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From 21437d973ef7389533b3cf67183aca73b3dad3ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cathy Avery <cavery@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:33:32 +0100
Subject: add appinfo plugin

Message-id: <20200327133332.7366-1-cavery@redhat.com>
Patchwork-id: 94454
O-Subject: [RHEL7.9 open-vm-tools PATCH] add appinfo plugin
Bugzilla: 1809753
RH-Acked-by: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>

commit f1f0b812e7fb9ccf405fcfd48ddb4d65e8532eef
Author: Oliver Kurth <okurth@vmware.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 5 17:21:52 2020 -0800

    add appinfo plugin

Signed-off-by: Cathy Avery <cavery@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com>
---
 open-vm-tools/configure.ac                         |   3 +-
 open-vm-tools/lib/include/appInfo.h                |  41 ++
 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/Makefile.am         |   5 +-
 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/COPYING     | 502 ++++++++++++++++++
 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile.am |  37 ++
 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfo.c   | 572 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoInt.h          |  64 +++
 .../services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoPosix.c        | 124 +++++
 .../services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoUtil.c         | 143 ++++++
 9 files changed, 1489 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/lib/include/appInfo.h
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/COPYING
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile.am
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfo.c
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoInt.h
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoPosix.c
 create mode 100644 open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoUtil.c

diff --git a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
index f1cc721..009fe87 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
+++ b/open-vm-tools/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ################################################################################
-### Copyright (C) 2007-2019 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+### Copyright (C) 2007-2020 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 ###
 ### Configure script for building the VMware OSS Tools.
 ###
@@ -1579,6 +1579,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([                      \
    services/Makefile                   \
    services/vmtoolsd/Makefile          \
    services/plugins/Makefile           \
+   services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile   \
    services/plugins/desktopEvents/Makefile \
    services/plugins/dndcp/Makefile     \
    services/plugins/guestInfo/Makefile \
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/include/appInfo.h b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/appInfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..122d08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/appInfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _APPINFO_H_
+#define _APPINFO_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file appInfo.h
+ *
+ * Declares few constants for the appInfo plugin.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The guest Variable name for the application information.
+ */
+#define APP_INFO_GUESTVAR_KEY         "appInfo"
+
+#define APP_INFO_VERSION_1            1
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_VERSION          "version"
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_UPDATE_COUNTER   "updateCounter"
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_PUBLISHTIME      "publishTime"
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_APPS             "applications"
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_APP_NAME         "a"
+#define APP_INFO_KEY_APP_VERSION      "v"
+
+#endif /* _APPINFO_H_ */
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/Makefile.am b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/Makefile.am
index 7ab22ee..e010ab1 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/Makefile.am
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ################################################################################
-### Copyright (C) 2009-2019 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+### Copyright (C) 2009-2020 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 ###
 ### This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ### it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 SUBDIRS =
+if LINUX
+SUBDIRS += appInfo
+endif
 if HAVE_X11
    SUBDIRS += desktopEvents
 endif
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/COPYING b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6a6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,502 @@
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diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile.am b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd1e466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+################################################################################
+### Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+###
+### This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+### it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+### published by the Free Software Foundation.
+###
+### This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+### but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+### GNU General Public License for more details.
+###
+### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+### along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+### Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+################################################################################
+
+SUBDIRS =
+
+plugindir = @VMSVC_PLUGIN_INSTALLDIR@
+plugin_LTLIBRARIES = libappInfo.la
+
+libappInfo_la_CPPFLAGS =
+libappInfo_la_CPPFLAGS += @PLUGIN_CPPFLAGS@
+
+libappInfo_la_LDFLAGS =
+libappInfo_la_LDFLAGS += @PLUGIN_LDFLAGS@
+
+libappInfo_la_LIBADD =
+libappInfo_la_LIBADD += @VMTOOLS_LIBS@
+libappInfo_la_LIBADD += @GOBJECT_LIBS@
+
+libappInfo_la_SOURCES =
+libappInfo_la_SOURCES += appInfo.c
+libappInfo_la_SOURCES += appInfoInt.h
+libappInfo_la_SOURCES += appInfoUtil.c
+libappInfo_la_SOURCES += appInfoPosix.c
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfo.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0db092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,572 @@
+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * appInfo.c --
+ *
+ *      Captures the information about running applications inside the guest
+ *      and publishes it to a guest variable.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "appInfo.h"
+#include "appInfoInt.h"
+#include "vmware.h"
+#include "conf.h"
+#include "dynbuf.h"
+#include "escape.h"
+#include "str.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "vm_atomic.h"
+#include "vmcheck.h"
+#include "vmware/tools/log.h"
+#include "vmware/tools/threadPool.h"
+#include "vmware/tools/utils.h"
+
+#if !defined(__APPLE__)
+#include "vm_version.h"
+#include "embed_version.h"
+#include "vmtoolsd_version.h"
+VM_EMBED_VERSION(VMTOOLSD_VERSION_STRING);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include "codeset.h"
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Maximum size of the packet size that appInfo plugin should send
+ * to the VMX. Currently, this is set to 62 KB.
