int main (int argc, char **argv) {
    int c;
    bool lock_memory = false;
    bool do_daemonize = false;
    bool preallocate = false;
    int maxcore = 0;
    char *username = NULL;
    char *pid_file = NULL;
    struct passwd *pw;
    struct rlimit rlim;
    char unit = '\0';
    int size_max = 0;
    /* listening sockets */
    static int *l_socket = NULL;

    /* udp socket */
    static int *u_socket = NULL;
    bool protocol_specified = false;
    bool tcp_specified = false;
    bool udp_specified = false;

    /* handle SIGINT */
    signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);

    /* init settings */
    settings_init();

    /* set stderr non-buffering (for running under, say, daemontools) */
    setbuf(stderr, NULL);

    /* process arguments */
    while (-1 != (c = getopt(argc, argv,
          "a:"  /* access mask for unix socket */
          "p:"  /* TCP port number to listen on */
          "s:"  /* unix socket path to listen on */
          "U:"  /* UDP port number to listen on */
          "m:"  /* max memory to use for items in megabytes */
          "M"   /* return error on memory exhausted */
          "c:"  /* max simultaneous connections */
          "k"   /* lock down all paged memory */
          "hi"  /* help, licence info */
          "r"   /* maximize core file limit */
          "v"   /* verbose */
          "d"   /* daemon mode */
          "l:"  /* interface to listen on */
          "u:"  /* user identity to run as */
          "P:"  /* save PID in file */
          "f:"  /* factor? */
          "n:"  /* minimum space allocated for key+value+flags */
          "t:"  /* threads */
          "D:"  /* prefix delimiter? */
          "L"   /* Large memory pages */
          "R:"  /* max requests per event */
          "C"   /* Disable use of CAS */
          "b:"  /* backlog queue limit */
          "B:"  /* Binding protocol */
          "I:"  /* Max item size */
          "S"   /* Sasl ON */
        ))) {
        switch (c) {
        case 'a':
            /* access for unix domain socket, as octal mask (like chmod)*/
            settings.access= strtol(optarg,NULL,8);
            break;

        case 'U':
            settings.udpport = atoi(optarg);
            udp_specified = true;
            break;
        case 'p':
            settings.port = atoi(optarg);
            tcp_specified = true;
            break;
        case 's':
            settings.socketpath = optarg;
            break;
        case 'm':
            settings.maxbytes = ((size_t)atoi(optarg)) * 1024 * 1024;
            break;
        case 'M':
            settings.evict_to_free = 0;
            break;
        case 'c':
            settings.maxconns = atoi(optarg);
            break;
        case 'h':
            usage();
            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        case 'i':
            usage_license();
            exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
        case 'k':
            lock_memory = true;
            break;
        case 'v':
            settings.verbose++;
            break;
        case 'l':
            settings.inter= strdup(optarg);
            break;
        case 'd':
            do_daemonize = true;
            break;
        case 'r':
            maxcore = 1;
            break;
        case 'R':
            settings.reqs_per_event = atoi(optarg);
            if (settings.reqs_per_event == 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Number of requests per event must be greater than 0\n");
                return 1;
            }
            break;
        case 'u':
            username = optarg;
            break;
        case 'P':
            pid_file = optarg;
            break;
        case 'f':
            settings.factor = atof(optarg);
            if (settings.factor <= 1.0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Factor must be greater than 1\n");
                return 1;
            }
            break;
        case 'n':
            settings.chunk_size = atoi(optarg);
            if (settings.chunk_size == 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Chunk size must be greater than 0\n");
                return 1;
            }
            break;
        case 't':
            settings.num_threads = atoi(optarg);
            if (settings.num_threads <= 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Number of threads must be greater than 0\n");
                return 1;
            }
            /* There're other problems when you get above 64 threads.
             * In the future we should portably detect # of cores for the
             * default.
             */
            if (settings.num_threads > 64) {
                fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: Setting a high number of worker"
                                "threads is not recommended.\n"
                                " Set this value to the number of cores in"
                                " your machine or less.\n");
            }
            break;
        case 'D':
            if (! optarg || ! optarg[0]) {
                fprintf(stderr, "No delimiter specified\n");
                return 1;
            }
            settings.prefix_delimiter = optarg[0];
            settings.detail_enabled = 1;
            break;
        case 'L' :
            if (enable_large_pages() == 0) {
                preallocate = true;
            }
            break;
        case 'C' :
            settings.use_cas = false;
            break;
        case 'b' :
            settings.backlog = atoi(optarg);
            break;
        case 'B':
            protocol_specified = true;
            if (strcmp(optarg, "auto") == 0) {
                settings.binding_protocol = negotiating_prot;
            } else if (strcmp(optarg, "binary") == 0) {
                settings.binding_protocol = binary_prot;
            } else if (strcmp(optarg, "ascii") == 0) {
                settings.binding_protocol = ascii_prot;
            } else {
                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid value for binding protocol: %s\n"
                        " -- should be one of auto, binary, or ascii\n", optarg);
                exit(EX_USAGE);
            }
            break;
        case 'I':
            unit = optarg[strlen(optarg)-1];
            if (unit == 'k' || unit == 'm' ||
                unit == 'K' || unit == 'M') {
                optarg[strlen(optarg)-1] = '\0';
                size_max = atoi(optarg);
                if (unit == 'k' || unit == 'K')
                    size_max *= 1024;
                if (unit == 'm' || unit == 'M')
                    size_max *= 1024 * 1024;
                settings.item_size_max = size_max;
            } else {
                settings.item_size_max = atoi(optarg);
            }
            if (settings.item_size_max < 1024) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Item max size cannot be less than 1024 bytes.\n");
                return 1;
            }
            if (settings.item_size_max > 1024 * 1024 * 128) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Cannot set item size limit higher than 128 mb.\n");
                return 1;
            }
            if (settings.item_size_max > 1024 * 1024) {
                fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: Setting item max size above 1MB is not"
                    " recommended!\n"
                    " Raising this limit increases the minimum memory requirements\n"
                    " and will decrease your memory efficiency.\n"
                );
            }
            break;
        case 'S': /* set Sasl authentication to true. Default is false */
#ifndef ENABLE_SASL
            fprintf(stderr, "This server is not built with SASL support.\n");
            exit(EX_USAGE);
#endif
            settings.sasl = true;
            break;
        default:
            fprintf(stderr, "Illegal argument \"%c\"\n", c);
            return 1;
        }
    }

