/* fork.c - fork and exec a process, connecting stdin/out w/pipes */ #include "portable.h" #include #include #include #include #include "slap.h" #include "shell.h" pid_t forkandexec( char **args, FILE **rfp, FILE **wfp ) { int p2c[2], c2p[2]; pid_t pid; if ( pipe( p2c ) != 0 || pipe( c2p ) != 0 ) { Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "pipe failed\n", 0, 0, 0 ); return( -1 ); } /* * what we're trying to set up looks like this: * parent *wfp -> p2c[1] | p2c[0] -> stdin child * parent *rfp <- c2p[0] | c2p[1] <- stdout child */ #ifdef HAVE_THR switch ( (pid = fork1()) ) #else switch ( (pid = fork()) ) #endif { case 0: /* child */ /* * child could deadlock here due to resources locked * by our parent * * If so, configure --without-threads or implement forking * via a surrogate parent. */ close( p2c[1] ); close( c2p[0] ); if ( dup2( p2c[0], 0 ) == -1 || dup2( c2p[1], 1 ) == -1 ) { Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "dup2 failed\n", 0, 0, 0 ); exit( -1 ); } execv( args[0], args ); Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "execv failed\n", 0, 0, 0 ); exit( -1 ); case -1: /* trouble */ Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "fork failed\n", 0, 0, 0 ); return( -1 ); default: /* parent */ close( p2c[0] ); close( c2p[1] ); break; } if ( (*rfp = fdopen( c2p[0], "r" )) == NULL || (*wfp = fdopen( p2c[1], "w" )) == NULL ) { Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "fdopen failed\n", 0, 0, 0 ); close( c2p[0] ); close( p2c[1] ); return( -1 ); } return( pid ); }