+ */
+#define MAX_APP_INFO_SIZE (62 * 1024)
+
+/**
+ * Default poll interval for appInfo is 30m
+ */
+#define APP_INFO_POLL_INTERVAL (30 * 60)
+
+/**
+ * Default value for CONFNAME_APPINFO_DISABLED setting in
+ * tools configuration file.
+ *
+ * FALSE will enable the plugin. TRUE will disable the plugin.
+ */
+#define APP_INFO_CONF_DEFAULT_DISABLED_VALUE FALSE
+
+/**
+ * Defines the current poll interval (in seconds).
+ *
+ * This value is controlled by the appinfo.poll-interval config file option.
+ */
+int appInfoPollInterval = 0;
+
+/**
+ * AppInfo gather loop timeout source.
+ */
+static GSource *appInfoTimeoutSource = NULL;
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * EscapeJSONString --
+ *
+ * Escapes a string to be included in JSON content.
+ *
+ * @param[in] str The string to be escaped.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a heap-allocated memory. This holds the escaped content
+ *         of the string passed by the caller.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static char *
+EscapeJSONString(const char *str)    // IN
+{
+   /*
+    * Escape '"' and '\' characters in the JSON string.
+    */
+
+   static const int bytesToEscape[] = {
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,   // "
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,   // '\'
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   };
+
+   return Escape_DoString("\\u00", bytesToEscape, str, strlen(str),
+                          NULL);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * SetGuestInfo --
+ *
+ * Sends a simple key-value update request to the VMX.
+ *
+ * @param[in] ctx       Application context.
+ * @param[in] key       Key sent to the VMX
+ * @param[in] value     GuestInfo data sent to the VMX
+ *
+ * @retval TRUE  RPCI succeeded.
+ * @retval FALSE RPCI failed.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static Bool
+SetGuestInfo(ToolsAppCtx *ctx,              // IN:
+             const char *guestVariableName, // IN:
+             const char *value)             // IN:
+{
+   Bool status;
+   char *reply = NULL;
+   gchar *msg;
+   size_t replyLen;
+
+   ASSERT(guestVariableName);
+   ASSERT(value);
+
+   msg = g_strdup_printf("info-set guestinfo.%s %s",
+                         guestVariableName,
+                         value);
+
+   status = RpcChannel_Send(ctx->rpc,
+                            msg,
+                            strlen(msg) + 1,
+                            &reply,
+                            &replyLen);
+   g_free(msg);
+
+   if (!status) {
+      g_warning("Error sending RPC message: %s\n", reply ? reply : "NULL");
+      vm_free(reply);
+      return FALSE;
+   } else {
+      g_info("Successfully sent the app information.\n");
+   }
+
+   status = (*reply == '\0');
+   vm_free(reply);
+   return status;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoGatherTask --
+ *
+ * Collects all the desired application related information and updates VMX.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  data     The application context.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static void
+AppInfoGatherTask(ToolsAppCtx *ctx,
+                  void *data)
+{
+   DynBuf dynBuffer;
+   char tmpBuf[1024];
+   int len;
+   gchar *tstamp = NULL;
+   char *escapedCmd = NULL;
+   char *escapedVersion = NULL;
+   GSList *appList = NULL;
+   GSList *appNode;
+   static Atomic_uint64 updateCounter = {0};
+   uint64 counter = (uint64) Atomic_ReadInc64(&updateCounter) + 1;
+
+   static char headerFmt[] = "{\n"
+                     "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_VERSION        "\":\"%d\", \n"
+                     "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_UPDATE_COUNTER "\":\"%"FMT64"d\", \n"
+                     "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_PUBLISHTIME    "\":\"%s\", \n"
