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Diffstat (limited to 'unix')
| -rw-r--r-- | unix/tclUnixPipe.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixPipe.c b/unix/tclUnixPipe.c index 8a20bcc..c177f67 100644 --- a/unix/tclUnixPipe.c +++ b/unix/tclUnixPipe.c @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. * - * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUnixPipe.c,v 1.34 2006/07/20 06:17:39 das Exp $ + * RCS: @(#) $Id: tclUnixPipe.c,v 1.35 2006/08/02 20:04:11 das Exp $ */ #include "tclInt.h" @@ -428,6 +428,23 @@ TclpCreateProcess( newArgv[i] = Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(NULL, argv[i], -1, &dsArray[i]); } +#ifdef USE_VFORK + /* + * After vfork(), do not call code in the child that changes global state, + * because it is using the parent's memory space at that point and writes + * might corrupt the parent: so ensure standard channels are initialized in + * the parent, otherwise SetupStdFile() might initialize them in the child. + */ + if (!inputFile) { + Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDIN); + } + if (!outputFile) { + Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT); + } + if (!errorFile) { + Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR); + } +#endif pid = fork(); if (pid == 0) { int joinThisError = errorFile && (errorFile == outputFile); |