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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2014-12-10T15·35+0100
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2014-12-10T16·25+0100
commit0e8fc118b3d2d3bb6f9b0a918bf8ceb3927774cd (patch)
tree5f022418fc293841c649dceacd26e88e8a464c57 /src/libutil/util.hh
parentb5ed5b6e666e9d1e23b7cbc815684bfef52c3d41 (diff)
Use vfork
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libutil/util.hh')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 628b8a0e1f09..09eb4d6e2b5e 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -269,8 +269,16 @@ void killUser(uid_t uid);
 
 /* Fork a process that runs the given function, and return the child
    pid to the caller. */
-pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, bool dieWithParent = true,
-    const string & errorPrefix = "error: ", bool runExitHandlers = false);
+struct ProcessOptions
+{
+    string errorPrefix;
+    bool dieWithParent;
+    bool runExitHandlers;
+    bool allowVfork;
+    ProcessOptions() : errorPrefix("error: "), dieWithParent(true), runExitHandlers(false), allowVfork(true) { };
+};
+
+pid_t startProcess(std::function<void()> fun, const ProcessOptions & options = ProcessOptions());
 
 
 /* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the