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This patch creates the contents of the support/ directory up to this
upstream commit on the master branch:

commit 00c86a37d1b63044e3169d1f2ebec23447c73f79
Author: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed Nov 7 11:09:02 2018 -0200

    support: Fix printf format for TEST_COMPARE_STRING
    
    Fix the following on 32 bits targets:
    
    support_test_compare_string.c: In function ‘support_test_compare_string’:
    support_test_compare_string.c:80:37: error: format ‘%lu’ expects argument of
    type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 2 has type ‘size_t’ {aka ‘unsigned int’}
    [-Werror=format=]
             printf ("  string length: %lu bytes\n", left_length);
                                       ~~^           ~~~~~~~~~~~
                                       %u
    Checked on arm-linux-gnueabihf.
    
            * support/support_test_compare_string.c
            (support_test_compare_string): Fix printf format.

diff --git a/scripts/backport-support.sh b/scripts/backport-support.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4057e42d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/backport-support.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Create a patch which backports the support/ subdirectory.
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This script does not backport the Makefile tweaks outside the
+# support/ directory (which need to be backported separately), or the
+# changes to test-skeleton.c (which should not be backported).
+
+set -e
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+export GIT_CONFIG=/dev/null
+export GTT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=0
+export GIT_PAGER=
+
+usage () {
+    cat >&2 <<EOF
+usage: $0 {patch|commit}
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if test $# -ne 1 ; then
+    usage
+fi
+
+command="$1"
+
+case "$command" in
+    patch|commit)
+    ;;
+    *)
+	usage
+	;;
+esac
+
+# The upstream branch to work on.
+branch=origin/master
+
+# The commit which added the support/ directory.
+initial_commit=c23de0aacbeaa7a091609b35764bed931475a16d
+
+# We backport the support directory and this script.  Directories need
+# to end in a /.
+patch_targets="support/ scripts/backport-support.sh"
+
+latest_commit="$(git log --max-count=1 --pretty=format:%H "$branch" -- \
+  $patch_targets)"
+
+# Simplify the branch name somewhat for reporting.
+branch_name="$(echo "$branch" | sed s,^origin/,,)"
+
+command_patch () {
+    cat <<EOF
+This patch creates the contents of the support/ directory up to this
+upstream commit on the $branch_name branch:
+
+EOF
+    git log --max-count=1 "$latest_commit"
+    echo
+    git diff "$initial_commit"^.."$latest_commit" $patch_targets
+    echo "# Before applying the patch, run this command:" >&2
+    echo "# rm -rf $patch_targets" >&2
+}
+
+command_commit () {
+    git status --porcelain | while read line ; do
+	echo "error: working copy is not clean, cannot commit" >&2
+	exit 1
+    done
+    for path in $patch_targets; do
+	echo "# Processing $path" >&2
+	case "$path" in
+	    [a-zA-Z0-9]*/)
+		# Directory.
+		git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch -r "$path"
+		rm -rf "$path"
+		git read-tree --prefix="$path" "$latest_commit":"$path"
+		git checkout "$path"
+		;;
+	    *)
+		# File.
+		git show "$latest_commit":"$path" > "$path"
+		git add "$path"
+	esac
+    done
+    git commit -m "Synchronize support/ infrastructure with $branch_name
+
+This commit updates the support/ subdirectory to
+commit $latest_commit
+on the $branch_name branch.
+"
+}
+
+command_$command
diff --git a/support/Makefile b/support/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b663fbbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+# Makefile for support library, used only at build and test time
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+subdir := support
+
+include ../Makeconfig
+
+extra-libs := libsupport
+extra-libs-others = $(extra-libs)
+extra-libs-noinstall := $(extra-libs)
+
+libsupport-routines = \
+  blob_repeat \
+  check \
+  check_addrinfo \
+  check_dns_packet \
+  check_hostent \
+  check_netent \
+  delayed_exit \
+  ignore_stderr \
+  next_to_fault \
+  oom_error \
+  resolv_test \
+  set_fortify_handler \
+  support-xfstat \
+  support-xstat \
+  support_become_root \
+  support_can_chroot \
+  support_capture_subprocess \
+  support_capture_subprocess_check \
+  support_chroot \
+  support_copy_file_range \
+  support_descriptor_supports_holes \
+  support_enter_mount_namespace \
+  support_enter_network_namespace \
+  support_format_address_family \
+  support_format_addrinfo \
+  support_format_dns_packet \
+  support_format_herrno \
+  support_format_hostent \
+  support_format_netent \
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess \
+  support_openpty \
+  support_paths \
+  support_quote_blob \
+  support_record_failure \
+  support_run_diff \
+  support_shared_allocate \
+  support_test_compare_blob \
+  support_test_compare_failure \
+  support_test_compare_string \
+  support_write_file_string \
+  support_test_main \
+  support_test_verify_impl \
+  temp_file \
+  write_message \
+  xaccept \
+  xaccept4 \
+  xasprintf \
+  xbind \
+  xcalloc \
+  xchroot \
+  xclose \
+  xconnect \
+  xcopy_file_range \
+  xdlfcn \
+  xdup2 \
+  xfclose \
+  xfopen \
+  xfork \
+  xftruncate \
+  xgetsockname \
+  xlisten \
+  xlseek \
+  xmalloc \
+  xmemstream \
+  xmkdir \
+  xmkdirp \
+  xmmap \
+  xmprotect \
+  xmunmap \
+  xopen \
+  xpipe \
+  xpoll \
+  xpthread_attr_destroy \
+  xpthread_attr_init \
+  xpthread_attr_setdetachstate \
+  xpthread_attr_setguardsize \
+  xpthread_attr_setstacksize \
+  xpthread_barrier_destroy \
+  xpthread_barrier_init \
+  xpthread_barrier_wait \
+  xpthread_barrierattr_destroy \
+  xpthread_barrierattr_init \
+  xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared \
+  xpthread_cancel \
+  xpthread_check_return \
+  xpthread_cond_wait \
+  xpthread_create \
+  xpthread_detach \
+  xpthread_join \
+  xpthread_mutex_consistent \
+  xpthread_mutex_destroy \
+  xpthread_mutex_init \
+  xpthread_mutex_lock \
+  xpthread_mutex_unlock \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_destroy \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_init \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust \
+  xpthread_mutexattr_settype \
+  xpthread_once \
+  xpthread_rwlock_init \
+  xpthread_rwlock_rdlock \
+  xpthread_rwlock_unlock \
+  xpthread_rwlock_wrlock \
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_init \
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np \
+  xpthread_sigmask \
+  xpthread_spin_lock \
+  xpthread_spin_unlock \
+  xraise \
+  xreadlink \
+  xrealloc \
+  xrecvfrom \
+  xsendto \
+  xsetsockopt \
+  xsigaction \
+  xsignal \
+  xsocket \
+  xstrdup \
+  xstrndup \
+  xsymlink \
+  xsysconf \
+  xunlink \
+  xwaitpid \
+  xwrite \
+
+libsupport-static-only-routines := $(libsupport-routines)
+# Only build one variant of the library.
+libsupport-inhibit-o := .os
+ifeq ($(build-shared),yes)
+libsupport-inhibit-o += .o
+endif
+
+CFLAGS-support_paths.c = \
+		-DSRCDIR_PATH=\"`cd .. ; pwd`\" \
+		-DOBJDIR_PATH=\"`cd $(objpfx)/..; pwd`\" \
+		-DOBJDIR_ELF_LDSO_PATH=\"`cd $(objpfx)/..; pwd`/elf/$(rtld-installed-name)\" \
+		-DINSTDIR_PATH=\"$(prefix)\" \
+		-DLIBDIR_PATH=\"$(libdir)\"
+
+ifeq (,$(CXX))
+LINKS_DSO_PROGRAM = links-dso-program-c
+else
+LINKS_DSO_PROGRAM = links-dso-program
+LDLIBS-links-dso-program = -lstdc++ -lgcc -lgcc_s $(libunwind)
+endif
+
+LDLIBS-test-container = $(libsupport)
+
+others += test-container
+others-noinstall += test-container
+
+others += shell-container echo-container true-container
+others-noinstall += shell-container echo-container true-container
+
+others += $(LINKS_DSO_PROGRAM)
+others-noinstall += $(LINKS_DSO_PROGRAM)
+
+$(objpfx)test-container : $(libsupport)
+$(objpfx)shell-container : $(libsupport)
+$(objpfx)echo-container : $(libsupport)
+$(objpfx)true-container : $(libsupport)
+
+tests = \
+  README-testing \
+  tst-support-namespace \
+  tst-support_blob_repeat \
+  tst-support_capture_subprocess \
+  tst-support_format_dns_packet \
+  tst-support_quote_blob \
+  tst-support_record_failure \
+  tst-test_compare \
+  tst-test_compare_blob \
+  tst-test_compare_string \
+  tst-xreadlink \
+
+ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
+tests-special = \
+  $(objpfx)tst-support_record_failure-2.out
+
+$(objpfx)tst-support_record_failure-2.out: tst-support_record_failure-2.sh \
+  $(objpfx)tst-support_record_failure
+	$(SHELL) $< $(common-objpfx) '$(test-program-prefix-before-env)' \
+	  '$(run-program-env)' '$(test-program-prefix-after-env)' \
+	  > $@; \
+	$(evaluate-test)
+endif
+
+$(objpfx)tst-support_format_dns_packet: $(common-objpfx)resolv/libresolv.so
+
+include ../Rules
diff --git a/support/README b/support/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..476cfcda59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/README
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+This subdirectory contains infrastructure which is not put into
+installed libraries, but may be linked into programs (installed or
+not) and tests.
+
+# Error-checking wrappers
+
+These wrappers test for error return codes an terminate the process on
+error.  They are declared in these header files:
+
+* support.h
+* xsignal.h
+* xthread.h
+
+In general, new wrappers should be added to support.h if possible.
+However, support.h must remain fully compatible with C90 and therefore
+cannot include headers which use identifers not reserved in C90.  If
+the wrappers need additional types, additional headers such as
+signal.h need to be introduced.
+
+# Test framework
+
+The test framework provides a main program for tests, including a
+timeout for hanging tests.  See README-testing.c for a minimal
+example, and test-driver.c for details how to use it.  The following
+header files provide related declarations:
+
+* check.h
+* temp_file.h
+* test-driver.h
diff --git a/support/README-testing.c b/support/README-testing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d289c3020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/README-testing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* This file contains an example test case which shows minimal use of
+   the test framework.  Additional testing hooks are described in
+   <support/test-driver.c>.  */
+
+/* This function will be called from the test driver.  */
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  if (3 == 5)
+    /* Indicate failure.  */
+    return 1;
+  else
+    /* Indicate success.  */
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* This file references do_test above and contains the definition of
+   the main function.  */
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/blob_repeat.c b/support/blob_repeat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16c1e448b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/blob_repeat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+/* Repeating a memory blob, with alias mapping optimization.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/blob_repeat.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+/* Small allocations should use malloc directly instead of the mmap
+   optimization because mappings carry a lot of overhead.  */
+static const size_t maximum_small_size = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+/* Internal helper for fill.  */
+static void
+fill0 (char *target, const char *element, size_t element_size,
+       size_t count)
+{
+  while (count > 0)
+    {
+      memcpy (target, element, element_size);
+      target += element_size;
+      --count;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Fill the buffer at TARGET with COUNT copies of the ELEMENT_SIZE
+   bytes starting at ELEMENT.  */
+static void
+fill (char *target, const char *element, size_t element_size,
+      size_t count)
+{
+  if (element_size == 0 || count == 0)
+    return;
+  else if (element_size == 1)
+    memset (target, element[0], count);
+  else if (element_size == sizeof (wchar_t))
+    {
+      wchar_t wc;
+      memcpy (&wc, element, sizeof (wc));
+      wmemset ((wchar_t *) target, wc, count);
+    }
+  else if (element_size < 1024 && count > 4096)
+    {
+      /* Use larger copies for really small element sizes.  */
+      char buffer[8192];
+      size_t buffer_count = sizeof (buffer) / element_size;
+      fill0 (buffer, element, element_size, buffer_count);
+      while (count > 0)
+        {
+          size_t copy_count = buffer_count;
+          if (copy_count > count)
+            copy_count = count;
+          size_t copy_bytes = copy_count * element_size;
+          memcpy (target, buffer, copy_bytes);
+          target += copy_bytes;
+          count -= copy_count;
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    fill0 (target, element, element_size, count);
+}
+
+/* Use malloc instead of mmap for small allocations and unusual size
+   combinations.  */
+static struct support_blob_repeat
+allocate_malloc (size_t total_size, const void *element, size_t element_size,
+                 size_t count)
+{
+  void *buffer = malloc (total_size);
+  if (buffer == NULL)
+    return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+  fill (buffer, element, element_size, count);
+  return (struct support_blob_repeat)
+    {
+      .start = buffer,
+      .size = total_size,
+      .use_malloc = true
+    };
+}
+
+/* Return the least common multiple of PAGE_SIZE and ELEMENT_SIZE,
+   avoiding overflow.  This assumes that PAGE_SIZE is a power of
+   two.  */
+static size_t
+minimum_stride_size (size_t page_size, size_t element_size)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (page_size > 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (element_size > 0);
+
+  /* Compute the number of trailing zeros common to both sizes.  */
+  unsigned int common_zeros = __builtin_ctzll (page_size | element_size);
+
+  /* In the product, this power of two appears twice, but in the least
+     common multiple, it appears only once.  Therefore, shift one
+     factor.  */
+  size_t multiple;
+  if (__builtin_mul_overflow (page_size >> common_zeros, element_size,
+                              &multiple))
+    return 0;
+  return multiple;
+}
+
+/* Allocations larger than maximum_small_size potentially use mmap
+   with alias mappings.  */
+static struct support_blob_repeat
+allocate_big (size_t total_size, const void *element, size_t element_size,
+              size_t count)
+{
+  unsigned long page_size = xsysconf (_SC_PAGESIZE);
+  size_t stride_size = minimum_stride_size (page_size, element_size);
+  if (stride_size == 0)
+    {
+      errno = EOVERFLOW;
+      return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+    }
+
+  /* Ensure that the stride size is at least maximum_small_size.  This
+     is necessary to reduce the number of distinct mappings.  */
+  if (stride_size < maximum_small_size)
+    stride_size
+      = ((maximum_small_size + stride_size - 1) / stride_size) * stride_size;
+
+  if (stride_size > total_size)
+    /* The mmap optimization would not save anything.  */
+    return allocate_malloc (total_size, element, element_size, count);
+
+  /* Reserve the memory region.  If we cannot create the mapping,
+     there is no reason to set up the backing file.  */
+  void *target = mmap (NULL, total_size, PROT_NONE,
+                       MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
+  if (target == MAP_FAILED)
+    return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+
+  /* Create the backing file for the repeated mapping.  Call mkstemp
+     directly to remove the resources backing the temporary file
+     immediately, once support_blob_repeat_free is called.  Using
+     create_temp_file would result in a warning during post-test
+     cleanup.  */
+  int fd;
+  {
+    char *temppath = xasprintf ("%s/support_blob_repeat-XXXXXX", test_dir);
+    fd = mkstemp (temppath);
+    if (fd < 0)
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("mkstemp (\"%s\"): %m", temppath);
+    xunlink (temppath);
+    free (temppath);
+  }
+
+  /* Make sure that there is backing storage, so that the fill
+     operation will not fault.  */
+  if (posix_fallocate (fd, 0, stride_size) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("posix_fallocate (%zu): %m", stride_size);
+
+  /* The stride size must still be a multiple of the page size and
+     element size.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT ((stride_size % page_size) == 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT ((stride_size % element_size) == 0);
+
+  /* Fill the backing store.  */
+  {
+    void *ptr = mmap (target, stride_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                      MAP_FIXED | MAP_FILE | MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+    if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
+      {
+        int saved_errno = errno;
+        xmunmap (target, total_size);
+        xclose (fd);
+        errno = saved_errno;
+        return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+      }
+    if (ptr != target)
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("mapping of %zu bytes moved from %p to %p",
+                  stride_size, target, ptr);
+
+    /* Write the repeating data.  */
+    fill (target, element, element_size, stride_size / element_size);
+
+    /* Return to a PROT_NONE mapping, just to be on the safe side.  */
+    ptr = mmap (target, stride_size, PROT_NONE,
+                MAP_FIXED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
+    if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("Failed to reinstate PROT_NONE mapping: %m");
+    if (ptr != target)
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("PROT_NONE mapping of %zu bytes moved from %p to %p",
+                  stride_size, target, ptr);
+  }
+
+  /* Create the alias mappings.  */
+  {
+    size_t remaining_size = total_size;
+    char *current = target;
+    int flags = MAP_FIXED | MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE;
+#ifdef MAP_NORESERVE
+    flags |= MAP_NORESERVE;
+#endif
+    while (remaining_size > 0)
+      {
+        size_t to_map = stride_size;
+        if (to_map > remaining_size)
+          to_map = remaining_size;
+        void *ptr = mmap (current, to_map, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                          flags, fd, 0);
+        if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
+          {
+            int saved_errno = errno;
+            xmunmap (target, total_size);
+            xclose (fd);
+            errno = saved_errno;
+            return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+          }
+        if (ptr != current)
+          FAIL_EXIT1 ("MAP_PRIVATE mapping of %zu bytes moved from %p to %p",
+                      to_map, target, ptr);
+        remaining_size -= to_map;
+        current += to_map;
+      }
+  }
+
+  xclose (fd);
+
+  return (struct support_blob_repeat)
+    {
+      .start = target,
+      .size = total_size,
+      .use_malloc = false
+    };
+}
+
+struct support_blob_repeat
+support_blob_repeat_allocate (const void *element, size_t element_size,
+                              size_t count)
+{
+  size_t total_size;
+  if (__builtin_mul_overflow (element_size, count, &total_size))
+    {
+      errno = EOVERFLOW;
+      return (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+    }
+  if (total_size <= maximum_small_size)
+    return allocate_malloc (total_size, element, element_size, count);
+  else
+    return allocate_big (total_size, element, element_size, count);
+}
+
+void
+support_blob_repeat_free (struct support_blob_repeat *blob)
+{
+  if (blob->size > 0)
+    {
+      int saved_errno = errno;
+      if (blob->use_malloc)
+        free (blob->start);
+      else
+        xmunmap (blob->start, blob->size);
+      errno = saved_errno;
+    }
+  *blob = (struct support_blob_repeat) { 0 };
+}
diff --git a/support/blob_repeat.h b/support/blob_repeat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e9d7ff5f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/blob_repeat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* Repeating a memory blob, with alias mapping optimization.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H
+#define SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+struct support_blob_repeat
+{
+  void *start;
+  size_t size;
+  bool use_malloc;
+};
+
+/* Return an allocation of COUNT elements, each of ELEMENT_SIZE bytes,
+   initialized with the bytes starting at ELEMENT.  The memory is
+   writable (and thus counts towards the commit charge).  In case of
+   on error, all members of the return struct are zero-initialized,
+   and errno is set accordingly.  */
+struct support_blob_repeat support_blob_repeat_allocate (const void *element,
+                                                         size_t element_size,
+                                                         size_t count);
+
+/* Deallocate the blob created by support_blob_repeat_allocate.  */
+void support_blob_repeat_free (struct support_blob_repeat *);
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H */
diff --git a/support/capture_subprocess.h b/support/capture_subprocess.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0886ba1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/capture_subprocess.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Capture output from a subprocess.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H
+#define SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H
+
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+struct support_capture_subprocess
+{
+  struct xmemstream out;
+  struct xmemstream err;
+  int status;
+};
+
+/* Invoke CALLBACK (CLOSURE) in a subprocess and capture standard
+   output, standard error, and the exit status.  The out.buffer and
+   err.buffer members in the result are null-terminated strings which
+   can be examined by the caller (out.out and err.out are NULL).  */
+struct support_capture_subprocess support_capture_subprocess
+  (void (*callback) (void *), void *closure);
+
+/* Deallocate the subprocess data captured by
+   support_capture_subprocess.  */
+void support_capture_subprocess_free (struct support_capture_subprocess *);
+
+enum support_capture_allow
+{
+  /* No output is allowed.  */
+  sc_allow_none = 0x01,
+  /* Output to stdout is permitted.  */
+  sc_allow_stdout = 0x02,
+  /* Output to standard error is permitted.  */
+  sc_allow_stderr = 0x04,
+};
+
+/* Check that the subprocess exited with STATUS and that only the
+   allowed outputs happened.  ALLOWED is a combination of
+   support_capture_allow flags.  Report errors under the CONTEXT
+   message.  */
+void support_capture_subprocess_check (struct support_capture_subprocess *,
+                                       const char *context, int status,
+                                       int allowed)
+  __attribute__ ((nonnull (1, 2)));
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_CAPTURE_SUBPROCESS_H */
diff --git a/support/check.c b/support/check.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78f2b3cde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* Support code for reporting test results.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
+static void
+print_failure (const char *file, int line, const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+  int saved_errno = errno;
+  printf ("error: %s:%d: ", file, line);
+  vprintf (format, ap);
+  puts ("");
+  errno = saved_errno;
+}
+
+int
+support_print_failure_impl (const char *file, int line,
+                            const char *format, ...)
+{
+  support_record_failure ();
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  print_failure (file, line, format, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+void
+support_exit_failure_impl (int status, const char *file, int line,
+                           const char *format, ...)
+{
+  if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS && status != EXIT_UNSUPPORTED)
+    support_record_failure ();
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  print_failure (file, line, format, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  exit (status);
+}
diff --git a/support/check.h b/support/check.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6765289f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check.h
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/* Functionality for reporting test results.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_CHECK_H
+#define SUPPORT_CHECK_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Record a test failure, print the failure message to standard output
+   and return 1.  */
+#define FAIL_RET(...) \
+  return support_print_failure_impl (__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Print the failure message and terminate the process with STATUS.
