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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation.
+** Copyright (C) 2015 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com
+**
+** Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+** of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+** in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+** to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+** copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+** furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+**
+** The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+** all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+**
+** THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+** IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+** FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+** AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+** LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+** OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+** THE SOFTWARE.
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#  define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include "forkfd.h"
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+#  include <sys/param.h>
+#endif
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#  define HAVE_WAIT4    1
+#  if defined(__BIONIC__) || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ << 8) + __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 0x207 && \
+       (!defined(__UCLIBC__) || ((__UCLIBC_MAJOR__ << 16) + (__UCLIBC_MINOR__ << 8) + __UCLIBC_SUBLEVEL__ > 0x90201)))
+#    include <sys/eventfd.h>
+#    define HAVE_EVENTFD  1
+#  endif
+#  if defined(__BIONIC__) || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ << 8) + __GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 0x209 && \
+       (!defined(__UCLIBC__) || ((__UCLIBC_MAJOR__ << 16) + (__UCLIBC_MINOR__ << 8) + __UCLIBC_SUBLEVEL__ > 0x90201)))
+#    define HAVE_PIPE2    1
+#  endif
+#endif
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD__ >= 9
+#  include <sys/procdesc.h>
+#endif
+
+#if _POSIX_VERSION-0 >= 200809L || _XOPEN_VERSION-0 >= 500
+#  define HAVE_WAITID   1
+#endif
+#if !defined(WEXITED) || !defined(WNOWAIT)
+#  undef HAVE_WAITID
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(__FreeBSD__) && defined(__FreeBSD_version) && __FreeBSD_version >= 1000032) || \
+    (defined(__OpenBSD__) && OpenBSD >= 201505) || \
+    (defined(__NetBSD__) && __NetBSD_Version__ >= 600000000)
+#  define HAVE_PIPE2    1
+#endif
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || \
+    defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#  define HAVE_WAIT4    1
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+/* Up until OS X 10.7, waitid(P_ALL, ...) will return success, but will not
+ * fill in the details of the dead child. That means waitid is not useful to us.
+ * Therefore, we only enable waitid() support if we're targetting OS X 10.8 or
+ * later.
+ */
+#  include <Availability.h>
+#  include <AvailabilityMacros.h>
+#  if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED <= 1070
+#    define HAVE_BROKEN_WAITID 1
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED
+#  include "forkfd_gcc.h"
+#endif
+
+#define CHILDREN_IN_SMALL_ARRAY     16
+#define CHILDREN_IN_BIG_ARRAY       256
+#define sizeofarray(array)          (sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]))
+#define EINTR_LOOP(ret, call) \
+    do {                      \
+        ret = call;           \
+    } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR)
+
+struct pipe_payload
+{
+    struct forkfd_info info;
+    struct rusage rusage;
+};
+
+typedef struct process_info
+{
+    ffd_atomic_int pid;
+    int deathPipe;
+} ProcessInfo;
+
+struct BigArray;
+typedef struct Header
+{
+    ffd_atomic_pointer(struct BigArray) nextArray;
+    ffd_atomic_int busyCount;
+} Header;
+
+typedef struct BigArray
+{
+    Header header;
+    ProcessInfo entries[CHILDREN_IN_BIG_ARRAY];
+} BigArray;
+
+typedef struct SmallArray
+{
+    Header header;
+    ProcessInfo entries[CHILDREN_IN_SMALL_ARRAY];
+} SmallArray;
+static SmallArray children;
+
+static struct sigaction old_sigaction;
+static pthread_once_t forkfd_initialization = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+static ffd_atomic_int forkfd_status = FFD_ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BROKEN_WAITID
+static int waitid_works = 0;
+#else
+static const int waitid_works = 1;
+#endif
+
+static ProcessInfo *tryAllocateInSection(Header *header, ProcessInfo entries[], int maxCount)
+{
+    /* we use ACQUIRE here because the signal handler might have released the PID */
+    int busyCount = ffd_atomic_add_fetch(&header->busyCount, 1, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+    if (busyCount <= maxCount) {
+        /* there's an available entry in this section, find it and take it */
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < maxCount; ++i) {
+            /* if the PID is 0, it's free; mark it as used by swapping it with -1 */
+            int expected_pid = 0;
+            if (ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&entries[i].pid, &expected_pid,
+                                            -1, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED))
+                return &entries[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* there isn't an available entry, undo our increment */
