source: trunk/third/diffutils/waitpid.c @ 16149

/* Emulate waitpid on systems that just have wait.
   Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU DIFF.

GNU DIFF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

GNU DIFF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */

#include "system.h"

#define WAITPID_CHILDREN 8
static pid_t waited_pid[WAITPID_CHILDREN];
static int waited_status[WAITPID_CHILDREN];

pid_t
waitpid (pid, stat_loc, options)
     pid_t pid;
     int *stat_loc;
     int options;
{
  int i;
  pid_t p;

  if (!options  &&  (0 < pid || pid == -1))
    {
      /* If we have already waited for this child, return it immediately.  */
      for (i = 0;  i < WAITPID_CHILDREN;  i++)
        {
          p = waited_pid[i];
          if (p  &&  (p == pid  ||  pid == -1))
            {
              waited_pid[i] = 0;
              goto success;
            }
        }

      /* The child has not returned yet; wait for it, accumulating status.  */
      for (i = 0;  i < WAITPID_CHILDREN;  i++)
        if (! waited_pid[i])
          {
            p = wait (&waited_status[i]);
            if (p < 0)
              return p;
            if (p == pid  ||  pid == -1)
              goto success;
            waited_pid[i] = p;
          }
    }

  /* We cannot emulate this wait call, e.g. because of too many children.  */
  abort ();

success:
  if (stat_loc)
    *stat_loc = waited_status[i];
  return p;
}