Warn if forked from the event loop during event_reinit()

Calling fork() from the event loop is not a great idea, since at least it shares some internal pipes (for handling signals) before event_reinit() call Closes: libevent#833
azat · Jul 1, 2019 · 497ef90 · 497ef90
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diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ event_reinit(struct event_base *base)
 
 	EVBASE_ACQUIRE_LOCK(base, th_base_lock);
 
+	if (base->running_loop) {
+		event_warnx("%s: forked from the event_loop.", __func__);
+		res = -1;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	evsel = base->evsel;
 
 	/* check if this event mechanism requires reinit on the backend */