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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--posix/spawn.h5
-rw-r--r--posix/spawnattr_setflags.c15
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/spawni.c15
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8fcfae681a..281d366aad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2004-09-12 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+ * posix/spawn.h [__USE_GNU]: Define POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK.
+ * posix/spawnattr_setflags.c: Check whether any unknown bit is set
+ in FLAGS parameter and fail if this is the case.
+ * sysdeps/posix/spawni.c: Use vfork if POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK flag is
+ set.
+
* nscd/pwdcache.c (cache_addpw): Sync also negative results to disk.
* nscd/grpcache.c (cache_addgr): Likewise.
* nscd/hstcache.c (cache_addhst): Likewise.
diff --git a/posix/spawn.h b/posix/spawn.h
index 09b1e9f8e4..ff77fcc8f9 100644
--- a/posix/spawn.h
+++ b/posix/spawn.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Definitions for POSIX spawn interface.
- Copyright (C) 2000, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ typedef struct
#define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK 0x08
#define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM 0x10
#define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER 0x20
+#ifdef __USE_GNU
+# define POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK 0x40
+#endif
__BEGIN_DECLS
diff --git a/posix/spawnattr_setflags.c b/posix/spawnattr_setflags.c
index 3618efab45..0c3f5d20b7 100644
--- a/posix/spawnattr_setflags.c
+++ b/posix/spawnattr_setflags.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -16,13 +16,26 @@
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
+#include <errno.h>
#include <spawn.h>
#include <string.h>
+#define ALL_FLAGS (POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER \
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK)
+
/* Store flags in the attribute structure. */
int
posix_spawnattr_setflags (posix_spawnattr_t *attr, short int flags)
{
+ /* Check no invalid bits are set. */
+ if (flags & ~ALL_FLAGS)
+ return EINVAL;
+
/* Store the flag word. */
attr->__flags = flags;
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
index f65a0957a7..69106c480e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/spawni.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Guts of POSIX spawn interface. Generic POSIX.1 version.
- Copyright (C) 2000,01,02, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ __spawni (pid_t *pid, const char *file,
char *path, *p, *name;
size_t len;
size_t pathlen;
- short int flags;
+
+ /* Do this once. */
+ short int flags = attrp == NULL ? 0 : attrp->__flags;
/* Generate the new process. */
- new_pid = __fork ();
+ if (flags & POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK)
+ new_pid = __vfork ();
+ else
+ new_pid = __fork ();
+
if (new_pid != 0)
{
if (new_pid < 0)
@@ -92,9 +98,6 @@ __spawni (pid_t *pid, const char *file,
return 0;
}
- /* Do this once. */
- flags = attrp == NULL ? 0 : attrp->__flags;
-
/* Set signal mask. */
if ((flags & POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK) != 0
&& __sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &attrp->__ss, NULL) != 0)