+   Record a the process as failed if STATUS is neither EXIT_SUCCESS
+   nor EXIT_UNSUPPORTED.  */
+#define FAIL_EXIT(status, ...) \
+  support_exit_failure_impl (status, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Record a test failure, print the failure message and terminate with
+   exit status 1.  */
+#define FAIL_EXIT1(...) \
+  support_exit_failure_impl (1, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Print failure message and terminate with as unsupported test (exit
+   status of 77).  */
+#define FAIL_UNSUPPORTED(...) \
+  support_exit_failure_impl (77, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Record a test failure (but continue executing) if EXPR evaluates to
+   false.  */
+#define TEST_VERIFY(expr)                                       \
+  ({                                                            \
+    if (expr)                                                   \
+      ;                                                         \
+    else                                                        \
+      support_test_verify_impl (__FILE__, __LINE__, #expr);     \
+  })
+
+/* Record a test failure and exit if EXPR evaluates to false.  */
+#define TEST_VERIFY_EXIT(expr)                                  \
+  ({                                                            \
+    if (expr)                                                   \
+      ;                                                         \
+    else                                                        \
+      support_test_verify_exit_impl                             \
+        (1, __FILE__, __LINE__, #expr);                         \
+  })
+
+
+
+int support_print_failure_impl (const char *file, int line,
+                                const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((nonnull (1), format (printf, 3, 4)));
+void support_exit_failure_impl (int exit_status,
+                                const char *file, int line,
+                                const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((noreturn, nonnull (2), format (printf, 4, 5)));
+void support_test_verify_impl (const char *file, int line,
+                               const char *expr);
+void support_test_verify_exit_impl (int status, const char *file, int line,
+                                    const char *expr)
+  __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+
+/* Record a test failure.  This function returns and does not
+   terminate the process.  The failure counter is stored in a shared
+   memory mapping, so that failures reported in child processes are
+   visible to the parent process and test driver.  This function
+   depends on initialization by an ELF constructor, so it can only be
+   invoked after the test driver has run.  Note that this function
+   does not support reporting failures from a DSO.  */
+void support_record_failure (void);
+
+/* Static assertion, under a common name for both C++ and C11.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+# define support_static_assert static_assert
+#else
+# define support_static_assert _Static_assert
+#endif
+
+/* Compare the two integers LEFT and RIGHT and report failure if they
+   are different.  */
+#define TEST_COMPARE(left, right)                                       \
+  ({                                                                    \
+    /* + applies the integer promotions, for bitfield support.   */     \
+    typedef __typeof__ (+ (left)) __left_type;                          \
+    typedef __typeof__ (+ (right)) __right_type;                        \
+    __left_type __left_value = (left);                                  \
+    __right_type __right_value = (right);                               \
+    int __left_is_positive = __left_value > 0;                          \
+    int __right_is_positive = __right_value > 0;                        \
+    /* Prevent use with floating-point types.  */                       \
+    support_static_assert ((__left_type) 1.0 == (__left_type) 1.5,      \
+                           "left value has floating-point type");       \
+    support_static_assert ((__right_type) 1.0 == (__right_type) 1.5,    \
+                           "right value has floating-point type");      \
+    /* Prevent accidental use with larger-than-long long types.  */     \
+    support_static_assert (sizeof (__left_value) <= sizeof (long long), \
+                           "left value fits into long long");           \
+    support_static_assert (sizeof (__right_value) <= sizeof (long long), \
+                    "right value fits into long long");                 \
+    /* Compare the value.  */                                           \
+    if (__left_value != __right_value                                   \
+        || __left_is_positive != __right_is_positive)                   \
+      /* Pass the sign for printing the correct value.  */              \
+      support_test_compare_failure                                      \
+        (__FILE__, __LINE__,                                            \
+         #left, __left_value, __left_is_positive, sizeof (__left_type), \
+         #right, __right_value, __right_is_positive, sizeof (__right_type)); \
+  })
+
+/* Internal implementation of TEST_COMPARE.  LEFT_POSITIVE and
+   RIGHT_POSITIVE are used to store the sign separately, so that both
+   unsigned long long and long long arguments fit into LEFT_VALUE and
+   RIGHT_VALUE, and the function can still print the original value.
+   LEFT_SIZE and RIGHT_SIZE specify the size of the argument in bytes,
+   for hexadecimal formatting.  */
+void support_test_compare_failure (const char *file, int line,
+                                   const char *left_expr,
+                                   long long left_value,
+                                   int left_positive,
+                                   int left_size,
+                                   const char *right_expr,
+                                   long long right_value,
+                                   int right_positive,
+                                   int right_size);
+
+
+/* Compare [LEFT, LEFT + LEFT_LENGTH) with [RIGHT, RIGHT +
+   RIGHT_LENGTH) and report a test failure if the arrays are
+   different.  LEFT_LENGTH and RIGHT_LENGTH are measured in bytes.  If
+   the length is null, the corresponding pointer is ignored (i.e., it
+   can be NULL).  The blobs should be reasonably short because on
+   mismatch, both are printed.  */
+#define TEST_COMPARE_BLOB(left, left_length, right, right_length)       \
+  (support_test_compare_blob (left, left_length, right, right_length,   \
+                              __FILE__, __LINE__,                       \
+                              #left, #left_length, #right, #right_length))
+
+void support_test_compare_blob (const void *left,
+                                unsigned long int left_length,
+                                const void *right,
+                                unsigned long int right_length,
+                                const char *file, int line,
+                                const char *left_exp, const char *left_len_exp,
+                                const char *right_exp,
+                                const char *right_len_exp);
+
+/* Compare the strings LEFT and RIGHT and report a test failure if
+   they are different.  Also report failure if one of the arguments is
+   a null pointer and the other is not.  The strings should be
+   reasonably short because on mismatch, both are printed.  */
+#define TEST_COMPARE_STRING(left, right)                         \
+  (support_test_compare_string (left, right, __FILE__, __LINE__, \
+                                #left, #right))
+
+void support_test_compare_string (const char *left, const char *right,
+                                  const char *file, int line,
+                                  const char *left_expr,
+                                  const char *right_expr);
+
+/* Internal function called by the test driver.  */
+int support_report_failure (int status)
+  __attribute__ ((weak, warn_unused_result));
+
+/* Internal function used to test the failure recording framework.  */
+void support_record_failure_reset (void);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_CHECK_H */
diff --git a/support/check_addrinfo.c b/support/check_addrinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91ad7c56bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check_addrinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Compare struct addrinfo values against a formatted string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check_nss.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+void
+check_addrinfo (const char *query_description, struct addrinfo *ai, int ret,
+                const char *expected)
+{
+  char *formatted = support_format_addrinfo (ai, ret);
+  if (strcmp (formatted, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: addrinfo comparison failure\n");
+      if (query_description != NULL)
+        printf ("query: %s\n", query_description);
+      support_run_diff ("expected", expected,
+                        "actual", formatted);
+    }
+  free (formatted);
+}
diff --git a/support/check_dns_packet.c b/support/check_dns_packet.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c1277bd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check_dns_packet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Check that a DNS packet buffer has the expected contents.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check_nss.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+void
+check_dns_packet (const char *query_description,
+                  const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length,
+                  const char *expected)
+{
+  char *formatted = support_format_dns_packet (buffer, length);
+  if (strcmp (formatted, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: packet comparison failure\n");
+      if (query_description != NULL)
+        printf ("query: %s\n", query_description);
+      support_run_diff ("expected", expected, "actual", formatted);
+    }
+  free (formatted);
+}
diff --git a/support/check_hostent.c b/support/check_hostent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56384f9b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check_hostent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Compare struct hostent values against a formatted string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check_nss.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+void
+check_hostent (const char *query_description, struct hostent *h,
+               const char *expected)
+{
+  char *formatted = support_format_hostent (h);
+  if (strcmp (formatted, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: hostent comparison failure\n");
+      if (query_description != NULL)
+        printf ("query: %s\n", query_description);
+      support_run_diff ("expected", expected,
+                        "actual", formatted);
+    }
+  free (formatted);
+}
diff --git a/support/check_netent.c b/support/check_netent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbcbfb14e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check_netent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* Compare struct netent values against a formatted string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check_nss.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+void
+check_netent (const char *query_description, struct netent *e,
+              const char *expected)
+{
+  char *formatted = support_format_netent (e);
+  if (strcmp (formatted, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: netent comparison failure\n");
+      if (query_description != NULL)
+        printf ("query: %s\n", query_description);
+      support_run_diff ("expected", expected,
+                        "actual", formatted);
+    }
+  free (formatted);
+}
diff --git a/support/check_nss.h b/support/check_nss.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6aa28fa24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check_nss.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Test verification functions for NSS- and DNS-related data.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_CHECK_NSS_H
+#define SUPPORT_CHECK_NSS_H
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Compare the data structures against the expected values (which have
+   to be formatted according to the support_format_* functions in
+   <support/format_nss.h>).  If there is a difference, a delayed test
+   failure is recorded, and a diff is written to standard output.  */
+void check_addrinfo (const char *query_description,
+                     struct addrinfo *, int ret, const char *expected);
+void check_dns_packet (const char *query_description,
+                       const unsigned char *, size_t, const char *expected);
+void check_hostent (const char *query_description,
+                    struct hostent *, const char *expected);
+void check_netent (const char *query_description,
+                   struct netent *, const char *expected);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif  /* SUPPORT_CHECK_NSS_H */
diff --git a/support/delayed_exit.c b/support/delayed_exit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2780d9a6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/delayed_exit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* Time-triggered process termination.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+static void *
+delayed_exit_thread (void *seconds_as_ptr)
+{
+  int seconds = (uintptr_t) seconds_as_ptr;
+  struct timespec delay = { seconds, 0 };
+  struct timespec remaining = { 0 };
+  if (nanosleep (&delay, &remaining) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("nanosleep: %m");
+  /* Exit the process sucessfully.  */
+  exit (0);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+void
+delayed_exit (int seconds)
+{
+  /* Create the new thread with all signals blocked.  */
+  sigset_t all_blocked;
+  sigfillset (&all_blocked);
+  sigset_t old_set;
+  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &all_blocked, &old_set);
+  /* Create a detached thread. */
+  pthread_t thr = xpthread_create
+    (NULL, delayed_exit_thread, (void *) (uintptr_t) seconds);
+  xpthread_detach (thr);
+  /* Restore the original signal mask.  */
+  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &old_set, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/support/echo-container.c b/support/echo-container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4d48df957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/echo-container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Minimal /bin/echo for in-container use.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+    {
+      if (i > 1)
+	putchar (' ');
+      fputs (argv[i], stdout);
+    }
+  putchar ('\n');
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/support/format_nss.h b/support/format_nss.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e55354e788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/format_nss.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* String formatting functions for NSS- and DNS-related data.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_FORMAT_NSS_H
+#define SUPPORT_FORMAT_NSS_H
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* The following functions format their arguments as human-readable
+   strings (which can span multiple lines).  The caller must free the
+   returned buffer.  For NULL pointers or failure status arguments,
+   error variables such as h_errno and errno are included in the
+   result.  */
+char *support_format_address_family (int);
+char *support_format_addrinfo (struct addrinfo *, int ret);
+char *support_format_dns_packet (const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length);
+char *support_format_herrno (int);
+char *support_format_hostent (struct hostent *);
+char *support_format_netent (struct netent *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif  /* SUPPORT_FORMAT_NSS_H */
diff --git a/support/ignore_stderr.c b/support/ignore_stderr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..450333ad38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/ignore_stderr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Avoid all the buffer overflow messages on stderr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+ignore_stderr (void)
+{
+  int fd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_WRONLY);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    close (STDERR_FILENO);
+  else
+    {
+      dup2 (fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+      close (fd);
+    }
+  setenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_", "1", 1);
+}
diff --git a/support/links-dso-program-c.c b/support/links-dso-program-c.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d28a28a0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/links-dso-program-c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  /* Complexity to keep gcc from optimizing this away.  */
+  printf ("This is a test %s.\n", argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "null");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/support/links-dso-program.cc b/support/links-dso-program.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba6976c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/links-dso-program.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  /* Complexity to keep gcc from optimizing this away.  */
+  cout << (argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "null");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/support/namespace.h b/support/namespace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c3842a49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/namespace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* Entering namespaces for test case isolation.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_NAMESPACE_H
+#define SUPPORT_NAMESPACE_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Attempts to become root (or acquire root-like privileges), possibly
+   with the help of user namespaces.  Return true if (restricted) root
+   privileges could be attained in some way.  Print diagnostics to
+   standard output.
+
+   Note that this function generally has to be called before a process
+   becomes multi-threaded, otherwise it may fail with insufficient
+   privileges on systems which would support this operation for
+   single-threaded processes.  */
+bool support_become_root (void);
+
+/* Return true if this process can perform a chroot operation.  In
+   general, this is only possible if support_become_root has been
+   called.  Note that the actual test is performed in a subprocess,
+   after fork, so that the file system root of the original process is
+   not changed.  */
+bool support_can_chroot (void);
+
+/* Enter a network namespace (and a UTS namespace if possible) and
+   configure the loopback interface.  Return true if a network
+   namespace could be created.  Print diagnostics to standard output.
+   If a network namespace could be created, but networking in it could
+   not be configured, terminate the process.  It is recommended to
+   call support_become_root before this function so that the process
+   has sufficient privileges.  */
+bool support_enter_network_namespace (void);
+
+/* Enter a mount namespace and mark / as private (not shared).  If
+   this function returns true, mount operations in this process will
+   not affect the host system afterwards.  */
+bool support_enter_mount_namespace (void);
+
+/* Return true if support_enter_network_namespace managed to enter a
+   UTS namespace.  */
+bool support_in_uts_namespace (void);
+
+/* Invoke CALLBACK (CLOSURE) in a subprocess created using fork.
+   Terminate the calling process if the subprocess exits with a
+   non-zero exit status.  */
+void support_isolate_in_subprocess (void (*callback) (void *), void *closure);
+
+/* Describe the setup of a chroot environment, for
+   support_chroot_create below.  */
+struct support_chroot_configuration
+{
+  /* File contents.  The files are not created if the field is
+     NULL.  */
+  const char *resolv_conf;      /* /etc/resolv.conf.  */
+  const char *hosts;            /* /etc/hosts.  */
+  const char *host_conf;        /* /etc/host.conf.  */
+};
+
+/* The result of the creation of a chroot.  */
+struct support_chroot
+{
+  /* Path information.  All these paths are relative to the parent
+     chroot.  */
+
+  /* Path to the chroot directory.  */
+  char *path_chroot;
+
+  /* Paths to files in the chroot.  These are absolute and outside of
+     the chroot.  */
+  char *path_resolv_conf;       /* /etc/resolv.conf.  */
+  char *path_hosts;             /* /etc/hosts.  */
+  char *path_host_conf;         /* /etc/host.conf.  */
+};
+
+/* Create a chroot environment.  The returned data should be freed
+   using support_chroot_free below.  The files will be deleted when
+   the process exits.  This function does not enter the chroot.  */
+struct support_chroot *support_chroot_create
+  (struct support_chroot_configuration);
+
+/* Deallocate the chroot information created by
+   support_chroot_create.  */
+void support_chroot_free (struct support_chroot *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif
diff --git a/support/next_to_fault.c b/support/next_to_fault.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1971bf7cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/next_to_fault.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* Memory allocation next to an unmapped page.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/next_to_fault.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+
+struct support_next_to_fault
+support_next_to_fault_allocate (size_t size)
+{
+  long page_size = sysconf (_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (page_size > 0);
+  struct support_next_to_fault result;
+  result.region_size = roundup (size, page_size) + page_size;
+  if (size + page_size <= size || result.region_size <= size)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("support_next_to_fault_allocate (%zu): overflow", size);
+  result.region_start
+    = xmmap (NULL, result.region_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+             MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1);
+  /* Unmap the page after the allocation.  */
+  xmprotect (result.region_start + (result.region_size - page_size),
+             page_size, PROT_NONE);
+  /* Align the allocation within the region so that it ends just
+     before the PROT_NONE page.  */
+  result.buffer = result.region_start + result.region_size - page_size - size;
+  result.length = size;
+  return result;
+}
+
+void
+support_next_to_fault_free (struct support_next_to_fault *ntf)
+{
+  xmunmap (ntf->region_start, ntf->region_size);
+  *ntf = (struct support_next_to_fault) { NULL, };
+}
diff --git a/support/next_to_fault.h b/support/next_to_fault.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75759b586c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/next_to_fault.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* Memory allocation next to an unmapped page.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_NEXT_TO_FAULT_H
+#define SUPPORT_NEXT_TO_FAULT_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* The memory region created by next_to_fault_allocate.  */
+struct support_next_to_fault
+{
+  /* The user data.  */
+  char *buffer;
+  size_t length;
+
+  /* The entire allocated region.  */
+  void *region_start;
+  size_t region_size;
+};
+
+/* Allocate a buffer of SIZE bytes just before a page which is mapped
+   with PROT_NONE (so that overrunning the buffer will cause a
+   fault).  */
+struct support_next_to_fault support_next_to_fault_allocate (size_t size);
+
+/* Deallocate the memory region allocated by
+   next_to_fault_allocate.  */
+void support_next_to_fault_free (struct support_next_to_fault *);
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_NEXT_TO_FAULT_H */
diff --git a/support/oom_error.c b/support/oom_error.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd87fe2305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/oom_error.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Reporting out-of-memory errors.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+oom_error (const char *function, size_t size)
+{
+  printf ("%s: unable to allocate %zu bytes: %m\n", function, size);
+  exit (1);
+}
diff --git a/support/resolv_test.c b/support/resolv_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f2a09f36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/resolv_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1263 @@
+/* DNS test framework and libresolv redirection.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/resolv_test.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <nss.h>
+#include <resolv.h>
+#include <search.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Response builder.  */
+
+enum
+  {
+    max_response_length = 65536
+  };
+
+/* Used for locating domain names containing for the purpose of
+   forming compression references.  */
+struct compressed_name
+{
+  uint16_t offset;
+  unsigned char length;
+  unsigned char name[];         /* Without terminating NUL.  */
+};
+
+static struct compressed_name *
+allocate_compressed_name (const unsigned char *encoded, unsigned int offset)
+{
+  /* Compute the length of the domain name.  */
+  size_t length;
+  {
+    const unsigned char *p;
+    for (p = encoded; *p != '\0';)
+      {
+        /* No compression references are allowed.  */
+        TEST_VERIFY (*p <= 63);
+        /* Skip over the label.  */
+        p += 1 + *p;
+      }
+    length = p - encoded;
+    ++length;                   /* For the terminating NUL byte.  */
+  }
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (length <= 255);
+
+  struct compressed_name *result
+    = xmalloc (offsetof (struct compressed_name, name) + length);
+  result->offset = offset;
+  result->length = length;
+  memcpy (result->name, encoded, length);
+  return result;
+}
+
+/* Convert CH to lower case.  Only change letters in the ASCII
+   range.  */
+static inline unsigned char
+ascii_tolower (unsigned char ch)
+{
+  if ('A' <= ch && ch <= 'Z')
+    return ch - 'A' + 'a';
+  else
+    return ch;
+}
+
+/* Compare both names, for use with tsearch.  The order is arbitrary,
+   but the comparison is case-insenstive.  */
+static int
+compare_compressed_name (const void *left, const void *right)
+{
+  const struct compressed_name *crleft = left;
+  const struct compressed_name *crright = right;
+
+  if (crleft->length != crright->length)
+    /* The operands are converted to int before the subtraction.  */
+    return crleft->length - crright->length;
+
+  const unsigned char *nameleft = crleft->name;
+  const unsigned char *nameright = crright->name;
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      int lenleft = *nameleft++;
+      int lenright = *nameright++;
+
+      /* Labels must not e compression references.  */
+      TEST_VERIFY (lenleft <= 63);
+      TEST_VERIFY (lenright <= 63);
+
+      if (lenleft != lenright)
+        return left - right;
+      if (lenleft == 0)
+        /* End of name reached without spotting a difference.  */
+        return 0;
+      /* Compare the label in a case-insenstive manner.  */
+      const unsigned char *endnameleft = nameleft + lenleft;
+      while (nameleft < endnameleft)
+        {
+          int l = *nameleft++;
+          int r = *nameright++;
+          if (l != r)
+            {
+              l = ascii_tolower (l);
+              r = ascii_tolower (r);
+              if (l != r)
+                return l - r;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct resolv_response_builder
+{
+  const unsigned char *query_buffer;
+  size_t query_length;
+
+  size_t offset;                /* Bytes written so far in buffer.  */
+  ns_sect section;              /* Current section in the DNS packet.  */
+  unsigned int truncate_bytes;  /* Bytes to remove at end of response. */
+  bool drop;                    /* Discard generated response.  */
+  bool close;                   /* Close TCP client connection.  */
+
+  /* Offset of the two-byte RDATA length field in the currently
+     written RDATA sub-structure.  0 if no RDATA is being written.  */
+  size_t current_rdata_offset;
+
+  /* tsearch tree for locating targets for label compression.  */
+  void *compression_offsets;
+
+  /* Must be last.  Not zeroed for performance reasons.  */
+  unsigned char buffer[max_response_length];
+};
+
+/* Response builder. */
+
+void
+resolv_response_init (struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+                      struct resolv_response_flags flags)
+{
+  if (b->offset > 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("response_init: called at offset %zu", b->offset);
+  if (b->query_length < 12)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("response_init called for a query of size %zu",
+                b->query_length);
+  if (flags.rcode > 15)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("response_init: invalid RCODE %u", flags.rcode);
+
+  /* Copy the transaction ID.  */
+  b->buffer[0] = b->query_buffer[0];
+  b->buffer[1] = b->query_buffer[1];
+
+  /* Initialize the flags.  */
+  b->buffer[2] = 0x80;                       /* Mark as response.   */
+  b->buffer[2] |= b->query_buffer[2] & 0x01; /* Copy the RD bit.  */
+  if (flags.tc)
+    b->buffer[2] |= 0x02;
+  b->buffer[3] = 0x80 | flags.rcode; /* Always set RA.  */
+
+  /* Fill in the initial section count values.  */
+  b->buffer[4] = flags.qdcount >> 8;
+  b->buffer[5] = flags.qdcount;
+  b->buffer[6] = flags.ancount >> 8;
+  b->buffer[7] = flags.ancount;
+  b->buffer[8] = flags.nscount >> 8;
+  b->buffer[9] = flags.nscount;
+  b->buffer[10] = flags.adcount >> 8;
+  b->buffer[11] = flags.adcount;
+
+  b->offset = 12;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_section (struct resolv_response_builder *b, ns_sect section)
+{
+  if (b->offset == 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_section: response_init not called before");
+  if (section < b->section)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_section: cannot go back to previous section");
+  b->section = section;
+}
+
+/* Add a single byte to B.  */
+static inline void
+response_add_byte (struct resolv_response_builder *b, unsigned char ch)
+{
+  if (b->offset == max_response_length)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("DNS response exceeds 64 KiB limit");
+  b->buffer[b->offset] = ch;
+  ++b->offset;
+}
+
+/* Add a 16-bit word VAL to B, in big-endian format.  */
+static void
+response_add_16 (struct resolv_response_builder *b, uint16_t val)
+{
+  response_add_byte (b, val >> 8);
+  response_add_byte (b, val);
+}
+
+/* Increment the pers-section record counter in the packet header.  */
+static void
+response_count_increment (struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  unsigned int offset = b->section;
+  offset = 4 + 2 * offset;
+  ++b->buffer[offset + 1];
+  if (b->buffer[offset + 1] == 0)
+    {
+      /* Carry.  */
+      ++b->buffer[offset];
+      if (b->buffer[offset] == 0)
+        /* Overflow.  */
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("too many records in section");
+    }
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_add_question (struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+                              const char *name, uint16_t class, uint16_t type)
+{
+  if (b->offset == 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_add_question: "
+                "resolv_response_init not called");
+  if (b->section != ns_s_qd)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_add_question: "
+                "must be called in the question section");
+
+  resolv_response_add_name (b, name);
+  response_add_16 (b, type);
+  response_add_16 (b, class);
+
+  response_count_increment (b);
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_add_name (struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+                          const char *const origname)
+{
+  unsigned char encoded_name[NS_MAXDNAME];
+  if (ns_name_pton (origname, encoded_name, sizeof (encoded_name)) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("ns_name_pton (\"%s\"): %m", origname);
+
+  /* Copy the encoded name into the output buffer, apply compression
+     where possible.  */
+  for (const unsigned char *name = encoded_name; ;)
+    {
+      if (*name == '\0')
+        {
+          /* We have reached the end of the name.  Add the terminating
+             NUL byte.  */
+          response_add_byte (b, '\0');
+          break;
+        }
+
+      /* Set to the compression target if compression is possible.  */
+      struct compressed_name *crname_target;
+
+      /* Compression references can only reach the beginning of the
+         packet.  */
+      enum { compression_limit = 1 << 12 };
+
+      {
+        /* The trailing part of the name to be looked up in the tree
+           with the compression targets.  */
+        struct compressed_name *crname
+          = allocate_compressed_name (name, b->offset);
+
+        if (b->offset < compression_limit)
+          {
+            /* Add the name to the tree, for future compression
+               references.  */
+            void **ptr = tsearch (crname, &b->compression_offsets,
+                                  compare_compressed_name);
+            if (ptr == NULL)
+              FAIL_EXIT1 ("tsearch out of memory");
+            crname_target = *ptr;
+
+            if (crname_target != crname)
+              /* The new name was not actually added to the tree.