+                     "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_APPS           "\":[";
+   static char jsonPerAppFmt[] =
+                           "%s\n" // , for all the elements after the first one
+                           "{"
+                           "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_APP_NAME    "\":\"%s\""
+                           ","
+                           "\"" APP_INFO_KEY_APP_VERSION "\":\"%s\""
+                           "}";
+   static char jsonSuffix[] = "]}";
+
+   DynBuf_Init(&dynBuffer);
+
+   tstamp = VMTools_GetTimeAsString();
+
+   len = Str_Snprintf(tmpBuf, sizeof tmpBuf, headerFmt,
+                      APP_INFO_VERSION_1,
+                      counter,
+                      tstamp != NULL ? tstamp : "");
+
+   if (len < 0) {
+      g_warning("Insufficient space for the header.\n");
+      goto abort;
+   }
+
+   DynBuf_Append(&dynBuffer, tmpBuf, len);
+
+   appList = AppInfo_SortAppList(AppInfo_GetAppList());
+
+   for (appNode = appList; appNode != NULL; appNode = appNode->next) {
+      size_t currentBufferSize = DynBuf_GetSize(&dynBuffer);
+      AppInfo *appInfo = (AppInfo *) appNode->data;
+
+      if (appInfo->appName == NULL ||
+          appInfo->version == NULL) {
+         goto next_entry;
+      }
+
+      escapedCmd = EscapeJSONString(appInfo->appName);
+
+      if (NULL == escapedCmd) {
+         g_warning("Failed to escape the content of cmdName\n");
+         goto abort;
+      }
+
+      escapedVersion = EscapeJSONString(appInfo->version);
+      if (NULL == escapedVersion) {
+         g_warning("Failed to escape the content of version information.\n");
+         goto abort;
+      }
+
+      if (appNode == appList) {
+         len = Str_Snprintf(tmpBuf, sizeof tmpBuf, jsonPerAppFmt,
+                            "", escapedCmd, escapedVersion);
+      } else {
+         /*
+          * If this is not the first element, then add ',' at the beginning.
+          */
+         len = Str_Snprintf(tmpBuf, sizeof tmpBuf, jsonPerAppFmt,
+                            ",", escapedCmd, escapedVersion);
+      }
+
+      if (len < 0) {
+         g_warning("Insufficient space for the application information.\n");
+         goto next_entry;
+      }
+
+      if (currentBufferSize + len + sizeof jsonSuffix > MAX_APP_INFO_SIZE) {
+         g_warning("Exceeded the max info packet size."
+                   " Truncating the rest of the applications.\n");
+         break;
+      }
+
+      DynBuf_Append(&dynBuffer, tmpBuf, len);
+
+next_entry:
+      free(escapedCmd);
+      escapedCmd = NULL;
+      free(escapedVersion);
+      escapedVersion = NULL;
+   }
+
+   DynBuf_Append(&dynBuffer, jsonSuffix, sizeof jsonSuffix - 1);
+   SetGuestInfo(ctx, APP_INFO_GUESTVAR_KEY, DynBuf_GetString(&dynBuffer));
+
+abort:
+   free(escapedCmd);
+   free(escapedVersion);
+   AppInfo_DestroyAppList(appList);
+   g_free(tstamp);
+   DynBuf_Destroy(&dynBuffer);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoGather --
+ *
+ * Creates a new thread that collects all the desired application related
+ * information and udates the VMX.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  data     The application context.
+ *
+ * @return TRUE to indicate that the timer should be rescheduled.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static gboolean
+AppInfoGather(gpointer data)
+{
+   ToolsAppCtx *ctx = data;
+   if (!ToolsCorePool_SubmitTask(ctx, AppInfoGatherTask, NULL, NULL)) {
+      g_warning("%s: failed to start information gather thread\n",
+                __FUNCTION__);
+   }
+
+   return TRUE;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * TweakGatherLoop --
+ *
+ * @brief Start, stop, reconfigure a GuestInfoGather poll loop.
+ *
+ * This function is responsible for creating, manipulating, and resetting a
+ * AppDiscoveryGather loop timeout source.
+ *
+ * @param[in]     ctx           The app context.
