIZEOF(*peer_xtn));
	if (HIO_UNLIKELY(!cgi->peer_htrd)) goto oops;
	hio_htrd_setoption (cgi->peer_htrd, HIO_HTRD_SKIP_INITIAL_LINE | HIO_HTRD_RESPONSE);
	hio_htrd_setrecbs (cgi->peer_htrd, &peer_htrd_recbs);

	peer_xtn = hio_htrd_getxtn(cgi->peer_htrd);
	HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASK_REF (cgi, peer_xtn->cgi); /* peer->cgi in htrd = cgi */

#if !defined(CGI_ALLOW_UNLIMITED_REQ_CONTENT_LENGTH)
	if (cgi->req_content_length_unlimited)
	{
		/* Transfer-Encoding is chunked. no content-length is known in advance. */

		/* option 1. buffer contents. if it gets too large, send 413 Request Entity Too Large.
		 * option 2. send 411 Length Required immediately
		 * option 3. set Content-Length to -1 and use EOF to indicate the end of content [Non-Standard] */

		if (cgi_send_final_status_to_client(cgi, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_LENGTH_REQUIRED, 1) <= -1) goto oops;
	}
#endif

	if (req->flags & HIO_HTRE_ATTR_EXPECT100)
	{
		/* TODO: Expect: 100-continue? who should handle this? cgi? or the http server? */
		/* CAN I LET the cgi SCRIPT handle this? */
		if (!(options & HIO_SVC_HTTS_CGI_NO_100_CONTINUE) &&
		    hio_comp_http_version_numbers(&req->version, 1, 1) >= 0 &&
		   (cgi->req_content_length_unlimited || cgi->req_content_length > 0))
		{
			/*
			 * Don't send 100 Continue if http verions is lower than 1.1
			 * [RFC7231]
			 *  A server that receives a 100-continue expectation in an HTTP/1.0
			 *  request MUST ignore that expectation.
			 *
			 * Don't send 100 Continue if expected content lenth is 0.
			 * [RFC7231]
			 *  A server MAY omit sending a 100 (Continue) response if it has
			 *  already received some or all of the message body for the
			 *  corresponding request, or if the framing indicates that there is
			 *  no message body.
			 */
			hio_bch_t msgbuf[64];
			hio_oow_t msglen;

			msglen = hio_fmttobcstr(hio, msgbuf, HIO_COUNTOF(msgbuf), "HTTP/%d.%d %d %hs\r\n\r\n", cgi->task_req_version.major, cgi->task_req_version.minor, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_CONTINUE, hio_http_status_to_bcstr(HIO_HTTP_STATUS_CONTINUE));
			if (cgi_write_to_client(cgi, msgbuf, msglen) <= -1) goto oops;
			cgi->ever_attempted_to_write_to_client = 0; /* reset this as it's polluted for 100 continue */
		}
	}
	else if (req->flags & HIO_HTRE_ATTR_EXPECT)
	{
		/* 417 Expectation Failed */
		cgi_send_final_status_to_client(cgi, HIO_HTTP_STATUS_EXPECTATION_FAILED, 1);
		goto oops;
	}

#if defined(CGI_ALLOW_UNLIMITED_REQ_CONTENT_LENGTH)
	if (cgi->req_content_length_unlimited)
	{
		/* change the callbacks to subscribe to contents to be uploaded */
		cgi->client_htrd_org_recbs = *hio_htrd_getrecbs(cgi->task_client->htrd);
		cgi_client_htrd_recbs.peek = cgi->client_htrd_org_recbs.peek;
		hio_htrd_setrecbs (cgi->task_client->htrd, &cgi_client_htrd_recbs);
		cgi->client_htrd_recbs_changed = 1;
	}
	else
	{
#endif
		if (cgi->req_content_length > 0)
		{
			/* change the callbacks to subscribe to contents to be uploaded */
			cgi->client_htrd_org_recbs = *hio_htrd_getrecbs(cgi->task_client->htrd);
			cgi_client_htrd_recbs.peek = cgi->client_htrd_org_recbs.peek;
			hio_htrd_setrecbs (cgi->task_client->htrd, &cgi_client_htrd_recbs);
			cgi->client_htrd_recbs_changed = 1;
		}
		else
		{
			/* no content to be uploaded from the client */
			/* indicate EOF to the peer and disable input wathching from the client */
			if (cgi_write_to_peer(cgi, HIO_NULL, 0) <= -1) goto oops;
			cgi_mark_over (cgi, CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT | CGI_OVER_WRITE_TO_PEER);
		}
#if defined(CGI_ALLOW_UNLIMITED_REQ_CONTENT_LENGTH)
	}
#endif

	/* this may change later if Content-Length is included in the cgi output */
	if (req->flags & HIO_HTRE_ATTR_KEEPALIVE)
	{
		cgi->keep_alive = 1;
		cgi->res_mode_to_cli = CGI_RES_MODE_CHUNKED;
		/* the mode still can get switched to CGI_RES_MODE_LENGTH if the cgi script emits Content-Length */
	}
	else
	{
		cgi->keep_alive = 0;
		cgi->res_mode_to_cli = CGI_RES_MODE_CLOSE;
	}

	/* TODO: store current input watching state and use it when destroying the cgi data */
	if (hio_dev_sck_read(csck, !(cgi->over & CGI_OVER_READ_FROM_CLIENT)) <= -1) goto oops;
	hio_freemem (hio, fc.actual_script);

	HIO_SVC_HTTS_TASKL_APPEND_TASK (&htts->task, (hio_svc_htts_task_t*)cgi);
	return 0;

oops:
	HIO_DEBUG2 (hio, "HTTS(%p) - FAILURE in docgi - socket(%p)\n", htts, csck);
	if (cgi) cgi_halt_participating_devices (cgi);
	if (fc.actual_script) hio_freemem (hio, fc.actual_script);
	return -1;
}