dup3() allows setting O_CLOEXEC which we are not interested in. However,
it also fails if called with the same fd as input and output, which is
something we don't want. Hence use dup2().
Also, we need to explicitly turn off O_CLOEXEC for the fds, in case the
input fd was O_CLOEXEC and < 3.
- r = dup3(fd, STDIN_FILENO, 0);
- s = dup3(fd, STDOUT_FILENO, 0);
- t = dup3(fd, STDERR_FILENO, 0);
+ r = dup2(fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+ s = dup2(fd, STDOUT_FILENO);
+ t = dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO);
if (fd >= 3)
safe_close(fd);
if (fd >= 3)
safe_close(fd);
if (r < 0 || s < 0 || t < 0)
return -errno;
if (r < 0 || s < 0 || t < 0)
return -errno;
- /* We rely here that the new fd has O_CLOEXEC not set */
+ /* Explicitly unset O_CLOEXEC, since if fd was < 3, then
+ * dup2() was a NOP and the bit hence possibly set. */
+ fd_cloexec(STDIN_FILENO, false);
+ fd_cloexec(STDOUT_FILENO, false);
+ fd_cloexec(STDERR_FILENO, false);