If find_pid_by_name() had an error, it was returning -1, but storing

that into a pid_t, which is unsigned on a number archs.  Furthermore,
find_pid_by_name() would _never_ return an error if the intended proces
was "init", but instead would return 1, meaning we would fail to work
on 2.4.x kernels running an initrd...
 -Erik

include/libbb.h

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ extern void write_mtab(char* blockDevice, char* directory,
 	char* filesystemType, long flags, char* string_flags);
 extern void erase_mtab(const char * name);
 extern long atoi_w_units (const char *cp);
-extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName);
+extern long* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName);
 extern char *find_real_root_device_name(const char* name);
 extern char *get_line_from_file(FILE *file);
 extern void print_file(FILE *file);

init/halt.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int halt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
+	long *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
 	if (!pid || *pid<=0) {
 		pid = find_pid_by_name("linuxrc");
 		if (!pid || *pid<=0)

init/poweroff.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int poweroff_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
+	long *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
 	if (!pid || *pid<=0) {
 		pid = find_pid_by_name("linuxrc");
 		if (!pid || *pid<=0)

init/reboot.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int reboot_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD
 	/* don't assume init's pid == 1 */
-	pid_t *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
+	long *pid = find_pid_by_name("init");
 	if (!pid || *pid<=0) {
 		pid = find_pid_by_name("linuxrc");
 		if (!pid || *pid<=0)

libbb/find_pid_by_name.c

@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
  *
  *  Returns a list of all matching PIDs
  */
-extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
+extern long* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 {
 	int fd, i, j;
 	char device[] = "/dev/ps";
 	pid_t num_pids;
 	pid_t* pid_array = NULL;
-	pid_t* pidList=NULL;
+	long* pidList=NULL;
 
 	/* open device */ 
 	fd = open(device, O_RDONLY);
@@ -87,20 +87,14 @@ extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 
 		if ((strstr(info.command_line, pidName) != NULL)
 				&& (strlen(pidName) == strlen(info.command_line))) {
-			pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t) * (j+2));
+			pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(long) * (j+2));
 			pidList[j++]=info.pid;
 		}
 	}
 	if (pidList) {
 		pidList[j]=0;
-	} else if ( strcmp(pidName, "init")==0) {
-		/* If we found nothing and they were trying to kill "init", 
-		 * guess PID 1 and call it good...  Perhaps we should simply
-		 * exit if /proc isn't mounted, but this will do for now. */
-		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t));
-		pidList[0]=1;
 	} else {
-		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t));
+		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(long));
 		pidList[0]=-1;
 	}
 
@@ -124,11 +118,11 @@ extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
  *
  *  Returns a list of all matching PIDs
  */
-extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
+extern long* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *next;
-	pid_t* pidList=NULL;
+	long* pidList=NULL;
 	int i=0;
 
 	dir = opendir("/proc");
@@ -162,21 +156,15 @@ extern pid_t* find_pid_by_name( char* pidName)
 		/* Buffer should contain a string like "Name:   binary_name" */
 		sscanf(buffer, "%*s %s", name);
 		if (strcmp(name, pidName) == 0) {
-			pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t) * (i+2));
+			pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(long) * (i+2));
 			pidList[i++]=strtol(next->d_name, NULL, 0);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (pidList)
+	if (pidList) {
 		pidList[i]=0;
-	else if ( strcmp(pidName, "init")==0) {
-		/* If we found nothing and they were trying to kill "init", 
-		 * guess PID 1 and call it good...  Perhaps we should simply
-		 * exit if /proc isn't mounted, but this will do for now. */
-		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t));
-		pidList[0]=1;
 	} else {
-		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(pid_t));
+		pidList=xrealloc( pidList, sizeof(long));
 		pidList[0]=-1;
 	}
 	return pidList;

procps/kill.c

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ extern int kill_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		pid_t myPid=getpid();
 		/* Looks like they want to do a killall.  Do that */
 		while (--argc >= 0) {
-			pid_t* pidList;
+			long* pidList;
 
 			pidList = find_pid_by_name( *argv);
 			if (!pidList || *pidList<=0) {

procps/pidof.c

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern int pidof_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Looks like everything is set to go. */
 	while(optind < argc) {
-		pid_t* pidList;
+		long* pidList;
 
 		pidList = find_pid_by_name( argv[optind]);
 		if (!pidList || *pidList<=0) {