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-rw-r--r--src/shared/pager.c47
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/pager.c b/src/shared/pager.c
index cdf6609a8..1f0d0b887 100644
--- a/src/shared/pager.c
+++ b/src/shared/pager.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static bool stderr_redirected = false;
int pager_open(bool no_pager, bool jump_to_end) {
_cleanup_close_pair_ int fd[2] = { -1, -1 };
const char *pager;
- pid_t parent_pid;
+ int r;
if (no_pager)
return 0;
@@ -89,18 +89,13 @@ int pager_open(bool no_pager, bool jump_to_end) {
if (pipe2(fd, O_CLOEXEC) < 0)
return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to create pager pipe: %m");
- parent_pid = getpid_cached();
-
- pager_pid = fork();
- if (pager_pid < 0)
- return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork pager: %m");
-
- /* In the child start the pager */
- if (pager_pid == 0) {
+ r = safe_fork("(pager)", FORK_RESET_SIGNALS|FORK_DEATHSIG, &pager_pid);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to fork pager: %m");
+ if (r == 0) {
const char* less_opts, *less_charset;
- (void) reset_all_signal_handlers();
- (void) reset_signal_mask();
+ /* In the child start the pager */
(void) dup2(fd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
safe_close_pair(fd);
@@ -124,15 +119,6 @@ int pager_open(bool no_pager, bool jump_to_end) {
setenv("LESSCHARSET", less_charset, 1) < 0)
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- /* Make sure the pager goes away when the parent dies */
- if (prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGTERM) < 0)
- _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-
- /* Check whether our parent died before we were able
- * to set the death signal */
- if (getppid() != parent_pid)
- _exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
if (pager) {
execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
@@ -223,24 +209,11 @@ int show_man_page(const char *desc, bool null_stdio) {
} else
args[1] = desc;
- pid = fork();
- if (pid < 0)
- return log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to fork: %m");
-
- if (pid == 0) {
+ r = safe_fork("(man)", FORK_RESET_SIGNALS|FORK_DEATHSIG|(null_stdio ? FORK_NULL_STDIO : 0), &pid);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to fork: %m");
+ if (r == 0) {
/* Child */
-
- (void) reset_all_signal_handlers();
- (void) reset_signal_mask();
-
- if (null_stdio) {
- r = make_null_stdio();
- if (r < 0) {
- log_error_errno(r, "Failed to kill stdio: %m");
- _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
- }
-
execvp(args[0], (char**) args);
log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execute man: %m");
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);