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diff --git a/lib/unicorn.rb b/lib/unicorn.rb
index 49435d8..7a1ef34 100644
--- a/lib/unicorn.rb
+++ b/lib/unicorn.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# -*- encoding: binary -*-
+
 require 'fcntl'
 require 'unicorn/socket_helper'
 autoload :Rack, 'rack'
@@ -6,10 +8,19 @@ autoload :Rack, 'rack'
 # a Unicorn web server.  It contains a minimalist HTTP server with just enough
 # functionality to service web application requests fast as possible.
 module Unicorn
+
+  # raised inside TeeInput when a client closes the socket inside the
+  # application dispatch.  This is always raised with an empty backtrace
+  # since there is nothing in the application stack that is responsible
+  # for client shutdowns/disconnects.
+  class ClientShutdown < EOFError
+  end
+
   autoload :Const, 'unicorn/const'
   autoload :HttpRequest, 'unicorn/http_request'
   autoload :HttpResponse, 'unicorn/http_response'
   autoload :Configurator, 'unicorn/configurator'
+  autoload :TeeInput, 'unicorn/tee_input'
   autoload :Util, 'unicorn/util'
 
   class << self
@@ -22,8 +33,12 @@ module Unicorn
   # processes which in turn handle the I/O and application process.
   # Listener sockets are started in the master process and shared with
   # forked worker children.
-  class HttpServer
-    attr_reader :logger
+
+  class HttpServer < Struct.new(:listener_opts, :timeout, :worker_processes,
+                                :before_fork, :after_fork, :before_exec,
+                                :logger, :pid, :app, :preload_app,
+                                :reexec_pid, :orig_app, :init_listeners,
+                                :master_pid, :config, :ready_pipe)
     include ::Unicorn::SocketHelper
 
     # prevents IO objects in here from being GC-ed
@@ -35,7 +50,23 @@ module Unicorn
     # This hash maps PIDs to Workers
     WORKERS = {}
 
-    # See: http://cr.yp.to/docs/selfpipe.html
+    # We use SELF_PIPE differently in the master and worker processes:
+    #
+    # * The master process never closes or reinitializes this once
+    # initialized.  Signal handlers in the master process will write to
+    # it to wake up the master from IO.select in exactly the same manner
+    # djb describes in http://cr.yp.to/docs/selfpipe.html
+    #
+    # * The workers immediately close the pipe they inherit from the
+    # master and replace it with a new pipe after forking.  This new
+    # pipe is also used to wakeup from IO.select from inside (worker)
+    # signal handlers.  However, workers *close* the pipe descriptors in
+    # the signal handlers to raise EBADF in IO.select instead of writing
+    # like we do in the master.  We cannot easily use the reader set for
+    # IO.select because LISTENERS is already that set, and it's extra
+    # work (and cycles) to distinguish the pipe FD from the reader set
+    # once IO.select returns.  So we're lazy and just close the pipe when
+    # a (rare) signal arrives in the worker and reinitialize the pipe later.
     SELF_PIPE = []
 
     # signal queue used for self-piping
@@ -46,19 +77,82 @@ module Unicorn
 
     # We populate this at startup so we can figure out how to reexecute
     # and upgrade the currently running instance of Unicorn
+    # This Hash is considered a stable interface and changing its contents
+    # will allow you to switch between different installations of Unicorn
+    # or even different installations of the same applications without
+    # downtime.  Keys of this constant Hash are described as follows:
+    #
+    # * 0 - the path to the unicorn/unicorn_rails executable
+    # * :argv - a deep copy of the ARGV array the executable originally saw
+    # * :cwd - the working directory of the application, this is where
+    # you originally started Unicorn.
+    #
+    # The following example may be used in your Unicorn config file to
+    # change your working directory during a config reload (HUP) without
+    # upgrading or restarting:
+    #
+    #   Dir.chdir(Unicorn::HttpServer::START_CTX[:cwd] = path)
+    #
+    # To change your unicorn executable to a different path without downtime,
+    # you can set the following in your Unicorn config file, HUP and then
+    # continue with the traditional USR2 + QUIT upgrade steps:
+    #
+    #   Unicorn::HttpServer::START_CTX[0] = "/home/bofh/1.9.2/bin/unicorn"
     START_CTX = {
       :argv => ARGV.map { |arg| arg.dup },
-      # don't rely on Dir.pwd here since it's not symlink-aware, and
-      # symlink dirs are the default with Capistrano...
-      :cwd => `/bin/sh -c pwd`.chomp("\n"),
+      :cwd => lambda {
+          # favor ENV['PWD'] since it is (usually) symlink aware for
+          # Capistrano and like systems
+          begin
+            a = File.stat(pwd = ENV['PWD'])
+            b = File.stat(Dir.pwd)
+            a.ino == b.ino && a.dev == b.dev ? pwd : Dir.pwd
+          rescue
+            Dir.pwd
+          end
+        }.call,
       0 => $0.dup,
     }
 
