# define MAX(a,b) ((a)>(b)?(a):(b))
#endif
+/* Not the end of the world if this open flag is not defined. */
+#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
+# define O_CLOEXEC 0
+#endif
+
/* If root device is an ext2 filesystem, this is the major and minor.
* This is so we can ignore this device from the point of view of the
* user, eg. in guestfs_list_devices and many other places.
#endif
/* Connect to virtio-serial channel. */
- int sock = open ("/dev/virtio-ports/org.libguestfs.channel.0", O_RDWR);
+ int sock = open ("/dev/virtio-ports/org.libguestfs.channel.0",
+ O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
if (sock == -1) {
fprintf (stderr,
"\n"