From: Eric Wong Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:29:28 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] run-command: don't die in child when duping /dev/null Message-ID: <20170413192928.GA6129@whir> In-Reply-To: <20170413183252.4713-5-bmwill@google.com> Brandon Williams wrote: > @@ -487,7 +483,7 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) > atexit(notify_parent); > > if (cmd->no_stdin) > - dup_devnull(0); > + dup2(null_fd, 0); I prefer we keep error checking for dup2 failures, and also add more error checking for unchecked dup2 calls. Can be a separate patch, I suppose. Ditto for other dup2 changes > @@ -558,6 +554,8 @@ int start_command(struct child_process *cmd) > } > close(notify_pipe[0]); > > + if (null_fd > 0) > + close(null_fd); I would prefer: if (null_fd >= 0) here, even if we currently do not release stdin. > argv_array_clear(&argv); > free(childenv);