+    # This class and its members can be considered a stable interface
+    # and will not change in a backwards-incompatible fashion between
+    # releases of Unicorn.  You may need to access it in the
+    # before_fork/after_fork hooks.  See the Unicorn::Configurator RDoc
+    # for examples.
     class Worker < Struct.new(:nr, :tmp)
+
+      autoload :Etc, 'etc'
+
       # worker objects may be compared to just plain numbers
       def ==(other_nr)
         self.nr == other_nr
       end
+
+      # Changes the worker process to the specified +user+ and +group+
+      # This is only intended to be called from within the worker
+      # process from the +after_fork+ hook.  This should be called in
+      # the +after_fork+ hook after any priviledged functions need to be
+      # run (e.g. to set per-worker CPU affinity, niceness, etc)
+      #
+      # Any and all errors raised within this method will be propagated
+      # directly back to the caller (usually the +after_fork+ hook.
+      # These errors commonly include ArgumentError for specifying an
+      # invalid user/group and Errno::EPERM for insufficient priviledges
+      def user(user, group = nil)
+        # we do not protect the caller, checking Process.euid == 0 is
+        # insufficient because modern systems have fine-grained
+        # capabilities.  Let the caller handle any and all errors.
+        uid = Etc.getpwnam(user).uid
+        gid = Etc.getgrnam(group).gid if group
+        Unicorn::Util.chown_logs(uid, gid)
+        tmp.chown(uid, gid)
+        if gid && Process.egid != gid
+          Process.initgroups(user, gid)
+          Process::GID.change_privilege(gid)
+        end
+        Process.euid != uid and Process::UID.change_privilege(uid)
+      end
+
     end
 
     # Creates a working server on host:port (strange things happen if
@@ -66,14 +160,25 @@ module Unicorn
     # HttpServer.run.join to join the thread that's processing
     # incoming requests on the socket.
     def initialize(app, options = {})
-      @app = app
-      @pid = nil
-      @reexec_pid = 0
-      @init_listeners = options[:listeners] ? options[:listeners].dup : []
-      @config = Configurator.new(options.merge(:use_defaults => true))
-      @listener_opts = {}
-      @config.commit!(self, :skip => [:listeners, :pid])
-      @orig_app = app
+      self.app = app
+      self.reexec_pid = 0
+      self.ready_pipe = options.delete(:ready_pipe)
+      self.init_listeners = options[:listeners] ? options[:listeners].dup : []
+      self.config = Configurator.new(options.merge(:use_defaults => true))
+      self.listener_opts = {}
+
+      # we try inheriting listeners first, so we bind them later.
+      # we don't write the pid file until we've bound listeners in case
+      # unicorn was started twice by mistake.  Even though our #pid= method
+      # checks for stale/existing pid files, race conditions are still
+      # possible (and difficult/non-portable to avoid) and can be likely
+      # to clobber the pid if the second start was in quick succession
+      # after the first, so we rely on the listener binding to fail in
+      # that case.  Some tests (in and outside of this source tree) and
+      # monitoring tools may also rely on pid files existing before we
+      # attempt to connect to the listener(s)
+      config.commit!(self, :skip => [:listeners, :pid])
+      self.orig_app = app
     end
 
