1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/sendmail.c b/networking/sendmail.c
index c195cc021..1c23ca290 100644
--- a/networking/sendmail.c
+++ b/networking/sendmail.c
@@ -120,6 +120,15 @@ static void signal_handler(int signo)
 #undef err
 }
 
+/* libbb candidate */
+static pid_t vfork_or_die(void)
+{
+        pid_t pid = vfork();
+        if (pid < 0)
+                bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+        return pid;
+}
+
 static void launch_helper(const char **argv)
 {
         // setup vanilla unidirectional pipes interchange
@@ -128,7 +137,7 @@ static void launch_helper(const char **argv)
 
         xpipe(pipes);
         xpipe(pipes+2);
-        helper_pid = xvfork();
+        helper_pid = vfork_or_die();
         idx = (!helper_pid) * 2;
         xdup2(pipes[idx], STDIN_FILENO);
         xdup2(pipes[3-idx], STDOUT_FILENO);