Adding upstream version 1.37.0.upstream/1.37.0

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

2 files changed, 269 insertions, 212 deletions

diff --git a/libnetdata/popen/popen.c b/libnetdata/popen/popen.c
index eaeffd32d..57f957f63 100644
--- a/libnetdata/popen/popen.c
+++ b/libnetdata/popen/popen.c
@@ -2,81 +2,129 @@
 
 #include "../libnetdata.h"
 
-static pthread_mutex_t myp_lock;
-static int myp_tracking = 0;
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// popen with tracking
 
-struct mypopen {
+static pthread_mutex_t netdata_popen_tracking_mutex;
+static bool netdata_popen_tracking_enabled = false;
+
+struct netdata_popen {
     pid_t pid;
-    struct mypopen *next;
-    struct mypopen *prev;
+    struct netdata_popen *next;
+    struct netdata_popen *prev;
 };
 
-static struct mypopen *mypopen_root = NULL;
+static struct netdata_popen *netdata_popen_root = NULL;
 
 // myp_add_lock takes the lock if we're tracking.
-static void myp_add_lock(void) {
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
+static void netdata_popen_tracking_lock(void) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
         return;
 
-    netdata_mutex_lock(&myp_lock);
+    netdata_mutex_lock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
 }
 
 // myp_add_unlock release the lock if we're tracking.
-static void myp_add_unlock(void) {
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
+static void netdata_popen_tracking_unlock(void) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
         return;
 
-    netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
+    netdata_mutex_unlock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
 }
 
 // myp_add_locked adds pid if we're tracking.
 // myp_add_lock must have been called previously.
-static void myp_add_locked(pid_t pid) {
-    struct mypopen *mp;
-
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
+static void netdata_popen_tracking_add_pid_unsafe(pid_t pid) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
         return;
 
-    mp = mallocz(sizeof(struct mypopen));
+    struct netdata_popen *mp;
+
+    mp = mallocz(sizeof(struct netdata_popen));
     mp->pid = pid;
 
-    mp->next = mypopen_root;
-    mp->prev = NULL;
-    if (mypopen_root != NULL)
-        mypopen_root->prev = mp;
-    mypopen_root = mp;
-    netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
+    DOUBLE_LINKED_LIST_PREPEND_UNSAFE(netdata_popen_root, mp, prev, next);
 }
 
 // myp_del deletes pid if we're tracking.
-static void myp_del(pid_t pid) {
-    struct mypopen *mp;
-
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
+static void netdata_popen_tracking_del_pid(pid_t pid) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
         return;
 
-    netdata_mutex_lock(&myp_lock);
-    for (mp = mypopen_root; mp != NULL; mp = mp->next) {
-        if (mp->pid == pid) {
-            if (mp->next != NULL)
-                mp->next->prev = mp->prev;
-            if (mp->prev != NULL)
-                mp->prev->next = mp->next;
-            if (mypopen_root == mp)
-                mypopen_root = mp->next;
-            freez(mp);
+    struct netdata_popen *mp;
+
+    netdata_mutex_lock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
+
+    DOUBLE_LINKED_LIST_FOREACH_FORWARD(netdata_popen_root, mp, prev, next) {
+        if(unlikely(mp->pid == pid))
             break;
-        }
     }
 
-    if (mp == NULL)
+    if(mp) {
+        DOUBLE_LINKED_LIST_REMOVE_UNSAFE(netdata_popen_root, mp, prev, next);
+        freez(mp);
+    }
+    else
         error("Cannot find pid %d.", pid);
 
-    netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
+    netdata_mutex_unlock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
 }
 
