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-rw-r--r--src/process/posix_spawn.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/process/posix_spawn.c b/src/process/posix_spawn.c
index 728551b3..8294598b 100644
--- a/src/process/posix_spawn.c
+++ b/src/process/posix_spawn.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
 #include "lock.h"
@@ -156,7 +157,11 @@ static int child(void *args_vp)
 fail:
 	/* Since sizeof errno < PIPE_BUF, the write is atomic. */
 	ret = -ret;
-	if (ret) while (__syscall(SYS_write, p, &ret, sizeof ret) < 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		int r;
+		do r = __syscall(SYS_write, p, &ret, sizeof ret);
+		while (r<0 && r!=-EPIPE);
+	}
 	_exit(127);
 }