2003-04-23 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / ser-pipe.c

diff --git a/gdb/ser-pipe.c b/gdb/ser-pipe.c
index 669094116582c8d8612ab2db3e91dd60d2660778..bca0e54e4bab95eb834e2229f6dc1d1ac228ccd2 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ser-pipe.c
+++ b/gdb/ser-pipe.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Serial interface for a pipe to a separate program
-   Copyright 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Contributed by Cygnus Solutions.
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 
-static int pipe_open (serial_t scb, const char *name);
-static void pipe_close (serial_t scb);
+static int pipe_open (struct serial *scb, const char *name);
+static void pipe_close (struct serial *scb);
 
 extern void _initialize_ser_pipe (void);
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct pipe_state
 /* Open up a raw pipe */
 
 static int
-pipe_open (serial_t scb, const char *name)
+pipe_open (struct serial *scb, const char *name)
 {
 #if !HAVE_SOCKETPAIR
   return -1;
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ pipe_open (serial_t scb, const char *name)
   if (socketpair (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, pdes) < 0)
     return -1;
 
+  /* Create the child process to run the command in.  Note that the
+     apparent call to vfork() below *might* actually be a call to
+     fork() due to the fact that autoconf will ``#define vfork fork''
+     on certain platforms.  */
   pid = vfork ();
   
   /* Error. */
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ pipe_open (serial_t scb, const char *name)
 }
 
 static void
-pipe_close (serial_t scb)
+pipe_close (struct serial *scb)
 {
   struct pipe_state *state = scb->state;
   if (state != NULL)