    if (settings.sasl) {
        if (!protocol_specified) {
            settings.binding_protocol = binary_prot;
        } else {
            if (settings.binding_protocol != binary_prot) {
                fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: You shouldn't allow the ASCII protocol while using SASL\n");
                exit(EX_USAGE);
            }
        }
    }

    if (tcp_specified && !udp_specified) {
        settings.udpport = settings.port;
    } else if (udp_specified && !tcp_specified) {
        settings.port = settings.udpport;
    }

    if (maxcore != 0) {
        struct rlimit rlim_new;
        /*
         * First try raising to infinity; if that fails, try bringing
         * the soft limit to the hard.
         */
        if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim) == 0) {
            rlim_new.rlim_cur = rlim_new.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
            if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim_new)!= 0) {
                /* failed. try raising just to the old max */
                rlim_new.rlim_cur = rlim_new.rlim_max = rlim.rlim_max;
                (void)setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim_new);
            }
        }
        /*
         * getrlimit again to see what we ended up with. Only fail if
         * the soft limit ends up 0, because then no core files will be
         * created at all.
         */

        if ((getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim) != 0) || rlim.rlim_cur == 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "failed to ensure corefile creation\n");
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }
    }

    /*
     * If needed, increase rlimits to allow as many connections
     * as needed.
     */

    if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "failed to getrlimit number of files\n");
        exit(EX_OSERR);
    } else {
        int maxfiles = settings.maxconns;
        if (rlim.rlim_cur < maxfiles)
            rlim.rlim_cur = maxfiles;
        if (rlim.rlim_max < rlim.rlim_cur)
            rlim.rlim_max = rlim.rlim_cur;
        if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) != 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "failed to set rlimit for open files. Try running as root or requesting smaller maxconns value.\n");
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }
    }

    /* lose root privileges if we have them */
    if (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0) {
        if (username == 0 || *username == '\0') {
            fprintf(stderr, "can't run as root without the -u switch\n");
            exit(EX_USAGE);
        }
        if ((pw = getpwnam(username)) == 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "can't find the user %s to switch to\n", username);
            exit(EX_NOUSER);
        }
        if (setgid(pw->pw_gid) < 0 || setuid(pw->pw_uid) < 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "failed to assume identity of user %s\n", username);
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }
    }

