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1 /* Create a pipe, with specific opening flags.
2 Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
15 with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 #include <config.h>
19 /* Specification. */
20 #include <unistd.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
23 #include <fcntl.h>
25 #include "binary-io.h"
26 #include "verify.h"
28 #if GNULIB_defined_O_NONBLOCK
29 # include "nonblocking.h"
30 #endif
32 #if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
33 /* Native Windows API. */
35 # include <io.h>
37 #endif
39 int
40 pipe2 (int fd[2], int flags)
42 /* Mingw _pipe() corrupts fd on failure; also, if we succeed at
43 creating the pipe but later fail at changing fcntl, we want
44 to leave fd unchanged: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=467 */
45 int tmp[2];
46 tmp[0] = fd[0];
47 tmp[1] = fd[1];
49 #if HAVE_PIPE2
50 # undef pipe2
51 /* Try the system call first, if it exists. (We may be running with a glibc
52 that has the function but with an older kernel that lacks it.) */
54 /* Cache the information whether the system call really exists. */
55 static int have_pipe2_really; /* 0 = unknown, 1 = yes, -1 = no */
56 if (have_pipe2_really >= 0)
58 int result = pipe2 (fd, flags);
59 if (!(result < 0 && errno == ENOSYS))
61 have_pipe2_really = 1;
62 return result;
64 have_pipe2_really = -1;
67 #endif
69 /* Check the supported flags. */
70 if ((flags & ~(O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK | O_BINARY | O_TEXT)) != 0)
72 errno = EINVAL;
73 return -1;
76 #if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
77 /* Native Windows API. */
79 if (_pipe (fd, 4096, flags & ~O_NONBLOCK) < 0)
81 fd[0] = tmp[0];
82 fd[1] = tmp[1];
83 return -1;
86 /* O_NONBLOCK handling.
87 On native Windows platforms, O_NONBLOCK is defined by gnulib. Use the
88 functions defined by the gnulib module 'nonblocking'. */
89 # if GNULIB_defined_O_NONBLOCK
90 if (flags & O_NONBLOCK)
92 if (set_nonblocking_flag (fd[0], true) != 0
93 || set_nonblocking_flag (fd[1], true) != 0)
94 goto fail;
96 # else
98 verify (O_NONBLOCK == 0);
100 # endif
102 return 0;
104 #else
105 /* Unix API. */
107 if (pipe (fd) < 0)
108 return -1;
110 /* POSIX <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pipe.html>
111 says that initially, the O_NONBLOCK and FD_CLOEXEC flags are cleared on
112 both fd[0] and fd[1]. */
114 /* O_NONBLOCK handling.
115 On Unix platforms, O_NONBLOCK is defined by the system. Use fcntl(). */
116 if (flags & O_NONBLOCK)
118 int fcntl_flags;
120 if ((fcntl_flags = fcntl (fd[1], F_GETFL, 0)) < 0
121 || fcntl (fd[1], F_SETFL, fcntl_flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1
122 || (fcntl_flags = fcntl (fd[0], F_GETFL, 0)) < 0
123 || fcntl (fd[0], F_SETFL, fcntl_flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1)
124 goto fail;
127 if (flags & O_CLOEXEC)
129 int fcntl_flags;
131 if ((fcntl_flags = fcntl (fd[1], F_GETFD, 0)) < 0
132 || fcntl (fd[1], F_SETFD, fcntl_flags | FD_CLOEXEC) == -1
133 || (fcntl_flags = fcntl (fd[0], F_GETFD, 0)) < 0
134 || fcntl (fd[0], F_SETFD, fcntl_flags | FD_CLOEXEC) == -1)
135 goto fail;
138 # if O_BINARY
139 if (flags & O_BINARY)
141 set_binary_mode (fd[1], O_BINARY);
142 set_binary_mode (fd[0], O_BINARY);
144 else if (flags & O_TEXT)
146 set_binary_mode (fd[1], O_TEXT);
147 set_binary_mode (fd[0], O_TEXT);
149 # endif
151 return 0;
153 #endif
155 #if GNULIB_defined_O_NONBLOCK || \
156 !((defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__)
157 fail:
159 int saved_errno = errno;
160 close (fd[0]);
161 close (fd[1]);
162 fd[0] = tmp[0];
163 fd[1] = tmp[1];
164 errno = saved_errno;
165 return -1;
167 #endif