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-rw-r--r--miscutils/conspy.c5
-rw-r--r--miscutils/crontab.c8
-rw-r--r--miscutils/time.c4
-rw-r--r--miscutils/timeout.c4
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/conspy.c b/miscutils/conspy.c
index 3f341ce..509a0f2 100644
--- a/miscutils/conspy.c
+++ b/miscutils/conspy.c
@@ -309,10 +309,7 @@ static void create_cdev_if_doesnt_exist(const char* name, dev_t dev)
static NOINLINE void start_shell_in_child(const char* tty_name)
{
- int pid = vfork();
- if (pid < 0) {
- bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
- }
+ int pid = xvfork();
if (pid == 0) {
struct termios termchild;
char *shell = getenv("SHELL");
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 5557bc4..b8a5abc 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
{
const char *ptr;
- int pid = vfork();
+ int pid = xvfork();
- if (pid < 0) /* failure */
- bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
if (pid) { /* parent */
wait4pid(pid);
return;
@@ -51,9 +49,7 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
pid_t pid;
char c;
- pid = vfork();
- if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
- bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+ pid = xvfork();
if (pid) { /* PARENT */
if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
/* exitcode 0: child says it can read */
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 5cfbcef..9facc36 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,9 +372,7 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
void (*quit_signal)(int);
resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_ms();
- pid = vfork();
- if (pid < 0)
- bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+ pid = xvfork();
if (pid == 0) {
/* Child */
BB_EXECVP_or_die((char**)cmd);
diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index f6e655a..48b8d8f 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
sv1 = argv[optind];
sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
#endif
- pid = vfork();
- if (pid < 0)
- bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+ pid = xvfork();
if (pid == 0) {
/* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
parent = getppid();