+    ffd_atomic_add_fetch(&header->busyCount, -1, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static ProcessInfo *allocateInfo(Header **header)
+{
+    Header *currentHeader = &children.header;
+
+    /* try to find an available entry in the small array first */
+    ProcessInfo *info =
+            tryAllocateInSection(currentHeader, children.entries, sizeofarray(children.entries));
+
+    /* go on to the next arrays */
+    while (info == NULL) {
+        BigArray *array = ffd_atomic_load(&currentHeader->nextArray, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+        if (array == NULL) {
+            /* allocate an array and try to use it */
+            BigArray *allocatedArray = (BigArray *)calloc(1, sizeof(BigArray));
+            if (allocatedArray == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+
+            if (ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&currentHeader->nextArray, &array, allocatedArray,
+                                             FFD_ATOMIC_RELEASE, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE)) {
+                /* success */
+                array = allocatedArray;
+            } else {
+                /* failed, the atomic updated 'array' */
+                free(allocatedArray);
+            }
+        }
+
+        currentHeader = &array->header;
+        info = tryAllocateInSection(currentHeader, array->entries, sizeofarray(array->entries));
+    }
+
+    *header = currentHeader;
+    return info;
+}
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WAITID
+static int isChildReady(pid_t pid, siginfo_t *info)
+{
+    info->si_pid = 0;
+    return waitid(P_PID, pid, info, WEXITED | WNOHANG | WNOWAIT) == 0 && info->si_pid == pid;
+}
+#endif
+
+static void convertStatusToForkfdInfo(int status, struct forkfd_info *info)
+{
+    if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+        info->code = CLD_EXITED;
+        info->status = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+        info->code = CLD_KILLED;
+#  ifdef WCOREDUMP
+        if (WCOREDUMP(status))
+            info->code = CLD_DUMPED;
+#  endif
+        info->status = WTERMSIG(status);
+    }
+}
+
+static int tryReaping(pid_t pid, struct pipe_payload *payload)
+{
+    /* reap the child */
+#if defined(HAVE_WAIT4)
+    int status;
+    if (wait4(pid, &status, WNOHANG, &payload->rusage) <= 0)
+        return 0;
+    convertStatusToForkfdInfo(status, &payload->info);
+#else
+#  if defined(HAVE_WAITID)
+    if (waitid_works) {
+        /* we have waitid(2), which gets us some payload values on some systems */
+        siginfo_t info;
+        info.si_pid = 0;
+        int ret = waitid(P_PID, pid, &info, WEXITED | WNOHANG) == 0 && info.si_pid == pid;
+        if (!ret)
+            return ret;
+
+        payload->info.code = info.si_code;
+        payload->info.status = info.si_status;
+#    ifdef __linux__
+        payload->rusage.ru_utime.tv_sec = info.si_utime / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+        payload->rusage.ru_utime.tv_usec = info.si_utime % CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+        payload->rusage.ru_stime.tv_sec = info.si_stime / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+        payload->rusage.ru_stime.tv_usec = info.si_stime % CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+#    endif
+        return 1;
+    }
+#  endif // HAVE_WAITID
+    int status;
+    if (waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG) <= 0)
+        return 0;     // child did not change state
+    convertStatusToForkfdInfo(status, &payload->info);
+#endif // !HAVE_WAIT4
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static void freeInfo(Header *header, ProcessInfo *entry)
+{
+    entry->deathPipe = -1;
+    entry->pid = 0;
+
+    ffd_atomic_add_fetch(&header->busyCount, -1, FFD_ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+    assert(header->busyCount >= 0);
+}
+
+static void notifyAndFreeInfo(Header *header, ProcessInfo *entry,
+                              const struct pipe_payload *payload)
+{
+    ssize_t ret;
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, write(entry->deathPipe, payload, sizeof(*payload)));
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(entry->deathPipe));
+
+    freeInfo(header, entry);
+}
+
+static void sigchld_handler(int signum)
+{
+    /*
+     * This is a signal handler, so we need to be careful about which functions
+     * we can call. See the full, official listing in the POSIX.1-2008
+     * specification at:
+     *   http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/V2_chap02.html#tag_15_04_03
+     *
+     */
+
+    if (ffd_atomic_load(&forkfd_status, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED) == 1) {
+        /* is this one of our children? */
+        BigArray *array;
+        siginfo_t info;
+        struct pipe_payload payload;
+        int i;
+
+        memset(&info, 0, sizeof info);
+        memset(&payload, 0, sizeof payload);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WAITID
+        if (!waitid_works)
+            goto search_arrays;
+
+        /* be optimistic: try to see if we can get the child that exited */
+search_next_child:
+        /* waitid returns -1 ECHILD if there are no further children at all;
+         * it returns 0 and sets si_pid to 0 if there are children but they are not ready
+         * to be waited (we're passing WNOHANG). We should not get EINTR because
+         * we're passing WNOHANG and we should definitely not get EINVAL or anything else.
