Sorry for the delay, On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:45:51 -0700 Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > int run_ext_program(const char *cmd, > - void (*callback)(void *data, int result), void *data) > + void (*callback)(void *data, int result), void *data, > + char *output, int op_len) We might want to run the program asynchronously? We don't need to support the feature now but adding the flags argument for it might be nice? > { > pid_t pid; > - int fds[2], ret; > - struct ext_prog_info *ex; > - ssize_t ignored; > - > - ex = zalloc(sizeof(*ex)); > - if (!ex) > - return -ENOMEM; > + int fds[2], ret, i; > + char *pos, arg[256]; > + char *argv[sizeof(arg) / 2]; > + > + i = 0; > + pos = arg; > + str_spacecpy(&pos, cmd); > + if (strchr(cmd, ' ')) { > + while (pos != '\0') > + argv[i++] = strsep(&pos, " "); > + } else > + argv[i++] = arg; > + argv[i] = NULL; > > ret = pipe(fds); > - if (ret < 0) { > - free(ex); > + if (ret < 0) > return ret; > - } > > eprintf("%d %d\n", fds[0], fds[1]); > > - ex->callback = callback; > - ex->data = data; > - > - tgt_event_add(fds[0], EPOLLIN, run_ext_callback, ex); > - > pid = fork(); > if (pid < 0) > return pid; > > if (!pid) { > - ret = system(cmd); > - ignored = write(fds[1], &ret, sizeof(ret)); > - return 0; > + close(1); > + dup(fds[1]); > + close(fds[0]); > + ret = execv(argv[0], argv); > + exit(-1); > + } else { > + close(fds[1]); > + waitpid(pid, &i, 0); > + ret = read(fds[0], output, op_len); > + if (ret < 0) > + eprintf("failed to get the output from <%s>.", cmd); > + > + if (callback) > + callback(data, WEXITSTATUS(i)); > + close(fds[0]); > } > > - close(fds[1]); > - > return 0; > } > > Index: tgt-1.0.8/usr/tgtd.h > =================================================================== > --- tgt-1.0.8.orig/usr/tgtd.h > +++ tgt-1.0.8/usr/tgtd.h > @@ -335,5 +335,8 @@ struct event_data { > }; > > int run_ext_program(const char *cmd, > - void (*callback)(void *data, int result), void *data); > + void (*callback)(void *data, int result), void *data, > + char *output, int op_len); > +#define call_program(cmd, output, len) \ > + run_ext_program(cmd, NULL, NULL, output, len) > #endif I think that you can simply rename the function since nobody uses run_ext_program(). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html