+ * @param[in]     enable        Whether to enable the gather loop.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static void
+TweakGatherLoop(ToolsAppCtx *ctx,
+                gboolean enable)
+{
+   gint pollInterval = 0;
+
+   if (enable) {
+      pollInterval = APP_INFO_POLL_INTERVAL * 1000;
+
+      /*
+      * Check the config registry for custom poll interval,
+      * converting from seconds to milliseconds.
+      */
+      if (g_key_file_has_key(ctx->config, CONFGROUPNAME_APPINFO,
+                             CONFNAME_APPINFO_POLLINTERVAL, NULL)) {
+         GError *gError = NULL;
+
+         pollInterval = g_key_file_get_integer(ctx->config,
+                                               CONFGROUPNAME_APPINFO,
+                                               CONFNAME_APPINFO_POLLINTERVAL,
+                                               &gError);
+         pollInterval *= 1000;
+
+         if (pollInterval < 0 || gError) {
+            g_warning("Invalid %s.%s value. Using default %us.\n",
+                      CONFGROUPNAME_APPINFO,
+                      CONFNAME_APPINFO_POLLINTERVAL,
+                      APP_INFO_POLL_INTERVAL);
+            pollInterval = APP_INFO_POLL_INTERVAL * 1000;
+         }
+
+         g_clear_error(&gError);
+      }
+   }
+
+   if (appInfoTimeoutSource != NULL) {
+      /*
+       * If the interval hasn't changed, let's not interfere with the existing
+       * timeout source.
+       */
+      if (pollInterval == appInfoPollInterval) {
+         ASSERT(pollInterval);
+         return;
+      }
+
+      /*
+       * Destroy the existing timeout source since the interval has changed.
+       */
+
+      g_source_destroy(appInfoTimeoutSource);
+      appInfoTimeoutSource = NULL;
+   }
+
+   /*
+    * All checks have passed.  Create a new timeout source and attach it.
+    */
+   appInfoPollInterval = pollInterval;
+
+   if (appInfoPollInterval) {
+      g_info("New value for %s is %us.\n",
+             CONFNAME_APPINFO_POLLINTERVAL,
+             appInfoPollInterval / 1000);
+
+      appInfoTimeoutSource = g_timeout_source_new(appInfoPollInterval);
+      VMTOOLSAPP_ATTACH_SOURCE(ctx, appInfoTimeoutSource,
+                               AppInfoGather, ctx, NULL);
+      g_source_unref(appInfoTimeoutSource);
+   } else {
+      g_info("Poll loop for %s disabled.\n", CONFNAME_APPINFO_POLLINTERVAL);
+      SetGuestInfo(ctx, APP_INFO_GUESTVAR_KEY, "");
+   }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoServerConfReload --
+ *
+ * @brief Reconfigures the poll loop interval upon config file reload.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  src     The source object.
+ * @param[in]  ctx     The application context.
+ * @param[in]  data    Unused.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static void
+AppInfoServerConfReload(gpointer src,
+                        ToolsAppCtx *ctx,
+                        gpointer data)
+{
+   gboolean disabled =
+      VMTools_ConfigGetBoolean(ctx->config,
+                               CONFGROUPNAME_APPINFO,
+                               CONFNAME_APPINFO_DISABLED,
+                               APP_INFO_CONF_DEFAULT_DISABLED_VALUE);
+   TweakGatherLoop(ctx, !disabled);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoServerShutdown --
+ *
+ * Cleanup internal data on shutdown.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  src     The source object.
+ * @param[in]  ctx     Unused.
+ * @param[in]  data    Unused.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static void
+AppInfoServerShutdown(gpointer src,
+                      ToolsAppCtx *ctx,
+                      gpointer data)
+{
+   if (appInfoTimeoutSource != NULL) {
+      g_source_destroy(appInfoTimeoutSource);
+      appInfoTimeoutSource = NULL;
+   }
+
+   SetGuestInfo(ctx, APP_INFO_GUESTVAR_KEY, "");
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * ToolsOnLoad --
+ *
+ * Plugin entry point. Initializes internal plugin state.
+ *
+ * @param[in]  ctx   The app context.
+ *
+ * @return The registration data.