+         * That means we can actually ignore the return code and only inspect si_pid.
+         */
+        info.si_pid = 0;
+        waitid(P_ALL, 0, &info, WNOHANG | WNOWAIT | WEXITED);
+        if (info.si_pid == 0) {
+            /* there are no further un-waited-for children, so we can just exit.
+             * But before, transfer control to the chained SIGCHLD handler.
+             */
+            goto chain_handler;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; i < (int)sizeofarray(children.entries); ++i) {
+            /* acquire the child first: swap the PID with -1 to indicate it's busy */
+            int pid = info.si_pid;
+            if (ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&children.entries[i].pid, &pid, -1,
+                                            FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED)) {
+                /* this is our child, send notification and free up this entry */
+                /* ### FIXME: what if tryReaping returns false? */
+                if (tryReaping(pid, &payload))
+                    notifyAndFreeInfo(&children.header, &children.entries[i], &payload);
+                goto search_next_child;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* try the arrays */
+        array = ffd_atomic_load(&children.header.nextArray, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+        while (array != NULL) {
+            for (i = 0; i < (int)sizeofarray(array->entries); ++i) {
+                int pid = info.si_pid;
+                if (ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&array->entries[i].pid, &pid, -1,
+                                                FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED)) {
+                    /* this is our child, send notification and free up this entry */
+                    /* ### FIXME: what if tryReaping returns false? */
+                    if (tryReaping(pid, &payload))
+                        notifyAndFreeInfo(&array->header, &array->entries[i], &payload);
+                    goto search_next_child;
+                }
+            }
+
+            array = ffd_atomic_load(&array->header.nextArray, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+        }
+
+        /* if we got here, we couldn't find this child in our list. That means this child
+         * belongs to one of the chained SIGCHLD handlers. However, there might be another
+         * child that exited and does belong to us, so we need to check each one individually.
+         */
+
+search_arrays:
+#endif
+
+        for (i = 0; i < (int)sizeofarray(children.entries); ++i) {
+            int pid = ffd_atomic_load(&children.entries[i].pid, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+            if (pid <= 0)
+                continue;
+#ifdef HAVE_WAITID
+            if (waitid_works) {
+                /* The child might have been reaped by the block above in another thread,
+                 * so first check if it's ready and, if it is, lock it */
+                if (!isChildReady(pid, &info) ||
+                        !ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&children.entries[i].pid, &pid, -1,
+                                                     FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED))
+                    continue;
+            }
+#endif
+            if (tryReaping(pid, &payload)) {
+                /* this is our child, send notification and free up this entry */
+                notifyAndFreeInfo(&children.header, &children.entries[i], &payload);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* try the arrays */
+        array = ffd_atomic_load(&children.header.nextArray, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+        while (array != NULL) {
+            for (i = 0; i < (int)sizeofarray(array->entries); ++i) {
+                int pid = ffd_atomic_load(&array->entries[i].pid, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+                if (pid <= 0)
+                    continue;
+#ifdef HAVE_WAITID
+                if (waitid_works) {
+                    /* The child might have been reaped by the block above in another thread,
+                     * so first check if it's ready and, if it is, lock it */
+                    if (!isChildReady(pid, &info) ||
+                            !ffd_atomic_compare_exchange(&array->entries[i].pid, &pid, -1,
+                                                         FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED))
+                        continue;
+                }
+#endif
+                if (tryReaping(pid, &payload)) {
+                    /* this is our child, send notification and free up this entry */
+                    notifyAndFreeInfo(&array->header, &array->entries[i], &payload);
+                }
+            }
+
+            array = ffd_atomic_load(&array->header.nextArray, FFD_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE);
+        }
+    }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_WAITID
+chain_handler:
+#endif
+    if (old_sigaction.sa_handler != SIG_IGN && old_sigaction.sa_handler != SIG_DFL)
+        old_sigaction.sa_handler(signum);
+}
+
+static void ignore_sigpipe()
+{
+#ifdef O_NOSIGPIPE
+    static ffd_atomic_int done = FFD_ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+    if (ffd_atomic_load(&done, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED))
+        return;
+#endif
+
+    struct sigaction action;
+    memset(&action, 0, sizeof action);
+    sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
+    action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+    action.sa_flags = 0;
+    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &action, NULL);
+
+#ifdef O_NOSIGPIPE
+    ffd_atomic_store(&done, 1, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void forkfd_initialize()
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_BROKEN_WAITID)
+    pid_t pid = fork();
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        _exit(0);
+    } else if (pid > 0) {
+        siginfo_t info;
+        waitid(P_ALL, 0, &info, WNOWAIT | WEXITED);
+        waitid_works = (info.si_pid != 0);
+        info.si_pid = 0;
+
+        // now really reap the child
+        waitid(P_PID, pid, &info, WEXITED);
+        waitid_works = waitid_works && (info.si_pid != 0);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /* install our signal handler */
+    struct sigaction action;
+    memset(&action, 0, sizeof action);
+    sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
+    action.sa_flags = SA_NOCLDSTOP;
+    action.sa_handler = sigchld_handler;
+
+    /* ### RACE CONDITION
+     * The sigaction function does a memcpy from an internal buffer
+     * to old_sigaction, which we use in the SIGCHLD handler. If a
+     * SIGCHLD is delivered before or during that memcpy, the handler will
+     * see an inconsistent state.
