On Linux platforms this flag will make sure that file descriptor is leaked into potential child processes. While this is not a problem right now, it is considered to be good practice these days when dealing with file descriptors on the Linux platform. Signed-off-by: Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/utils/wpa_debug.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c index b412f88e3..9d159632d 100644 --- a/src/utils/wpa_debug.c +++ b/src/utils/wpa_debug.c @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ static int wpa_to_android_level(int level) #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> +#ifdef __linux__ +#include <fcntl.h> +#endif /* __linux__ */ static int out_fd = -1; static FILE *out_file = NULL; @@ -567,6 +570,14 @@ int wpa_debug_open_file(const char *path) return -1; } +#ifdef __linux__ + if (fcntl(out_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == -1) { + wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "wpa_debug_open_file: Failed to set O_CLOEXEC " + "on output file descriptor, using standard output"); + close(out_fd); + return -1; + } +#endif /* __linux__ */ #ifndef _WIN32 setvbuf(out_file, NULL, _IOLBF, 0); #endif /* _WIN32 */ -- 2.19.1 _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap