static GPid
pid_get_parent (GPid pid)
{
- struct kinfo_proc *kp;
+ struct kinfo_proc *kp = NULL;
size_t len;
- GPid ppid;
+ GPid ppid = 0;
+
+ /* fail if trying to get the parent of the init process (no such thing) */
+ if (pid == 1)
+ goto out;
int mib[] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_PROC, KERN_PROC_PID, pid,
sizeof(struct kinfo_proc), 0 };
if (sysctl (mib, G_N_ELEMENTS (mib), NULL, &len, NULL, 0) == -1)
- return (-1);
+ goto out;
+
mib[5] = (len / sizeof(struct kinfo_proc));
kp = g_malloc0 (len);
if (sysctl (mib, G_N_ELEMENTS (mib), kp, &len, NULL, 0) < 0)
- return -1;
+ goto out;
ppid = kp->p_ppid;
- g_free (kp);
+out:
+ if (kp)
+ g_free (kp);
return ppid;
}