+     *
+     * There is no solution. pthread_sigmask doesn't work here because the
+     * signal could be delivered to another thread.
+     */
+    sigaction(SIGCHLD, &action, &old_sigaction);
+
+#ifndef O_NOSIGPIPE
+    /* disable SIGPIPE too */
+    ignore_sigpipe();
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+    atexit(cleanup);
+#endif
+
+    ffd_atomic_store(&forkfd_status, 1, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+}
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+__attribute((destructor, unused)) static void cleanup();
+#endif
+
+static void cleanup()
+{
+    BigArray *array;
+    /* This function is not thread-safe!
+     * It must only be called when the process is shutting down.
+     * At shutdown, we expect no one to be calling forkfd(), so we don't
+     * need to be thread-safe with what is done there.
+     *
+     * But SIGCHLD might be delivered to any thread, including this one.
+     * There's no way to prevent that. The correct solution would be to
+     * cooperatively delete. We don't do that.
+     */
+    if (ffd_atomic_load(&forkfd_status, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED) == 0)
+        return;
+
+    /* notify the handler that we're no longer in operation */
+    ffd_atomic_store(&forkfd_status, 0, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+
+    /* free any arrays we might have */
+    array = children.header.nextArray;
+    while (array != NULL) {
+        BigArray *next = array->header.nextArray;
+        free(array);
+        array = next;
+    }
+}
+
+static int create_pipe(int filedes[], int flags)
+{
+    int ret = -1;
+#ifdef HAVE_PIPE2
+    /* use pipe2(2) whenever possible, since it can thread-safely create a
+     * cloexec pair of pipes. Without it, we have a race condition setting
+     * FD_CLOEXEC
+     */
+
+#  ifdef O_NOSIGPIPE
+    /* try first with O_NOSIGPIPE */
+    ret = pipe2(filedes, O_CLOEXEC | O_NOSIGPIPE);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        /* O_NOSIGPIPE not supported, ignore SIGPIPE */
+        ignore_sigpipe();
+    }
+#  endif
+    if (ret == -1)
+        ret = pipe2(filedes, O_CLOEXEC);
+    if (ret == -1)
+        return ret;
+
+    if ((flags & FFD_CLOEXEC) == 0)
+        fcntl(filedes[0], F_SETFD, 0);
+#else
+    ret = pipe(filedes);
+    if (ret == -1)
+        return ret;
+
+    fcntl(filedes[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (flags & FFD_CLOEXEC)
+        fcntl(filedes[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+#endif
+    if (flags & FFD_NONBLOCK)
+        fcntl(filedes[0], F_SETFL, fcntl(filedes[0], F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+#if defined(FORKFD_NO_SPAWNFD) && defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD__ >= 9
+#  if __FreeBSD__ == 9
+/* PROCDESC is an optional feature in the kernel and wasn't enabled
+ * by default on FreeBSD 9. So we need to check for it at runtime. */
+static ffd_atomic_int system_has_forkfd = FFD_ATOMIC_INIT(1);
+#  else
+/* On FreeBSD 10, PROCDESC was enabled by default. On v11, it's not an option
+ * anymore and can't be disabled. */
+static const int system_has_forkfd = 1;
+#  endif
+
+static int system_forkfd(int flags, pid_t *ppid)
+{
+    int ret;
+    pid_t pid;
+    pid = pdfork(&ret, PD_DAEMON);
+    if (__builtin_expect(pid == -1, 0)) {
+#  if __FreeBSD__ == 9
+        if (errno == ENOSYS) {
+            /* PROCDESC wasn't compiled into the kernel: don't try it again. */
+            ffd_atomic_store(&system_has_forkfd, 0, FFD_ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+        }
+#  endif
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* child process */
+        return FFD_CHILD_PROCESS;
+    }
+
+    /* parent process */
+    if (flags & FFD_CLOEXEC)
