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Previously, a different process could create the lock between both calls to open(2) with the result that two processes access the same serial port. Fix this by specifying only opening the lock file with O_CREAT | O_EXCL. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
While at it remove the now outdated comment about kermit compatibility. It no longer applies to ckermit [1]. [1]: pengutronix#9 (comment) Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
If microcom crashes, e.g. due to the buffer underflow described in pengutronix#10, it may leave a stale lock file behind. Teach microcom detection of these stale lock files. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
In preparation for piping the log into a file, mark existing file descriptors so they are closed for exec'ing child processes. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
While microcom's stdout can be piped to another processes, it makes input somewhat of a hassle. Address this by teaching the --logfile option and the log command that a filename starting with a pipe character refers to an executable to start and pipe the input into. The child process shares stderr, but has stdout closed. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <[email protected]>
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commit "Set O_CLOEXEC on newly opened file descriptors" looks fine. Didn't look in detail at the second patch yet. But as there are some changes requested in #9 I won't merge as is anyhow. |
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This pull request is rebased on top of #9 to avoid the merge conflict. I'll rebase when the other one is merged.