+static void error_clnt(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+ char buf[1024];
+ va_list params;
+ int len;
+
+ va_start(params, fmt);
+ len = vsprintf(buf, fmt, params);
+ va_end(params);
+ send_sideband(1, 3, buf, len, LARGE_PACKET_MAX);
+ die("sent error to the client: %s", buf);
+}
+
+static void process_input(int child_fd, int band)
+{
+ char buf[16384];
+ ssize_t sz = read(child_fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (sz < 0) {
+ if (errno != EINTR)
+ error_clnt("read error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return;
+ }
+ send_sideband(1, band, buf, sz, LARGE_PACKET_MAX);
+}
+