+        fcntl(ret, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (flags & FFD_NONBLOCK)
+        fcntl(ret, F_SETFL, fcntl(ret, F_GETFL) | O_NONBLOCK);
+    if (ppid)
+        *ppid = pid;
+    return ret;
+}
+#else
+static const int system_has_forkfd = 0;
+static int system_forkfd(int flags, pid_t *ppid)
+{
+    (void)flags;
+    (void)ppid;
+    return -1;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef FORKFD_NO_FORKFD
+/**
+ * @brief forkfd returns a file descriptor representing a child process
+ * @return a file descriptor, or -1 in case of failure
+ *
+ * forkfd() creates a file descriptor that can be used to be notified of when a
+ * child process exits. This file descriptor can be monitored using select(2),
+ * poll(2) or similar mechanisms.
+ *
+ * The @a flags parameter can contain the following values ORed to change the
+ * behaviour of forkfd():
+ *
+ * @li @c FFD_NONBLOCK Set the O_NONBLOCK file status flag on the new open file
+ * descriptor. Using this flag saves extra calls to fnctl(2) to achieve the same
+ * result.
+ *
+ * @li @c FFD_CLOEXEC Set the close-on-exec (FD_CLOEXEC) flag on the new file
+ * descriptor. You probably want to set this flag, since forkfd() does not work
+ * if the original parent process dies.
+ *
+ * The file descriptor returned by forkfd() supports the following operations:
+ *
+ * @li read(2) When the child process exits, then the buffer supplied to
+ * read(2) is used to return information about the status of the child in the
+ * form of one @c siginfo_t structure. The buffer must be at least
+ * sizeof(siginfo_t) bytes. The return value of read(2) is the total number of
+ * bytes read.
+ *
+ * @li poll(2), select(2) (and similar) The file descriptor is readable (the
+ * select(2) readfds argument; the poll(2) POLLIN flag) if the child has exited
+ * or signalled via SIGCHLD.
+ *
+ * @li close(2) When the file descriptor is no longer required it should be closed.
+ */
+int forkfd(int flags, pid_t *ppid)
+{
+    Header *header;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+    pid_t pid;
+    int fd = -1;
+    int death_pipe[2];
+    int sync_pipe[2];
+    int ret;
+#ifdef __linux__
+    int efd;
+#endif
+
+    if (system_has_forkfd) {
+        ret = system_forkfd(flags, ppid);
+        if (system_has_forkfd)
+            return ret;
+    }
+
+    (void) pthread_once(&forkfd_initialization, forkfd_initialize);
+
+    info = allocateInfo(&header);
+    if (info == NULL) {
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* create the pipes before we fork */
+    if (create_pipe(death_pipe, flags) == -1)
+        goto err_free; /* failed to create the pipes, pass errno */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+    /* try using an eventfd, which consumes less resources */
+    efd = eventfd(0, EFD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (efd == -1)
+#endif
+    {
+        /* try a pipe */
+        if (create_pipe(sync_pipe, FFD_CLOEXEC) == -1) {
+            /* failed both at eventfd and pipe; fail and pass errno */
+            goto err_close;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* now fork */
+    pid = fork();
+    if (pid == -1)
+        goto err_close2; /* failed to fork, pass errno */
+    if (ppid)
+        *ppid = pid;
+
+    /*
+     * We need to store the child's PID in the info structure, so
+     * the SIGCHLD handler knows that this child is present and it
+     * knows the writing end of the pipe to pass information on.
+     * However, the child process could exit before we stored the
+     * information (or the handler could run for other children exiting).
+     * We prevent that from happening by blocking the child process in
+     * a read(2) until we're finished storing the information.
