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-rw-r--r--libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index 1567d89be..2c4c930b2 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ int run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_no, char **
memcpy(tmp_argv, argv, (argc+1) * sizeof(tmp_argv[0]));
/* Finally we can call NOFORK applet's main() */
rc = applet_main[applet_no](argc, tmp_argv);
+
+ /* The whole reason behind nofork_save_area is that <applet>_main
+ * may exit non-locally! For example, in hush Ctrl-Z tries to
+ * (modulo bugs) to dynamically create child (backgrounded task)
+ * if it detects that Ctrl-Z was pressed when a NOFORK was running!
+ * Testcase: interactive "rm -i".
+ * Don't fool yourself into thinking "and <applet>_main() returns
+ * quickly here" and removing "useless" nofork_save_area code. */
+
} else { /* xfunc died in NOFORK applet */
/* in case they meant to return 0... */
if (rc == -2222)
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ int run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_no, char **
/* Restoring globals */
restore_nofork_data(old);
- return rc;
+ return rc & 0xff; /* don't confuse people with "exitcodes" >255 */
}
int run_nofork_applet(int applet_no, char **argv)