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+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Maciej Dziardziel <fiedzia@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE file
+ * that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+#![feature(process_id)]
+
+extern crate libc;
+extern crate time;
+
+use libc::{c_int, pid_t};
+use std::fmt;
+use std::io;
+use std::process::Child;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
+use std::thread;
+use time::{Duration, get_time};
+
+// This is basically sys::unix::process::ExitStatus
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum ExitStatus {
+    Code(i32),
+    Signal(i32),
+}
+
+impl ExitStatus {
+    fn from_status(status: c_int) -> ExitStatus {
+        if status & 0x7F != 0 { // WIFSIGNALED(status)
+            ExitStatus::Signal(status & 0x7F)
+        } else {
+            ExitStatus::Code(status & 0xFF00 >> 8)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn success(&self) -> bool {
+        match *self {
+            ExitStatus::Code(code) => code == 0,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn code(&self) -> Option<i32> {
+        match *self {
+            ExitStatus::Code(code) => Some(code),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn signal(&self) -> Option<i32> {
+        match *self {
+            ExitStatus::Signal(code) => Some(code),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ExitStatus {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match *self {
+            ExitStatus::Code(code) => write!(f, "exit code: {}", code),
+            ExitStatus::Signal(code) => write!(f, "exit code: {}", code),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Missing methods for Child objects
+pub trait ChildExt {
+    /// Send a signal to a Child process.
+    fn send_signal(&mut self, signal: usize) -> io::Result<()>;
+
+    /// Wait for a process to finish or return after the specified duration.
+    fn wait_or_timeout(&mut self, timeout_ms: usize) -> io::Result<Option<ExitStatus>>;
+}
+
+impl ChildExt for Child {
+    fn send_signal(&mut self, signal: usize) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if unsafe { libc::funcs::posix88::signal::kill(self.id() as pid_t,
+                                                       signal as i32) } != 0 {
+            Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn wait_or_timeout(&mut self, timeout_ms: usize) -> io::Result<Option<ExitStatus>> {
+        // The result will be written to that Option, protected by a Mutex
+        // Then the Condvar will be signaled
+        let state = Arc::new((
+            Mutex::new(Option::None::<io::Result<ExitStatus>>),
+            Condvar::new(),
+        ));
+
+        // Start the waiting thread
+        let state_th = state.clone();
+        let pid_th = self.id();
+        thread::spawn(move || {
+            let &(ref lock_th, ref cvar_th) = &*state_th;
+            // Child::wait() would need a &mut to self, can't use that...
+            // use waitpid() directly, with our own ExitStatus
+            let mut status: c_int = 0;
+            let r = unsafe { libc::waitpid(pid_th as i32, &mut status, 0) };
+            // Fill the Option and notify on the Condvar
+            let mut exitstatus_th = lock_th.lock().unwrap();
+            if r != pid_th as c_int {
+                *exitstatus_th = Some(Err(io::Error::last_os_error()));
+            } else {
+                let s = ExitStatus::from_status(status);
+                *exitstatus_th = Some(Ok(s));
+            }
+            cvar_th.notify_one();
+        });
+
+        // Main thread waits
+        let &(ref lock, ref cvar) = &*state;
+        let mut exitstatus = lock.lock().unwrap();
+        // Condvar::wait_timeout_ms() can wake too soon, in this case wait again
+        let target = get_time() + Duration::milliseconds(timeout_ms as i64);
+        while exitstatus.is_none() {
+            let now = get_time();
+            if now >= target {
+                return Ok(None)
+            }
+            let ms = (target - get_time()).num_milliseconds() as u32;
+            exitstatus = cvar.wait_timeout_ms(exitstatus, ms).unwrap().0;
+        }
+
+        // Turn Option<Result<ExitStatus>> into Result<Option<ExitStatus>>
+        match exitstatus.take() {
+            Some(r) => match r {
+                Ok(s) => Ok(Some(s)),
+                Err(e) => Err(e),
+            },
+            None => panic!(),
+        }
+    }
+}