1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
index 1567d89be..2c4c930b2 100644
--- a/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
+++ b/libbb/vfork_daemon_rexec.c
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ int run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_no, char **
                 memcpy(tmp_argv, argv, (argc+1) * sizeof(tmp_argv[0]));
                 /* Finally we can call NOFORK applet's main() */
                 rc = applet_main[applet_no](argc, tmp_argv);
+
+        /* The whole reason behind nofork_save_area is that <applet>_main
+         * may exit non-locally! For example, in hush Ctrl-Z tries to
+         * (modulo bugs) to dynamically create child (backgrounded task)
+         * if it detects that Ctrl-Z was pressed when a NOFORK was running!
+         * Testcase: interactive "rm -i".
+         * Don't fool yourself into thinking "and <applet>_main() returns
+         * quickly here" and removing "useless" nofork_save_area code. */
+
         } else { /* xfunc died in NOFORK applet */
                 /* in case they meant to return 0... */
                 if (rc == -2222)
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ int run_nofork_applet_prime(struct nofork_save_area *old, int applet_no, char **
 
         /* Restoring globals */
         restore_nofork_data(old);
-        return rc;
+        return rc & 0xff; /* don't confuse people with "exitcodes" >255 */
 }
 
 int run_nofork_applet(int applet_no, char **argv)