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
+
+TOOLS_MODULE_EXPORT ToolsPluginData *
+ToolsOnLoad(ToolsAppCtx *ctx)
+{
+   static ToolsPluginData regData = {
+      "appInfo",
+      NULL,
+      NULL
+   };
+
+   uint32 vmxVersion = 0;
+   uint32 vmxType = VMX_TYPE_UNSET;
+
+   /*
+    * Return NULL to disable the plugin if not running in a VMware VM.
+    */
+   if (!ctx->isVMware) {
+      g_info("Not running in a VMware VM.\n");
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   /*
+    * Return NULL to disable the plugin if VM is not running on ESX host.
+    */
+   if (!VmCheck_GetVersion(&vmxVersion, &vmxType) ||
+       vmxType != VMX_TYPE_SCALABLE_SERVER) {
+      g_info("VM is not running on ESX host.\n");
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   /*
+    * Return NULL to disable the plugin if not running in vmsvc daemon.
+    */
+   if (!TOOLS_IS_MAIN_SERVICE(ctx)) {
+      g_info("Not running in vmsvc daemon: container name='%s'.\n",
+             ctx->name);
+      return NULL;
+   }
+
+   /*
+    * This plugin is useless without an RpcChannel.  If we don't have one,
+    * just bail.
+    */
+   if (ctx->rpc != NULL) {
+      ToolsPluginSignalCb sigs[] = {
+         { TOOLS_CORE_SIG_CONF_RELOAD, AppInfoServerConfReload, NULL },
+         { TOOLS_CORE_SIG_SHUTDOWN, AppInfoServerShutdown, NULL }
+      };
+      ToolsAppReg regs[] = {
+         { TOOLS_APP_SIGNALS,
+           VMTools_WrapArray(sigs, sizeof *sigs, ARRAYSIZE(sigs))
+         }
+      };
+
+      gboolean disabled = FALSE;
+
+      regData.regs = VMTools_WrapArray(regs,
+                                       sizeof *regs,
+                                       ARRAYSIZE(regs));
+
+      /*
+       * Set up the AppInfo gather loop.
+       */
+      disabled =
+         VMTools_ConfigGetBoolean(ctx->config,
+                                  CONFGROUPNAME_APPINFO,
+                                  CONFNAME_APPINFO_DISABLED,
+                                  APP_INFO_CONF_DEFAULT_DISABLED_VALUE);
+      TweakGatherLoop(ctx, !disabled);
+
+      return &regData;
+   }
+
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * END Tools Core Services goodies.
+ *****************************************************************************
+ */
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoInt.h b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoInt.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1897926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoInt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _APPINFOINT_H_
+#define _APPINFOINT_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file appInfoInt.h
+ *
+ * Header file with few functions that are internal to appInfo plugin.
+ */
+
+#define G_LOG_DOMAIN "appInfo"
+#include "vm_basic_types.h"
+#include <glib.h>
+#include "vmware/tools/plugin.h"
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+
+#include <windows.h>
+typedef DWORD AppInfo_Pid;
+
+#else /* POSIX */
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+typedef pid_t AppInfo_Pid;
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Application information structure.
+ * This holds basic information we return per process
+ * when listing process information inside the guest.
+ */
+
+typedef struct AppInfo {
+   AppInfo_Pid procId;
+   char *appName;             // UTF-8
+   char *version;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+   size_t memoryUsed;
+#endif
+} AppInfo;
+
+GSList *AppInfo_GetAppList(void);
+GSList *AppInfo_SortAppList(GSList *appList);
+
+void AppInfo_DestroyAppList(GSList *appList);
+#endif /* _APPINFOINT_H_ */
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoPosix.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoPosix.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7b05be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoPosix.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * appInfoPosix.c --
+ *
+ *      Functions to capture the information about running applications inside
+ *      a Linux guest.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __linux__
+#   error This file should not be compiled.
+#endif
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "appInfoInt.h"
+#include "procMgr.h"
+#include "vmware.h"
+#include "str.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * AppInfoGetAppInfo --
+ *
+ * Retrieves the application information for a specified process.
+ *
+ * @param[in] procInfo   Information about a process.
+ *
+ * @retval The application information. The caller must free the memory
+ *         allocated for the application information.
