Imported Upstream version 1.1~hg20130304upstream/1.1_hg20130304

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diff --git a/src/pkg/os/pipe_linux.go b/src/pkg/os/pipe_linux.go
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index 000000000..9bafad84f
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+++ b/src/pkg/os/pipe_linux.go
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+// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package os
+
+import "syscall"
+
+// Pipe returns a connected pair of Files; reads from r return bytes written to w.
+// It returns the files and an error, if any.
+func Pipe() (r *File, w *File, err error) {
+	var p [2]int
+
+	e := syscall.Pipe2(p[0:], syscall.O_CLOEXEC)
+	// pipe2 was added in 2.6.27 and our minimum requirement is 2.6.23, so it
+	// might not be implemented.
+	if e == syscall.ENOSYS {
+		// See ../syscall/exec.go for description of lock.
+		syscall.ForkLock.RLock()
+		e = syscall.Pipe(p[0:])
+		if e != nil {
+			syscall.ForkLock.RUnlock()
+			return nil, nil, NewSyscallError("pipe", e)
+		}
+		syscall.CloseOnExec(p[0])
+		syscall.CloseOnExec(p[1])
+		syscall.ForkLock.RUnlock()
+	} else if e != nil {
+		return nil, nil, NewSyscallError("pipe2", e)
+	}
+
+	return NewFile(uintptr(p[0]), "|0"), NewFile(uintptr(p[1]), "|1"), nil
+}