+                 Deallocate it.  */
+              free (crname);
+            else
+              /* Signal that the tree did not yet contain the name,
+                 but keep the allocation because it is now part of the
+                 tree.  */
+              crname_target = NULL;
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            /* This name cannot be reached by a compression reference.
+               No need to add it to the tree for future reference.  */
+            void **ptr = tfind (crname, &b->compression_offsets,
+                                compare_compressed_name);
+            if (ptr != NULL)
+              crname_target = *ptr;
+            else
+              crname_target = NULL;
+            TEST_VERIFY (crname_target != crname);
+            /* Not added to the tree.  */
+            free (crname);
+          }
+      }
+
+      if (crname_target != NULL)
+        {
+          /* The name is known.  Reference the previous location.  */
+          unsigned int old_offset = crname_target->offset;
+          TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (old_offset < compression_limit);
+          response_add_byte (b, 0xC0 | (old_offset >> 8));
+          response_add_byte (b, old_offset);
+          break;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* The name is new.  Add this label.  */
+          unsigned int len = 1 + *name;
+          resolv_response_add_data (b, name, len);
+          name += len;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_open_record (struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+                             const char *name,
+                             uint16_t class, uint16_t type, uint32_t ttl)
+{
+  if (b->section == ns_s_qd)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_open_record called in question section");
+  if (b->current_rdata_offset != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_open_record called with open record");
+
+  resolv_response_add_name (b, name);
+  response_add_16 (b, type);
+  response_add_16 (b, class);
+  response_add_16 (b, ttl >> 16);
+  response_add_16 (b, ttl);
+
+  b->current_rdata_offset = b->offset;
+  /* Add room for the RDATA length.  */
+  response_add_16 (b, 0);
+}
+
+
+void
+resolv_response_close_record (struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  size_t rdata_offset = b->current_rdata_offset;
+  if (rdata_offset == 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("response_close_record called without open record");
+  size_t rdata_length = b->offset - rdata_offset - 2;
+  if (rdata_length > 65535)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("RDATA length %zu exceeds limit", rdata_length);
+  b->buffer[rdata_offset] = rdata_length >> 8;
+  b->buffer[rdata_offset + 1] = rdata_length;
+  response_count_increment (b);
+  b->current_rdata_offset = 0;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_add_data (struct resolv_response_builder *b,
+                          const void *data, size_t length)
+{
+  size_t remaining = max_response_length - b->offset;
+  if (remaining < length)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_add_data: not enough room for %zu bytes",
+                length);
+  memcpy (b->buffer + b->offset, data, length);
+  b->offset += length;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_drop (struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  b->drop = true;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_close (struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  b->close = true;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_response_truncate_data (struct resolv_response_builder *b, size_t count)
+{
+  if (count > 65535)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("resolv_response_truncate_data: argument too large: %zu",
+                count);
+  b->truncate_bytes = count;
+}
+
+
+size_t
+resolv_response_length (const struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  return b->offset;
+}
+
+unsigned char *
+resolv_response_buffer (const struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  unsigned char *result = xmalloc (b->offset);
+  memcpy (result, b->buffer, b->offset);
+  return result;
+}
+
+static struct resolv_response_builder *
+response_builder_allocate
+  (const unsigned char *query_buffer, size_t query_length)
+{
+  struct resolv_response_builder *b = xmalloc (sizeof (*b));
+  memset (b, 0, offsetof (struct resolv_response_builder, buffer));
+  b->query_buffer = query_buffer;
+  b->query_length = query_length;
+  return b;
+}
+
+static void
+response_builder_free (struct resolv_response_builder *b)
+{
+  tdestroy (b->compression_offsets, free);
+  free (b);
+}
+
+/* DNS query processing. */
+
+/* Data extracted from the question section of a DNS packet.  */
+struct query_info
+{
+  char qname[MAXDNAME];
+  uint16_t qclass;
+  uint16_t qtype;
+  struct resolv_edns_info edns;
+};
+
+/* Update *INFO from the specified DNS packet.  */
+static void
+parse_query (struct query_info *info,
+             const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+  HEADER hd;
+  _Static_assert (sizeof (hd) == 12, "DNS header size");
+  if (length < sizeof (hd))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: too short: %zu bytes", length);
+  memcpy (&hd, buffer, sizeof (hd));
+
+  if (ntohs (hd.qdcount) != 1)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: wrong question count: %d",
+                (int) ntohs (hd.qdcount));
+  if (ntohs (hd.ancount) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: wrong answer count: %d",
+                (int) ntohs (hd.ancount));
+  if (ntohs (hd.nscount) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: wrong authority count: %d",
+                (int) ntohs (hd.nscount));
+  if (ntohs (hd.arcount) > 1)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: wrong additional count: %d",
+                (int) ntohs (hd.arcount));
+
+  int ret = dn_expand (buffer, buffer + length, buffer + sizeof (hd),
+                       info->qname, sizeof (info->qname));
+  if (ret < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: cannot uncompress QNAME");
+
+  /* Obtain QTYPE and QCLASS.  */
+  size_t remaining = length - (12 + ret);
+  struct
+  {
+    uint16_t qtype;
+    uint16_t qclass;
+  } qtype_qclass;
+  if (remaining < sizeof (qtype_qclass))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: "
+                "query lacks QCLASS/QTYPE, QNAME: %s", info->qname);
+  memcpy (&qtype_qclass, buffer + 12 + ret, sizeof (qtype_qclass));
+  info->qclass = ntohs (qtype_qclass.qclass);
+  info->qtype = ntohs (qtype_qclass.qtype);
+
+  memset (&info->edns, 0, sizeof (info->edns));
+  if (ntohs (hd.arcount) > 0)
+    {
+      /* Parse EDNS record.  */
+      struct __attribute__ ((packed, aligned (1)))
+      {
+        uint8_t root;
+        uint16_t rtype;
+        uint16_t payload;
+        uint8_t edns_extended_rcode;
+        uint8_t edns_version;
+        uint16_t flags;
+        uint16_t rdatalen;
+      } rr;
+      _Static_assert (sizeof (rr) == 11, "EDNS record size");
+
+      if (remaining < 4 + sizeof (rr))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("mailformed DNS query: no room for EDNS record");
+      memcpy (&rr, buffer + 12 + ret + 4, sizeof (rr));
+      if (rr.root != 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: invalid OPT RNAME: %d\n", rr.root);
+      if (rr.rtype != htons (41))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("malformed DNS query: invalid OPT type: %d\n",
+                    ntohs (rr.rtype));
+      info->edns.active = true;
+      info->edns.extended_rcode = rr.edns_extended_rcode;
+      info->edns.version = rr.edns_version;
+      info->edns.flags = ntohs (rr.flags);
+      info->edns.payload_size = ntohs (rr.payload);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* Main testing framework.  */
+
+/* Per-server information.  One struct is allocated for each test
+   server.  */
+struct resolv_test_server
+{
+  /* Local address of the server.  UDP and TCP use the same port.  */
+  struct sockaddr_in address;
+
+  /* File descriptor of the UDP server, or -1 if this server is
+     disabled.  */
+  int socket_udp;
+
+  /* File descriptor of the TCP server, or -1 if this server is
+     disabled.  */
+  int socket_tcp;
+
+  /* Counter of the number of responses processed so far.  */
+  size_t response_number;
+
+  /* Thread handles for the server threads (if not disabled in the
+     configuration).  */
+  pthread_t thread_udp;
+  pthread_t thread_tcp;
+};
+
+/* Main struct for keeping track of libresolv redirection and
+   testing.  */
+struct resolv_test
+{
+  /* After initialization, any access to the struct must be performed
+     while this lock is acquired.  */
+  pthread_mutex_t lock;
+
+  /* Data for each test server. */
+  struct resolv_test_server servers[resolv_max_test_servers];
+
+  /* Used if config.single_thread_udp is true.  */
+  pthread_t thread_udp_single;
+
+  struct resolv_redirect_config config;
+  bool termination_requested;
+};
+
+/* Function implementing a server thread.  */
+typedef void (*thread_callback) (struct resolv_test *, int server_index);
+
+/* Storage for thread-specific data, for passing to the
+   thread_callback function.  */
+struct thread_closure
+{
+  struct resolv_test *obj;      /* Current test object.  */
+  thread_callback callback;     /* Function to call.  */
+  int server_index;             /* Index of the implemented server.  */
+};
+
+/* Wrap response_callback as a function which can be passed to
+   pthread_create.  */
+static void *
+thread_callback_wrapper (void *arg)
+{
+  struct thread_closure *closure = arg;
+  closure->callback (closure->obj, closure->server_index);
+  free (closure);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Start a server thread for the specified SERVER_INDEX, implemented
+   by CALLBACK.  */
+static pthread_t
+start_server_thread (struct resolv_test *obj, int server_index,
+                     thread_callback callback)
+{
+  struct thread_closure *closure = xmalloc (sizeof (*closure));
+  *closure = (struct thread_closure)
+    {
+      .obj = obj,
+      .callback = callback,
+      .server_index = server_index,
+    };
+  return xpthread_create (NULL, thread_callback_wrapper, closure);
+}
+
+/* Process one UDP query.  Return false if a termination requested has
+   been detected.  */
+static bool
+server_thread_udp_process_one (struct resolv_test *obj, int server_index)
+{
+  unsigned char query[512];
+  struct sockaddr_storage peer;
+  socklen_t peerlen = sizeof (peer);
+  size_t length = xrecvfrom (obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp,
+                             query, sizeof (query), 0,
+                             (struct sockaddr *) &peer, &peerlen);
+  /* Check for termination.  */
+  {
+    bool termination_requested;
+    xpthread_mutex_lock (&obj->lock);
+    termination_requested = obj->termination_requested;
+    xpthread_mutex_unlock (&obj->lock);
+    if (termination_requested)
+      return false;
+  }
+
+
+  struct query_info qinfo;
+  parse_query (&qinfo, query, length);
+  if (test_verbose > 0)
+    {
+      if (test_verbose > 1)
+        printf ("info: UDP server %d: incoming query:"
+                " %zd bytes, %s/%u/%u, tnxid=0x%02x%02x\n",
+                server_index, length, qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype,
+                query[0], query[1]);
+      else
+        printf ("info: UDP server %d: incoming query:"
+                " %zd bytes, %s/%u/%u\n",
+                server_index, length, qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+    }
+
+  struct resolv_response_context ctx =
+    {
+      .query_buffer = query,
+      .query_length = length,
+      .server_index = server_index,
+      .tcp = false,
+      .edns = qinfo.edns,
+    };
+  struct resolv_response_builder *b = response_builder_allocate (query, length);
+  obj->config.response_callback
+    (&ctx, b, qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+
+  if (b->drop)
+    {
+      if (test_verbose)
+        printf ("info: UDP server %d: dropping response to %s/%u/%u\n",
+                server_index, qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      if (test_verbose)
+        {
+          if (b->offset >= 12)
+            printf ("info: UDP server %d: sending response:"
+                    " %zu bytes, RCODE %d (for %s/%u/%u)\n",
+                    server_index, b->offset, b->buffer[3] & 0x0f,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+          else
+            printf ("info: UDP server %d: sending response: %zu bytes"
+                    " (for %s/%u/%u)\n",
+                    server_index, b->offset,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+          if (b->truncate_bytes > 0)
+            printf ("info:    truncated by %u bytes\n", b->truncate_bytes);
+        }
+      size_t to_send = b->offset;
+      if (to_send < b->truncate_bytes)
+        to_send = 0;
+      else
+        to_send -= b->truncate_bytes;
+
+      /* Ignore most errors here because the other end may have closed
+         the socket. */
+      if (sendto (obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp,
+                  b->buffer, to_send, 0,
+                  (struct sockaddr *) &peer, peerlen) < 0)
+        TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (errno != EBADF);
+    }
+  response_builder_free (b);
+  return true;
+}
+
+/* UDP thread_callback function.  Variant for one thread per
+   server.  */
+static void
+server_thread_udp (struct resolv_test *obj, int server_index)
+{
+  while (server_thread_udp_process_one (obj, server_index))
+    ;
+}
+
+/* Single-threaded UDP processing function, for the single_thread_udp
+   case.  */
+static void *
+server_thread_udp_single (void *closure)
+{
+  struct resolv_test *obj = closure;
+
+  struct pollfd fds[resolv_max_test_servers];
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < resolv_max_test_servers;
+       ++server_index)
+    if (obj->config.servers[server_index].disable_udp)
+      fds[server_index] = (struct pollfd) {.fd = -1};
+    else
+      {
+        fds[server_index] = (struct pollfd)
+          {
+            .fd = obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp,
+            .events = POLLIN
+          };
+
+        /* Make the socket non-blocking.  */
+        int flags = fcntl (obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp, F_GETFL, 0);
+        if (flags < 0)
+          FAIL_EXIT1 ("fcntl (F_GETFL): %m");
+        flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+        if (fcntl (obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp, F_SETFL, flags) < 0)
+          FAIL_EXIT1 ("fcntl (F_SETFL): %m");
+      }
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      xpoll (fds, resolv_max_test_servers, -1);
+      for (int server_index = 0; server_index < resolv_max_test_servers;
+           ++server_index)
+        if (fds[server_index].revents != 0)
+          {
+            if (!server_thread_udp_process_one (obj, server_index))
+              goto out;
+            fds[server_index].revents = 0;
+          }
+    }
+
+ out:
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Start the single UDP handler thread (for the single_thread_udp
+   case).  */
+static void
+start_server_thread_udp_single (struct resolv_test *obj)
+{
+  obj->thread_udp_single
+    = xpthread_create (NULL, server_thread_udp_single, obj);
+}
+
+/* Data describing a TCP client connect.  */
+struct tcp_thread_closure
+{
+  struct resolv_test *obj;
+  int server_index;
+  int client_socket;
+};
+
+/* Read a complete DNS query packet.  If EOF_OK, an immediate
+   end-of-file condition is acceptable.  */
+static bool
+read_fully (int fd, void *buf, size_t len, bool eof_ok)
+{
+  const void *const end = buf + len;
+  while (buf < end)
+    {
+      ssize_t ret = read (fd, buf, end - buf);
+      if (ret == 0)
+        {
+          if (!eof_ok)
+            {
+              support_record_failure ();
+              printf ("error: unexpected EOF on TCP connection\n");
+            }
+          return false;
+        }
+      else if (ret < 0)
+        {
+          if (!eof_ok || errno != ECONNRESET)
+            {
+              support_record_failure ();
+              printf ("error: TCP read: %m\n");
+            }
+          return false;
+        }
+      buf += ret;
+      eof_ok = false;
+    }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/* Write an array of iovecs.  Terminate the process on failure.  */
+static void
+writev_fully (int fd, struct iovec *buffers, size_t count)
+{
+  while (count > 0)
+    {
+      /* Skip zero-length write requests.  */
+      if (buffers->iov_len == 0)
+        {
+          ++buffers;
+          --count;
+          continue;
+        }
+      /* Try to rewrite the remaing buffers.  */
+      ssize_t ret = writev (fd, buffers, count);
+      if (ret < 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("writev: %m");
+      if (ret == 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("writev: invalid return value zero");
+      /* Find the buffers that were successfully written.  */
+      while (ret > 0)
+        {
+          if (count == 0)
+            FAIL_EXIT1 ("internal writev consistency failure");
+          /* Current buffer was partially written.  */
+          if (buffers->iov_len > (size_t) ret)
+            {
+              buffers->iov_base += ret;
+              buffers->iov_len -= ret;
+              ret = 0;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              ret -= buffers->iov_len;
+              buffers->iov_len = 0;
+              ++buffers;
+              --count;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* Thread callback for handling a single established TCP connection to
+   a client.  */
+static void *
+server_thread_tcp_client (void *arg)
+{
+  struct tcp_thread_closure *closure = arg;
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      /* Read packet length.  */
+      uint16_t query_length;
+      if (!read_fully (closure->client_socket,
+                       &query_length, sizeof (query_length), true))
+        break;
+      query_length = ntohs (query_length);
+
+      /* Read the packet.  */
+      unsigned char *query_buffer = xmalloc (query_length);
+      read_fully (closure->client_socket, query_buffer, query_length, false);
+
+      struct query_info qinfo;
+      parse_query (&qinfo, query_buffer, query_length);
+      if (test_verbose > 0)
+        {
+          if (test_verbose > 1)
+            printf ("info: UDP server %d: incoming query:"
+                    " %d bytes, %s/%u/%u, tnxid=0x%02x%02x\n",
+                    closure->server_index, query_length,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype,
+                    query_buffer[0], query_buffer[1]);
+          else
+            printf ("info: TCP server %d: incoming query:"
+                    " %u bytes, %s/%u/%u\n",
+                    closure->server_index, query_length,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+        }
+
+      struct resolv_response_context ctx =
+        {
+          .query_buffer = query_buffer,
+          .query_length = query_length,
+          .server_index = closure->server_index,
+          .tcp = true,
+          .edns = qinfo.edns,
+        };
+      struct resolv_response_builder *b = response_builder_allocate
+        (query_buffer, query_length);
+      closure->obj->config.response_callback
+        (&ctx, b, qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+
+      if (b->drop)
+        {
+          if (test_verbose)
+            printf ("info: TCP server %d: dropping response to %s/%u/%u\n",
+                    closure->server_index,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          if (test_verbose)
+            printf ("info: TCP server %d: sending response: %zu bytes"
+                    " (for %s/%u/%u)\n",
+                    closure->server_index, b->offset,
+                    qinfo.qname, qinfo.qclass, qinfo.qtype);
+          uint16_t length = htons (b->offset);
+          size_t to_send = b->offset;
+          if (to_send < b->truncate_bytes)
+            to_send = 0;
+          else
+            to_send -= b->truncate_bytes;
+          struct iovec buffers[2] =
+            {
+              {&length, sizeof (length)},
+              {b->buffer, to_send}
+            };
+          writev_fully (closure->client_socket, buffers, 2);
+        }
+      bool close_flag = b->close;
+      response_builder_free (b);
+      free (query_buffer);
+      if (close_flag)
+        break;
+    }
+
+  xclose (closure->client_socket);
+  free (closure);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/* thread_callback for the TCP case.  Accept connections and create a
+   new thread for each client.  */
+static void
+server_thread_tcp (struct resolv_test *obj, int server_index)
+{
+  while (true)
+    {
+      /* Get the client conenction.  */
+      int client_socket = xaccept
+        (obj->servers[server_index].socket_tcp, NULL, NULL);
+
+      /* Check for termination.  */
+      xpthread_mutex_lock (&obj->lock);
+      if (obj->termination_requested)
+        {
+          xpthread_mutex_unlock (&obj->lock);
+          xclose (client_socket);
+          break;
+        }
+      xpthread_mutex_unlock (&obj->lock);
+
+      /* Spawn a new thread for handling this connection.  */
+      struct tcp_thread_closure *closure = xmalloc (sizeof (*closure));
+      *closure = (struct tcp_thread_closure)
+        {
+          .obj = obj,
+          .server_index = server_index,
+          .client_socket = client_socket,
+        };
+
+      pthread_t thr
+        = xpthread_create (NULL, server_thread_tcp_client, closure);
+      /* TODO: We should keep track of this thread so that we can
+         block in resolv_test_end until it has exited.  */
+      xpthread_detach (thr);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Create UDP and TCP server sockets.  */
+static void
+make_server_sockets (struct resolv_test_server *server)
+{
+  while (true)
+    {
+      server->socket_udp = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+      server->socket_tcp = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+
+      /* Pick the address for the UDP socket.  */
+      server->address = (struct sockaddr_in)
+        {
+          .sin_family = AF_INET,
+          .sin_addr = {.s_addr = htonl (INADDR_LOOPBACK)}
+        };
+      xbind (server->socket_udp,
+             (struct sockaddr *)&server->address, sizeof (server->address));
+
+      /* Retrieve the address. */
+      socklen_t addrlen = sizeof (server->address);
+      xgetsockname (server->socket_udp,
+                    (struct sockaddr *)&server->address, &addrlen);
+
+      /* Bind the TCP socket to the same address.  */
+      {
+        int on = 1;
+        xsetsockopt (server->socket_tcp, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
