Standardized routines for forking processes (keeps all the specialized code in one place).

git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@114188 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asterisk/app.h b/include/asterisk/app.h
index 7c66d47a1..12d41d7dd 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/app.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/app.h
@@ -480,6 +480,15 @@ int ast_record_review(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char
 /*! \brief Decode an encoded control or extended ASCII character */
 int ast_get_encoded_char(const char *stream, char *result, size_t *consumed);
 
+/*! \brief Common routine for child processes, to close all fds prior to exec(2) */
+void ast_close_fds_above_n(int n);
+
+/*! \brief Common routine to safely fork without a chance of a signal handler firing badly in the child */
+int ast_safe_fork(int stop_reaper);
+
+/*! \brief Common routine to cleanup after fork'ed process is complete (if reaping was stopped) */
+void ast_safe_fork_cleanup(void);
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asterisk/logger.h b/include/asterisk/logger.h
index d76aa932f..5ea81aca8 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/logger.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/logger.h
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ void ast_queue_log(const char *queuename, const char *callid, const char *agent,
 void ast_verbose(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
+void ast_child_verbose(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
+	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+
 int ast_register_verbose(void (*verboser)(const char *string));
 int ast_unregister_verbose(void (*verboser)(const char *string));