     # Runs the thing.  Returns self so you can run join on it
@@ -84,13 +189,13 @@ module Unicorn
       # before they become UNIXServer or TCPServer
       inherited = ENV['UNICORN_FD'].to_s.split(/,/).map do |fd|
         io = Socket.for_fd(fd.to_i)
-        set_server_sockopt(io, @listener_opts[sock_name(io)])
+        set_server_sockopt(io, listener_opts[sock_name(io)])
         IO_PURGATORY << io
         logger.info "inherited addr=#{sock_name(io)} fd=#{fd}"
         server_cast(io)
       end
 
-      config_listeners = @config[:listeners].dup
+      config_listeners = config[:listeners].dup
       LISTENERS.replace(inherited)
 
       # we start out with generic Socket objects that get cast to either
@@ -100,11 +205,14 @@ module Unicorn
       config_listeners -= listener_names
       if config_listeners.empty? && LISTENERS.empty?
         config_listeners << Unicorn::Const::DEFAULT_LISTEN
+        init_listeners << Unicorn::Const::DEFAULT_LISTEN
+        START_CTX[:argv] << "-l#{Unicorn::Const::DEFAULT_LISTEN}"
       end
       config_listeners.each { |addr| listen(addr) }
       raise ArgumentError, "no listeners" if LISTENERS.empty?
-      self.pid = @config[:pid]
-      build_app! if @preload_app
+      self.pid = config[:pid]
+      self.master_pid = $$
+      build_app! if preload_app
       maintain_worker_count
       self
     end
@@ -114,7 +222,7 @@ module Unicorn
     def listeners=(listeners)
       cur_names, dead_names = [], []
       listener_names.each do |name|
-        if "/" == name[0..0]
+        if ?/ == name[0]
           # mark unlinked sockets as dead so we can rebind them
           (File.socket?(name) ? cur_names : dead_names) << name
         else
@@ -122,8 +230,7 @@ module Unicorn
         end
       end
       set_names = listener_names(listeners)
-      dead_names += cur_names - set_names
-      dead_names.uniq!
+      dead_names.concat(cur_names - set_names).uniq!
 
       LISTENERS.delete_if do |io|
         if dead_names.include?(sock_name(io))
@@ -132,7 +239,7 @@ module Unicorn
           end
           (io.close rescue nil).nil? # true
         else
-          set_server_sockopt(io, @listener_opts[sock_name(io)])
+          set_server_sockopt(io, listener_opts[sock_name(io)])
           false
         end
       end
@@ -144,30 +251,49 @@ module Unicorn
     def stderr_path=(path); redirect_io($stderr, path); end
 
     def logger=(obj)
-      REQUEST.logger = @logger = obj
+      HttpRequest::DEFAULTS["rack.logger"] = super
     end
 
     # sets the path for the PID file of the master process
     def pid=(path)
       if path
         if x = valid_pid?(path)
-          return path if @pid && path == @pid && x == $$
+          return path if pid && path == pid && x == $$
           raise ArgumentError, "Already running on PID:#{x} " \
                                "(or pid=#{path} is stale)"
         end
       end
-      unlink_pid_safe(@pid) if @pid
-      File.open(path, 'wb') { |fp| fp.syswrite("#$$\n") } if path
-      @pid = path
+      unlink_pid_safe(pid) if pid
+
+      if path
+        fp = begin
+          tmp = "#{File.dirname(path)}/#{rand}.#$$"
+          File.open(tmp, File::RDWR|File::CREAT|File::EXCL, 0644)
+        rescue Errno::EEXIST
+          retry
+        end
+        fp.syswrite("#$$\n")
+        File.rename(fp.path, path)
+        fp.close
+      end
+      super(path)
     end
 