-#define PIPE_READ 0
-#define PIPE_WRITE 1
+// netdata_popen_tracking_init() should be called by apps which act as init
+// (pid 1) so that processes created by mypopen and mypopene
+// are tracked. This enables the reaper to ignore processes
+// which will be handled internally, by calling myp_reap, to
+// avoid issues with already reaped processes during wait calls.
+//
+// Callers should call myp_free() to clean up resources.
+void netdata_popen_tracking_init(void) {
+    info("process tracking enabled.");
+    netdata_popen_tracking_enabled = true;
+
+    if (netdata_mutex_init(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex) != 0)
+        fatal("netdata_popen_tracking_init() mutex init failed.");
+}
+
+// myp_free cleans up any resources allocated for process
+// tracking.
+void netdata_popen_tracking_cleanup(void) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
+        return;
+
+    netdata_mutex_lock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
+    netdata_popen_tracking_enabled = false;
+
+    while(netdata_popen_root) {
+        struct netdata_popen *mp = netdata_popen_root;
+        DOUBLE_LINKED_LIST_REMOVE_UNSAFE(netdata_popen_root, mp, prev, next);
+        freez(mp);
+    }
+
+    netdata_mutex_unlock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
+}
+
+// myp_reap returns 1 if pid should be reaped, 0 otherwise.
+int netdata_popen_tracking_pid_shoud_be_reaped(pid_t pid) {
+    if(!netdata_popen_tracking_enabled)
+        return 0;
+
+    netdata_mutex_lock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
+
+    int ret = 1;
+    struct netdata_popen *mp;
+    DOUBLE_LINKED_LIST_FOREACH_FORWARD(netdata_popen_root, mp, prev, next) {
+        if(unlikely(mp->pid == pid)) {
+            ret = 0;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    netdata_mutex_unlock(&netdata_popen_tracking_mutex);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// helpers
 
 static inline void convert_argv_to_string(char *dst, size_t size, const char *spawn_argv[]) {
     int i;
@@ -89,118 +137,191 @@ static inline void convert_argv_to_string(char *dst, size_t size, const char *sp
     }
 }
 
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// the core of netdata popen
+
 /*
  * Returns -1 on failure, 0 on success. When POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE is set, on success set the FILE *fp pointer.
  */
-static int custom_popene(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp, const char *command, const char *spawn_argv[]) {
+#define PIPE_READ 0
+#define PIPE_WRITE 1
+
+static int popene_internal(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp_child_stdin, FILE **fpp_child_stdout, const char *command, const char *spawn_argv[]) {
     // create a string to be logged about the command we are running
     char command_to_be_logged[2048];
     convert_argv_to_string(command_to_be_logged, sizeof(command_to_be_logged), spawn_argv);
     // info("custom_popene() running command: %s", command_to_be_logged);
 
-    FILE *fp = NULL;
-    int ret = 0; // success by default
-    int pipefd[2], error;
+    int ret = 0;     // success by default
+    int attr_rc = 1; // failure by default
+
+    FILE *fp_child_stdin = NULL, *fp_child_stdout = NULL;
+    int pipefd_stdin[2] = { -1, -1 };
+    int pipefd_stdout[2] = { -1, -1 };
+
     pid_t pid;
     posix_spawnattr_t attr;
     posix_spawn_file_actions_t fa;
 
-    if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE) {
-        if (pipe(pipefd) == -1)
-            return -1;
-        if ((fp = fdopen(pipefd[PIPE_READ], "r")) == NULL) {
-            goto error_after_pipe;
+    int stdin_fd_to_exclude_from_closing = -1;
+    int stdout_fd_to_exclude_from_closing = -1;
+
+    if(posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&fa)) {
+        error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_init() failed.");
+        ret = -1;
+        goto set_return_values_and_return;
+    }
+
+    if(fpp_child_stdin) {
+        if (pipe(pipefd_stdin) == -1) {
+            error("POPEN: stdin pipe() failed");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+
+        if ((fp_child_stdin = fdopen(pipefd_stdin[PIPE_WRITE], "w")) == NULL) {
+            error("POPEN: fdopen() stdin failed");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+
+        if(posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, pipefd_stdin[PIPE_READ], STDIN_FILENO)) {
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2() on stdin failed.");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        if (posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(&fa, STDIN_FILENO, "/dev/null", O_RDONLY, 0)) {
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen() on stdin to /dev/null failed.");
+            // this is not a fatal error
+            stdin_fd_to_exclude_from_closing = STDIN_FILENO;
         }
     }
 
-    if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD) {
-        // Mark all files to be closed by the exec() stage of posix_spawn()
-        int i;
-        for (i = (int) (sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (i != STDIN_FILENO && i != STDERR_FILENO)
-                (void) fcntl(i, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+    if (fpp_child_stdout) {
+        if (pipe(pipefd_stdout) == -1) {
+            error("POPEN: stdout pipe() failed");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+
+        if ((fp_child_stdout = fdopen(pipefd_stdout[PIPE_READ], "r")) == NULL) {
+            error("POPEN: fdopen() stdout failed");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+
+        if(posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, pipefd_stdout[PIPE_WRITE], STDOUT_FILENO)) {
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2() on stdout failed.");
+            ret = -1;
+            goto cleanup_and_return;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        if (posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(&fa, STDOUT_FILENO, "/dev/null", O_WRONLY, 0)) {
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen() on stdout to /dev/null failed.");
+            // this is not a fatal error
+            stdout_fd_to_exclude_from_closing = STDOUT_FILENO;
         }
     }
 
