[PATCH 4/5] Use run_command() to spawn external diff programs instead of fork/exec.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
---
diff.c | 38 +++-----------------------------------
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 0bd7e24..29dfa82 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include "xdiff-interface.h"
#include "color.h"
#include "attr.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
#ifdef NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
#define FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY 0
@@ -1748,40 +1749,6 @@ static void remove_tempfile_on_signal(int signo)
raise(signo);
}
-static int spawn_prog(const char *pgm, const char **arg)
-{
- pid_t pid;
- int status;
-
- fflush(NULL);
- pid = fork();
- if (pid < 0)
- die("unable to fork");
- if (!pid) {
- execvp(pgm, (char *const*) arg);
- exit(255);
- }
-
- while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) < 0) {
- if (errno == EINTR)
- continue;
- return -1;
- }
-
- /* Earlier we did not check the exit status because
- * diff exits non-zero if files are different, and
- * we are not interested in knowing that. It was a
- * mistake which made it harder to quit a diff-*
- * session that uses the git-apply-patch-script as
- * the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF. A custom GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF
- * should also exit non-zero only when it wants to
- * abort the entire diff-* session.
- */
- if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status))
- return 0;
- return -1;
-}
-
/* An external diff command takes:
*
* diff-cmd name infile1 infile1-sha1 infile1-mode \
@@ -1834,7 +1801,8 @@ static void run_external_diff(const char *pgm,
*arg++ = name;
}
*arg = NULL;
- retval = spawn_prog(pgm, spawn_arg);
+ fflush(NULL);
+ retval = run_command_v_opt(spawn_arg, 0);
remove_tempfile();
if (retval) {
fprintf(stderr, "external diff died, stopping at %s.\n", name);
--
1.5.3.3.1134.gee562
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>