     # add a given address to the +listeners+ set, idempotently
     # Allows workers to add a private, per-process listener via the
-    # @after_fork hook.  Very useful for debugging and testing.
-    def listen(address, opt = {}.merge(@listener_opts[address] || {}))
+    # after_fork hook.  Very useful for debugging and testing.
+    # +:tries+ may be specified as an option for the number of times
+    # to retry, and +:delay+ may be specified as the time in seconds
+    # to delay between retries.
+    # A negative value for +:tries+ indicates the listen will be
+    # retried indefinitely, this is useful when workers belonging to
+    # different masters are spawned during a transparent upgrade.
+    def listen(address, opt = {}.merge(listener_opts[address] || {}))
+      address = config.expand_addr(address)
       return if String === address && listener_names.include?(address)
 
-      delay, tries = 0.5, 5
+      delay = opt[:delay] || 0.5
+      tries = opt[:tries] || 5
       begin
         io = bind_listen(address, opt)
         unless TCPServer === io || UNIXServer === io
@@ -176,14 +302,18 @@ module Unicorn
         end
         logger.info "listening on addr=#{sock_name(io)} fd=#{io.fileno}"
         LISTENERS << io
-        return io
+        io
       rescue Errno::EADDRINUSE => err
         logger.error "adding listener failed addr=#{address} (in use)"
         raise err if tries == 0
         tries -= 1
-        logger.error "retrying in #{delay} seconds (#{tries} tries left)"
+        logger.error "retrying in #{delay} seconds " \
+                     "(#{tries < 0 ? 'infinite' : tries} tries left)"
         sleep(delay)
         retry
+      rescue => err
+        logger.fatal "error adding listener addr=#{address}"
+        raise err
       end
     end
 
@@ -196,17 +326,27 @@ module Unicorn
       # are trapped.  See trap_deferred
       init_self_pipe!
       respawn = true
+      last_check = Time.now
 
       QUEUE_SIGS.each { |sig| trap_deferred(sig) }
       trap(:CHLD) { |sig_nr| awaken_master }
       proc_name 'master'
       logger.info "master process ready" # test_exec.rb relies on this message
+      if ready_pipe
+        ready_pipe.syswrite($$.to_s)
+        ready_pipe.close rescue nil
+        self.ready_pipe = nil
+      end
       begin
         loop do
           reap_all_workers
           case SIG_QUEUE.shift
           when nil
-            murder_lazy_workers
+            # avoid murdering workers after our master process (or the
+            # machine) comes out of suspend/hibernation
+            if (last_check + timeout) >= (last_check = Time.now)
+              murder_lazy_workers
+            end
             maintain_worker_count if respawn
             master_sleep
           when :QUIT # graceful shutdown
@@ -230,12 +370,12 @@ module Unicorn
               logger.info "SIGWINCH ignored because we're not daemonized"
             end
           when :TTIN
-            @worker_processes += 1
+            self.worker_processes += 1
           when :TTOU
-            @worker_processes -= 1 if @worker_processes > 0
+            self.worker_processes -= 1 if self.worker_processes > 0
           when :HUP
             respawn = true
-            if @config.config_file
+            if config.config_file
               load_config!
               redo # immediate reaping since we may have QUIT workers
             else # exec binary and exit if there's no config file
@@ -247,36 +387,33 @@ module Unicorn
         end
       rescue Errno::EINTR
         retry
-      rescue Object => e
+      rescue => e
         logger.error "Unhandled master loop exception #{e.inspect}."
         logger.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
         retry
       end
       stop # gracefully shutdown all workers on our way out
       logger.info "master complete"
-      unlink_pid_safe(@pid) if @pid
+      unlink_pid_safe(pid) if pid
     end
 
     # Terminates all workers, but does not exit master process
     def stop(graceful = true)
       self.listeners = []
-      kill_each_worker(graceful ? :QUIT : :TERM)
-      timeleft = @timeout
-      step = 0.2
-      reap_all_workers
-      until WORKERS.empty?
-        sleep(step)
+      limit = Time.now + timeout
+      until WORKERS.empty? || Time.now > limit
+        kill_each_worker(graceful ? :QUIT : :TERM)
+        sleep(0.1)
         reap_all_workers
-        (timeleft -= step) > 0 and next
-        kill_each_worker(:KILL)
       end
+      kill_each_worker(:KILL)
     end
 
     private
 
     # list of signals we care about and trap in master.
     QUEUE_SIGS = [ :WINCH, :QUIT, :INT, :TERM, :USR1, :USR2, :HUP,
-                   :TTIN, :TTOU ].freeze
+                   :TTIN, :TTOU ]
 