+                     &on, sizeof (on));
+      }
+      if (bind (server->socket_tcp,
+                (struct sockaddr *)&server->address,
+                sizeof (server->address)) != 0)
+        {
+          /* Port collision.  The UDP bind succeeded, but the TCP BIND
+             failed.  We assume here that the kernel will pick the
+             next local UDP address randomly.  */
+          if (errno == EADDRINUSE)
+            {
+              xclose (server->socket_udp);
+              xclose (server->socket_tcp);
+              continue;
+            }
+          FAIL_EXIT1 ("TCP bind: %m");
+        }
+      xlisten (server->socket_tcp, 5);
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Like make_server_sockets, but the caller supplies the address to
+   use.  */
+static void
+make_server_sockets_for_address (struct resolv_test_server *server,
+                                 const struct sockaddr *addr)
+{
+  server->socket_udp = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+  server->socket_tcp = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+
+  if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET)
+    server->address = *(const struct sockaddr_in *) addr;
+  else
+    /* We cannot store the server address in the socket.  This should
+       not matter if disable_redirect is used.  */
+    server->address = (struct sockaddr_in) { .sin_family = 0, };
+
+  xbind (server->socket_udp,
+         (struct sockaddr *)&server->address, sizeof (server->address));
+  xbind (server->socket_tcp,
+         (struct sockaddr *)&server->address, sizeof (server->address));
+  xlisten (server->socket_tcp, 5);
+}
+
+/* One-time initialization of NSS.  */
+static void
+resolv_redirect_once (void)
+{
+  /* Only use nss_dns.  */
+  __nss_configure_lookup ("hosts", "dns");
+  __nss_configure_lookup ("networks", "dns");
+  /* Enter a network namespace for isolation and firewall state
+     cleanup.  The tests will still work if these steps fail, but they
+     may be less reliable.  */
+  support_become_root ();
+  support_enter_network_namespace ();
+}
+pthread_once_t resolv_redirect_once_var = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
+void
+resolv_test_init (void)
+{
+  /* Perform one-time initialization of NSS.  */
+  xpthread_once (&resolv_redirect_once_var, resolv_redirect_once);
+}
+
+/* Copy the search path from CONFIG.search to the _res object.  */
+static void
+set_search_path (struct resolv_redirect_config config)
+{
+  memset (_res.defdname, 0, sizeof (_res.defdname));
+  memset (_res.dnsrch, 0, sizeof (_res.dnsrch));
+
+  char *current = _res.defdname;
+  char *end = current + sizeof (_res.defdname);
+
+  for (unsigned int i = 0;
+       i < sizeof (config.search) / sizeof (config.search[0]); ++i)
+    {
+      if (config.search[i] == NULL)
+        continue;
+
+      size_t length = strlen (config.search[i]) + 1;
+      size_t remaining = end - current;
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (length <= remaining);
+      memcpy (current, config.search[i], length);
+      _res.dnsrch[i] = current;
+      current += length;
+    }
+}
+
+struct resolv_test *
+resolv_test_start (struct resolv_redirect_config config)
+{
+  /* Apply configuration defaults.  */
+  if (config.nscount == 0)
+    config.nscount = resolv_max_test_servers;
+
+  struct resolv_test *obj = xmalloc (sizeof (*obj));
+  *obj = (struct resolv_test) {
+    .config = config,
+    .lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+  };
+
+  if (!config.disable_redirect)
+    resolv_test_init ();
+
+  /* Create all the servers, to reserve the necessary ports.  */
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < config.nscount; ++server_index)
+    if (config.disable_redirect && config.server_address_overrides != NULL)
+      make_server_sockets_for_address
+        (obj->servers + server_index,
+         config.server_address_overrides[server_index]);
+    else
+      make_server_sockets (obj->servers + server_index);
+
+  /* Start server threads.  Disable the server ports, as
+     requested.  */
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < config.nscount; ++server_index)
+    {
+      struct resolv_test_server *server = obj->servers + server_index;
+      if (config.servers[server_index].disable_udp)
+        {
+          xclose (server->socket_udp);
+          server->socket_udp = -1;
+        }
+      else if (!config.single_thread_udp)
+        server->thread_udp = start_server_thread (obj, server_index,
+                                                  server_thread_udp);
+      if (config.servers[server_index].disable_tcp)
+        {
+          xclose (server->socket_tcp);
+          server->socket_tcp = -1;
+        }
+      else
+        server->thread_tcp = start_server_thread (obj, server_index,
+                                                  server_thread_tcp);
+    }
+  if (config.single_thread_udp)
+    start_server_thread_udp_single (obj);
+
+  if (config.disable_redirect)
+    return obj;
+
+  int timeout = 1;
+
+  /* Initialize libresolv.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (res_init () == 0);
+
+  /* Disable IPv6 name server addresses.  The code below only
+     overrides the IPv4 addresses.  */
+  __res_iclose (&_res, true);
+  _res._u._ext.nscount = 0;
+
+  /* Redirect queries to the server socket.  */
+  if (test_verbose)
+    {
+      printf ("info: old timeout value: %d\n", _res.retrans);
+      printf ("info: old retry attempt value: %d\n", _res.retry);
+      printf ("info: old _res.options: 0x%lx\n", _res.options);
+      printf ("info: old _res.nscount value: %d\n", _res.nscount);
+      printf ("info: old _res.ndots value: %d\n", _res.ndots);
+    }
+  _res.retrans = timeout;
+  _res.retry = 4;
+  _res.nscount = config.nscount;
+  _res.options = RES_INIT | RES_RECURSE | RES_DEFNAMES | RES_DNSRCH;
+  _res.ndots = 1;
+  if (test_verbose)
+    {
+      printf ("info: new timeout value: %d\n", _res.retrans);
+      printf ("info: new retry attempt value: %d\n", _res.retry);
+      printf ("info: new _res.options: 0x%lx\n", _res.options);
+      printf ("info: new _res.nscount value: %d\n", _res.nscount);
+      printf ("info: new _res.ndots value: %d\n", _res.ndots);
+    }
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < config.nscount; ++server_index)
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (obj->servers[server_index].address.sin_port != 0);
+      _res.nsaddr_list[server_index] = obj->servers[server_index].address;
+      if (test_verbose)
+        {
+          char buf[256];
+          TEST_VERIFY_EXIT
+            (inet_ntop (AF_INET, &obj->servers[server_index].address.sin_addr,
+                        buf, sizeof (buf)) != NULL);
+          printf ("info: server %d: %s/%u\n",
+                  server_index, buf,
+                  htons (obj->servers[server_index].address.sin_port));
+        }
+    }
+
+  set_search_path (config);
+
+  return obj;
+}
+
+void
+resolv_test_end (struct resolv_test *obj)
+{
+  res_close ();
+
+  xpthread_mutex_lock (&obj->lock);
+  obj->termination_requested = true;
+  xpthread_mutex_unlock (&obj->lock);
+
+  /* Send trigger packets to unblock the server threads.  */
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < obj->config.nscount;
+       ++server_index)
+    {
+      if (!obj->config.servers[server_index].disable_udp)
+        {
+          int sock = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+          xsendto (sock, "", 1, 0,
+                   (struct sockaddr *) &obj->servers[server_index].address,
+                   sizeof (obj->servers[server_index].address));
+          xclose (sock);
+        }
+      if (!obj->config.servers[server_index].disable_tcp)
+        {
+          int sock = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+          xconnect (sock,
+                    (struct sockaddr *) &obj->servers[server_index].address,
+                    sizeof (obj->servers[server_index].address));
+          xclose (sock);
+        }
+    }
+
+  if (obj->config.single_thread_udp)
+    xpthread_join (obj->thread_udp_single);
+
+  /* Wait for the server threads to terminate.  */
+  for (int server_index = 0; server_index < obj->config.nscount;
+       ++server_index)
+    {
+      if (!obj->config.servers[server_index].disable_udp)
+        {
+          if (!obj->config.single_thread_udp)
+            xpthread_join (obj->servers[server_index].thread_udp);
+          xclose (obj->servers[server_index].socket_udp);
+        }
+      if (!obj->config.servers[server_index].disable_tcp)
+        {
+          xpthread_join (obj->servers[server_index].thread_tcp);
+          xclose (obj->servers[server_index].socket_tcp);
+        }
+    }
+
+  free (obj);
+}
diff --git a/support/resolv_test.h b/support/resolv_test.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c2e6c1b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/resolv_test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/* DNS test framework and libresolv redirection.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_RESOLV_TEST_H
+#define SUPPORT_RESOLV_TEST_H
+
+#include <arpa/nameser.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Information about EDNS properties of a DNS query.  */
+struct resolv_edns_info
+{
+  bool active;
+  uint8_t extended_rcode;
+  uint8_t version;
+  uint16_t flags;
+  uint16_t payload_size;
+};
+
+/* This struct provides context information when the response callback
+   specified in struct resolv_redirect_config is invoked. */
+struct resolv_response_context
+{
+  const unsigned char *query_buffer;
+  size_t query_length;
+  int server_index;
+  bool tcp;
+  struct resolv_edns_info edns;
+};
+
+/* This opaque struct is used to construct responses from within the
+   response callback function.  */
+struct resolv_response_builder;
+
+/* This opaque struct collects information about the resolver testing
+   currently in progress.  */
+struct resolv_test;
+
+enum
+  {
+    /* Maximum number of test servers supported by the framework.  */
+    resolv_max_test_servers = 3,
+  };
+
+/* Configuration settings specific to individual test servers.  */
+struct resolv_redirect_server_config
+{
+  bool disable_tcp;             /* If true, no TCP server is listening.  */
+  bool disable_udp;             /* If true, no UDP server is listening.  */
+};
+
+/* Instructions for setting up the libresolv redirection.  */
+struct resolv_redirect_config
+{
+  /* The response_callback function is called for every incoming DNS
+     packet, over UDP or TCP.  It must be specified, the other
+     configuration settings are optional.  */
+  void (*response_callback) (const struct resolv_response_context *,
+                             struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                             const char *qname,
+                             uint16_t qclass, uint16_t qtype);
+
+  /* Per-server configuration.  */
+  struct resolv_redirect_server_config servers[resolv_max_test_servers];
+
+  /* Search path entries.  The first entry serves as the default
+     domain name as well.  */
+  const char *search[7];
+
+  /* Number of servers to activate in resolv.  0 means the default,
+     resolv_max_test_servers.  */
+  int nscount;
+
+  /* If true, use a single thread to process all UDP queries.  This
+     may results in more predictable ordering of queries and
+     responses.  */
+  bool single_thread_udp;
+
+  /* Do not rewrite the _res variable or change NSS defaults.  Use
+     server_address_overrides below to tell the testing framework on
+     which addresses to create the servers.  */
+  bool disable_redirect;
+
+  /* Use these addresses for creating the DNS servers.  The array must
+     have ns_count (or resolv_max_test_servers) sockaddr * elements if
+     not NULL.  */
+  const struct sockaddr *const *server_address_overrides;
+};
+
+/* Configure NSS to use, nss_dns only for aplicable databases, and try
+   to put the process into a network namespace for better isolation.
+   This may have to be called before resolv_test_start, before the
+   process creates any threads.  Otherwise, initialization is
+   performed by resolv_test_start implicitly.  */
+void resolv_test_init (void);
+
+/* Initiate resolver testing.  This updates the _res variable as
+   needed.  As a side effect, NSS is reconfigured to use nss_dns only
+   for aplicable databases, and the process may enter a network
+   namespace for better isolation.  */
+struct resolv_test *resolv_test_start (struct resolv_redirect_config);
+
+/* Call this function at the end of resolver testing, to free
+   resources and report pending errors (if any).  */
+void resolv_test_end (struct resolv_test *);
+
+/* The remaining facilities in this file are used for constructing
+   response packets from the response_callback function.  */
+
+/* Special settings for constructing responses from the callback.  */
+struct resolv_response_flags
+{
+  /* 4-bit response code to incorporate into the response. */
+  unsigned char rcode;
+
+  /* If true, the TC (truncation) flag will be set.  */
+  bool tc;
+
+  /* Initial section count values.  Can be used to artificially
+     increase the counts, for malformed packet testing.*/
+  unsigned short qdcount;
+  unsigned short ancount;
+  unsigned short nscount;
+  unsigned short adcount;
+};
+
+/* Begin a new response with the requested flags.  Must be called
+   first.  */
+void resolv_response_init (struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                           struct resolv_response_flags);
+
+/* Switches to the section in the response packet.  Only forward
+   movement is supported.  */
+void resolv_response_section (struct resolv_response_builder *, ns_sect);
+
+/* Add a question record to the question section.  */
+void resolv_response_add_question (struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                                   const char *name, uint16_t class,
+                                   uint16_t type);
+/* Starts a new resource record with the specified owner name, class,
+   type, and TTL.  Data is supplied with resolv_response_add_data or
+   resolv_response_add_name.  */
+void resolv_response_open_record (struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                                  const char *name, uint16_t class,
+                                  uint16_t type, uint32_t ttl);
+
+/* Add unstructed bytes to the RDATA part of a resource record.  */
+void resolv_response_add_data (struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                               const void *, size_t);
+
+/* Add a compressed domain name to the RDATA part of a resource
+   record.  */
+void resolv_response_add_name (struct resolv_response_builder *,
+                               const char *name);
+
+/* Mark the end of the constructed record.  Must be called last.  */
+void resolv_response_close_record (struct resolv_response_builder *);
+
+/* Drop this query packet (that is, do not send a response, not even
+   an empty packet).  */
+void resolv_response_drop (struct resolv_response_builder *);
+
+/* In TCP mode, close the connection after this packet (if a response
+   is sent).  */
+void resolv_response_close (struct resolv_response_builder *);
+
+/* The size of the response packet built so far.  */
+size_t resolv_response_length (const struct resolv_response_builder *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_RESOLV_TEST_H */
diff --git a/support/run_diff.h b/support/run_diff.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e949226fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/run_diff.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Invoke the system diff tool to compare two strings.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_RUN_DIFF_H
+#define SUPPORT_RUN_DIFF_H
+
+/* Compare the two NUL-terminated strings LEFT and RIGHT using the
+   diff tool.  Label the sides of the diff with LEFT_LABEL and
+   RIGHT_LABEL, respectively.
+
+   This function assumes that LEFT and RIGHT are different
+   strings.  */
+void support_run_diff (const char *left_label, const char *left,
+                       const char *right_label, const char *right);
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_RUN_DIFF_H */
diff --git a/support/set_fortify_handler.c b/support/set_fortify_handler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2dacbb179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/set_fortify_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Set signal handler for use in fortify tests.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <signal.h>
+
+void
+set_fortify_handler (void (*handler) (int sig))
+{
+  struct sigaction sa;
+
+  sa.sa_handler = handler;
+  sa.sa_flags = 0;
+  sigemptyset (&sa.sa_mask);
+
+  sigaction (SIGABRT, &sa, NULL);
+  ignore_stderr ();
+}
diff --git a/support/shell-container.c b/support/shell-container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bd90d3f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/shell-container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+/* Minimal /bin/sh for in-container use.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <utime.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <error.h>
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+/* Design considerations
+
+ General rule: optimize for developer time, not run time.
+
+ Specifically:
+
+ * Don't worry about slow algorithms
+ * Don't worry about free'ing memory
+ * Don't implement anything the testsuite doesn't need.
+ * Line and argument counts are limited, see below.
+
+*/
+
+#define MAX_ARG_COUNT 100
+#define MAX_LINE_LENGTH 1000
+
+/* Debugging is enabled via --debug, which must be the first argument.  */
+static int debug_mode = 0;
+#define dprintf if (debug_mode) fprintf
+
+/* Emulate the "/bin/true" command.  Arguments are ignored.  */
+static int
+true_func (char **argv)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* Emulate the "/bin/echo" command.  Options are ignored, arguments
+   are printed to stdout.  */
+static int
+echo_func (char **argv)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++)
+    {
+      if (i > 0)
+	putchar (' ');
+      fputs (argv[i], stdout);
+    }
+  putchar ('\n');
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* Emulate the "/bin/cp" command.  Options are ignored.  Only copies
+   one source file to one destination file.  Directory destinations
+   are not supported.  */
+static int
+copy_func (char **argv)
+{
+  char *sname = argv[0];
+  char *dname = argv[1];
+  int sfd, dfd;
+  struct stat st;
+
+  sfd = open (sname, O_RDONLY);
+  if (sfd < 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "cp: unable to open %s for reading: %s\n",
+	       sname, strerror (errno));
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (fstat (sfd, &st) < 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "cp: unable to fstat %s: %s\n",
+	       sname, strerror (errno));
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  dfd = open (dname, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0600);
+  if (dfd < 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "cp: unable to open %s for writing: %s\n",
+	       dname, strerror (errno));
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (support_copy_file_range (sfd, 0, dfd, 0, st.st_size, 0) != st.st_size)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "cp: cannot copy file %s to %s: %s\n",
+	       sname, dname, strerror (errno));
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  close (sfd);
+  close (dfd);
+
+  chmod (dname, st.st_mode & 0777);
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+/* This is a list of all the built-in commands we understand.  */
+static struct {
+  const char *name;
+  int (*func) (char **argv);
+} builtin_funcs[] = {
+  { "true", true_func },
+  { "echo", echo_func },
+  { "cp", copy_func },
+  { NULL, NULL }
+};
+
+/* Run one tokenized command.  argv[0] is the command.  argv is
+   NULL-terminated.  */
+static void
+run_command_array (char **argv)
+{
+  int i, j;
+  pid_t pid;
+  int status;
+  int (*builtin_func) (char **args);
+
+  if (argv[0] == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  builtin_func = NULL;
+
+  int new_stdin = 0;
+  int new_stdout = 1;
+  int new_stderr = 2;
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "run_command_array starting\n");
+  for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++)
+    dprintf (stderr, "   argv [%d] `%s'\n", i, argv[i]);
+
+  for (j = i = 0; argv[i]; i++)
+    {
+      if (strcmp (argv[i], "<") == 0 && argv[i + 1])
+	{
+	  new_stdin = open (argv[i + 1], O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0777);
+	  ++i;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      if (strcmp (argv[i], ">") == 0 && argv[i + 1])
+	{
+	  new_stdout = open (argv[i + 1], O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0777);
+	  ++i;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      if (strcmp (argv[i], ">>") == 0 && argv[i + 1])
+	{
+	  new_stdout = open (argv[i + 1], O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0777);
+	  ++i;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      if (strcmp (argv[i], "2>") == 0 && argv[i + 1])
+	{
+	  new_stderr = open (argv[i + 1], O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0777);
+	  ++i;
+	  continue;
+	}
+      argv[j++] = argv[i];
+    }
+  argv[j] = NULL;
+
+
+  for (i = 0; builtin_funcs[i].name != NULL; i++)
+    if (strcmp (argv[0], builtin_funcs[i].name) == 0)
+       builtin_func = builtin_funcs[i].func;
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "builtin %p argv0 `%s'\n", builtin_func, argv[0]);
+
+  pid = fork ();
+  if (pid < 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "sh: fork failed\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      if (new_stdin != 0)
+	{
+	  dup2 (new_stdin, 0);
+	  close (new_stdin);
+	}
+      if (new_stdout != 1)
+	{
+	  dup2 (new_stdout, 1);
+	  close (new_stdout);
+	}
+      if (new_stderr != 2)
+	{
+	  dup2 (new_stderr, 2);
+	  close (new_stdout);
+	}
+
+      if (builtin_func != NULL)
+	exit (builtin_func (argv + 1));
+
+      execvp (argv[0], argv);
+
+      fprintf (stderr, "sh: execing %s failed: %s",
+	       argv[0], strerror (errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  waitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "exiting run_command_array\n");
+
+  if (WIFEXITED (status))
+    {
+      int rv = WEXITSTATUS (status);
+      if (rv)
+	exit (rv);
+    }
+  else
+    exit (1);
+}
+
+/* Run one command-as-a-string, by tokenizing it.  Limited to
+   MAX_ARG_COUNT arguments.  Simple substitution is done of $1 to $9
+   (as whole separate tokens) from iargs[].  Quoted strings work if
+   the quotes wrap whole tokens; i.e. "foo bar" but not foo" bar".  */
+static void
+run_command_string (const char *cmdline, const char **iargs)
+{
+  char *args[MAX_ARG_COUNT+1];
+  int ap = 0;
+  const char *start, *end;
