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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2017-04-21 10:40:56 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2017-04-25 08:51:12 -0300
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[BZ 21340] add support for POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID
This patch adds support for the POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID flag. It was recently accepted by the Austin Group: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1044 Checked on x86_64 Daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com> Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> [BZ #21340] * posix/Makefile (tests): Add tst-posix_spawn-setsid to list of tests. * posix/spawn.h: define POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID flag. * posix/spawnattr_setflags.c (ALL_FLAGS): Add POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID to valid flags. * posix/tst-posix_spawn-setsid.c: Add test for POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID. * sysdeps/mach/hurd/spawni.c (__spawni): Implementation of POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID. * sysdeps/posix/spawni.c (__spawni): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c (__spawni_child): Likewise. * NEWS: Add note about POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID support.
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@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ Version 2.26
* The legacy cfree function has been removed. Applications should use the
free function instead.
+* posix_spawnattr_setflags now supports POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID flag to create a
+ new session ID for the posix_spawn and posix_spawnp. It is scheduled to
+ be added on next major revision of POSIX, so current support is enabled
+ with _GNU_SOURCE.
+
Security related changes:
* The DNS stub resolver limits the advertised UDP buffer size to 1200 bytes,