Only use `clone3` when needed for pidfd

In #89522 we learned that `clone3` is interacting poorly with Gentoo's
`sandbox` tool. We only need that for the unstable pidfd extensions, so
otherwise avoid that and use a normal `fork`.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
index 99013efb495..d0af2b6e9db 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/unix/process/process_unix.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ impl Command {
             fn clone3(cl_args: *mut clone_args, len: libc::size_t) -> libc::c_long
         }
 
+        // Bypassing libc for `clone3` can make further libc calls unsafe,
+        // so we use it sparingly for now. See #89522 for details.
+        let want_clone3_pidfd = self.get_create_pidfd();
+
         // If we fail to create a pidfd for any reason, this will
         // stay as -1, which indicates an error.
         let mut pidfd: pid_t = -1;
@@ -173,14 +177,9 @@ impl Command {
         // Attempt to use the `clone3` syscall, which supports more arguments
         // (in particular, the ability to create a pidfd). If this fails,
         // we will fall through this block to a call to `fork()`
-        if HAS_CLONE3.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            let mut flags = 0;
-            if self.get_create_pidfd() {
-                flags |= CLONE_PIDFD;
-            }
-
+        if want_clone3_pidfd && HAS_CLONE3.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
             let mut args = clone_args {
-                flags,
+                flags: CLONE_PIDFD,
                 pidfd: &mut pidfd as *mut pid_t as u64,
                 child_tid: 0,
                 parent_tid: 0,