+  int nargs;
+
+  for (nargs = 0; iargs[nargs] != NULL; ++nargs)
+    ;
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "run_command_string starting: '%s'\n", cmdline);
+
+  while (ap < MAX_ARG_COUNT)
+    {
+      /* If the argument is quoted, this is the quote character, else NUL.  */
+      int in_quote = 0;
+
+      /* Skip whitespace up to the next token.  */
+      while (*cmdline && isspace (*cmdline))
+	cmdline ++;
+      if (*cmdline == 0)
+	break;
+
+      start = cmdline;
+      /* Check for quoted argument.  */
+      in_quote = (*cmdline == '\'' || *cmdline == '"') ? *cmdline : 0;
+
+      /* Skip to end of token; either by whitespace or matching quote.  */
+      dprintf (stderr, "in_quote %d\n", in_quote);
+      while (*cmdline
+	     && (!isspace (*cmdline) || in_quote))
+	{
+	  if (*cmdline == in_quote
+	      && cmdline != start)
+	    in_quote = 0;
+	  dprintf (stderr, "[%c]%d ", *cmdline, in_quote);
+	  cmdline ++;
+	}
+      dprintf (stderr, "\n");
+
+      /* Allocate space for this token and store it in args[].  */
+      end = cmdline;
+      dprintf (stderr, "start<%s> end<%s>\n", start, end);
+      args[ap] = (char *) xmalloc (end - start + 1);
+      memcpy (args[ap], start, end - start);
+      args[ap][end - start] = 0;
+
+      /* Strip off quotes, if found.  */
+      dprintf (stderr, "args[%d] = <%s>\n", ap, args[ap]);
+      if (args[ap][0] == '\''
+	  && args[ap][strlen (args[ap])-1] == '\'')
+	{
+	  args[ap][strlen (args[ap])-1] = 0;
+	  args[ap] ++;
+	}
+
+      else if (args[ap][0] == '"'
+	  && args[ap][strlen (args[ap])-1] == '"')
+	{
+	  args[ap][strlen (args[ap])-1] = 0;
+	  args[ap] ++;
+	}
+
+      /* Replace positional parameters like $4.  */
+      else if (args[ap][0] == '$'
+	       && isdigit (args[ap][1])
+	       && args[ap][2] == 0)
+	{
+	  int a = args[ap][1] - '1';
+	  if (0 <= a && a < nargs)
+	    args[ap] = strdup (iargs[a]);
+	}
+
+      ap ++;
+
+      if (*cmdline == 0)
+	break;
+    }
+
+  /* Lastly, NULL terminate the array and run it.  */
+  args[ap] = NULL;
+  run_command_array (args);
+}
+
+/* Run a script by reading lines and passing them to the above
+   function.  */
+static void
+run_script (const char *filename, const char **args)
+{
+  char line[MAX_LINE_LENGTH + 1];
+  dprintf (stderr, "run_script starting: '%s'\n", filename);
+  FILE *f = fopen (filename, "r");
+  if (f == NULL)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "sh: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror (errno));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  while (fgets (line, sizeof (line), f) != NULL)
+    {
+      if (line[0] == '#')
+	{
+	  dprintf (stderr, "comment: %s\n", line);
+	  continue;
+	}
+      run_command_string (line, args);
+    }
+  fclose (f);
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  if (strcmp (argv[1], "--debug") == 0)
+    {
+      debug_mode = 1;
+      --argc;
+      ++argv;
+    }
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "container-sh starting:\n");
+  for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+    dprintf (stderr, "  argv[%d] is `%s'\n", i, argv[i]);
+
+  if (strcmp (argv[1], "-c") == 0)
+    run_command_string (argv[2], argv+3);
+  else
+    run_script (argv[1], argv+2);
+
+  dprintf (stderr, "normal exit 0\n");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/support/support-xfstat.c b/support/support-xfstat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f69253af09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support-xfstat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* fstat64 with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+void
+xfstat (int fd, struct stat64 *result)
+{
+  if (fstat64 (fd, result) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("fstat64 (%d): %m", fd);
+}
diff --git a/support/support-xstat.c b/support/support-xstat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc10c6dcb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support-xstat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* stat64 with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* NB: Non-standard file name to avoid sysdeps override for xstat.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+void
+xstat (const char *path, struct stat64 *result)
+{
+  if (stat64 (path, result) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("stat64 (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+}
diff --git a/support/support.h b/support/support.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9418cd11ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support.h
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/* Common extra functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This header file should only contain definitions compatible with
+   C90.  (Using __attribute__ is fine because <features.h> provides a
+   fallback.)  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_H
+#define SUPPORT_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+/* For mode_t.  */
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+/* For ssize_t and off64_t.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Write a message to standard output.  Can be used in signal
+   handlers.  */
+void write_message (const char *message) __attribute__ ((nonnull (1)));
+
+/* Avoid all the buffer overflow messages on stderr.  */
+void ignore_stderr (void);
+
+/* Set fortification error handler.  Used when tests want to verify that bad
+   code is caught by the library.  */
+void set_fortify_handler (void (*handler) (int sig));
+
+/* Report an out-of-memory error for the allocation of SIZE bytes in
+   FUNCTION, terminating the process.  */
+void oom_error (const char *function, size_t size)
+  __attribute__ ((nonnull (1)));
+
+/* Return a pointer to a memory region of SIZE bytes.  The memory is
+   initialized to zero and will be shared with subprocesses (across
+   fork).  The returned pointer must be freed using
+   support_shared_free; it is not compatible with the malloc
+   functions.  */
+void *support_shared_allocate (size_t size);
+
+/* Deallocate a pointer returned by support_shared_allocate.  */
+void support_shared_free (void *);
+
+/* Write CONTENTS to the file PATH.  Create or truncate the file as
+   needed.  The file mode is 0666 masked by the umask.  Terminate the
+   process on error.  */
+void support_write_file_string (const char *path, const char *contents);
+
+/* Quote the contents of the byte array starting at BLOB, of LENGTH
+   bytes, in such a way that the result string can be included in a C
+   literal (in single/double quotes, without putting the quotes into
+   the result).  */
+char *support_quote_blob (const void *blob, size_t length);
+
+/* Returns non-zero if the file descriptor is a regular file on a file
+   system which supports holes (that is, seeking and writing does not
+   allocate storage for the range of zeros).  FD must refer to a
+   regular file open for writing, and initially empty.  */
+int support_descriptor_supports_holes (int fd);
+
+/* Error-checking wrapper functions which terminate the process on
+   error.  */
+
+void *xmalloc (size_t) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+void *xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+void *xrealloc (void *p, size_t n);
+char *xasprintf (const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2), malloc));
+char *xstrdup (const char *);
+char *xstrndup (const char *, size_t);
+
+/* These point to the TOP of the source/build tree, not your (or
+   support's) subdirectory.  */
+extern const char support_srcdir_root[];
+extern const char support_objdir_root[];
+
+/* Corresponds to the path to the runtime linker used by the testsuite,
+   e.g. OBJDIR_PATH/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2  */
+extern const char support_objdir_elf_ldso[];
+
+/* Corresponds to the --prefix= passed to configure.  */
+extern const char support_install_prefix[];
+/* Corresponds to the install's lib/ or lib64/ directory.  */
+extern const char support_libdir_prefix[];
+
+extern ssize_t support_copy_file_range (int, off64_t *, int, off64_t *,
+					size_t, unsigned int);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_H */
diff --git a/support/support_become_root.c b/support/support_become_root.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6947dbaa80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_become_root.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* Acquire root privileges.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUSER
+/* The necessary steps to allow file creation in user namespaces.  */
+static void
+setup_uid_gid_mapping (uid_t original_uid, gid_t original_gid)
+{
+  int fd = open64 ("/proc/self/uid_map", O_WRONLY);
+  if (fd < 0)
+    {
+      printf ("warning: could not open /proc/self/uid_map: %m\n"
+              "warning: file creation may not be possible\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+  /* We map our original UID to the same UID in the container so we
+     own our own files normally.  Without that, file creation could
+     fail with EOVERFLOW (sic!).  */
+  char buf[100];
+  int ret = snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%llu %llu 1\n",
+                      (unsigned long long) original_uid,
+                      (unsigned long long) original_uid);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret < sizeof (buf));
+  xwrite (fd, buf, ret);
+  xclose (fd);
+
+  /* Linux 3.19 introduced the setgroups file.  We need write "deny" to this
+     file otherwise writing to gid_map will fail with EPERM.  */
+  fd = open64 ("/proc/self/setgroups", O_WRONLY, 0);
+  if (fd < 0)
+    {
+      if (errno != ENOENT)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("open64 (\"/proc/self/setgroups\", 0x%x, 0%o): %m",
+                    O_WRONLY, 0);
+      /* This kernel doesn't expose the setgroups file so simply move on.  */
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      xwrite (fd, "deny\n", strlen ("deny\n"));
+      xclose (fd);
+    }
+
+  /* Now map our own GID, like we did for the user ID.  */
+  fd = xopen ("/proc/self/gid_map", O_WRONLY, 0);
+  ret = snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%llu %llu 1\n",
+                  (unsigned long long) original_gid,
+                  (unsigned long long) original_gid);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret < sizeof (buf));
+  xwrite (fd, buf, ret);
+  xclose (fd);
+}
+#endif /* CLONE_NEWUSER */
+
+bool
+support_become_root (void)
+{
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUSER
+  uid_t original_uid = getuid ();
+  gid_t original_gid = getgid ();
+
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNS) == 0)
+    {
+      setup_uid_gid_mapping (original_uid, original_gid);
+      /* Even if we do not have UID zero, we have extended privileges at
+         this point.  */
+      return true;
+    }
+#endif
+  if (setuid (0) != 0)
+    {
+      printf ("warning: could not become root outside namespace (%m)\n");
+      return false;
+    }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_can_chroot.c b/support/support_can_chroot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8922576d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_can_chroot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/* Return true if the process can perform a chroot operation.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static void
+callback (void *closure)
+{
+  int *result = closure;
+  struct stat64 before;
+  xstat ("/dev", &before);
+  if (chroot ("/dev") != 0)
+    {
+      *result = errno;
+      return;
+    }
+  struct stat64 after;
+  xstat ("/", &after);
+  TEST_VERIFY (before.st_dev == after.st_dev);
+  TEST_VERIFY (before.st_ino == after.st_ino);
+  *result = 0;
+}
+
+bool
+support_can_chroot (void)
+{
+  int *result = support_shared_allocate (sizeof (*result));
+  *result = 0;
+  support_isolate_in_subprocess (callback, result);
+  bool ok = *result == 0;
+  if (!ok)
+    {
+      static bool already_warned;
+      if (!already_warned)
+        {
+          already_warned = true;
+          errno = *result;
+          printf ("warning: this process does not support chroot: %m\n");
+        }
+    }
+  support_shared_free (result);
+  return ok;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_capture_subprocess.c b/support/support_capture_subprocess.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d2029e13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_capture_subprocess.c
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/* Capture output from a subprocess.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+static void
+transfer (const char *what, struct pollfd *pfd, struct xmemstream *stream)
+{
+  if (pfd->revents != 0)
+    {
+      char buf[1024];
+      ssize_t ret = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (read (pfd->fd, buf, sizeof (buf)));
+      if (ret < 0)
+        {
+          support_record_failure ();
+          printf ("error: reading from subprocess %s: %m", what);
+          pfd->events = 0;
+          pfd->revents = 0;
+        }
+      else if (ret == 0)
+        {
+          /* EOF reached.  Stop listening.  */
+          pfd->events = 0;
+          pfd->revents = 0;
+        }
+      else
+        /* Store the data just read.   */
+        TEST_VERIFY (fwrite (buf, ret, 1, stream->out) == 1);
+    }
+}
+
+struct support_capture_subprocess
+support_capture_subprocess (void (*callback) (void *), void *closure)
+{
+  struct support_capture_subprocess result;
+  xopen_memstream (&result.out);
+  xopen_memstream (&result.err);
+
+  int stdout_pipe[2];
+  xpipe (stdout_pipe);
+  int stderr_pipe[2];
+  xpipe (stderr_pipe);
+
+  TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stdout) == 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stderr) == 0);
+
+  pid_t pid = xfork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      xclose (stdout_pipe[0]);
+      xclose (stderr_pipe[0]);
+      xdup2 (stdout_pipe[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+      xdup2 (stderr_pipe[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+      callback (closure);
+      _exit (0);
+    }
+  xclose (stdout_pipe[1]);
+  xclose (stderr_pipe[1]);
+
+  struct pollfd fds[2] =
+    {
+      { .fd = stdout_pipe[0], .events = POLLIN },
+      { .fd = stderr_pipe[0], .events = POLLIN },
+    };
+
+  do
+    {
+      xpoll (fds, 2, -1);
+      transfer ("stdout", &fds[0], &result.out);
+      transfer ("stderr", &fds[1], &result.err);
+    }
+  while (fds[0].events != 0 || fds[1].events != 0);
+  xclose (stdout_pipe[0]);
+  xclose (stderr_pipe[0]);
+
+  xfclose_memstream (&result.out);
+  xfclose_memstream (&result.err);
+  xwaitpid (pid, &result.status, 0);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void
+support_capture_subprocess_free (struct support_capture_subprocess *p)
+{
+  free (p->out.buffer);
+  free (p->err.buffer);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_capture_subprocess_check.c b/support/support_capture_subprocess_check.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff5ee89fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_capture_subprocess_check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* Verify capture output from a subprocess.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+static void
+print_context (const char *context, bool *failed)
+{
+  if (*failed)
+    /* Do not duplicate message.  */
+    return;
+  support_record_failure ();
+  printf ("error: subprocess failed: %s\n", context);
+}
+
+void
+support_capture_subprocess_check (struct support_capture_subprocess *proc,
+                                  const char *context, int status,
+                                  int allowed)
+{
+  TEST_VERIFY ((allowed & sc_allow_none)
+               || (allowed & sc_allow_stdout)
+               || (allowed & sc_allow_stderr));
+  TEST_VERIFY (!((allowed & sc_allow_none)
+                 && ((allowed & sc_allow_stdout)
+                     || (allowed & sc_allow_stderr))));
+
+  bool failed = false;
+  if (proc->status != status)
+    {
+      print_context (context, &failed);
+      printf ("error:   expected exit status: %d\n", status);
+      printf ("error:   actual exit status:   %d\n", proc->status);
+    }
+  if (!(allowed & sc_allow_stdout) && proc->out.length != 0)
+    {
+      print_context (context, &failed);
+      printf ("error:   unexpected output from subprocess\n");
+      fwrite (proc->out.buffer, proc->out.length, 1, stdout);
+      puts ("\n");
+    }
+  if (!(allowed & sc_allow_stderr) && proc->err.length != 0)
+    {
+      print_context (context, &failed);
+      printf ("error:   unexpected error output from subprocess\n");
+      fwrite (proc->err.buffer, proc->err.length, 1, stdout);
+      puts ("\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/support_chroot.c b/support/support_chroot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6356b1af6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_chroot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* Setup a chroot environment for use within tests.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+/* If CONTENTS is not NULL, write it to the file at DIRECTORY/RELPATH,
+   and store the name in *ABSPATH.  If CONTENTS is NULL, store NULL in
+   *ABSPATH.  */
+static void
+write_file (const char *directory, const char *relpath, const char *contents,
+            char **abspath)
+{
+  if (contents != NULL)
+    {
+      *abspath = xasprintf ("%s/%s", directory, relpath);
+      add_temp_file (*abspath);
+      support_write_file_string (*abspath, contents);
+    }
+  else
+    *abspath = NULL;
+}
+
+struct support_chroot *
+support_chroot_create (struct support_chroot_configuration conf)
+{
+  struct support_chroot *chroot = xmalloc (sizeof (*chroot));
+  chroot->path_chroot = support_create_temp_directory ("tst-resolv-res_init-");
+
+  /* Create the /etc directory in the chroot environment.  */
+  char *path_etc = xasprintf ("%s/etc", chroot->path_chroot);
+  xmkdir (path_etc, 0777);
+  add_temp_file (path_etc);
+
+  write_file (path_etc, "resolv.conf", conf.resolv_conf,
+              &chroot->path_resolv_conf);
+  write_file (path_etc, "hosts", conf.hosts, &chroot->path_hosts);
+  write_file (path_etc, "host.conf", conf.host_conf, &chroot->path_host_conf);
+
+  free (path_etc);
+
+  /* valgrind needs a temporary directory in the chroot.  */
+  {
+    char *path_tmp = xasprintf ("%s/tmp", chroot->path_chroot);
+    xmkdir (path_tmp, 0777);
+    add_temp_file (path_tmp);
+    free (path_tmp);
+  }
+
+  return chroot;
+}
+
+void
+support_chroot_free (struct support_chroot *chroot)
+{
+  free (chroot->path_chroot);
+  free (chroot->path_resolv_conf);
+  free (chroot->path_hosts);
+  free (chroot->path_host_conf);
+  free (chroot);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_copy_file_range.c b/support/support_copy_file_range.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a1e39773e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_copy_file_range.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/* Simplified copy_file_range with cross-device copy.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+ssize_t
+support_copy_file_range (int infd, __off64_t *pinoff,
+			 int outfd, __off64_t *poutoff,
+			 size_t length, unsigned int flags)
+{
+  if (flags != 0)
+    {
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  struct stat64 instat;
+  struct stat64 outstat;
+  if (fstat64 (infd, &instat) != 0 || fstat64 (outfd, &outstat) != 0)
+    return -1;
+  if (S_ISDIR (instat.st_mode) || S_ISDIR (outstat.st_mode))
+    {
+      errno = EISDIR;
+      return -1;
+    }
+  if (!S_ISREG (instat.st_mode) || !S_ISREG (outstat.st_mode))
+    {
+      /* We need a regular input file so that the we can seek
+	 backwards in case of a write failure.  */
+      errno = EINVAL;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  /* The output descriptor must not have O_APPEND set.  */
+  if (fcntl (outfd, F_GETFL) & O_APPEND)
+    {
+      errno = EBADF;
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  /* Avoid an overflow in the result.  */
+  if (length > SSIZE_MAX)
+    length = SSIZE_MAX;
+
+  /* Main copying loop.  The buffer size is arbitrary and is a
+     trade-off between stack size consumption, cache usage, and
+     amortization of system call overhead.  */
+  size_t copied = 0;
+  char buf[8192];
+  while (length > 0)
+    {
+      size_t to_read = length;
+      if (to_read > sizeof (buf))
+	to_read = sizeof (buf);
+
+      /* Fill the buffer.  */
+      ssize_t read_count;
+      if (pinoff == NULL)
+	read_count = read (infd, buf, to_read);
+      else
+	read_count = pread64 (infd, buf, to_read, *pinoff);
+      if (read_count == 0)
+	/* End of file reached prematurely.  */
+	return copied;
+      if (read_count < 0)
+	{
+	  if (copied > 0)
+	    /* Report the number of bytes copied so far.  */
+	    return copied;
+	  return -1;
+	}
+      if (pinoff != NULL)
+	*pinoff += read_count;
+
+      /* Write the buffer part which was read to the destination.  */
+      char *end = buf + read_count;
+      for (char *p = buf; p < end; )
+	{
+	  ssize_t write_count;
+	  if (poutoff == NULL)
+	    write_count = write (outfd, p, end - p);
+	  else
+	    write_count = pwrite64 (outfd, p, end - p, *poutoff);
+	  if (write_count < 0)
+	    {
+	      /* Adjust the input read position to match what we have
+		 written, so that the caller can pick up after the
+		 error.  */
+	      size_t written = p - buf;
+	      /* NB: This needs to be signed so that we can form the
+		 negative value below.  */
+	      ssize_t overread = read_count - written;
+	      if (pinoff == NULL)
+		{
+		  if (overread > 0)
+		    {
+		      /* We are on an error recovery path, so we
+			 cannot deal with failure here.  */
+		      int save_errno = errno;
+		      (void) lseek64 (infd, -overread, SEEK_CUR);
+		      errno = save_errno;
+		    }
+		}
+	      else /* pinoff != NULL */
+		*pinoff -= overread;
+
+	      if (copied + written > 0)
+		/* Report the number of bytes copied so far.  */
+		return copied + written;
+	      return -1;
+	    }
+	  p += write_count;
+	  if (poutoff != NULL)
+	    *poutoff += write_count;
+	} /* Write loop.  */
+
+      copied += read_count;
+      length -= read_count;
+    }
+  return copied;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_descriptor_supports_holes.c b/support/support_descriptor_supports_holes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7099ca67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_descriptor_supports_holes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Test for file system hole support.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <xunistd.h>
+
+int
+support_descriptor_supports_holes (int fd)
+{
+  enum
+    {
+      /* Write offset for the enlarged file.  This value is arbitrary
+         and hopefully large enough to trigger the creation of holes.
