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-rw-r--r--include/qemu/osdep.h16
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diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index ef21efb683..b56842420e 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
#include "sysemu/os-posix.h"
#endif
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SOLARIS) && CONFIG_SOLARIS_VERSION < 10
/* [u]int_fast*_t not in <sys/int_types.h> */
typedef unsigned char uint_fast8_t;
@@ -286,4 +288,18 @@ void os_mem_prealloc(int fd, char *area, size_t sz);
int qemu_read_password(char *buf, int buf_size);
+/**
+ * qemu_fork:
+ *
+ * A version of fork that avoids signal handler race
+ * conditions that can lead to child process getting
+ * signals that are otherwise only expected by the
+ * parent. It also resets all signal handlers to the
+ * default settings.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 to child process, pid number to parent
+ * or -1 on failure.
+ */
+pid_t qemu_fork(Error **errp);
+
#endif