On 03 May 2015 00:39, Gabriel Corona wrote:
> +static int open_shell_command(char* command)

const, and the * should be next to "command", not "char"

> +  res = socketpair(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sockets);

space before the "(" -- this comes up a lot in your patch

> +  else if (child == 0)
> +    {
> +      if (close (sockets[0]) < 0)
> +	exit (1);
> +      if (dup2 (sockets[1], 0) < 0 || dup2 (sockets[1], 1) < 0)
> +	exit (1);

why not use error() instead of exit(1) ?

shouldn't you close sockets[1] after the dup2 ?

> +      res = fork ();
> +      if (res < 0)
> +	exit (1);
> +      if (res != 0)
> +	exit (0);

the double fork could use a comment

> +    {
> +      signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
> +      while ((pid = waitpid (child, NULL, 0)) < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> +      if (pid < 0)
> +	error ("Could not wait for child.");
> +      close (sockets[1]);
> +      return sockets[0];

shouldn't this close sockets[1] before anything else ?
-mike