1999-03-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>

* libio/iopopen.c (_IO_new_proc_open): Don't modify proc_file_chain 
while in child process.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libio/iopopen.c b/libio/iopopen.c
index 31f9e02cd8..3f3868d4ab 100644
--- a/libio/iopopen.c
+++ b/libio/iopopen.c
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ _IO_new_proc_open (fp, command, mode)
   if (child_pid == 0)
     {
       int child_std_end = mode[0] == 'r' ? 1 : 0;
+      struct _IO_proc_file *p;
+
       _IO_close (parent_end);
       if (child_end != child_std_end)
 	{
@@ -148,11 +150,8 @@ _IO_new_proc_open (fp, command, mode)
       /* POSIX.2:  "popen() shall ensure that any streams from previous
          popen() calls that remain open in the parent process are closed
 	 in the new child process." */
-      while (proc_file_chain)
-	{
-	  _IO_close (_IO_fileno ((_IO_FILE *) proc_file_chain));
-	  proc_file_chain = proc_file_chain->next;
-	}
+      for (p = proc_file_chain; p; p = p->next)
+	_IO_close (_IO_fileno ((_IO_FILE *) p));
 
       _IO_execl ("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *) 0);
       _IO__exit (127);