     # defer a signal for later processing in #join (master process)
     def trap_deferred(signal)
@@ -314,15 +451,15 @@ module Unicorn
     def reap_all_workers
       begin
         loop do
-          pid, status = Process.waitpid2(-1, Process::WNOHANG)
-          pid or break
-          if @reexec_pid == pid
+          wpid, status = Process.waitpid2(-1, Process::WNOHANG)
+          wpid or break
+          if reexec_pid == wpid
             logger.error "reaped #{status.inspect} exec()-ed"
-            @reexec_pid = 0
-            self.pid = @pid.chomp('.oldbin') if @pid
+            self.reexec_pid = 0
+            self.pid = pid.chomp('.oldbin') if pid
             proc_name 'master'
           else
-            worker = WORKERS.delete(pid) and worker.tmp.close rescue nil
+            worker = WORKERS.delete(wpid) and worker.tmp.close rescue nil
             logger.info "reaped #{status.inspect} " \
                         "worker=#{worker.nr rescue 'unknown'}"
           end
@@ -333,32 +470,32 @@ module Unicorn
 
     # reexecutes the START_CTX with a new binary
     def reexec
-      if @reexec_pid > 0
+      if reexec_pid > 0
         begin
-          Process.kill(0, @reexec_pid)
-          logger.error "reexec-ed child already running PID:#{@reexec_pid}"
+          Process.kill(0, reexec_pid)
+          logger.error "reexec-ed child already running PID:#{reexec_pid}"
           return
         rescue Errno::ESRCH
-          @reexec_pid = 0
+          self.reexec_pid = 0
         end
       end
 
-      if @pid
-        old_pid = "#{@pid}.oldbin"
-        prev_pid = @pid.dup
+      if pid
+        old_pid = "#{pid}.oldbin"
+        prev_pid = pid.dup
         begin
           self.pid = old_pid  # clear the path for a new pid file
         rescue ArgumentError
           logger.error "old PID:#{valid_pid?(old_pid)} running with " \
                        "existing pid=#{old_pid}, refusing rexec"
           return
-        rescue Object => e
+        rescue => e
           logger.error "error writing pid=#{old_pid} #{e.class} #{e.message}"
           return
         end
       end
 
-      @reexec_pid = fork do
+      self.reexec_pid = fork do
         listener_fds = LISTENERS.map { |sock| sock.fileno }
         ENV['UNICORN_FD'] = listener_fds.join(',')
         Dir.chdir(START_CTX[:cwd])
@@ -375,86 +512,91 @@ module Unicorn
           io.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
         end
         logger.info "executing #{cmd.inspect} (in #{Dir.pwd})"
-        @before_exec.call(self)
+        before_exec.call(self)
         exec(*cmd)
       end
       proc_name 'master (old)'
     end
 
-    # forcibly terminate all workers that haven't checked in in @timeout
+    # forcibly terminate all workers that haven't checked in in timeout
     # seconds.  The timeout is implemented using an unlinked File
     # shared between the parent process and each worker.  The worker
     # runs File#chmod to modify the ctime of the File.  If the ctime
-    # is stale for >@timeout seconds, then we'll kill the corresponding
+    # is stale for >timeout seconds, then we'll kill the corresponding
     # worker.
     def murder_lazy_workers
-      diff = stat = nil
-      WORKERS.dup.each_pair do |pid, worker|
-        stat = begin
-          worker.tmp.stat
-        rescue => e
-          logger.warn "worker=#{worker.nr} PID:#{pid} stat error: #{e.inspect}"
-          kill_worker(:QUIT, pid)
-          next
-        end
-        stat.mode == 0100000 and next
-        (diff = (Time.now - stat.ctime)) <= @timeout and next
-        logger.error "worker=#{worker.nr} PID:#{pid} timeout " \
-                     "(#{diff}s > #{@timeout}s), killing"
-        kill_worker(:KILL, pid) # take no prisoners for @timeout violations
+      WORKERS.dup.each_pair do |wpid, worker|
+        stat = worker.tmp.stat
+        # skip workers that disable fchmod or have never fchmod-ed
+        stat.mode == 0100600 and next
+        (diff = (Time.now - stat.ctime)) <= timeout and next
+        logger.error "worker=#{worker.nr} PID:#{wpid} timeout " \
+                     "(#{diff}s > #{timeout}s), killing"
+        kill_worker(:KILL, wpid) # take no prisoners for timeout violations
       end
     end
 
