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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Nicira Networks.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CHECKER__
+#error "Use this header only with sparse. It is not a correct implementation."
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __SYS_WAIT_SPARSE
+#define __SYS_WAIT_SPARSE 1
+
+#include_next <sys/wait.h>
+
+#undef wait
+#define wait(a) rpl_wait(a)
+pid_t rpl_wait(int *);
+
+#undef waitpid
+#define waitpid(a, b, c) rpl_waitpid(a, b, c)
+pid_t rpl_waitpid(pid_t, int *, int);
+
+#endif /* <sys/wait.h> for sparse */