+ *         NULL if any error happens.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+AppInfo *
+AppInfoGetAppInfo(ProcMgrProcInfo *procInfo)   // IN
+{
+   AppInfo *appInfo = NULL;
+
+   if (procInfo == NULL) {
+      return appInfo;
+   }
+
+   if (procInfo->procCmdName == NULL) {
+      return appInfo;
+   }
+
+   appInfo = Util_SafeMalloc(sizeof (*appInfo) * 1);
+   appInfo->procId = procInfo->procId;
+   appInfo->appName = Util_SafeStrdup(procInfo->procCmdName);
+   appInfo->version = Util_SafeStrdup("");
+
+   return appInfo;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * AppInfo_GetAppList --
+ *
+ * Generates the application information list.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to the newly allocated application list. The caller must
+ *         free the memory using AppInfoDestroyAppList function.
+ *         NULL if any error occurs.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+GSList *
+AppInfo_GetAppList(void) {
+   GSList *appList = NULL;
+   int i;
+   ProcMgrProcInfoArray *procList = NULL;
+   size_t procCount;
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+   procList = ProcMgr_ListProcessesEx();
+#else
+   procList = ProcMgr_ListProcesses();
+#endif
+
+   if (procList == NULL) {
+      g_warning("Failed to get the list of processes.\n");
+      return appList;
+   }
+
+   procCount = ProcMgrProcInfoArray_Count(procList);
+   for (i = 0; i < procCount; i++) {
+      AppInfo *appInfo;
+      ProcMgrProcInfo *procInfo = ProcMgrProcInfoArray_AddressOf(procList, i);
+      appInfo = AppInfoGetAppInfo(procInfo);
+      if (NULL != appInfo) {
+         appList = g_slist_prepend(appList, appInfo);
+      }
+   }
+
+   ProcMgr_FreeProcList(procList);
+
+   return appList;
+}
diff --git a/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoUtil.c b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoUtil.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0327ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/appInfo/appInfoUtil.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*********************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 and no later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Lesser GNU General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *********************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * appInfoUtil.c --
+ *
+ *      Utility functions for the application list information.
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "appInfoInt.h"
+
+
+/*
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoDestroyAppData --
+ *
+ * Free function for application data. This function is called by the glib
+ * for each element in the application list while freeing.
+ *
+ * @param[in] data      Pointer to the application data.
+ *
+ * @retval NONE
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+void
+AppInfoDestroyAppData(gpointer data) {
+   AppInfo *appInfo = (AppInfo *) data;
+
+   if (appInfo == NULL) {
+      return;
+   }
+
+   free(appInfo->appName);
+   free(appInfo->version);
+   free(appInfo);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoDestroyAppList --
+ *
+ * Frees the entire memory allocated for the application list.
+ *
+ * @param[in] appList      Pointer to the application list.
+ *
+ * @retval NONE
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+void
+AppInfo_DestroyAppList(GSList *appList) {
+   if (appList == NULL) {
+      return;
+   }
+
+   g_slist_free_full(appList, AppInfoDestroyAppData);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * AppInfoCompareApps --
+ *
+ * Compare function used by glib while sorting the application list.
+ * For windows guests, the memory used by the application is used for comparing.
+ * For linux guests, no comparison is done and hence 0 is returned.
+ *
+ * @param[in] a      Pointer to the first application that should be compared.
+ * @param[in] b      Pointer to the second application that should be compared.
+ *
+ * @retval -1 if a should be kept before b in the sorted list.
+ *          0 if both the elements are same.
+ *          1 if b should be kept before a in the sorted list.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+static gint
+AppInfoCompareApps(gconstpointer a,
+                   gconstpointer b) {
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+   if (a != NULL && b != NULL) {
+      size_t aMemory = ((AppInfo *) a)->memoryUsed;
+      size_t bMemory = ((AppInfo *) b)->memoryUsed;
+      if (aMemory < bMemory) {
+         return 1;
+      } else if (aMemory == bMemory) {
+         return 0;
+      } else {
+         return -1;
+      }
+   }
+   return 0;
+#else
+   return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+
+/*
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * AppInfo_SortAppList --
+ *
+ * Sorts the provided list of applications.
+ *
+ * @param[in] appList List of applications that need to be sorted.
+ *
+ * @retval The sorted list of applications.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+GSList *
+AppInfo_SortAppList(GSList *appList) // IN/OUT
+{
+   if (appList == NULL) {
+      return appList;
+   }
+
+   return g_slist_sort(appList, AppInfoCompareApps);
+}
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