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+/* liblxcapi
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2019 Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>.
+ * Copyright © 2019 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+static int lxc_raw_execveat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, char *const argv[],
+ char *const envp[], int flags)
+{
+#ifdef __NR_execveat
+ syscall(__NR_execveat, dirfd, pathname, argv, envp, flags);
+#else
+ errno = ENOSYS;
+#endif
+ return -1;
+}
+
+int efexecve(int fd, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+ char procfd[256];
+ int ret;
+
+ if (fd < 0 || !argv || !envp) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+#ifdef __NR_execveat
+ lxc_raw_execveat(fd, "", argv, envp, AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+ if (errno != ENOSYS)
+ return -1;
+#endif
+
+ ret = snprintf(procfd, sizeof(procfd), "/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);
+ if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= sizeof(procfd)) {
+ errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ execve(procfd, argv, envp);
+ return -1;
+}
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+/* liblxcapi
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2019 Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>.
+ * Copyright © 2019 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LXC_FEXECVE_H
+#define _LXC_FEXECVE_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+extern int efexecve(int fd, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
+
+#endif /* _LXC_FEXECVE_H */