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-rw-r--r--base/process_util.h9
-rw-r--r--base/process_util_posix.cc35
2 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/base/process_util.h b/base/process_util.h
index 3e758d4..9f66669 100644
--- a/base/process_util.h
+++ b/base/process_util.h
@@ -286,6 +286,15 @@ BASE_API bool LaunchAppInNewProcessGroup(
bool wait,
ProcessHandle* process_handle);
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+// Similar to LaunchApp variants above except uses clone(.. clone_flags ..)
+// rather than fork(). This is useful for work inside the setuid sandbox.
+BASE_API bool LaunchAppWithClone(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
+ const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
+ bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle,
+ int clone_flags);
+#endif
+
// AlterEnvironment returns a modified environment vector, constructed from the
// given environment and the list of changes given in |changes|. Each key in
// the environment is matched against the first element of the pairs. In the
diff --git a/base/process_util_posix.cc b/base/process_util_posix.cc
index a2398ed..b41ca4b 100644
--- a/base/process_util_posix.cc
+++ b/base/process_util_posix.cc
@@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ bool LaunchAppImpl(
const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
bool wait,
ProcessHandle* process_handle,
- bool start_new_process_group) {
+ bool start_new_process_group,
+ bool use_clone,
+ int clone_flags) {
pid_t pid;
InjectiveMultimap fd_shuffle1, fd_shuffle2;
fd_shuffle1.reserve(fds_to_remap.size());
@@ -516,7 +518,15 @@ bool LaunchAppImpl(
scoped_array<char*> argv_cstr(new char*[argv.size() + 1]);
scoped_array<char*> new_environ(AlterEnvironment(env_changes, environ));
- pid = fork();
+ if (use_clone) {
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+ pid = syscall(__NR_clone, clone_flags, 0, 0, 0);
+#else
+ NOTREACHED() << "Tried to use clone() on non-Linux system.";
+#endif
+ } else {
+ pid = fork();
+ }
if (pid < 0) {
PLOG(ERROR) << "fork";
return false;
@@ -617,7 +627,10 @@ bool LaunchApp(
bool wait,
ProcessHandle* process_handle) {
return LaunchAppImpl(argv, env_changes, fds_to_remap,
- wait, process_handle, false);
+ wait, process_handle,
+ false, // don't start new process group
+ false, // don't use clone()
+ 0); // clone flags
}
bool LaunchAppInNewProcessGroup(
@@ -627,7 +640,21 @@ bool LaunchAppInNewProcessGroup(
bool wait,
ProcessHandle* process_handle) {
return LaunchAppImpl(argv, env_changes, fds_to_remap, wait,
- process_handle, true);
+ process_handle,
+ true, // start new process group
+ false, // don't use clone()
+ 0); // clone flags
+}
+
+BASE_API bool LaunchAppWithClone(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,
+ const file_handle_mapping_vector& fds_to_remap,
+ bool wait, ProcessHandle* process_handle,
+ int clone_flags) {
+ base::environment_vector no_env;
+ return LaunchAppImpl(argv, no_env, fds_to_remap, wait, process_handle,
+ false, // don't start new process group
+ true, // use clone()
+ clone_flags);
}
bool LaunchApp(const std::vector<std::string>& argv,