From e722d4426fa43a12dcba8369808b28af4e38b526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: giraffedata Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:51:04 +0000 Subject: Release 10.73.35 git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/super_stable@4072 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8 --- lib/libsystem.c | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/libsystem.c b/lib/libsystem.c index fd3c52ec..c6b66d8c 100644 --- a/lib/libsystem.c +++ b/lib/libsystem.c @@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ static void -closeUninheritableFds(int const stdinFd, - int const stdoutFd) { +closeUninheritableFds(int const keepFdA, + int const keepFdB) { /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Close all the file descriptors that we declare uninheritable -- files Parent has open that Child has no business accessing. @@ -43,14 +43,21 @@ closeUninheritableFds(int const stdinFd, Closing an extra file descriptor is essential to allow the file to close when Parent closes it. + It is also essential to prevent the system from messing with the position of + the file as the child process exits. If the file descriptor is backing a + stream (FILE *), some process-exit code seeks the file to the current stream + position (from the readahead position), but having the file descriptor + closed defeats that. + We define uninheritable as less than 64 and not Standard Input, Output, - or Error, or 'stdinFd' or 'stdoutFd'. + or Error, or 'keepFdA' or 'keepFdB'. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ int fd; for (fd = 0; fd < 64; ++fd) { - if (fd == stdinFd) { - } else if (fd == stdoutFd) { + if (false) { + } else if (fd == keepFdA) { + } else if (fd == keepFdB) { } else if (fd == STDIN_FILENO) { } else if (fd == STDOUT_FILENO) { } else if (fd == STDERR_FILENO) { @@ -142,6 +149,9 @@ createPipeFeeder(void pipeFeederRtn(int, void *), } else if (rc == 0) { /* This is the child -- the stdin feeder process */ close(pipeToFeed[0]); + + closeUninheritableFds(pipeToFeed[1], pipeToFeed[1]); + (*pipeFeederRtn)(pipeToFeed[1], feederParm); exit(0); } else { -- cgit 1.4.1