-    if (!posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&fa)) {
-        if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE) {
-            // move the pipe to stdout in the child
-            if (posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&fa, pipefd[PIPE_WRITE], STDOUT_FILENO)) {
-                error("posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2() failed");
-                goto error_after_posix_spawn_file_actions_init;
-            }
-        } else {
-            // set stdout to /dev/null
-            if (posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(&fa, STDOUT_FILENO, "/dev/null", O_WRONLY, 0)) {
-                error("posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen() failed");
-                // this is not a fatal error
-            }
+    if(flags & POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD) {
+        // Mark all files to be closed by the exec() stage of posix_spawn()
+        for(int i = (int)(sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX) - 1); i >= 0; i--) {
+            if(likely(i != STDERR_FILENO && i != stdin_fd_to_exclude_from_closing && i != stdout_fd_to_exclude_from_closing))
+                (void)fcntl(i, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
         }
-    } else {
-        error("posix_spawn_file_actions_init() failed.");
-        goto error_after_pipe;
     }
-    if (!(error = posix_spawnattr_init(&attr))) {
+
+    attr_rc = posix_spawnattr_init(&attr);
+    if(attr_rc) {
+        // failed
+        error("POPEN: posix_spawnattr_init() failed.");
+    }
+    else {
+        // success
         // reset all signals in the child
-        sigset_t mask;
 
         if (posix_spawnattr_setflags(&attr, POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF))
-            error("posix_spawnattr_setflags() failed.");
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawnattr_setflags() failed.");
+
+        sigset_t mask;
         sigemptyset(&mask);
+
         if (posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(&attr, &mask))
-            error("posix_spawnattr_setsigmask() failed.");
-    } else {
-        error("posix_spawnattr_init() failed.");
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawnattr_setsigmask() failed.");
     }
 
     // Take the lock while we fork to ensure we don't race with SIGCHLD
     // delivery on a process which exits quickly.
-    myp_add_lock();
+    netdata_popen_tracking_lock();
     if (!posix_spawn(&pid, command, &fa, &attr, (char * const*)spawn_argv, env)) {
+        // success
         *pidptr = pid;
-        myp_add_locked(pid);
-        debug(D_CHILDS, "Spawned command: \"%s\" on pid %d from parent pid %d.", command_to_be_logged, pid, getpid());
-    } else {
-        myp_add_unlock();
-        error("Failed to spawn command: \"%s\" from parent pid %d.", command_to_be_logged, getpid());
-        if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE) {
-            fclose(fp);
-        }
-        ret = -1;
+        netdata_popen_tracking_add_pid_unsafe(pid);
+        netdata_popen_tracking_unlock();
     }
-    if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE) {
-        close(pipefd[PIPE_WRITE]);
-        if (0 == ret) // on success set FILE * pointer
-            if(fpp) *fpp = fp;
+    else {
+        // failure
+        netdata_popen_tracking_unlock();
+        error("POPEN: failed to spawn command: \"%s\" from parent pid %d.", command_to_be_logged, getpid());
+        ret = -1;
+        goto cleanup_and_return;
     }
 
-    if (!error) {
+    // the normal cleanup will run
+    // but ret == 0 at this point
+
+cleanup_and_return:
+    if(!attr_rc) {
         // posix_spawnattr_init() succeeded
         if (posix_spawnattr_destroy(&attr))
-            error("posix_spawnattr_destroy");
+            error("POPEN: posix_spawnattr_destroy() failed");
     }
+
     if (posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&fa))
-        error("posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy");
+        error("POPEN: posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy() failed");
 
-    return ret;
+    // the child end - close it
+    if(pipefd_stdin[PIPE_READ] != -1)
+        close(pipefd_stdin[PIPE_READ]);
 
-error_after_posix_spawn_file_actions_init:
-    if (posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&fa))
-        error("posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy");
+    // our end
+    if(ret == -1 || !fpp_child_stdin) {
+        if (fp_child_stdin)
+            fclose(fp_child_stdin);
+        else if (pipefd_stdin[PIPE_WRITE] != -1)
+            close(pipefd_stdin[PIPE_WRITE]);
+
+        fp_child_stdin = NULL;
+    }
+
+    // the child end - close it
+    if (pipefd_stdout[PIPE_WRITE] != -1)
+        close(pipefd_stdout[PIPE_WRITE]);
 
