3 files changed, 44 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
index aa9e499c77..e297586bbb 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper-native_1.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/tunctl.c;endline=4;md5=ff3a09996bc5fff6bc5
 
 SRC_URI = "\
     file://tunctl.c \
-    file://qemu-oe-bridge-helper \
+    file://qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c \
     "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ inherit native
 
 do_compile() {
         ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -Wall tunctl.c -o tunctl
+        ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -Wall qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c -o qemu-oe-bridge-helper
 }
 
 do_install() {
         install -d ${D}${bindir}
         install tunctl ${D}${bindir}/
-
-    install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/qemu-oe-bridge-helper ${D}${bindir}/
+        install qemu-oe-bridge-helper ${D}${bindir}/
 }
 
 DEPENDS += "qemu-system-native"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper
deleted file mode 100755
index f057d4eef0..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright 2020 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#
-# Attempts to find and exec the host qemu-bridge-helper program
-
-# If the QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER variable is set by the user, exec it.
-if [ -n "$QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER" ]; then
-    exec "$QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER" "$@"
-fi
-
-# Search common paths for the helper program
-BN="qemu-bridge-helper"
-PATHS="/usr/libexec/ /usr/lib/qemu/"
-
-for p in $PATHS; do
-    if [ -e "$p/$BN" ]; then
-        exec "$p/$BN" "$@"
-    fi
-done
-
-echo "$BN not found!" > /dev/stderr
-exit 1
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cadf2a012a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-helper/qemu-oe-bridge-helper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Attempts to find and exec the host qemu-bridge-helper program
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void try_program(char const* path, char** args) {
+    if (access(path, X_OK) == 0) {
+        execv(path, args);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    char* var;
+
+    /* Copy arguments so that they are a NULL terminated list, skipping argv[0]
+     * since it is this program name */
+    char** args = malloc(argc * sizeof(char*));
+    for (int i = 0; i < argc - 1; i++) {
+        args[i] = argv[i + 1];
+    }
+    args[argc - 1] = NULL;
+
+    var = getenv("QEMU_BRIDGE_HELPER");
+    if (var && var[0] != '\0') {
+        execvp(var, args);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    try_program("/usr/libexec/qemu-bridge-helper", args);
+    try_program("/usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper", args);
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "No bridge helper found\n");
+    return 1;
+}
+