[gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] Introduce a tiny init replacement for inside pid namespace

[Michał Górny]

Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
---
 bin/pid-ns-init        | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/portage/process.py | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 bin/pid-ns-init

diff --git a/bin/pid-ns-init b/bin/pid-ns-init
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90660571a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pid-ns-init
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright 2018 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main(argv):
+	if len(argv) < 2:
+		return 'Usage: {} <main-child-pid>'.format(argv[0])
+	main_child_pid = int(argv[1])
+
+	# wait for child processes
+	while True:
+		pid, status = os.wait()
+		if pid == main_child_pid:
+			return os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
+
+	# this should never be reached
+	return 127
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
diff --git a/lib/portage/process.py b/lib/portage/process.py
index dee126c3c..75ec299f0 100644
--- a/lib/portage/process.py
+++ b/lib/portage/process.py
@@ -544,13 +544,14 @@ def _exec(binary, mycommand, opt_name, fd_pipes, env, gid, groups, uid, umask,
 					else:
 						if unshare_pid:
 							# pid namespace requires us to become init
-							# TODO: do init-ty stuff
-							# therefore, fork() ASAP
 							fork_ret = os.fork()
 							if fork_ret != 0:
-								pid, status = os.waitpid(fork_ret, 0)
-								assert pid == fork_ret
-								os._exit(status)
+								os.execv(portage._python_interpreter, [
+									portage._python_interpreter,
+									os.path.join(portage._bin_path,
+										'pid-ns-init'),
+									'%s' % fork_ret,
+									])
 						if unshare_mount:
 							# mark the whole filesystem as slave to avoid
 							# mounts escaping the namespace
-- 
2.19.1