do_init (int event_fd, pid_t initial_pid)
{
  int initial_exit_status = 1;
  LockFile *lock;

  for (lock = lock_files; lock != NULL; lock = lock->next)
    {
      int fd = open (lock->path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
      if (fd == -1)
        die_with_error ("Unable to open lock file %s", lock->path);

      struct flock l = {
        .l_type = F_RDLCK,
        .l_whence = SEEK_SET,
        .l_start = 0,
        .l_len = 0
      };

      if (fcntl (fd, F_SETLK, &l) < 0)
        die_with_error ("Unable to lock file %s", lock->path);

      /* Keep fd open to hang on to lock */
    }

  while (TRUE)
    {
      pid_t child;
      int status;

      child = wait (&status);
      if (child == initial_pid && event_fd != -1)
        {
          uint64_t val;
          int res UNUSED;

          if (WIFEXITED (status))
            initial_exit_status = WEXITSTATUS (status);

          val = initial_exit_status + 1;
          res = write (event_fd, &val, 8);
          /* Ignore res, if e.g. the parent died and closed event_fd
             we don't want to error out here */
        }

      if (child == -1 && errno != EINTR)
        {
          if (errno != ECHILD)
            die_with_error ("init wait()");
          break;
        }
    }

  return initial_exit_status;
}

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