+     */
+    if (pid == 0) {
+        /* this is the child process */
+        /* first, wait for the all clear */
+#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+        if (efd != -1) {
+            eventfd_t val64;
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, eventfd_read(efd, &val64));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(efd));
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
+            char c;
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[1]));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, read(sync_pipe[0], &c, sizeof c));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[0]));
+        }
+
+        /* now close the pipes and return to the caller */
+        EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[0]));
+        EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[1]));
+        fd = FFD_CHILD_PROCESS;
+    } else {
+        /* parent process */
+        info->deathPipe = death_pipe[1];
+        fd = death_pipe[0];
+        ffd_atomic_store(&info->pid, pid, FFD_ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+        /* release the child */
+#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+        if (efd != -1) {
+            eventfd_t val64 = 42;
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, eventfd_write(efd, val64));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(efd));
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
+            /*
+             * Usually, closing would be enough to make read(2) return and the child process
+             * continue. We need to write here: another thread could be calling forkfd at the
+             * same time, which means auxpipe[1] might be open in another child process.
+             */
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[0]));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, write(sync_pipe[1], "", 1));
+            EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[1]));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return fd;
+
+err_close2:
+#ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD
+    if (efd != -1) {
+        EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(efd));
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[0]));
+        EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(sync_pipe[1]));
+    }
+err_close:
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[0]));
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[1]));
+err_free:
+    /* free the info pointer */
+    freeInfo(header, info);
+    return -1;
+}
+#endif // FORKFD_NO_FORKFD
+
+#if _POSIX_SPAWN > 0 && !defined(FORKFD_NO_SPAWNFD)
+int spawnfd(int flags, pid_t *ppid, const char *path, const posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actions,
+            posix_spawnattr_t *attrp, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+    Header *header;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+    struct pipe_payload payload;
+    pid_t pid;
+    int death_pipe[2];
+    int ret = -1;
+    /* we can only do work if we have a way to start the child in stopped mode;
+     * otherwise, we have a major race condition. */
+
+    assert(!system_has_forkfd);
+
+    (void) pthread_once(&forkfd_initialization, forkfd_initialize);
+
+    info = allocateInfo(&header);
+    if (info == NULL) {
+        errno = ENOMEM;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    /* create the pipe before we spawn */
+    if (create_pipe(death_pipe, flags) == -1)
+        goto err_free; /* failed to create the pipes, pass errno */
+
+    /* start the process */
+    if (flags & FFD_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH) {
+        /* use posix_spawnp */
+        if (posix_spawnp(&pid, path, file_actions, attrp, argv, envp) != 0)
+            goto err_close;
+    } else {
+        if (posix_spawn(&pid, path, file_actions, attrp, argv, envp) != 0)
+            goto err_close;
+    }
+
+    if (ppid)
+        *ppid = pid;
+
+    /* Store the child's PID in the info structure.
+     */
+    info->deathPipe = death_pipe[1];
+    ffd_atomic_store(&info->pid, pid, FFD_ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+
+    /* check if the child has already exited */
+    if (tryReaping(pid, &payload))
+        notifyAndFreeInfo(header, info, &payload);
+
+    ret = death_pipe[0];
+    return ret;
+
+err_close:
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[0]));
+    EINTR_LOOP(ret, close(death_pipe[1]));
+
+err_free:
+    /* free the info pointer */
+    freeInfo(header, info);
+
+out:
+    return -1;
+}
+#endif // _POSIX_SPAWN && !FORKFD_NO_SPAWNFD
+
+
+int forkfd_wait(int ffd, forkfd_info *info, struct rusage *rusage)
+{
+    struct pipe_payload payload;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (system_has_forkfd) {
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD__ >= 9
+        pid_t pid;
+        int status;
+        int options = WEXITED;
+
+        ret = pdgetpid(ffd, &pid);
+        if (ret == -1)
+            return ret;
+        ret = fcntl(ffd, F_GETFL);
+        if (ret == -1)
+            return ret;
+        options |= (ret & O_NONBLOCK) ? WNOHANG : 0;
+        ret = wait4(pid, &status, options, rusage);
+        if (ret != -1 && info)
+            convertStatusToForkfdInfo(status, info);
+        return ret == -1 ? -1 : 0;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    ret = read(ffd, &payload, sizeof(payload));
+    if (ret == -1)
+        return ret;     /* pass errno, probably EINTR, EBADF or EWOULDBLOCK */
+
+    assert(ret == sizeof(payload));
+    if (info)
+        *info = payload.info;
+    if (rusage)
+        *rusage = payload.rusage;
+
+    return 0;           /* success */
+}
+
+
+int forkfd_close(int ffd)
+{
+    return close(ffd);
+}