Subject: bug#62334: [PATCH 2/3] Use /dev/null in piped-process if port is not backed by a fdes

From: Josselin Poiret <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 15:39:23 +0200

From: Josselin Poiret <[email-masked]>

* libguile/posix.c (piped_process): Open /dev/null to use as in/out/err
if the corresponding port is not backed by a file descriptor.
---
 libguile/posix.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libguile/posix.c b/libguile/posix.c
index 2969f1f24..f41a99efe 100644
--- a/libguile/posix.c
+++ b/libguile/posix.c
@@ -1558,10 +1558,22 @@ piped_process (pid_t *pid, SCM prog, SCM args, SCM from, SCM to)
 
     if (SCM_OPOUTFPORTP ((port = scm_current_error_port ())))
       err = SCM_FPORT_FDES (port);
-    if (out == -1 && SCM_OPOUTFPORTP ((port = scm_current_output_port ())))
-      out = SCM_FPORT_FDES (port);
-    if (in == -1 && SCM_OPINFPORTP ((port = scm_current_input_port ())))
-      in = SCM_FPORT_FDES (port);
+    else
+      err = open ("/dev/null", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+    if (out == -1)
+      {
+        if (SCM_OPOUTFPORTP ((port = scm_current_output_port ())))
+          out = SCM_FPORT_FDES (port);
+        else
+          out = open ("/dev/null", O_WRONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+      }
+    if (in == -1)
+      {
+        if (SCM_OPINFPORTP ((port = scm_current_input_port ())))
+          in = SCM_FPORT_FDES (port);
+        else
+          in = open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+      }
   }
 
   *pid = do_spawn (exec_file, exec_argv, exec_env, in, out, err, 1);
-- 
2.39.2