From ed1a15195d3f0dd06ce09448e6ce9989b6f11d1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 22:12:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add IPC kid type for helper child processes

---
 src/ipc.cc    | 2 ++
 src/ipc/Kid.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ipc.cc b/src/ipc.cc
index e39e01ba59..f3c3982f84 100644
--- a/src/ipc.cc
+++ b/src/ipc.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "fde.h"
 #include "globals.h"
 #include "ip/Address.h"
+#include "ipc/Kid.h"
 #include "SquidConfig.h"
 #include "SquidIpc.h"
 #include "tools.h"
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ ipcCreate(int type, const char *prog, const char *const args[], const char *name
     }
 
     /* child */
+    TheProcessKind = pkHelper;
     no_suid();			/* give up extra priviliges */
 
     /* close shared socket with parent */
diff --git a/src/ipc/Kid.h b/src/ipc/Kid.h
index 71a6ea5bae..98ee94d85b 100644
--- a/src/ipc/Kid.h
+++ b/src/ipc/Kid.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ typedef enum {
     pkCoordinator = 1, ///< manages all other kids
     pkWorker = 2, ///< general-purpose worker bee
     pkDisker = 4, ///< cache_dir manager
+    pkHelper = 8  ///< general-purpose helper child
 } ProcessKind;
 
 /// ProcessKind for the current process
-- 
2.47.2