4 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/conspy.c b/miscutils/conspy.c
index 3f341ce18..509a0f271 100644
--- a/miscutils/conspy.c
+++ b/miscutils/conspy.c
@@ -309,10 +309,7 @@ static void create_cdev_if_doesnt_exist(const char* name, dev_t dev)
 
 static NOINLINE void start_shell_in_child(const char* tty_name)
 {
-        int pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0) {
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
-        }
+        int pid = xvfork();
         if (pid == 0) {
                 struct termios termchild;
                 char *shell = getenv("SHELL");
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 5557bc491..b8a5abc64 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 static void edit_file(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
 {
         const char *ptr;
-        int pid = vfork();
+        int pid = xvfork();
 
-        if (pid < 0) /* failure */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
         if (pid) { /* parent */
                 wait4pid(pid);
                 return;
@@ -51,9 +49,7 @@ static int open_as_user(const struct passwd *pas, const char *file)
         pid_t pid;
         char c;
 
-        pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0) /* ERROR */
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        pid = xvfork();
         if (pid) { /* PARENT */
                 if (wait4pid(pid) == 0) {
                         /* exitcode 0: child says it can read */
diff --git a/miscutils/time.c b/miscutils/time.c
index 5cfbcef8e..9facc3657 100644
--- a/miscutils/time.c
+++ b/miscutils/time.c
@@ -372,9 +372,7 @@ static void run_command(char *const *cmd, resource_t *resp)
         void (*quit_signal)(int);
 
         resp->elapsed_ms = monotonic_ms();
-        pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        pid = xvfork();
         if (pid == 0) {
                 /* Child */
                 BB_EXECVP_or_die((char**)cmd);
diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index f6e655acc..48b8d8fc0 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         sv1 = argv[optind];
         sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
 #endif
-        pid = vfork();
-        if (pid < 0)
-                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        pid = xvfork();
         if (pid == 0) {
                 /* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
                 parent = getppid();