     def spawn_missing_workers
-      (0...@worker_processes).each do |worker_nr|
+      (0...worker_processes).each do |worker_nr|
         WORKERS.values.include?(worker_nr) and next
-        begin
-          Dir.chdir(START_CTX[:cwd])
-        rescue Errno::ENOENT => err
-          logger.fatal "#{err.inspect} (#{START_CTX[:cwd]})"
-          SIG_QUEUE << :QUIT # forcibly emulate SIGQUIT
-          return
-        end
         worker = Worker.new(worker_nr, Unicorn::Util.tmpio)
-        @before_fork.call(self, worker)
-        pid = fork { worker_loop(worker) }
-        WORKERS[pid] = worker
+        before_fork.call(self, worker)
+        WORKERS[fork {
+          ready_pipe.close if ready_pipe
+          self.ready_pipe = nil
+          worker_loop(worker)
+        }] = worker
       end
     end
 
     def maintain_worker_count
-      (off = WORKERS.size - @worker_processes) == 0 and return
+      (off = WORKERS.size - worker_processes) == 0 and return
       off < 0 and return spawn_missing_workers
-      WORKERS.dup.each_pair { |pid,w|
-        w.nr >= @worker_processes and kill_worker(:QUIT, pid) rescue nil
+      WORKERS.dup.each_pair { |wpid,w|
+        w.nr >= worker_processes and kill_worker(:QUIT, wpid) rescue nil
       }
     end
 
-    # once a client is accepted, it is processed in its entirety here
-    # in 3 easy steps: read request, call app, write app response
-    def process_client(app, client)
-      client.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
-      HttpResponse.write(client, app.call(REQUEST.read(client)))
     # if we get any error, try to write something back to the client
     # assuming we haven't closed the socket, but don't get hung up
     # if the socket is already closed or broken.  We'll always ensure
     # the socket is closed at the end of this function
-    rescue EOFError,Errno::ECONNRESET,Errno::EPIPE,Errno::EINVAL,Errno::EBADF
-      client.write_nonblock(Const::ERROR_500_RESPONSE) rescue nil
-      client.close rescue nil
-    rescue HttpParserError # try to tell the client they're bad
-      client.write_nonblock(Const::ERROR_400_RESPONSE) rescue nil
-      client.close rescue nil
-    rescue Object => e
-      client.write_nonblock(Const::ERROR_500_RESPONSE) rescue nil
-      client.close rescue nil
-      logger.error "Read error: #{e.inspect}"
-      logger.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
+    def handle_error(client, e)
+      msg = case e
+      when EOFError,Errno::ECONNRESET,Errno::EPIPE,Errno::EINVAL,Errno::EBADF
+        Const::ERROR_500_RESPONSE
+      when HttpParserError # try to tell the client they're bad
+        Const::ERROR_400_RESPONSE
+      else
+        logger.error "Read error: #{e.inspect}"
+        logger.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
+        Const::ERROR_500_RESPONSE
+      end
+      client.write_nonblock(msg)
+      client.close
+      rescue
+        nil
+    end
+
+    # once a client is accepted, it is processed in its entirety here
+    # in 3 easy steps: read request, call app, write app response
+    def process_client(client)
+      client.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
+      response = app.call(env = REQUEST.read(client))
+
+      if 100 == response.first.to_i
+        client.write(Const::EXPECT_100_RESPONSE)
+        env.delete(Const::HTTP_EXPECT)
+        response = app.call(env)
+      end
+      HttpResponse.write(client, response, HttpRequest::PARSER.headers?)
+    rescue => e
+      handle_error(client, e)
     end
 
