sysdeps/mach/hurd/pipe.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  18
  19 #include <errno.h>
  20 #include <sys/socket.h>
  21 #include <sys/stat.h>
  22
  23 /* Create a one-way communication channel (pipe).
  24    Actually the channel is two-way on the Hurd.
  25    If successful, two file descriptors are stored in FDS;
  26    bytes written on FDS[1] can be read from FDS[0].
  27    Returns 0 if successful, -1 if not.  */
  28 int
  29 __pipe (int fds[2])
  30 {
  31   int save_errno = errno;
  32   int result;
  33
  34   /* The magic S_IFIFO protocol tells the pflocal server to create
  35      sockets which report themselves as FIFOs, as POSIX requires for
  36      pipes.  */
  37   result = __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, S_IFIFO, fds);
  38   if (result == -1 && errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT)
  39     {
  40       /* We contacted an "old" pflocal server that doesn't support the
  41          magic S_IFIFO protocol.
  42          FIXME: Remove this junk somewhere in the future.  */
  43       __set_errno (save_errno);
  44       return __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds);
  45     }
  46
  47   return result;
  48 }
  49
  50 weak_alias (__pipe, pipe)