    /* Initialize Sasl if -S was specified */
    if (settings.sasl) {
        init_sasl();
    }

    /* daemonize if requested */
    /* if we want to ensure our ability to dump core, don't chdir to / */
    if (do_daemonize) {
        if (sigignore(SIGHUP) == -1) {
            perror("Failed to ignore SIGHUP");
        }
        if (daemonize(maxcore, settings.verbose) == -1) {
            fprintf(stderr, "failed to daemon() in order to daemonize\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    /* lock paged memory if needed */
    if (lock_memory) {
#ifdef HAVE_MLOCKALL
        int res = mlockall(MCL_CURRENT | MCL_FUTURE);
        if (res != 0) {
            fprintf(stderr, "warning: -k invalid, mlockall() failed: %s\n",
                    strerror(errno));
        }
#else
        fprintf(stderr, "warning: -k invalid, mlockall() not supported on this platform.  proceeding without.\n");
#endif
    }

    /* initialize main thread libevent instance */
    main_base = event_init();

    /* initialize other stuff */
    stats_init();
    assoc_init();
    conn_init();
    slabs_init(settings.maxbytes, settings.factor, preallocate);

    /*
     * ignore SIGPIPE signals; we can use errno == EPIPE if we
     * need that information
     */
    if (sigignore(SIGPIPE) == -1) {
        perror("failed to ignore SIGPIPE; sigaction");
        exit(EX_OSERR);
    }
    /* start up worker threads if MT mode */
    thread_init(settings.num_threads, main_base);
    /* save the PID in if we're a daemon, do this after thread_init due to
       a file descriptor handling bug somewhere in libevent */

    if (start_assoc_maintenance_thread() == -1) {
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    if (do_daemonize)
        save_pid(getpid(), pid_file);
    /* initialise clock event */
    clock_handler(0, 0, 0);

    /* create unix mode sockets after dropping privileges */
    if (settings.socketpath != NULL) {
        errno = 0;
        if (server_socket_unix(settings.socketpath,settings.access)) {
            vperror("failed to listen on UNIX socket: %s", settings.socketpath);
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }
    }

    /* create the listening socket, bind it, and init */
    if (settings.socketpath == NULL) {
        int udp_port;

        const char *portnumber_filename = getenv("MEMCACHED_PORT_FILENAME");
        char temp_portnumber_filename[PATH_MAX];
        FILE *portnumber_file = NULL;

        if (portnumber_filename != NULL) {
            snprintf(temp_portnumber_filename,
                     sizeof(temp_portnumber_filename),
                     "%s.lck", portnumber_filename);

            portnumber_file = fopen(temp_portnumber_filename, "a");
            if (portnumber_file == NULL) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open \"%s\": %s\n",
                        temp_portnumber_filename, strerror(errno));
            }
        }

        errno = 0;
        if (settings.port && server_socket(settings.port, tcp_transport,
                                           portnumber_file)) {
            vperror("failed to listen on TCP port %d", settings.port);
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }

        /*
         * initialization order: first create the listening sockets
         * (may need root on low ports), then drop root if needed,
         * then daemonise if needed, then init libevent (in some cases
         * descriptors created by libevent wouldn't survive forking).
         */
        udp_port = settings.udpport ? settings.udpport : settings.port;

        /* create the UDP listening socket and bind it */
        errno = 0;
        if (settings.udpport && server_socket(settings.udpport, udp_transport,
                                              portnumber_file)) {
            vperror("failed to listen on UDP port %d", settings.udpport);
            exit(EX_OSERR);
        }

        if (portnumber_file) {
            fclose(portnumber_file);
            rename(temp_portnumber_filename, portnumber_filename);
        }
    }

    /* Drop privileges no longer needed */
    drop_privileges();

    /* enter the event loop */
    event_base_loop(main_base, 0);

    stop_assoc_maintenance_thread();

    /* remove the PID file if we're a daemon */
    if (do_daemonize)
        remove_pidfile(pid_file);
    /* Clean up strdup() call for bind() address */
    if (settings.inter)
      free(settings.inter);
    if (l_socket)
      free(l_socket);
    if (u_socket)
      free(u_socket);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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