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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/build.cc27
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/local-store.cc21
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/local-store.hh4
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 6def0c1c5481..3e67e55d4a22 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ HookInstance::HookInstance()
     builderOut.create();
 
     /* Fork the hook. */
-    pid = fork();
+    pid = maybeVfork();
     switch (pid) {
 
     case -1:
@@ -2662,8 +2662,19 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
     if (pathExists(destPath))
         deletePathWrapped(destPath);
 
+    worker.store.setSubstituterEnv();
+
+    /* Fill in the arguments. */
+    Strings args;
+    args.push_back(baseNameOf(sub));
+    args.push_back("--substitute");
+    args.push_back(storePath);
+    args.push_back(destPath);
+    const char * * argArr = strings2CharPtrs(args);
+
     /* Fork the substitute program. */
-    pid = fork();
+    pid = maybeVfork();
+
     switch (pid) {
 
     case -1:
@@ -2677,18 +2688,6 @@ void SubstitutionGoal::tryToRun()
             if (dup2(outPipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
                 throw SysError("cannot dup output pipe into stdout");
 
-            /* Pass configuration options (including those overriden
-               with --option) to the substituter. */
-            setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", settings.pack().c_str(), 1);
-
-            /* Fill in the arguments. */
-            Strings args;
-            args.push_back(baseNameOf(sub));
-            args.push_back("--substitute");
-            args.push_back(storePath);
-            args.push_back(destPath);
-            const char * * argArr = strings2CharPtrs(args);
-
             execv(sub.c_str(), (char * *) argArr);
 
             throw SysError(format("executing `%1%'") % sub);
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index d6cdd10d6f88..b4fc64d712fa 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ void checkStoreNotSymlink()
 
 
 LocalStore::LocalStore(bool reserveSpace)
+    : didSetSubstituterEnv(false)
 {
     schemaPath = settings.nixDBPath + "/schema";
 
@@ -943,6 +944,18 @@ Path LocalStore::queryPathFromHashPart(const string & hashPart)
 }
 
 
+void LocalStore::setSubstituterEnv()
+{
+    if (didSetSubstituterEnv) return;
+
+    /* Pass configuration options (including those overriden with
+       --option) to substituters. */
+    setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", settings.pack().c_str(), 1);
+
+    didSetSubstituterEnv = true;
+}
+
+
 void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter & run)
 {
     if (run.pid != -1) return;
@@ -955,7 +968,9 @@ void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter &
     fromPipe.create();
     errorPipe.create();
 
-    run.pid = fork();
+    setSubstituterEnv();
+
+    run.pid = maybeVfork();
 
     switch (run.pid) {
 
@@ -964,10 +979,6 @@ void LocalStore::startSubstituter(const Path & substituter, RunningSubstituter &
 
     case 0: /* child */
         try {
-            /* Pass configuration options (including those overriden
-               with --option) to the substituter. */
-            setenv("_NIX_OPTIONS", settings.pack().c_str(), 1);
-
             if (dup2(toPipe.readSide, STDIN_FILENO) == -1)
                 throw SysError("dupping stdin");
             if (dup2(fromPipe.writeSide, STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
index 8d745cfb835e..ebf3f6e2b4e7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.hh
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ public:
 
     void markContentsGood(const Path & path);
 
+    void setSubstituterEnv();
+
 private:
 
     Path schemaPath;
@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ private:
     /* Cache for pathContentsGood(). */
     std::map<Path, bool> pathContentsGoodCache;
 
+    bool didSetSubstituterEnv;
+
     int getSchema();
 
     void openDB(bool create);