     # gets rid of stuff the worker has no business keeping track of
     # to free some resources and drops all sig handlers.
-    # traps for USR1, USR2, and HUP may be set in the @after_fork Proc
+    # traps for USR1, USR2, and HUP may be set in the after_fork Proc
     # by the user.
     def init_worker_process(worker)
       QUEUE_SIGS.each { |sig| trap(sig, nil) }
@@ -467,15 +609,15 @@ module Unicorn
       WORKERS.clear
       LISTENERS.each { |sock| sock.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC) }
       worker.tmp.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)
-      @after_fork.call(self, worker) # can drop perms
-      @timeout /= 2.0 # halve it for select()
-      build_app! unless @preload_app
+      after_fork.call(self, worker) # can drop perms
+      self.timeout /= 2.0 # halve it for select()
+      build_app! unless preload_app
     end
 
     def reopen_worker_logs(worker_nr)
-      @logger.info "worker=#{worker_nr} reopening logs..."
+      logger.info "worker=#{worker_nr} reopening logs..."
       Unicorn::Util.reopen_logs
-      @logger.info "worker=#{worker_nr} done reopening logs"
+      logger.info "worker=#{worker_nr} done reopening logs"
       init_self_pipe!
     end
 
@@ -483,25 +625,24 @@ module Unicorn
     # for connections and doesn't die until the parent dies (or is
     # given a INT, QUIT, or TERM signal)
     def worker_loop(worker)
-      master_pid = Process.ppid # slightly racy, but less memory usage
+      ppid = master_pid
       init_worker_process(worker)
       nr = 0 # this becomes negative if we need to reopen logs
       alive = worker.tmp # tmp is our lifeline to the master process
       ready = LISTENERS
-      t = ti = 0
 
       # closing anything we IO.select on will raise EBADF
       trap(:USR1) { nr = -65536; SELF_PIPE.first.close rescue nil }
       trap(:QUIT) { alive = nil; LISTENERS.each { |s| s.close rescue nil } }
       [:TERM, :INT].each { |sig| trap(sig) { exit!(0) } } # instant shutdown
-      @logger.info "worker=#{worker.nr} ready"
-      app = @app
+      logger.info "worker=#{worker.nr} ready"
+      m = 0
 
       begin
         nr < 0 and reopen_worker_logs(worker.nr)
         nr = 0
 
-        # we're a goner in @timeout seconds anyways if alive.chmod
+        # we're a goner in timeout seconds anyways if alive.chmod
         # breaks, so don't trap the exception.  Using fchmod() since
         # futimes() is not available in base Ruby and I very strongly
         # prefer temporary files to be unlinked for security,
@@ -509,13 +650,13 @@ module Unicorn
         # changes with chmod doesn't update ctime on all filesystems; so
         # we change our counter each and every time (after process_client
         # and before IO.select).
-        t == (ti = Time.now.to_i) or alive.chmod(t = ti)
+        alive.chmod(m = 0 == m ? 1 : 0)
 
         ready.each do |sock|
           begin
-            process_client(app, sock.accept_nonblock)
+            process_client(sock.accept_nonblock)
             nr += 1
-            t == (ti = Time.now.to_i) or alive.chmod(t = ti)
+            alive.chmod(m = 0 == m ? 1 : 0)
           rescue Errno::EAGAIN, Errno::ECONNABORTED
           end
           break if nr < 0
@@ -523,22 +664,22 @@ module Unicorn
 
         # make the following bet: if we accepted clients this round,
         # we're probably reasonably busy, so avoid calling select()
-        # and do a speculative accept_nonblock on every listener
+        # and do a speculative accept_nonblock on ready listeners
         # before we sleep again in select().
         redo unless nr == 0 # (nr < 0) => reopen logs
 