+         We cannot use the file system block size as a reference here
+         because it is incorrect for network file systems.  */
+      write_offset = 16 * 1024 * 1024,
+
+      /* Our write may add this number of additional blocks (see
+         block_limit below).  */
+      block_headroom = 8,
+    };
+
+  struct stat64 st;
+  xfstat (fd, &st);
+  if (!S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("descriptor %d does not refer to a regular file", fd);
+  if (st.st_size != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("descriptor %d does not refer to an empty file", fd);
+  if (st.st_blocks > block_headroom)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("descriptor %d refers to a pre-allocated file (%lld blocks)",
+                fd, (long long int) st.st_blocks);
+
+  /* Write a single byte at the start of the file to compute the block
+     usage for a single byte.  */
+  xlseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+  char b = '@';
+  xwrite (fd, &b, 1);
+  /* Attempt to bypass delayed allocation.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (fsync (fd), 0);
+  xfstat (fd, &st);
+
+  /* This limit is arbitrary.  The file system needs to store
+     somewhere that data exists at the write offset, and this may
+     moderately increase the number of blocks used by the file, in
+     proportion to the initial block count, but not in proportion to
+     the write offset.  */
+  unsigned long long int block_limit = 2 * st.st_blocks + block_headroom;
+
+  /* Write a single byte at 16 megabytes.  */
+  xlseek (fd, write_offset, SEEK_SET);
+  xwrite (fd, &b, 1);
+  /* Attempt to bypass delayed allocation.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (fsync (fd), 0);
+  xfstat (fd, &st);
+  bool supports_holes = st.st_blocks <= block_limit;
+
+  /* Also check that extending the file does not fill up holes.  */
+  xftruncate (fd, 2 * write_offset);
+  /* Attempt to bypass delayed allocation.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (fsync (fd), 0);
+  xfstat (fd, &st);
+  supports_holes = supports_holes && st.st_blocks <= block_limit;
+
+  /* Return to a zero-length file.  */
+  xftruncate (fd, 0);
+  xlseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  return supports_holes;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_enter_mount_namespace.c b/support/support_enter_mount_namespace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba68e990f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_enter_mount_namespace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* Enter a mount namespace.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNS
+# include <sys/mount.h>
+#endif /* CLONE_NEWNS */
+
+bool
+support_enter_mount_namespace (void)
+{
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNS
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWNS) == 0)
+    {
+      /* On some systems, / is marked as MS_SHARED, which means that
+         mounts within the namespace leak to the rest of the system,
+         which is not what we want.  */
+      if (mount ("none", "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL) != 0)
+        {
+          printf ("warning: making the mount namespace private failed: %m\n");
+          return false;
+        }
+      return true;
+    }
+  else
+    printf ("warning: unshare (CLONE_NEWNS) failed: %m\n");
+#endif /* CLONE_NEWNS */
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_enter_network_namespace.c b/support/support_enter_network_namespace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d874df885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_enter_network_namespace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* Enter a network namespace.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static bool in_uts_namespace;
+
+bool
+support_enter_network_namespace (void)
+{
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWUTS
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWUTS) == 0)
+    in_uts_namespace = true;
+  else
+    printf ("warning: unshare (CLONE_NEWUTS) failed: %m\n");
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNET
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWNET) == 0)
+    {
+      /* Bring up the loopback interface.  */
+      int fd = xsocket (AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+      struct ifreq req;
+      strcpy (req.ifr_name, "lo");
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &req) == 0);
+      bool already_up = req.ifr_flags & IFF_UP;
+      if (already_up)
+        /* This means that we likely have not achieved isolation from
+           the parent namespace.  */
+        printf ("warning: loopback interface already exists"
+                " in new network namespace\n");
+      else
+        {
+          req.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
+          TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ioctl (fd, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &req) == 0);
+        }
+      xclose (fd);
+
+      return !already_up;
+    }
+#endif
+  printf ("warning: could not enter network namespace\n");
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool
+support_in_uts_namespace (void)
+{
+  return in_uts_namespace;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_address_family.c b/support/support_format_address_family.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2acb9afffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_address_family.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* Convert an address family to a string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+char *
+support_format_address_family (int family)
+{
+  switch (family)
+    {
+    case AF_INET:
+      return xstrdup ("INET");
+    case AF_INET6:
+      return xstrdup ("INET6");
+    default:
+      return xasprintf ("<unknown address family %d>", family);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_addrinfo.c b/support/support_format_addrinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60d2cc40f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_addrinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+/* Convert struct addrinfo values to a string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+static size_t
+socket_address_length (int family)
+{
+  switch (family)
+    {
+    case AF_INET:
+      return sizeof (struct sockaddr_in);
+    case AF_INET6:
+      return sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6);
+    default:
+      return -1;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+format_ai_flags_1 (FILE *out, struct addrinfo *ai, int flag, const char *name,
+                   int * flags_printed)
+{
+  if ((ai->ai_flags & flag) != 0)
+    fprintf (out, " %s", name);
+  *flags_printed |= flag;
+}
+
+static void
+format_ai_flags (FILE *out, struct addrinfo *ai)
+{
+  if (ai == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  if (ai->ai_flags != 0)
+    {
+      fprintf (out, "flags:");
+      int flags_printed = 0;
+#define FLAG(flag) format_ai_flags_1 (out, ai, flag, #flag, &flags_printed)
+      FLAG (AI_PASSIVE);
+      FLAG (AI_CANONNAME);
+      FLAG (AI_NUMERICHOST);
+      FLAG (AI_V4MAPPED);
+      FLAG (AI_ALL);
+      FLAG (AI_ADDRCONFIG);
+      FLAG (AI_IDN);
+      FLAG (AI_CANONIDN);
+      FLAG (AI_NUMERICSERV);
+#undef FLAG
+      int remaining = ai->ai_flags & ~flags_printed;
+      if (remaining != 0)
+        fprintf (out, " %08x", remaining);
+      fprintf (out, "\n");
+    }
+
+  /* Report flag mismatches within the list.  */
+  int flags = ai->ai_flags;
+  int index = 1;
+  ai = ai->ai_next;
+  while (ai != NULL)
+    {
+      if (ai->ai_flags != flags)
+        fprintf (out, "error: flags at %d: 0x%x expected, 0x%x actual\n",
+                 index, flags, ai->ai_flags);
+      ai = ai->ai_next;
+      ++index;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+format_ai_canonname (FILE *out, struct addrinfo *ai)
+{
+  if (ai == NULL)
+    return;
+  if (ai->ai_canonname != NULL)
+    fprintf (out, "canonname: %s\n", ai->ai_canonname);
+
+  /* Report incorrectly set ai_canonname fields on subsequent list
+     entries.  */
+  int index = 1;
+  ai = ai->ai_next;
+  while (ai != NULL)
+    {
+      if (ai->ai_canonname != NULL)
+        fprintf (out, "error: canonname set at %d: %s\n",
+                 index, ai->ai_canonname);
+      ai = ai->ai_next;
+      ++index;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+format_ai_one (FILE *out, struct addrinfo *ai)
+{
+  {
+    char type_buf[32];
+    const char *type_str;
+    char proto_buf[32];
+    const char *proto_str;
+
+    /* ai_socktype */
+    switch (ai->ai_socktype)
+      {
+      case SOCK_RAW:
+        type_str = "RAW";
+        break;
+      case SOCK_DGRAM:
+        type_str = "DGRAM";
+        break;
+      case SOCK_STREAM:
+        type_str = "STREAM";
+        break;
+      default:
+        snprintf (type_buf, sizeof (type_buf), "%d", ai->ai_socktype);
+        type_str = type_buf;
+      }
+
+    /* ai_protocol */
+    switch (ai->ai_protocol)
+      {
+      case IPPROTO_IP:
+        proto_str = "IP";
+        break;
+      case IPPROTO_UDP:
+        proto_str = "UDP";
+        break;
+      case IPPROTO_TCP:
+        proto_str = "TCP";
+        break;
+      default:
+        snprintf (proto_buf, sizeof (proto_buf), "%d", ai->ai_protocol);
+        proto_str = proto_buf;
+      }
+    fprintf (out, "address: %s/%s", type_str, proto_str);
+  }
+
+  /* ai_addrlen */
+  if (ai->ai_addrlen != socket_address_length (ai->ai_family))
+    {
+      char *family = support_format_address_family (ai->ai_family);
+      fprintf (out, "error: invalid address length %d for %s\n",
+               ai->ai_addrlen, family);
+      free (family);
+    }
+
+  /* ai_addr */
+  {
+    char buf[128];
+    uint16_t port;
+    const char *ret;
+    switch (ai->ai_family)
+      {
+      case AF_INET:
+        {
+          struct sockaddr_in *sin = (struct sockaddr_in *) ai->ai_addr;
+          ret = inet_ntop (AF_INET, &sin->sin_addr, buf, sizeof (buf));
+          port = sin->sin_port;
+        }
+        break;
+      case AF_INET6:
+        {
+          struct sockaddr_in6 *sin = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) ai->ai_addr;
+          ret = inet_ntop (AF_INET6, &sin->sin6_addr, buf, sizeof (buf));
+          port = sin->sin6_port;
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+        ret = NULL;
+      }
+    if (ret == NULL)
+        fprintf (out, "error: inet_top failed: %m\n");
+    else
+      fprintf (out, " %s %u\n", buf, ntohs (port));
+  }
+}
+
+/* Format all the addresses in one address family.  */
+static void
+format_ai_family (FILE *out, struct addrinfo *ai, int family)
+{
+  while (ai)
+    {
+      if (ai->ai_family == family)
+        format_ai_one (out, ai);
+      ai = ai->ai_next;
+    }
+}
+
+char *
+support_format_addrinfo (struct addrinfo *ai, int ret)
+{
+  int errno_copy = errno;
+
+  struct xmemstream mem;
+  xopen_memstream (&mem);
+  if (ret != 0)
+    {
+      const char *errmsg = gai_strerror (ret);
+      if (strcmp (errmsg, "Unknown error") == 0)
+        fprintf (mem.out, "error: Unknown error %d\n", ret);
+      else
+        fprintf (mem.out, "error: %s\n", errmsg);
+      if (ret == EAI_SYSTEM)
+        {
+          errno = errno_copy;
+          fprintf (mem.out, "error: %m\n");
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      format_ai_flags (mem.out, ai);
+      format_ai_canonname (mem.out, ai);
+      format_ai_family (mem.out, ai, AF_INET);
+      format_ai_family (mem.out, ai, AF_INET6);
+    }
+
+  xfclose_memstream (&mem);
+  return mem.buffer;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_dns_packet.c b/support/support_format_dns_packet.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1170eafb0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_dns_packet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+/* Convert a DNS packet to a human-readable representation.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <resolv.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+struct in_buffer
+{
+  const unsigned char *data;
+  size_t size;
+};
+
+static inline bool
+extract_8 (struct in_buffer *in, unsigned char *value)
+{
+  if (in->size == 0)
+    return false;
+  *value = in->data[0];
+  ++in->data;
+  --in->size;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+extract_16 (struct in_buffer *in, unsigned short *value)
+{
+  if (in->size < 2)
+    return false;
+  *value = (in->data[0] << 8) | in->data[1];
+  in->data += 2;
+  in->size -= 2;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+extract_32 (struct in_buffer *in, unsigned *value)
+{
+  if (in->size < 4)
+    return false;
+  unsigned a = in->data[0];
+  unsigned b = in->data[1];
+  unsigned c = in->data[2];
+  unsigned d = in->data[3];
+  *value = (a << 24) | (b << 16) | (c << 8) | d;
+  in->data += 4;
+  in->size -= 4;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool
+extract_bytes (struct in_buffer *in, size_t length, struct in_buffer *value)
+{
+  if (in->size < length)
+    return false;
+  *value = (struct in_buffer) {in->data, length};
+  in->data += length;
+  in->size -= length;
+  return true;
+}
+
+struct dname
+{
+  char name[MAXDNAME + 1];
+};
+
+static bool
+extract_name (struct in_buffer full, struct in_buffer *in, struct dname *value)
+{
+  const unsigned char *full_end = full.data + full.size;
+  /* Sanity checks; these indicate buffer misuse.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT
+    (!(in->data < full.data || in->data > full_end
+       || in->size > (size_t) (full_end - in->data)));
+  int ret = dn_expand (full.data, full_end, in->data,
+                       value->name, sizeof (value->name));
+  if (ret < 0)
+    return false;
+  in->data += ret;
+  in->size -= ret;
+  return true;
+}
+
+char *
+support_format_dns_packet (const unsigned char *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+  struct in_buffer full = { buffer, length };
+  struct in_buffer in = full;
+  struct xmemstream mem;
+  xopen_memstream (&mem);
+
+  unsigned short txnid;
+  unsigned short flags;
+  unsigned short qdcount;
+  unsigned short ancount;
+  unsigned short nscount;
+  unsigned short adcount;
+  if (!(extract_16 (&in, &txnid)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &flags)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &qdcount)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &ancount)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &nscount)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &adcount)))
+    {
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: could not parse DNS header\n");
+      goto out;
+    }
+  if (qdcount != 1)
+    {
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: question count is %d, not 1\n", qdcount);
+      goto out;
+    }
+  struct dname qname;
+  if (!extract_name (full, &in, &qname))
+    {
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: malformed QNAME\n");
+      goto out;
+    }
+  unsigned short qtype;
+  unsigned short qclass;
+  if (!(extract_16 (&in, &qtype)
+        && extract_16 (&in, &qclass)))
+    {
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: malformed question\n");
+      goto out;
+    }
+  if (qtype != T_A && qtype != T_AAAA && qtype != T_PTR)
+    {
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: unsupported QTYPE %d\n", qtype);
+      goto out;
+    }
+
+  fprintf (mem.out, "name: %s\n", qname.name);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < ancount; ++i)
+    {
+      struct dname rname;
+      if (!extract_name (full, &in, &rname))
+        {
+          fprintf (mem.out, "error: malformed record name\n");
+          goto out;
+        }
+      unsigned short rtype;
+      unsigned short rclass;
+      unsigned ttl;
+      unsigned short rdlen;
+      struct in_buffer rdata;
+      if (!(extract_16 (&in, &rtype)
+            && extract_16 (&in, &rclass)
+            && extract_32 (&in, &ttl)
+            && extract_16 (&in, &rdlen)
+            && extract_bytes (&in, rdlen, &rdata)))
+        {
+          fprintf (mem.out, "error: malformed record header\n");
+          goto out;
+        }
+      /* Skip non-matching record types.  */
+      if ((rtype != qtype && rtype != T_CNAME) || rclass != qclass)
+        continue;
+      switch (rtype)
+        {
+        case T_A:
+          if (rdlen == 4)
+              fprintf (mem.out, "address: %d.%d.%d.%d\n",
+                       rdata.data[0],
+                       rdata.data[1],
+                       rdata.data[2],
+                       rdata.data[3]);
+          else
+            fprintf (mem.out, "error: A record of size %d: %s\n",
+                     rdlen, rname.name);
+          break;
+        case T_AAAA:
+          {
+            if (rdlen == 16)
+              {
+                char buf[100];
+                if (inet_ntop (AF_INET6, rdata.data, buf, sizeof (buf)) == NULL)
+                  fprintf (mem.out, "error: AAAA record decoding failed: %m\n");
+                else
+                  fprintf (mem.out, "address: %s\n", buf);
+              }
+            else
+              fprintf (mem.out, "error: AAAA record of size %d: %s\n",
+                       rdlen, rname.name);
+          }
+          break;
+        case T_CNAME:
+        case T_PTR:
+          {
+            struct dname name;
+            if (extract_name (full, &rdata, &name))
+              fprintf (mem.out, "name: %s\n", name.name);
+            else
+              fprintf (mem.out, "error: malformed CNAME/PTR record\n");
+          }
+        }
+    }
+
+ out:
+  xfclose_memstream (&mem);
+  return mem.buffer;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_herrno.c b/support/support_format_herrno.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d2dc8b27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_herrno.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* Convert a h_errno error code to a string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+char *
+support_format_herrno (int code)
+{
+  const char *errstr;
+  switch (code)
+    {
+    case HOST_NOT_FOUND:
+      errstr = "HOST_NOT_FOUND";
+      break;
+    case NO_ADDRESS:
+      errstr = "NO_ADDRESS";
+      break;
+    case NO_RECOVERY:
+      errstr = "NO_RECOVERY";
+      break;
+    case TRY_AGAIN:
+      errstr = "TRY_AGAIN";
+      break;
+    default:
+      return xasprintf ("<invalid h_errno value %d>\n", code);
+    }
+  return xstrdup (errstr);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_hostent.c b/support/support_format_hostent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4a62afe0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_hostent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* Convert a struct hostent object to a string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+static int
+address_length (int family)
+{
+  switch (family)
+    {
+    case AF_INET:
+      return 4;
+    case AF_INET6:
+      return 16;
+    }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+char *
+support_format_hostent (struct hostent *h)
+{
+  if (h == NULL)
+    {
+      if (h_errno == NETDB_INTERNAL)
+        return xasprintf ("error: NETDB_INTERNAL (errno %d, %m)\n", errno);
+      else
+        {
+          char *value = support_format_herrno (h_errno);
+          char *result = xasprintf ("error: %s\n", value);
+          free (value);
+          return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+  struct xmemstream mem;
+  xopen_memstream (&mem);
+
+  fprintf (mem.out, "name: %s\n", h->h_name);
+  for (char **alias = h->h_aliases; *alias != NULL; ++alias)
+    fprintf (mem.out, "alias: %s\n", *alias);
+  for (unsigned i = 0; h->h_addr_list[i] != NULL; ++i)
+    {
+      char buf[128];
+      if (inet_ntop (h->h_addrtype, h->h_addr_list[i],
+                     buf, sizeof (buf)) == NULL)
+        fprintf (mem.out, "error: inet_ntop failed: %m\n");
+      else
+        fprintf (mem.out, "address: %s\n", buf);
+    }
+  if (h->h_length != address_length (h->h_addrtype))
+    {
+      char *family = support_format_address_family (h->h_addrtype);
+      fprintf (mem.out, "error: invalid address length %d for %s\n",
+               h->h_length, family);
+      free (family);
+    }
+
+  xfclose_memstream (&mem);
+  return mem.buffer;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_format_netent.c b/support/support_format_netent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d15e78440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_format_netent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* Convert a struct netent object to a string.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+char *
+support_format_netent (struct netent *e)
+{
+  if (e == NULL)
+    {
+      char *value = support_format_herrno (h_errno);
+      char *result = xasprintf ("error: %s\n", value);
+      free (value);
+      return result;
+    }
+
+  struct xmemstream mem;
+  xopen_memstream (&mem);
+
+  if (e->n_name != NULL)
+    fprintf (mem.out, "name: %s\n", e->n_name);
+  for (char **ap = e->n_aliases; *ap != NULL; ++ap)
+    fprintf (mem.out, "alias: %s\n", *ap);
+  if (e->n_addrtype != AF_INET)
+    fprintf (mem.out, "addrtype: %d\n", e->n_addrtype);
+  /* On alpha, e->n_net is an unsigned long.  */
+  unsigned int n_net = e->n_net;
+  fprintf (mem.out, "net: 0x%08x\n", n_net);
+
+  xfclose_memstream (&mem);
+  return mem.buffer;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_isolate_in_subprocess.c b/support/support_isolate_in_subprocess.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25edc00385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_isolate_in_subprocess.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Run a function in a subprocess.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+void
+support_isolate_in_subprocess (void (*callback) (void *), void *closure)
+{
+  pid_t pid = xfork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* Child process.  */
+      callback (closure);
+      _exit (0);
+    }
+
+  /* Parent process.  */
+  int status;
+  xwaitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+  if (status != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("child process exited with status %d", status);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_openpty.c b/support/support_openpty.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac779ab91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_openpty.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/* Open a pseudoterminal.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/tty.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* As ptsname, but allocates space for an appropriately-sized string
+   using malloc.  */
+static char *
+xptsname (int fd)
+{
+  int rv;
+  size_t buf_len = 128;
+  char *buf = xmalloc (buf_len);
+  for (;;)
+    {
+      rv = ptsname_r (fd, buf, buf_len);
+      if (rv)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("ptsname_r: %s", strerror (errno));
+
+      if (memchr (buf, '\0', buf_len))
+        return buf; /* ptsname succeeded and the buffer was not truncated */
+
+      buf_len *= 2;
+      buf = xrealloc (buf, buf_len);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_openpty (int *a_outer, int *a_inner, char **a_name,
+                 const struct termios *termp,
+                 const struct winsize *winp)
+{
+  int outer = -1, inner = -1;
+  char *namebuf = 0;
+
+  outer = posix_openpt (O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+  if (outer == -1)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("posix_openpt: %s", strerror (errno));
+
+  if (grantpt (outer))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("grantpt: %s", strerror (errno));
+
+  if (unlockpt (outer))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unlockpt: %s", strerror (errno));
+
+
+#ifdef TIOCGPTPEER
+  inner = ioctl (outer, TIOCGPTPEER, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+#endif
+  if (inner == -1)
+    {
+      /* The kernel might not support TIOCGPTPEER, fall back to open
+         by name.  */
+      namebuf = xptsname (outer);
+      inner = open (namebuf, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
+      if (inner == -1)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("%s: %s", namebuf, strerror (errno));
+    }
+
+  if (termp)
+    {
+      if (tcsetattr (inner, TCSAFLUSH, termp))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("tcsetattr: %s", strerror (errno));
+    }
+#ifdef TIOCSWINSZ
+  if (winp)
+    {
+      if (ioctl (inner, TIOCSWINSZ, winp))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("TIOCSWINSZ: %s", strerror (errno));
+    }
+#endif
+
+  if (a_name)
+    {
+      if (!namebuf)
+        namebuf = xptsname (outer);
+      *a_name = namebuf;
+    }
+  else
+    free (namebuf);
+  *a_outer = outer;
+  *a_inner = inner;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_paths.c b/support/support_paths.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d0beb102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_paths.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* Various paths that might be needed.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+/* The idea here is to make various makefile-level paths available to
+   support programs, as canonicalized absolute paths.  */
+
+/* These point to the TOP of the source/build tree, not your (or
+   support's) subdirectory.  */
+#ifdef SRCDIR_PATH
+const char support_srcdir_root[] = SRCDIR_PATH;
+#else
+# error please -DSRCDIR_PATH=something in the Makefile
+#endif
+
+#ifdef OBJDIR_PATH
+const char support_objdir_root[] = OBJDIR_PATH;
+#else
+# error please -DOBJDIR_PATH=something in the Makefile
+#endif
+
+#ifdef OBJDIR_ELF_LDSO_PATH
+/* Corresponds to the path to the runtime linker used by the testsuite,
+   e.g. OBJDIR_PATH/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2  */
+const char support_objdir_elf_ldso[] = OBJDIR_ELF_LDSO_PATH;
+#else
+# error please -DOBJDIR_ELF_LDSO_PATH=something in the Makefile
+#endif
+
+#ifdef INSTDIR_PATH
+/* Corresponds to the --prefix= passed to configure.  */
+const char support_install_prefix[] = INSTDIR_PATH;
+#else
+# error please -DINSTDIR_PATH=something in the Makefile
+#endif
+
+#ifdef LIBDIR_PATH
+/* Corresponds to the install's lib/ or lib64/ directory.  */
+const char support_libdir_prefix[] = LIBDIR_PATH;
+#else
+# error please -DLIBDIR_PATH=something in the Makefile
+#endif
diff --git a/support/support_quote_blob.c b/support/support_quote_blob.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6a678d8d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_quote_blob.c
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* Quote a blob so that it can be used in C literals.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+char *
+support_quote_blob (const void *blob, size_t length)
+{
+  struct xmemstream out;
+  xopen_memstream (&out);
+
+  const unsigned char *p = blob;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+    {
+      unsigned char ch = p[i];
+
+      /* Use C backslash escapes for those control characters for
+         which they are defined.  */
+      switch (ch)
+        {
+          case '\a':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('a', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\b':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('b', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\f':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('f', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\n':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('n', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\r':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('r', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\t':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('t', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\v':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked ('v', out.out);
+            break;
+          case '\\':
+          case '\'':
+          case '\"':
+            putc_unlocked ('\\', out.out);
+            putc_unlocked (ch, out.out);
+            break;
+        default:
+          if (ch < ' ' || ch > '~')
+            /* Use octal sequences because they are fixed width,
+               unlike hexadecimal sequences.  */
+            fprintf (out.out, "\\%03o", ch);
+          else
+            putc_unlocked (ch, out.out);
+        }
+    }
+
+  xfclose_memstream (&out);
+  return out.buffer;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_record_failure.c b/support/support_record_failure.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..356798f556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_record_failure.c
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* Global test failure counter.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* This structure keeps track of test failures.  The counter is
+   incremented on each failure.  The failed member is set to true if a
+   failure is detected, so that even if the counter wraps around to
+   zero, the failure of a test can be detected.