-error_after_pipe:
-    if (flags & POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE) {
-        if (fp)
-            fclose(fp);
-        else
-            close(pipefd[PIPE_READ]);
+    // our end
+    if (ret == -1 || !fpp_child_stdout) {
+        if (fp_child_stdout)
+            fclose(fp_child_stdout);
+        else if (pipefd_stdout[PIPE_READ] != -1)
+            close(pipefd_stdout[PIPE_READ]);
 
-        close(pipefd[PIPE_WRITE]);
+        fp_child_stdout = NULL;
     }
-    return -1;
+
+set_return_values_and_return:
+    if(fpp_child_stdin)
+        *fpp_child_stdin = fp_child_stdin;
+
+    if(fpp_child_stdout)
+        *fpp_child_stdout = fp_child_stdout;
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
-int custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp, const char *command, ...) {
+int netdata_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp_child_input, FILE **fpp_child_output, const char *command, ...) {
     // convert the variable list arguments into what posix_spawn() needs
     // all arguments are expected strings
     va_list args;
@@ -232,88 +353,34 @@ int custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(volatile pid_t *pidptr, ch
         va_end(args);
     }
 
-    return custom_popene(pidptr, env, flags, fpp, command, spawn_argv);
+    return popene_internal(pidptr, env, flags, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, spawn_argv);
 }
 
 // See man environ
 extern char **environ;
 
-// myp_init should be called by apps which act as init
-// (pid 1) so that processes created by mypopen and mypopene
-// are tracked. This enables the reaper to ignore processes
-// which will be handled internally, by calling myp_reap, to
-// avoid issues with already reaped processes during wait calls.
-//
-// Callers should call myp_free() to clean up resources.
-void myp_init(void) {
-    info("process tracking enabled.");
-    myp_tracking = 1;
-
-    if (netdata_mutex_init(&myp_lock) != 0) {
-	fatal("myp_init() mutex init failed.");
-    }
-}
-
-// myp_free cleans up any resources allocated for process
-// tracking.
-void myp_free(void) {
-    struct mypopen *mp, *next;
-
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
-        return;
-
-    netdata_mutex_lock(&myp_lock);
-    for (mp = mypopen_root; mp != NULL; mp = next) {
-        next = mp->next;
-        freez(mp);
-    }
-
-    mypopen_root = NULL;
-    myp_tracking = 0;
-    netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
-}
-
-// myp_reap returns 1 if pid should be reaped, 0 otherwise.
-int myp_reap(pid_t pid) {
-    struct mypopen *mp;
-
-    if (myp_tracking == 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    netdata_mutex_lock(&myp_lock);
-    for (mp = mypopen_root; mp != NULL; mp = mp->next) {
-        if (mp->pid == pid) {
-            netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
-            return 0;
-        }
-    }
-    netdata_mutex_unlock(&myp_lock);
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-FILE *mypopen(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr) {
-    FILE *fp = NULL;
+FILE *netdata_popen(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, FILE **fpp_child_input) {
+    FILE *fp_child_output = NULL;
     const char *spawn_argv[] = {
         "sh",
         "-c",
         command,
         NULL
     };
-    (void)custom_popene(pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE|POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD, &fp, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
-    return fp;
+    (void)popene_internal(pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD, fpp_child_input, &fp_child_output, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
+    return fp_child_output;
 }
 
-FILE *mypopene(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env) {
-    FILE *fp = NULL;
+FILE *netdata_popene(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, FILE **fpp_child_input) {
+    FILE *fp_child_output = NULL;
     const char *spawn_argv[] = {
         "sh",
         "-c",
         command,
         NULL
     };
-    (void)custom_popene( pidptr, env, POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE|POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD, &fp, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
-    return fp;
+    (void)popene_internal(pidptr, env, POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD, fpp_child_input, &fp_child_output, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
+    return fp_child_output;
 }
 
 // returns 0 on success, -1 on failure
@@ -324,29 +391,25 @@ int netdata_spawn(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr) {
         command,
         NULL
     };
-    return custom_popene( pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAG_NONE, NULL, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
+    return popene_internal(pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAG_NONE, NULL, NULL, "/bin/sh", spawn_argv);
 }
 
-int custom_pclose(FILE *fp, pid_t pid) {
+int netdata_pclose(FILE *fp_child_input, FILE *fp_child_output, pid_t pid) {
     int ret;
     siginfo_t info;
 
