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Helper for running LibreOffice (soffice) in environments where AF_UNIX
sockets may be blocked (e.g., sandboxed VMs). Detects the restriction
at runtime and applies an LD_PRELOAD shim if needed.
Usage:
from office.soffice import run_soffice, get_soffice_env
# Option 1 – run soffice directly
result = run_soffice(["--headless", "--convert-to", "pdf", "input.docx"])
# Option 2 – get env dict for your own subprocess calls
env = get_soffice_env()
subprocess.run(["soffice", ...], env=env)
"""
import os
import socket
import subprocess
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
def get_soffice_env() -> dict:
env = os.environ.copy()
env["SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN"] = "svp"
if _needs_shim():
shim = _ensure_shim()
env["LD_PRELOAD"] = str(shim)
return env
def run_soffice(args: list[str], **kwargs) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
env = get_soffice_env()
return subprocess.run(["soffice"] + args, env=env, **kwargs)
_SHIM_SO = Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / "lo_socket_shim.so"
def _needs_shim() -> bool:
try:
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.close()
return False
except OSError:
return True
def _ensure_shim() -> Path:
if _SHIM_SO.exists():
return _SHIM_SO
src = Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / "lo_socket_shim.c"
src.write_text(_SHIM_SOURCE)
subprocess.run(
["gcc", "-shared", "-fPIC", "-o", str(_SHIM_SO), str(src), "-ldl"],
check=True,
capture_output=True,
)
src.unlink()
return _SHIM_SO
_SHIM_SOURCE = r"""
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static int (*real_socket)(int, int, int);
static int (*real_socketpair)(int, int, int, int[2]);
static int (*real_listen)(int, int);
static int (*real_accept)(int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
static int (*real_close)(int);
static int (*real_read)(int, void *, size_t);
/* Per-FD bookkeeping (FDs >= 1024 are passed through unshimmed). */
static int is_shimmed[1024];
static int peer_of[1024];
static int wake_r[1024]; /* accept() blocks reading this */
static int wake_w[1024]; /* close() writes to this */
static int listener_fd = -1; /* FD that received listen() */
__attribute__((constructor))
static void init(void) {
real_socket = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "socket");
real_socketpair = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "socketpair");
real_listen = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "listen");
real_accept = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "accept");
real_close = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "close");
real_read = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "read");
for (int i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
peer_of[i] = -1;
wake_r[i] = -1;
wake_w[i] = -1;
}
}
/* ---- socket ---------------------------------------------------------- */
int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol) {
if (domain == AF_UNIX) {
int fd = real_socket(domain, type, protocol);
if (fd >= 0) return fd;
/* socket(AF_UNIX) blocked – fall back to socketpair(). */
int sv[2];
if (real_socketpair(domain, type, protocol, sv) == 0) {
if (sv[0] >= 0 && sv[0] < 1024) {
is_shimmed[sv[0]] = 1;
peer_of[sv[0]] = sv[1];
int wp[2];
if (pipe(wp) == 0) {
wake_r[sv[0]] = wp[0];
wake_w[sv[0]] = wp[1];
}
}
return sv[0];
}
errno = EPERM;
return -1;
}
return real_socket(domain, type, protocol);
}
/* ---- listen ---------------------------------------------------------- */
int listen(int sockfd, int backlog) {
if (sockfd >= 0 && sockfd < 1024 && is_shimmed[sockfd]) {
listener_fd = sockfd;
return 0;
}
return real_listen(sockfd, backlog);
}
/* ---- accept ---------------------------------------------------------- */
int accept(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen) {
if (sockfd >= 0 && sockfd < 1024 && is_shimmed[sockfd]) {
/* Block until close() writes to the wake pipe. */
if (wake_r[sockfd] >= 0) {
char buf;
real_read(wake_r[sockfd], &buf, 1);
}
errno = ECONNABORTED;
return -1;
}
return real_accept(sockfd, addr, addrlen);
}
/* ---- close ----------------------------------------------------------- */
int close(int fd) {
if (fd >= 0 && fd < 1024 && is_shimmed[fd]) {
int was_listener = (fd == listener_fd);
is_shimmed[fd] = 0;
if (wake_w[fd] >= 0) { /* unblock accept() */
char c = 0;
write(wake_w[fd], &c, 1);
real_close(wake_w[fd]);
wake_w[fd] = -1;
}
if (wake_r[fd] >= 0) { real_close(wake_r[fd]); wake_r[fd] = -1; }
if (peer_of[fd] >= 0) { real_close(peer_of[fd]); peer_of[fd] = -1; }
if (was_listener)
_exit(0); /* conversion done – exit */
}
return real_close(fd);
}
"""
if __name__ == "__main__":
import sys
result = run_soffice(sys.argv[1:])
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