glibc/sysdeps/mach/hurd/pipe.c

/* Copyright (C) 1992-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>

/* Create a one-way communication channel (pipe).
   Actually the channel is two-way on the Hurd.
   If successful, two file descriptors are stored in FDS;
   bytes written on FDS[1] can be read from FDS[0].
   Returns 0 if successful, -1 if not.  */
int
__pipe (int fds[2])
{
  int save_errno = errno;
  int result;

  /* The magic S_IFIFO protocol tells the pflocal server to create
     sockets which report themselves as FIFOs, as POSIX requires for
     pipes.  */
  result = __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, S_IFIFO, fds);
  if (result == -1 && errno == EPROTONOSUPPORT)
    {
      /* We contacted an "old" pflocal server that doesn't support the
         magic S_IFIFO protocol.
	 FIXME: Remove this junk somewhere in the future.  */
      __set_errno (save_errno);
      return __socketpair (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds);
    }

  return result;
}
libc_hidden_def (__pipe)
weak_alias (__pipe, pipe)