std.os.waitpid: also return pid of child

closes #6581

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index bc7dae031c..48c1cee6fd 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -3121,13 +3121,18 @@ pub fn getsockoptError(sockfd: fd_t) ConnectError!void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn waitpid(pid: i32, flags: u32) u32 {
+pub const WaitpidRet = struct {
+    pid: pid_t, status: u32
+};
+
+pub fn waitpid(pid: pid_t, flags: u32) WaitpidRet {
     // TODO allow implicit pointer cast from *u32 to *c_uint ?
     const Status = if (builtin.link_libc) c_uint else u32;
     var status: Status = undefined;
     while (true) {
-        switch (errno(system.waitpid(pid, &status, flags))) {
-            0 => return @bitCast(u32, status),
+        const rc = system.waitpid(pid, &status, flags);
+        switch (errno(rc)) {
+            0 => return WaitpidRet{ .pid = @intCast(pid_t, rc), .status = @bitCast(u32, status) },
             EINTR => continue,
             ECHILD => unreachable, // The process specified does not exist. It would be a race condition to handle this error.
             EINVAL => unreachable, // The options argument was invalid