-        master_pid == Process.ppid or return
-        alive.chmod(t = 0)
+        ppid == Process.ppid or return
+        alive.chmod(m = 0 == m ? 1 : 0)
         begin
           # timeout used so we can detect parent death:
-          ret = IO.select(LISTENERS, nil, SELF_PIPE, @timeout) or redo
+          ret = IO.select(LISTENERS, nil, SELF_PIPE, timeout) or redo
           ready = ret.first
         rescue Errno::EINTR
           ready = LISTENERS
         rescue Errno::EBADF
           nr < 0 or return
         end
-      rescue Object => e
+      rescue => e
         if alive
           logger.error "Unhandled listen loop exception #{e.inspect}."
           logger.error e.backtrace.join("\n")
@@ -548,21 +689,23 @@ module Unicorn
 
     # delivers a signal to a worker and fails gracefully if the worker
     # is no longer running.
-    def kill_worker(signal, pid)
+    def kill_worker(signal, wpid)
       begin
-        Process.kill(signal, pid)
+        Process.kill(signal, wpid)
       rescue Errno::ESRCH
-        worker = WORKERS.delete(pid) and worker.tmp.close rescue nil
+        worker = WORKERS.delete(wpid) and worker.tmp.close rescue nil
       end
     end
 
     # delivers a signal to each worker
     def kill_each_worker(signal)
-      WORKERS.keys.each { |pid| kill_worker(signal, pid) }
+      WORKERS.keys.each { |wpid| kill_worker(signal, wpid) }
     end
 
     # unlinks a PID file at given +path+ if it contains the current PID
-    # useful as an at_exit handler.
+    # still potentially racy without locking the directory (which is
+    # non-portable and may interact badly with other programs), but the
+    # window for hitting the race condition is small
     def unlink_pid_safe(path)
       (File.read(path).to_i == $$ and File.unlink(path)) rescue nil
     end
@@ -570,29 +713,30 @@ module Unicorn
     # returns a PID if a given path contains a non-stale PID file,
     # nil otherwise.
     def valid_pid?(path)
-      if File.exist?(path) && (pid = File.read(path).to_i) > 1
-        begin
-          Process.kill(0, pid)
-          return pid
-        rescue Errno::ESRCH
-        end
+      wpid = File.read(path).to_i
+      wpid <= 0 and return nil
+      begin
+        Process.kill(0, wpid)
+        wpid
+      rescue Errno::ESRCH
+        # don't unlink stale pid files, racy without non-portable locking...
       end
-      nil
+      rescue Errno::ENOENT
     end
 
     def load_config!
       begin
-        logger.info "reloading config_file=#{@config.config_file}"
-        @config[:listeners].replace(@init_listeners)
-        @config.reload
-        @config.commit!(self)
+        logger.info "reloading config_file=#{config.config_file}"
+        config[:listeners].replace(init_listeners)
+        config.reload
+        config.commit!(self)
         kill_each_worker(:QUIT)
         Unicorn::Util.reopen_logs
-        @app = @orig_app
-        build_app! if @preload_app
-        logger.info "done reloading config_file=#{@config.config_file}"
-      rescue Object => e
-        logger.error "error reloading config_file=#{@config.config_file}: " \
+        self.app = orig_app
+        build_app! if preload_app
+        logger.info "done reloading config_file=#{config.config_file}"
+      rescue => e
+        logger.error "error reloading config_file=#{config.config_file}: " \
                      "#{e.class} #{e.message}"
       end
     end
@@ -603,12 +747,16 @@ module Unicorn
     end
 
     def build_app!
-      if @app.respond_to?(:arity) && @app.arity == 0
+      if app.respond_to?(:arity) && app.arity == 0
+        # exploit COW in case of preload_app.  Also avoids race
+        # conditions in Rainbows! since load/require are not thread-safe
+        Unicorn.constants.each { |x| Unicorn.const_get(x) }
+
         if defined?(Gem) && Gem.respond_to?(:refresh)
           logger.info "Refreshing Gem list"
           Gem.refresh
         end
-        @app = @app.call
+        self.app = app.call
       end
     end
 
@@ -618,7 +766,7 @@ module Unicorn
     end
 
     def redirect_io(io, path)
-      File.open(path, 'a') { |fp| io.reopen(fp) } if path
+      File.open(path, 'ab') { |fp| io.reopen(fp) } if path
       io.sync = true
     end