/*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
*
* Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
*/
goto again;
return ret;
}
+
+/**
+ * Ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are valid.
+ *
+ * Common approach that opens /dev/null until it gets a file descriptor greater
+ * than two.
+ *
+ * \sa okir's Black Hats Manual.
+ */
+void valid_fd_012(void)
+{
+ while (1) {
+ int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ if (fd > 2) {
+ close(fd);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+}