+
+   The init constructor function below puts *state on a shared
+   annonymous mapping, so that failure reports from subprocesses
+   propagate to the parent process.  */
+struct test_failures
+{
+  unsigned int counter;
+  unsigned int failed;
+};
+static struct test_failures *state;
+
+static __attribute__ ((constructor)) void
+init (void)
+{
+  void *ptr = mmap (NULL, sizeof (*state), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                    MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED, -1, 0);
+  if (ptr == MAP_FAILED)
+    {
+      printf ("error: could not map %zu bytes: %m\n", sizeof (*state));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  /* Zero-initialization of the struct is sufficient.  */
+  state = ptr;
+}
+
+void
+support_record_failure (void)
+{
+  if (state == NULL)
+    {
+      write_message
+        ("error: support_record_failure called without initialization\n");
+      _exit (1);
+    }
+  /* Relaxed MO is sufficient because we are only interested in the
+     values themselves, in isolation.  */
+  __atomic_store_n (&state->failed, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+  __atomic_add_fetch (&state->counter, 1, __ATOMIC_RELEASE);
+}
+
+int
+support_report_failure (int status)
+{
+  if (state == NULL)
+    {
+      write_message
+        ("error: support_report_failure called without initialization\n");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  /* Relaxed MO is sufficient because acquire test result reporting
+     assumes that exiting from the main thread happens before the
+     error reporting via support_record_failure, which requires some
+     form of external synchronization.  */
+  bool failed = __atomic_load_n (&state->failed, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+  if (failed)
+    printf ("error: %u test failures\n",
+            __atomic_load_n (&state->counter, __ATOMIC_RELAXED));
+
+  if ((status == 0 || status == EXIT_UNSUPPORTED) && failed)
+    /* If we have a recorded failure, it overrides a non-failure
+       report from the test function.  */
+    status = 1;
+  return status;
+}
+
+void
+support_record_failure_reset (void)
+{
+  /* Only used for testing the test framework, with external
+     synchronization, but use release MO for consistency.  */
+  __atomic_store_n (&state->failed, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+  __atomic_add_fetch (&state->counter, 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_run_diff.c b/support/support_run_diff.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f24f6c3281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_run_diff.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Invoke the system diff tool to compare two strings.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+static char *
+write_to_temp_file (const char *prefix, const char *str)
+{
+  char *template = xasprintf ("run_diff-%s", prefix);
+  char *name = NULL;
+  int fd = create_temp_file (template, &name);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fd >= 0);
+  free (template);
+  xwrite (fd, str, strlen (str));
+  xclose (fd);
+  return name;
+}
+
+void
+support_run_diff (const char *left_label, const char *left,
+                  const char *right_label, const char *right)
+{
+  /* Ensure that the diff command output is ordered properly with
+     standard output.  */
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (fflush (stdout) == 0);
+
+  char *left_path = write_to_temp_file ("left-diff", left);
+  char *right_path = write_to_temp_file ("right-diff", right);
+
+  pid_t pid = xfork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      execlp ("diff", "diff", "-u",
+              "--label", left_label, "--label", right_label,
+              "--", left_path, right_path,
+              NULL);
+      _exit (17);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      int status;
+      xwaitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+      if (!WIFEXITED (status) || WEXITSTATUS (status) != 1)
+        printf ("warning: could not run diff, exit status: %d\n"
+                "*** %s ***\n%s\n"
+                "*** %s ***\n%s\n",
+                status, left_label, left, right_label, right);
+    }
+
+  free (right_path);
+  free (left_path);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_shared_allocate.c b/support/support_shared_allocate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ab43c4b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_shared_allocate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* Allocate a memory region shared across processes.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+/* Header for the allocation.  It contains the size of the allocation
+   for subsequent unmapping.  */
+struct header
+{
+  size_t total_size;
+  char data[] __attribute__ ((aligned (__alignof__ (max_align_t))));
+};
+
+void *
+support_shared_allocate (size_t size)
+{
+  size_t total_size = size + offsetof (struct header, data);
+  if (total_size < size)
+    {
+      errno = ENOMEM;
+      oom_error (__func__, size);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      struct header *result = xmmap (NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                                     MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED, -1);
+      result->total_size = total_size;
+      return &result->data;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_shared_free (void *data)
+{
+  struct header *header = data - offsetof (struct header, data);
+  xmunmap (header, header->total_size);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_test_compare_blob.c b/support/support_test_compare_blob.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5e63d1b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_compare_blob.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Check two binary blobs for equality.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+static void
+report_length (const char *what, unsigned long int length, const char *expr)
+{
+  printf ("  %s %lu bytes (from %s)\n", what, length, expr);
+}
+
+static void
+report_blob (const char *what, const unsigned char *blob,
+             unsigned long int length, const char *expr)
+{
+  if (length > 0)
+    {
+      printf ("  %s (evaluated from %s):\n", what, expr);
+      char *quoted = support_quote_blob (blob, length);
+      printf ("      \"%s\"\n", quoted);
+      free (quoted);
+
+      fputs ("     ", stdout);
+      for (unsigned long i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+        printf (" %02X", blob[i]);
+      putc ('\n', stdout);
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_test_compare_blob (const void *left, unsigned long int left_length,
+                           const void *right, unsigned long int right_length,
+                           const char *file, int line,
+                           const char *left_expr, const char *left_len_expr,
+                           const char *right_expr, const char *right_len_expr)
+{
+  /* No differences are possible if both lengths are null.  */
+  if (left_length == 0 && right_length == 0)
+    return;
+
+  if (left_length != right_length || left == NULL || right == NULL
+      || memcmp (left, right, left_length) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("%s:%d: error: blob comparison failed\n", file, line);
+      if (left_length == right_length)
+        printf ("  blob length: %lu bytes\n", left_length);
+      else
+        {
+          report_length ("left length: ", left_length, left_len_expr);
+          report_length ("right length:", right_length, right_len_expr);
+        }
+      report_blob ("left", left, left_length, left_expr);
+      report_blob ("right", right, right_length, right_expr);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/support_test_compare_failure.c b/support/support_test_compare_failure.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8eb51c439d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_compare_failure.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* Reporting a numeric comparison failure.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+static void
+report (const char *which, const char *expr, long long value, int positive,
+        int size)
+{
+  printf ("  %s: ", which);
+  if (positive)
+    printf ("%llu", (unsigned long long) value);
+  else
+    printf ("%lld", value);
+  unsigned long long mask
+    = (~0ULL) >> (8 * (sizeof (unsigned long long) - size));
+  printf (" (0x%llx); from: %s\n", (unsigned long long) value & mask, expr);
+}
+
+void
+support_test_compare_failure (const char *file, int line,
+                              const char *left_expr,
+                              long long left_value,
+                              int left_positive,
+                              int left_size,
+                              const char *right_expr,
+                              long long right_value,
+                              int right_positive,
+                              int right_size)
+{
+  int saved_errno = errno;
+  support_record_failure ();
+  if (left_size != right_size)
+    printf ("%s:%d: numeric comparison failure (widths %d and %d)\n",
+            file, line, left_size * 8, right_size * 8);
+  else
+    printf ("%s:%d: numeric comparison failure\n", file, line);
+  report (" left", left_expr, left_value, left_positive, left_size);
+  report ("right", right_expr, right_value, right_positive, right_size);
+  errno = saved_errno;
+}
diff --git a/support/support_test_compare_string.c b/support/support_test_compare_string.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a76ba8eda7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_compare_string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* Check two strings for equality.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+static void
+report_length (const char *what, const char *str, size_t length)
+{
+  if (str == NULL)
+    printf ("  %s string: NULL\n", what);
+  else
+    printf ("  %s string: %zu bytes\n", what, length);
+}
+
+static void
+report_string (const char *what, const unsigned char *blob,
+               size_t length, const char *expr)
+{
+  if (length > 0)
+    {
+      printf ("  %s (evaluated from %s):\n", what, expr);
+      char *quoted = support_quote_blob (blob, length);
+      printf ("      \"%s\"\n", quoted);
+      free (quoted);
+
+      fputs ("     ", stdout);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+        printf (" %02X", blob[i]);
+      putc ('\n', stdout);
+    }
+}
+
+static size_t
+string_length_or_zero (const char *str)
+{
+  if (str == NULL)
+    return 0;
+  else
+    return strlen (str);
+}
+
+void
+support_test_compare_string (const char *left, const char *right,
+                             const char *file, int line,
+                             const char *left_expr, const char *right_expr)
+{
+  /* Two null pointers are accepted.  */
+  if (left == NULL && right == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  size_t left_length = string_length_or_zero (left);
+  size_t right_length = string_length_or_zero (right);
+
+  if (left_length != right_length || left == NULL || right == NULL
+      || memcmp (left, right, left_length) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("%s:%d: error: blob comparison failed\n", file, line);
+      if (left_length == right_length && right != NULL && left != NULL)
+        printf ("  string length: %zu bytes\n", left_length);
+      else
+        {
+          report_length ("left", left, left_length);
+          report_length ("right", right, right_length);
+        }
+      report_string ("left", (const unsigned char *) left,
+                     left_length, left_expr);
+      report_string ("right", (const unsigned char *) right,
+                     right_length, right_expr);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/support_test_main.c b/support/support_test_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23429779ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+/* Main worker function for the test driver.
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file-internal.h>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static const struct option default_options[] =
+{
+  TEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+  { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
+};
+
+/* Show people how to run the program.  */
+static void
+usage (const struct option *options)
+{
+  size_t i;
+
+  printf ("Usage: %s [options]\n"
+          "\n"
+          "Environment Variables:\n"
+          "  TIMEOUTFACTOR          An integer used to scale the timeout\n"
+          "  TMPDIR                 Where to place temporary files\n"
+          "  TEST_COREDUMPS         Do not disable coredumps if set\n"
+          "\n",
+          program_invocation_short_name);
+  printf ("Options:\n");
+  for (i = 0; options[i].name; ++i)
+    {
+      int indent;
+
+      indent = printf ("  --%s", options[i].name);
+      if (options[i].has_arg == required_argument)
+        indent += printf (" <arg>");
+      printf ("%*s", 25 - indent, "");
+      switch (options[i].val)
+        {
+        case 'v':
+          printf ("Increase the output verbosity");
+          break;
+        case OPT_DIRECT:
+          printf ("Run the test directly (instead of forking & monitoring)");
+          break;
+        case OPT_TESTDIR:
+          printf ("Override the TMPDIR env var");
+          break;
+        }
+      printf ("\n");
+    }
+}
+
+/* The PID of the test process.  */
+static pid_t test_pid;
+
+/* The cleanup handler passed to test_main.  */
+static void (*cleanup_function) (void);
+
+/* Timeout handler.  We kill the child and exit with an error.  */
+static void
+__attribute__ ((noreturn))
+signal_handler (int sig)
+{
+  int killed;
+  int status;
+
+  assert (test_pid > 1);
+  /* Kill the whole process group.  */
+  kill (-test_pid, SIGKILL);
+  /* In case setpgid failed in the child, kill it individually too.  */
+  kill (test_pid, SIGKILL);
+
+  /* Wait for it to terminate.  */
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
+    {
+      killed = waitpid (test_pid, &status, WNOHANG|WUNTRACED);
+      if (killed != 0)
+        break;
+
+      /* Delay, give the system time to process the kill.  If the
+         nanosleep() call return prematurely, all the better.  We
+         won't restart it since this probably means the child process
+         finally died.  */
+      struct timespec ts;
+      ts.tv_sec = 0;
+      ts.tv_nsec = 100000000;
+      nanosleep (&ts, NULL);
+    }
+  if (killed != 0 && killed != test_pid)
+    {
+      printf ("Failed to kill test process: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (cleanup_function != NULL)
+    cleanup_function ();
+
+  if (sig == SIGINT)
+    {
+      signal (sig, SIG_DFL);
+      raise (sig);
+    }
+
+  if (killed == 0 || (WIFSIGNALED (status) && WTERMSIG (status) == SIGKILL))
+    puts ("Timed out: killed the child process");
+  else if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process was %s\n",
+            strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
+  else if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process got signal %s\n",
+            strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+  else
+    printf ("Timed out: killed the child process but it exited %d\n",
+            WEXITSTATUS (status));
+
+  /* Exit with an error.  */
+  exit (1);
+}
+
+/* Run test_function or test_function_argv.  */
+static int
+run_test_function (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *config)
+{
+  if (config->test_function != NULL)
+    return config->test_function ();
+  else if (config->test_function_argv != NULL)
+    return config->test_function_argv (argc, argv);
+  else
+    {
+      printf ("error: no test function defined\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+}
+
+static bool test_main_called;
+
+const char *test_dir = NULL;
+unsigned int test_verbose = 0;
+
+/* If test failure reporting has been linked in, it may contribute
+   additional test failures.  */
+static int
+adjust_exit_status (int status)
+{
+  if (support_report_failure != NULL)
+    return support_report_failure (status);
+  return status;
+}
+
+int
+support_test_main (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *config)
+{
+  if (test_main_called)
+    {
+      printf ("error: test_main called for a second time\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  test_main_called = true;
+  const struct option *options;
+  if (config->options != NULL)
+    options = config->options;
+  else
+    options = default_options;
+
+  cleanup_function = config->cleanup_function;
+
+  int direct = 0;       /* Directly call the test function?  */
+  int status;
+  int opt;
+  unsigned int timeoutfactor = 1;
+  pid_t termpid;
+
+  if (!config->no_mallopt)
+    {
+      /* Make uses of freed and uninitialized memory known.  Do not
+         pull in a definition for mallopt if it has not been defined
+         already.  */
+      extern __typeof__ (mallopt) mallopt __attribute__ ((weak));
+      if (mallopt != NULL)
+        mallopt (M_PERTURB, 42);
+    }
+
+  while ((opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, config->optstring, options, NULL))
+	 != -1)
+    switch (opt)
+      {
+      case '?':
+        usage (options);
+        exit (1);
+      case 'v':
+        ++test_verbose;
+        break;
+      case OPT_DIRECT:
+        direct = 1;
+        break;
+      case OPT_TESTDIR:
+        test_dir = optarg;
+        break;
+      default:
+        if (config->cmdline_function != NULL)
+          config->cmdline_function (opt);
+      }
+
+  /* If set, read the test TIMEOUTFACTOR value from the environment.
+     This value is used to scale the default test timeout values. */
+  char *envstr_timeoutfactor = getenv ("TIMEOUTFACTOR");
+  if (envstr_timeoutfactor != NULL)
+    {
+      char *envstr_conv = envstr_timeoutfactor;
+      unsigned long int env_fact;
+
+      env_fact = strtoul (envstr_timeoutfactor, &envstr_conv, 0);
+      if (*envstr_conv == '\0' && envstr_conv != envstr_timeoutfactor)
+        timeoutfactor = MAX (env_fact, 1);
+    }
+
+  /* Set TMPDIR to specified test directory.  */
+  if (test_dir != NULL)
+    {
+      setenv ("TMPDIR", test_dir, 1);
+
+      if (chdir (test_dir) < 0)
+        {
+          printf ("chdir: %m\n");
+          exit (1);
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      test_dir = getenv ("TMPDIR");
+      if (test_dir == NULL || test_dir[0] == '\0')
+        test_dir = "/tmp";
+    }
+  if (support_set_test_dir != NULL)
+    support_set_test_dir (test_dir);
+
+  int timeout = config->timeout;
+  if (timeout == 0)
+    timeout =  DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+
+  /* Make sure we see all message, even those on stdout.  */
+  if (!config->no_setvbuf)
+    setvbuf (stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+  /* Make sure temporary files are deleted.  */
+  if (support_delete_temp_files != NULL)
+      atexit (support_delete_temp_files);
+
+  /* Correct for the possible parameters.  */
+  argv[optind - 1] = argv[0];
+  argv += optind - 1;
+  argc -= optind - 1;
+
+  /* Call the initializing function, if one is available.  */
+  if (config->prepare_function != NULL)
+    config->prepare_function (argc, argv);
+
+  const char *envstr_direct = getenv ("TEST_DIRECT");
+  if (envstr_direct != NULL)
+    {
+      FILE *f = fopen (envstr_direct, "w");
+      if (f == NULL)
+        {
+          printf ("cannot open TEST_DIRECT output file '%s': %m\n",
+                  envstr_direct);
+          exit (1);
+        }
+
+      fprintf (f, "timeout=%u\ntimeoutfactor=%u\n",
+               config->timeout, timeoutfactor);
+      if (config->expected_status != 0)
+        fprintf (f, "exit=%u\n", config->expected_status);
+      if (config->expected_signal != 0)
+        fprintf (f, "signal=%s\n", strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+
+      if (support_print_temp_files != NULL)
+        support_print_temp_files (f);
+
+      fclose (f);
+      direct = 1;
+    }
+
+  bool disable_coredumps;
+  {
+    const char *coredumps = getenv ("TEST_COREDUMPS");
+    disable_coredumps = coredumps == NULL || coredumps[0] == '\0';
+  }
+
+  /* If we are not expected to fork run the function immediately.  */
+  if (direct)
+    return adjust_exit_status (run_test_function (argc, argv, config));
+
+  /* Set up the test environment:
+     - prevent core dumps
+     - set up the timer
+     - fork and execute the function.  */
+
+  test_pid = fork ();
+  if (test_pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* This is the child.  */
+      if (disable_coredumps)
+        {
+          /* Try to avoid dumping core.  This is necessary because we
+             run the test from the source tree, and the coredumps
+             would end up there (and not in the build tree).  */
+          struct rlimit core_limit;
+          core_limit.rlim_cur = 0;
+          core_limit.rlim_max = 0;
+          setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &core_limit);
+        }
+
+      /* We put the test process in its own pgrp so that if it bogusly
+         generates any job control signals, they won't hit the whole build.  */
+      if (setpgid (0, 0) != 0)
+        printf ("Failed to set the process group ID: %m\n");
+
+      /* Execute the test function and exit with the return value.   */
+      exit (run_test_function (argc, argv, config));
+    }
+  else if (test_pid < 0)
+    {
+      printf ("Cannot fork test program: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  /* Set timeout.  */
+  signal (SIGALRM, signal_handler);
+  alarm (timeout * timeoutfactor);
+
+  /* Make sure we clean up if the wrapper gets interrupted.  */
+  signal (SIGINT, signal_handler);
+
+  /* Wait for the regular termination.  */
+  termpid = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (waitpid (test_pid, &status, 0));
+  if (termpid == -1)
+    {
+      printf ("Waiting for test program failed: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  if (termpid != test_pid)
+    {
+      printf ("Oops, wrong test program terminated: expected %ld, got %ld\n",
+              (long int) test_pid, (long int) termpid);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  /* Process terminated normaly without timeout etc.  */
+  if (WIFEXITED (status))
+    {
+      if (config->expected_status == 0)
+        {
+          if (config->expected_signal == 0)
+            /* Exit with the return value of the test.  */
+            return adjust_exit_status (WEXITSTATUS (status));
+          else
+            {
+              printf ("Expected signal '%s' from child, got none\n",
+                      strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+              exit (1);
+            }
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* Non-zero exit status is expected */
+          if (WEXITSTATUS (status) != config->expected_status)
+            {
+              printf ("Expected status %d, got %d\n",
+                      config->expected_status, WEXITSTATUS (status));
+              exit (1);
+            }
+        }
+      return adjust_exit_status (0);
+    }
+  /* Process was killed by timer or other signal.  */
+  else
+    {
+      if (config->expected_signal == 0)
+        {
+          printf ("Didn't expect signal from child: got `%s'\n",
+                  strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+          exit (1);
+        }
+      else if (WTERMSIG (status) != config->expected_signal)
+        {
+          printf ("Incorrect signal from child: got `%s', need `%s'\n",
+                  strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)),
+                  strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+          exit (1);
+        }
+
+      return adjust_exit_status (0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/support_test_verify_impl.c b/support/support_test_verify_impl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ff5555a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_verify_impl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* Implementation of the TEST_VERIFY and TEST_VERIFY_EXIT macros.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+support_test_verify_impl (const char *file, int line, const char *expr)
+{
+  int saved_errno = errno;
+  support_record_failure ();
+  printf ("error: %s:%d: not true: %s\n", file, line, expr);
+  errno = saved_errno;
+}
+
+void
+support_test_verify_exit_impl (int status, const char *file, int line,
+                               const char *expr)
+{
+  support_test_verify_impl (file, line, expr);
+  exit (status);
+}
diff --git a/support/support_write_file_string.c b/support/support_write_file_string.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7505679401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_write_file_string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Write a string to a file.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+void
+support_write_file_string (const char *path, const char *contents)
+{
+  int fd = xopen (path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0666);
+  const char *end = contents + strlen (contents);
+  for (const char *p = contents; p < end; )
+    {
+      ssize_t ret = write (fd, p, end - p);
+      if (ret < 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("cannot write to \"%s\": %m", path);
+      if (ret == 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("zero-length write to \"%s\"", path);
+      p += ret;
+    }
+  xclose (fd);
+}
diff --git a/support/temp_file-internal.h b/support/temp_file-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cee3c0c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Internal weak declarations for temporary file handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H
+
+/* These functions are called by the test driver if they are
+   defined.  Tests should not call them directly.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void support_set_test_dir (const char *name) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void support_delete_temp_files (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void support_print_temp_files (FILE *) __attribute__ ((weak));
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/support/temp_file.c b/support/temp_file.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bbc7f9972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/* Temporary file handling for tests.
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This is required to get an mkstemp which can create large files on
+   some 32-bit platforms. */
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/temp_file-internal.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* List of temporary files.  */
+static struct temp_name_list
+{
+  struct temp_name_list *next;
+  char *name;
+  pid_t owner;
+} *temp_name_list;
+
+/* Location of the temporary files.  Set by the test skeleton via
+   support_set_test_dir.  The string is not be freed.  */
+static const char *test_dir = _PATH_TMP;
+
+void
+add_temp_file (const char *name)
+{
+  struct temp_name_list *newp
+    = (struct temp_name_list *) xcalloc (sizeof (*newp), 1);
+  char *newname = strdup (name);
+  if (newname != NULL)
+    {
+      newp->name = newname;
+      newp->next = temp_name_list;
+      newp->owner = getpid ();
+      temp_name_list = newp;
+    }
+  else
+    free (newp);
+}
+
+int
+create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename)
+{
+  char *fname;
+  int fd;
+
+  fname = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (test_dir) + 1 + strlen (base)
+			    + sizeof ("XXXXXX"));
+  strcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (fname, test_dir), "/"), base), "XXXXXX");
+
+  fd = mkstemp (fname);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    {
+      printf ("cannot open temporary file '%s': %m\n", fname);
+      free (fname);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  add_temp_file (fname);
+  if (filename != NULL)
+    *filename = fname;
+  else
+    free (fname);
+
+  return fd;
+}
+
+char *
+support_create_temp_directory (const char *base)
+{
+  char *path = xasprintf ("%s/%sXXXXXX", test_dir, base);
+  if (mkdtemp (path) == NULL)
+    {
+      printf ("error: mkdtemp (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  add_temp_file (path);
+  return path;
+}
+
+/* Helper functions called by the test skeleton follow.  */
+
+void
+support_set_test_dir (const char *path)
+{
+  test_dir = path;
+}
+
+void
+support_delete_temp_files (void)
+{
+  pid_t pid = getpid ();
+  while (temp_name_list != NULL)
+    {
+      /* Only perform the removal if the path was registed in the same
+	 process, as identified by the PID.  (This assumes that the
+	 parent process which registered the temporary file sticks
+	 around, to prevent PID reuse.)  */
+      if (temp_name_list->owner == pid)
+	{
+	  if (remove (temp_name_list->name) != 0)
+	    printf ("warning: could not remove temporary file: %s: %m\n",
+		    temp_name_list->name);
+	}
+      free (temp_name_list->name);
+
+      struct temp_name_list *next = temp_name_list->next;
+      free (temp_name_list);
+      temp_name_list = next;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_print_temp_files (FILE *f)
+{
+  if (temp_name_list != NULL)
+    {
+      struct temp_name_list *n;
+      fprintf (f, "temp_files=(\n");
+      for (n = temp_name_list; n != NULL; n = n->next)
+        fprintf (f, "  '%s'\n", n->name);
+      fprintf (f, ")\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/temp_file.h b/support/temp_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7795cc577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Declarations for temporary file handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Schedule a temporary file for deletion on exit.  */
+void add_temp_file (const char *name);
+
+/* Create a temporary file.  Return the opened file descriptor on
+   success, or -1 on failure.  Write the file name to *FILENAME if
+   FILENAME is not NULL.  In this case, the caller is expected to free
+   *FILENAME.  */
+int create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename);
+
+/* Create a temporary directory and schedule it for deletion.  BASE is
+   used as a prefix for the unique directory name, which the function
+   returns.  The caller should free this string.  */
+char *support_create_temp_directory (const char *base);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H */
diff --git a/support/test-container.c b/support/test-container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b58f0f7b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/test-container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,988 @@
+/* Run a test case in an isolated namespace.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <utime.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <error.h>
+#include <libc-pointer-arith.h>
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include "check.h"
+#include "test-driver.h"
+
+#ifndef __linux__
+#define mount(s,t,fs,f,d) no_mount()
+int no_mount (void)
+{
+  FAIL_UNSUPPORTED("mount not supported; port needed");
+}
+#endif
+
+int verbose = 0;
+
+/* Running a test in a container is tricky.  There are two main
+   categories of things to do:
+
+   1. "Once" actions, like setting up the container and doing an
+      install into it.
