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+/* Copyright (C) 2002-2012 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
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <kernel-features.h>
+
+/* We have to and actually can handle cancelable system(). The big
+ problem: we have to kill the child process if necessary. To do
+ this a cleanup handler has to be registered and is has to be able
+ to find the PID of the child. The main problem is to reliable have
+ the PID when needed. It is not necessary for the parent thread to
+ return. It might still be in the kernel when the cancellation
+ request comes. Therefore we have to use the clone() calls ability
+ to have the kernel write the PID into the user-level variable. */
+#ifdef __ASSUME_CLONE_THREAD_FLAGS
+# define FORK() \
+ INLINE_SYSCALL (clone2, 6, CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | SIGCHLD, NULL, 0, \
+ &pid, NULL, NULL)
+#endif
+
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/system.c>