1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/common/util.c b/common/util.c
index 13397437..12cb7470 100644
--- a/common/util.c
+++ b/common/util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #include <math.h>
-
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "readline.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "log.h"
 
 int wrap(int i, int max) {
         return ((i % max) + max) % max;
@@ -64,3 +68,28 @@ int get_modifier_names(const char **names, uint32_t modifier_masks) {
 
         return length;
 }
+
+pid_t get_parent_pid(pid_t child) {
+        pid_t parent;
+        char file_name[100];
+        char *buffer = NULL;
+        char *token = NULL;
+        const char *sep = " ";
+        FILE *stat = NULL;
+
+        sprintf(file_name, "/proc/%d/stat", child);
+
+        if ((stat = fopen(file_name, "r")) && (buffer = read_line(stat))) {
+                fclose(stat);
+
+                token = strtok(buffer, sep); // pid
+                token = strtok(NULL, sep);   // executable name
+                token = strtok(NULL, sep);   // state
+                token = strtok(NULL, sep);   // parent pid
+
+                parent = strtol(token, NULL, 10);
+                return (parent == child) ? -1 : parent;
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+}