--- /dev/null
+/*
+ This file is part of GNUnet.
+ Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Christian Grothoff
+ Copyright (C) 2019 GNUnet e.V.
+
+ GNUnet is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
+ or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL3.0-or-later
+*/
+
+#include "platform.h"
+
+//
+// FIXME: These functions are copied from dns/gnunet-helper-dns.c,
+// move them into a common library. Or think about implementing a even
+// more elaborate version.
+//
+
+/**
+ * Open '/dev/null' and make the result the given
+ * file descriptor.
+ *
+ * @param target_fd desired FD to point to /dev/null
+ * @param flags open flags (O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY)
+ */
+static void
+open_dev_null (int target_fd,
+ int flags)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open ("/dev/null", flags);
+ if (-1 == fd)
+ abort ();
+ if (fd == target_fd)
+ return;
+ if (-1 == dup2 (fd, target_fd))
+ {
+ (void) close (fd);
+ abort ();
+ }
+ (void) close (fd);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run the given command and wait for it to complete.
+ *
+ * @param file name of the binary to run
+ * @param cmd command line arguments (as given to 'execv')
+ * @return 0 on success, 1 on any error
+ */
+static int
+fork_and_exec (const char *file,
+ char *const cmd[])
+{
+ int status;
+ pid_t pid;
+ pid_t ret;
+
+ pid = fork ();
+ if (-1 == pid)
+ {
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "fork failed: %s\n",
+ strerror (errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if (0 == pid)
+ {
+ /* we are the child process */
+ /* close stdin/stdout to not cause interference
+ with the helper's main protocol! */
+ (void) close (0);
+ open_dev_null (0, O_RDONLY);
+ (void) close (1);
+ open_dev_null (1, O_WRONLY);
+ (void) execv (file, cmd);
+ /* can only get here on error */
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "exec `%s' failed: %s\n",
+ file,
+ strerror (errno));
+ _exit (1);
+ }
+ /* keep running waitpid as long as the only error we get is 'EINTR' */
+ while ( (-1 == (ret = waitpid (pid, &status, 0))) &&
+ (errno == EINTR) );
+ if (-1 == ret)
+ {
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "waitpid failed: %s\n",
+ strerror (errno));
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if (! (WIFEXITED (status) && (0 == WEXITSTATUS (status))))
+ return 1;
+ /* child process completed and returned success, we're happy */
+ return 0;
+}
+