-    debug(D_EXIT, "Request to mypclose() on pid %d", pid);
+    debug(D_EXIT, "Request to netdata_pclose() on pid %d", pid);
 
-    if (fp) {
-        // close the pipe fd
-        // this is required in musl
-        // without it the childs do not exit
-        close(fileno(fp));
+    if (fp_child_input)
+        fclose(fp_child_input);
 
-        // close the pipe file pointer
-        fclose(fp);
-    }
+    if (fp_child_output)
+        fclose(fp_child_output);
 
     errno = 0;
 
     ret = waitid(P_PID, (id_t) pid, &info, WEXITED);
-    myp_del(pid);
+    netdata_popen_tracking_del_pid(pid);
 
     if (ret != -1) {
         switch (info.si_code) {
@@ -392,12 +455,6 @@ int custom_pclose(FILE *fp, pid_t pid) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-int mypclose(FILE *fp, pid_t pid)
-{
-    return custom_pclose(fp, pid);
-}
-
-int netdata_spawn_waitpid(pid_t pid)
-{
-    return custom_pclose(NULL, pid);
+int netdata_spawn_waitpid(pid_t pid) {
+    return netdata_pclose(NULL, NULL, pid);
 }
diff --git a/libnetdata/popen/popen.h b/libnetdata/popen/popen.h
index 57eb9131e..c57a35a4e 100644
--- a/libnetdata/popen/popen.h
+++ b/libnetdata/popen/popen.h
@@ -10,31 +10,31 @@
 
 /* custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly flag definitions */
 #define POPEN_FLAG_NONE        0
-#define POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE 1 // Create a pipe like popen() when set, otherwise set stdout to /dev/null
-#define POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD    2 // Close all file descriptors other than STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO
+#define POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD    (1 << 0) // Close all file descriptors other than STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO
 
 // the flags to be used by default
-#define POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT (POPEN_FLAG_CREATE_PIPE|POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD)
+#define POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT (POPEN_FLAG_CLOSE_FD)
 
 // mypopen_raw is the interface to use instead of custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly()
 // mypopen_raw will add the terminating NULL at the arguments list
 // we append the parameter 'command' twice - this is because the underlying call needs the command to execute and the argv[0] to pass to it
-#define mypopen_raw_default_flags_and_environment(pidptr, fpp, command, args...) custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT, fpp, command, command, ##args, NULL)
-#define mypopen_raw_default_flags(pidptr, env, fpp, command, args...) custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, env, POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT, fpp, command, command, ##args, NULL)
-#define mypopen_raw(pidptr, env, flags, fpp, command, args...) custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, env, flags, fpp, command, command, ##args, NULL)
-
-extern int custom_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp, const char *command, ...);
-
-extern FILE *mypopen(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr);
-extern FILE *mypopene(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env);
-extern int mypclose(FILE *fp, pid_t pid);
-extern int netdata_spawn(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr);
-extern int netdata_spawn_waitpid(pid_t pid);
-extern void myp_init(void);
-extern void myp_free(void);
-extern int myp_reap(pid_t pid);
-
-extern void signals_unblock(void);
-extern void signals_reset(void);
+#define netdata_popen_raw_default_flags_and_environment(pidptr, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, args...) netdata_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, environ, POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, command, ##args, NULL)
+#define netdata_popen_raw_default_flags(pidptr, env, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, args...) netdata_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, env, POPEN_FLAGS_DEFAULT, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, command, ##args, NULL)
+#define netdata_popen_raw(pidptr, env, flags, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, args...) netdata_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(pidptr, env, flags, fpp_child_input, fpp_child_output, command, command, ##args, NULL)
+
+FILE *netdata_popen(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, FILE **fp_child_input);
+FILE *netdata_popene(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, FILE **fp_child_input);
+int netdata_popene_variadic_internal_dont_use_directly(volatile pid_t *pidptr, char **env, uint8_t flags, FILE **fpp_child_input, FILE **fpp_child_output, const char *command, ...);
+int netdata_pclose(FILE *fp_child_input, FILE *fp_child_output, pid_t pid);
+
+int netdata_spawn(const char *command, volatile pid_t *pidptr);
+int netdata_spawn_waitpid(pid_t pid);
+
+void netdata_popen_tracking_init(void);
+void netdata_popen_tracking_cleanup(void);
+int netdata_popen_tracking_pid_shoud_be_reaped(pid_t pid);
+
+void signals_unblock(void);
+void signals_reset(void);
 
 #endif /* NETDATA_POPEN_H */