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-rw-r--r--miscutils/setsid.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/setsid.c b/miscutils/setsid.c
index d7de1f1..fd3283e 100644
--- a/miscutils/setsid.c
+++ b/miscutils/setsid.c
@@ -25,11 +25,24 @@ int setsid_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
/* setsid() is allowed only when we are not a process group leader.
* Otherwise our PID serves as PGID of some existing process group
* and cannot be used as PGID of a new process group. */
- if (getpgrp() == getpid())
- if (fork_or_rexec(argv))
- exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* parent */
+ if (setsid() < 0) {
+ pid_t pid = fork_or_rexec(argv);
+ if (pid != 0) {
+ /* parent */
+ /* TODO:
+ * we can waitpid(pid, &status, 0) and then even
+ * emulate exitcode, making the behavior consistent
+ * in both forked and non forked cases.
+ * However, the code is larger and upstream
+ * does not do such trick.
+ */
+ exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+ }
- setsid(); /* no error possible */
+ /* child */
+ /* now there should be no error: */
+ setsid();
+ }
BB_EXECVP(argv[1], argv + 1);
bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(argv[1]);