+
+   2. "Per-test" actions, like copying in support files and
+      configuring the container.
+
+
+   "Once" actions:
+
+   * mkdir $buildroot/testroot.pristine/
+   * install into it
+   * rsync to $buildroot/testroot.root/
+
+   "Per-test" actions:
+   * maybe rsync to $buildroot/testroot.root/
+   * copy support files and test binary
+   * chroot/unshare
+   * set up any mounts (like /proc)
+
+   Magic files:
+
+   For test $srcdir/foo/mytest.c we look for $srcdir/foo/mytest.root
+   and, if found...
+
+   * mytest.root/ is rsync'd into container
+   * mytest.root/preclean.req causes fresh rsync (with delete) before
+     test if present
+   * mytest.root/mytset.script has a list of "commands" to run:
+       syntax:
+         # comment
+         mv FILE FILE
+	 cp FILE FILE
+	 rm FILE
+	 FILE must start with $B/, $S/, $I/, $L/, or /
+	  (expands to build dir, source dir, install dir, library dir
+	   (in container), or container's root)
+   * mytest.root/postclean.req causes fresh rsync (with delete) after
+     test if present
+
+   Note that $srcdir/foo/mytest.script may be used instead of a
+   $srcdir/foo/mytest.root/mytest.script in the sysroot template, if
+   there is no other reason for a sysroot.
+
+   Design goals:
+
+   * independent of other packages which may not be installed (like
+     rsync or Docker, or even "cp")
+
+   * Simple, easy to review code (i.e. prefer simple naive code over
+     complex efficient code)
+
+   * The current implementation ist parallel-make-safe, but only in
+     that it uses a lock to prevent parallel access to the testroot.  */
+
+
+/* Utility Functions */
+
+/* Like xunlink, but it's OK if the file already doesn't exist.  */
+void
+maybe_xunlink (const char *path)
+{
+  int rv = unlink (path);
+  if (rv < 0 && errno != ENOENT)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unlink (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+}
+
+/* Like xmkdir, but it's OK if the directory already exists.  */
+void
+maybe_xmkdir (const char *path, mode_t mode)
+{
+  struct stat st;
+
+  if (stat (path, &st) == 0
+      && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+    return;
+  xmkdir (path, mode);
+}
+
+/* Temporarily concatenate multiple strings into one.  Allows up to 10
+   temporary results; use strdup () if you need them to be
+   permanent.  */
+static char *
+concat (const char *str, ...)
+{
+  /* Assume initialized to NULL/zero.  */
+  static char *bufs[10];
+  static size_t buflens[10];
+  static int bufn = 0;
+  int n;
+  size_t len;
+  va_list ap, ap2;
+  char *cp;
+  char *next;
+
+  va_start (ap, str);
+  va_copy (ap2, ap);
+
+  n = bufn;
+  bufn = (bufn + 1) % 10;
+  len = strlen (str);
+
+  while ((next = va_arg (ap, char *)) != NULL)
+    len = len + strlen (next);
+
+  va_end (ap);
+
+  if (bufs[n] == NULL)
+    {
+      bufs[n] = xmalloc (len + 1); /* NUL */
+      buflens[n] = len + 1;
+    }
+  else if (buflens[n] < len + 1)
+    {
+      bufs[n] = xrealloc (bufs[n], len + 1); /* NUL */
+      buflens[n] = len + 1;
+    }
+
+  strcpy (bufs[n], str);
+  cp = strchr (bufs[n], '\0');
+  while ((next = va_arg (ap2, char *)) != NULL)
+    {
+      strcpy (cp, next);
+      cp = strchr (cp, '\0');
+    }
+  *cp = 0;
+  va_end (ap2);
+
+  return bufs[n];
+}
+
+/* Try to mount SRC onto DEST.  */
+static void
+trymount (const char *src, const char *dest)
+{
+  if (mount (src, dest, "", MS_BIND, NULL) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("can't mount %s onto %s\n", src, dest);
+}
+
+/* Special case of above for devices like /dev/zero where we have to
+   mount a device over a device, not a directory over a directory.  */
+static void
+devmount (const char *new_root_path, const char *which)
+{
+  int fd;
+  fd = open (concat (new_root_path, "/dev/", which, NULL),
+	     O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, 0777);
+  xclose (fd);
+
+  trymount (concat ("/dev/", which, NULL),
+	    concat (new_root_path, "/dev/", which, NULL));
+}
+
+/* Returns true if the string "looks like" an environement variable
+   being set.  */
+static int
+is_env_setting (const char *a)
+{
+  int count_name = 0;
+
+  while (*a)
+    {
+      if (isalnum (*a) || *a == '_')
+	++count_name;
+      else if (*a == '=' && count_name > 0)
+	return 1;
+      else
+	return 0;
+      ++a;
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* Break the_line into words and store in the_words.  Max nwords,
+   returns actual count.  */
+static int
+tokenize (char *the_line, char **the_words, int nwords)
+{
+  int rv = 0;
+
+  while (nwords > 0)
+    {
+      /* Skip leading whitespace, if any.  */
+      while (*the_line && isspace (*the_line))
+	++the_line;
+
+      /* End of line?  */
+      if (*the_line == 0)
+	return rv;
+
+      /* THE_LINE points to a non-whitespace character, so we have a
+	 word.  */
+      *the_words = the_line;
+      ++the_words;
+      nwords--;
+      ++rv;
+
+      /* Skip leading whitespace, if any.  */
+      while (*the_line && ! isspace (*the_line))
+	++the_line;
+
+      /* We now point at the trailing NUL *or* some whitespace.  */
+      if (*the_line == 0)
+	return rv;
+
+      /* It was whitespace, skip and keep tokenizing.  */
+      *the_line++ = 0;
+    }
+
+  /* We get here if we filled the words buffer.  */
+  return rv;
+}
+
+
+/* Mini-RSYNC implementation.  Optimize later.      */
+
+/* A few routines for an "rsync buffer" which stores the paths we're
+   working on.  We continuously grow and shrink the paths in each
+   buffer so there's lot of re-use.  */
+
+/* We rely on "initialized to zero" to set these up.  */
+typedef struct
+{
+  char *buf;
+  size_t len;
+  size_t size;
+} path_buf;
+
+static path_buf spath, dpath;
+
+static void
+r_setup (char *path, path_buf * pb)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (path);
+  if (pb->buf == NULL || pb->size < len + 1)
+    {
+      /* Round up.  This is an arbitrary number, just to keep from
+	 reallocing too often.  */
+      size_t sz = ALIGN_UP (len + 1, 512);
+      if (pb->buf == NULL)
+	pb->buf = (char *) xmalloc (sz);
+      else
+	pb->buf = (char *) xrealloc (pb->buf, sz);
+      if (pb->buf == NULL)
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("Out of memory while rsyncing\n");
+
+      pb->size = sz;
+    }
+  strcpy (pb->buf, path);
+  pb->len = len;
+}
+
+static void
+r_append (const char *path, path_buf * pb)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (path) + pb->len;
+  if (pb->size < len + 1)
+    {
+      /* Round up */
+      size_t sz = ALIGN_UP (len + 1, 512);
+      pb->buf = (char *) xrealloc (pb->buf, sz);
+      if (pb->buf == NULL)
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("Out of memory while rsyncing\n");
+
+      pb->size = sz;
+    }
+  strcpy (pb->buf + pb->len, path);
+  pb->len = len;
+}
+
+static int
+file_exists (char *path)
+{
+  struct stat st;
+  if (lstat (path, &st) == 0)
+    return 1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+recursive_remove (char *path)
+{
+  pid_t child;
+  int status;
+
+  child = fork ();
+
+  switch (child) {
+  case -1:
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Unable to fork");
+  case 0:
+    /* Child.  */
+    execlp ("rm", "rm", "-rf", path, NULL);
+  default:
+    /* Parent.  */
+    waitpid (child, &status, 0);
+    /* "rm" would have already printed a suitable error message.  */
+    if (! WIFEXITED (status)
+	|| WEXITSTATUS (status) != 0)
+      exit (1);
+
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Used for both rsync and the mytest.script "cp" command.  */
+static void
+copy_one_file (const char *sname, const char *dname)
+{
+  int sfd, dfd;
+  struct stat st;
+  struct utimbuf times;
+
+  sfd = open (sname, O_RDONLY);
+  if (sfd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unable to open %s for reading\n", sname);
+
+  if (fstat (sfd, &st) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unable to fstat %s\n", sname);
+
+  dfd = open (dname, O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC | O_CREAT, 0600);
+  if (dfd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unable to open %s for writing\n", dname);
+
+  xcopy_file_range (sfd, 0, dfd, 0, st.st_size, 0);
+
+  xclose (sfd);
+  xclose (dfd);
+
+  if (chmod (dname, st.st_mode & 0777) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("chmod %s: %s\n", dname, strerror (errno));
+
+  times.actime = st.st_atime;
+  times.modtime = st.st_mtime;
+  if (utime (dname, &times) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("utime %s: %s\n", dname, strerror (errno));
+}
+
+/* We don't check *everything* about the two files to see if a copy is
+   needed, just the minimum to make sure we get the latest copy.  */
+static int
+need_sync (char *ap, char *bp, struct stat *a, struct stat *b)
+{
+  if ((a->st_mode & S_IFMT) != (b->st_mode & S_IFMT))
+    return 1;
+
+  if (S_ISLNK (a->st_mode))
+    {
+      int rv;
+      char *al, *bl;
+
+      if (a->st_size != b->st_size)
+	return 1;
+
+      al = xreadlink (ap);
+      bl = xreadlink (bp);
+      rv = strcmp (al, bl);
+      free (al);
+      free (bl);
+      if (rv == 0)
+	return 0; /* links are same */
+      return 1; /* links differ */
+    }
+
+  if (verbose)
+    {
+      if (a->st_size != b->st_size)
+	printf ("SIZE\n");
+      if ((a->st_mode & 0777) != (b->st_mode & 0777))
+	printf ("MODE\n");
+      if (a->st_mtime != b->st_mtime)
+	printf ("TIME\n");
+    }
+
+  if (a->st_size == b->st_size
+      && ((a->st_mode & 0777) == (b->st_mode & 0777))
+      && a->st_mtime == b->st_mtime)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static void
+rsync_1 (path_buf * src, path_buf * dest, int and_delete)
+{
+  DIR *dir;
+  struct dirent *de;
+  struct stat s, d;
+
+  r_append ("/", src);
+  r_append ("/", dest);
+
+  if (verbose)
+    printf ("sync %s to %s %s\n", src->buf, dest->buf,
+	    and_delete ? "and delete" : "");
+
+  size_t staillen = src->len;
+
+  size_t dtaillen = dest->len;
+
+  dir = opendir (src->buf);
+
+  while ((de = readdir (dir)) != NULL)
+    {
+      if (strcmp (de->d_name, ".") == 0
+	  || strcmp (de->d_name, "..") == 0)
+	continue;
+
+      src->len = staillen;
+      r_append (de->d_name, src);
+      dest->len = dtaillen;
+      r_append (de->d_name, dest);
+
+      s.st_mode = ~0;
+      d.st_mode = ~0;
+
+      if (lstat (src->buf, &s) != 0)
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("%s obtained by readdir, but stat failed.\n", src->buf);
+
+      /* It's OK if this one fails, since we know the file might be
+	 missing.  */
+      lstat (dest->buf, &d);
+
+      if (! need_sync (src->buf, dest->buf, &s, &d))
+	{
+	  if (S_ISDIR (s.st_mode))
+	    rsync_1 (src, dest, and_delete);
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      if (d.st_mode != ~0)
+	switch (d.st_mode & S_IFMT)
+	  {
+	  case S_IFDIR:
+	    if (!S_ISDIR (s.st_mode))
+	      {
+		if (verbose)
+		  printf ("-D %s\n", dest->buf);
+		recursive_remove (dest->buf);
+	      }
+	    break;
+
+	  default:
+	    if (verbose)
+	      printf ("-F %s\n", dest->buf);
+	    maybe_xunlink (dest->buf);
+	    break;
+	  }
+
+      switch (s.st_mode & S_IFMT)
+	{
+	case S_IFREG:
+	  if (verbose)
+	    printf ("+F %s\n", dest->buf);
+	  copy_one_file (src->buf, dest->buf);
+	  break;
+
+	case S_IFDIR:
+	  if (verbose)
+	    printf ("+D %s\n", dest->buf);
+	  maybe_xmkdir (dest->buf, (s.st_mode & 0777) | 0700);
+	  rsync_1 (src, dest, and_delete);
+	  break;
+
+	case S_IFLNK:
+	  {
+	    char *lp;
+	    if (verbose)
+	      printf ("+L %s\n", dest->buf);
+	    lp = xreadlink (src->buf);
+	    xsymlink (lp, dest->buf);
+	    free (lp);
+	    break;
+	  }
+
+	default:
+	  break;
+	}
+    }
+
+  closedir (dir);
+  src->len = staillen;
+  src->buf[staillen] = 0;
+  dest->len = dtaillen;
+  dest->buf[dtaillen] = 0;
+
+  if (!and_delete)
+    return;
+
+  /* The rest of this function removes any files/directories in DEST
+     that do not exist in SRC.  This is triggered as part of a
+     preclean or postsclean step.  */
+
+  dir = opendir (dest->buf);
+
+  while ((de = readdir (dir)) != NULL)
+    {
+      if (strcmp (de->d_name, ".") == 0
+	  || strcmp (de->d_name, "..") == 0)
+	continue;
+
+      src->len = staillen;
+      r_append (de->d_name, src);
+      dest->len = dtaillen;
+      r_append (de->d_name, dest);
+
+      s.st_mode = ~0;
+      d.st_mode = ~0;
+
+      lstat (src->buf, &s);
+
+      if (lstat (dest->buf, &d) != 0)
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("%s obtained by readdir, but stat failed.\n", dest->buf);
+
+      if (s.st_mode == ~0)
+	{
+	  /* dest exists and src doesn't, clean it.  */
+	  switch (d.st_mode & S_IFMT)
+	    {
+	    case S_IFDIR:
+	      if (!S_ISDIR (s.st_mode))
+		{
+		  if (verbose)
+		    printf ("-D %s\n", dest->buf);
+		  recursive_remove (dest->buf);
+		}
+	      break;
+
+	    default:
+	      if (verbose)
+		printf ("-F %s\n", dest->buf);
+	      maybe_xunlink (dest->buf);
+	      break;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+  closedir (dir);
+}
+
+static void
+rsync (char *src, char *dest, int and_delete)
+{
+  r_setup (src, &spath);
+  r_setup (dest, &dpath);
+
+  rsync_1 (&spath, &dpath, and_delete);
+}
+
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  pid_t child;
+  char *pristine_root_path;
+  char *new_root_path;
+  char *new_cwd_path;
+  char *new_objdir_path;
+  char *new_srcdir_path;
+  char **new_child_proc;
+  char *command_root;
+  char *command_base;
+  char *command_basename;
+  char *so_base;
+  int do_postclean = 0;
+
+  uid_t original_uid;
+  gid_t original_gid;
+  int UMAP;
+  int GMAP;
+  /* Used for "%lld %lld 1" so need not be large.  */
+  char tmp[100];
+  struct stat st;
+  int lock_fd;
+
+  setbuf (stdout, NULL);
+
+  /* The command line we're expecting looks like this:
+     env <set some vars> ld.so <library path> test-binary
+
+     We need to peel off any "env" or "ld.so" portion of the command
+     line, and keep track of which env vars we should preserve and
+     which we drop.  */
+
+  if (argc < 2)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "Usage: containerize <program to run> <args...>\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (strcmp (argv[1], "-v") == 0)
+    {
+      verbose = 1;
+      ++argv;
+      --argc;
+    }
+
+  if (strcmp (argv[1], "env") == 0)
+    {
+      ++argv;
+      --argc;
+      while (is_env_setting (argv[1]))
+	{
+	  /* If there are variables we do NOT want to propogate, this
+	     is where the test for them goes.  */
+	    {
+	      /* Need to keep these.  Note that putenv stores a
+	         pointer to our argv.  */
+	      putenv (argv[1]);
+	    }
+	  ++argv;
+	  --argc;
+	}
+    }
+
+  if (strcmp (argv[1], support_objdir_elf_ldso) == 0)
+    {
+      ++argv;
+      --argc;
+      while (argv[1][0] == '-')
+	{
+	  if (strcmp (argv[1], "--library-path") == 0)
+	    {
+	      ++argv;
+	      --argc;
+	    }
+	  ++argv;
+	  --argc;
+	}
+    }
+
+  pristine_root_path = strdup (concat (support_objdir_root,
+				       "/testroot.pristine", NULL));
+  new_root_path = strdup (concat (support_objdir_root,
+				  "/testroot.root", NULL));
+  new_cwd_path = get_current_dir_name ();
+  new_child_proc = argv + 1;
+
+  lock_fd = open (concat (pristine_root_path, "/lock.fd", NULL),
+		 O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, 0666);
+  if (lock_fd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Cannot create testroot lock.\n");
+
+  while (flock (lock_fd, LOCK_EX) != 0)
+    {
+      if (errno != EINTR)
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("Cannot lock testroot.\n");
+    }
+
+  xmkdirp (new_root_path, 0755);
+
+  /* We look for extra setup info in a subdir in the same spot as the
+     test, with the same name but a ".root" extension.  This is that
+     directory.  We try to look in the source tree if the path we're
+     given refers to the build tree, but we rely on the path to be
+     absolute.  This is what the glibc makefiles do.  */
+  command_root = concat (argv[1], ".root", NULL);
+  if (strncmp (command_root, support_objdir_root,
+	       strlen (support_objdir_root)) == 0
+      && command_root[strlen (support_objdir_root)] == '/')
+    command_root = concat (support_srcdir_root,
+			   argv[1] + strlen (support_objdir_root),
+			   ".root", NULL);
+  command_root = strdup (command_root);
+
+  /* This cuts off the ".root" we appended above.  */
+  command_base = strdup (command_root);
+  command_base[strlen (command_base) - 5] = 0;
+
+  /* This is the basename of the test we're running.  */
+  command_basename = strrchr (command_base, '/');
+  if (command_basename == NULL)
+    command_basename = command_base;
+  else
+    ++command_basename;
+
+  /* Shared object base directory.  */
+  so_base = strdup (argv[1]);
+  if (strrchr (so_base, '/') != NULL)
+    strrchr (so_base, '/')[1] = 0;
+
+  if (file_exists (concat (command_root, "/postclean.req", NULL)))
+    do_postclean = 1;
+
+  rsync (pristine_root_path, new_root_path,
+	 file_exists (concat (command_root, "/preclean.req", NULL)));
+
+  if (stat (command_root, &st) >= 0
+      && S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+    rsync (command_root, new_root_path, 0);
+
+  new_objdir_path = strdup (concat (new_root_path,
+				    support_objdir_root, NULL));
+  new_srcdir_path = strdup (concat (new_root_path,
+				    support_srcdir_root, NULL));
+
+  /* new_cwd_path starts with '/' so no "/" needed between the two.  */
+  xmkdirp (concat (new_root_path, new_cwd_path, NULL), 0755);
+  xmkdirp (new_srcdir_path, 0755);
+  xmkdirp (new_objdir_path, 0755);
+
+  original_uid = getuid ();
+  original_gid = getgid ();
+
+  /* Handle the cp/mv/rm "script" here.  */
+  {
+    char *the_line = NULL;
+    size_t line_len = 0;
+    char *fname = concat (command_root, "/",
+			  command_basename, ".script", NULL);
+    char *the_words[3];
+    FILE *f = fopen (fname, "r");
+
+    if (verbose && f)
+      fprintf (stderr, "running %s\n", fname);
+
+    if (f == NULL)
+      {
+	/* Try foo.script instead of foo.root/foo.script, as a shortcut.  */
+	fname = concat (command_base, ".script", NULL);
+	f = fopen (fname, "r");
+	if (verbose && f)
+	  fprintf (stderr, "running %s\n", fname);
+      }
+
+    /* Note that we do NOT look for a Makefile-generated foo.script in
+       the build directory.  If that is ever needed, this is the place
+       to add it.  */
+
+    /* This is where we "interpret" the mini-script which is <test>.script.  */
+    if (f != NULL)
+      {
+	while (getline (&the_line, &line_len, f) > 0)
+	  {
+	    int nt = tokenize (the_line, the_words, 3);
+	    int i;
+
+	    for (i = 1; i < nt; ++i)
+	      {
+		if (memcmp (the_words[i], "$B/", 3) == 0)
+		  the_words[i] = concat (support_objdir_root,
+					 the_words[i] + 2, NULL);
+		else if (memcmp (the_words[i], "$S/", 3) == 0)
+		  the_words[i] = concat (support_srcdir_root,
+					 the_words[i] + 2, NULL);
+		else if (memcmp (the_words[i], "$I/", 3) == 0)
+		  the_words[i] = concat (new_root_path,
+					 support_install_prefix,
+					 the_words[i] + 2, NULL);
+		else if (memcmp (the_words[i], "$L/", 3) == 0)
+		  the_words[i] = concat (new_root_path,
+					 support_libdir_prefix,
+					 the_words[i] + 2, NULL);
+		else if (the_words[i][0] == '/')
+		  the_words[i] = concat (new_root_path,
+					 the_words[i], NULL);
+	      }
+
+	    if (nt == 3 && the_words[2][strlen (the_words[2]) - 1] == '/')
+	      {
+		char *r = strrchr (the_words[1], '/');
+		if (r)
+		  the_words[2] = concat (the_words[2], r + 1, NULL);
+		else
+		  the_words[2] = concat (the_words[2], the_words[1], NULL);
+	      }
+
+	    if (nt == 2 && strcmp (the_words[0], "so") == 0)
+	      {
+		the_words[2] = concat (new_root_path, support_libdir_prefix,
+				       "/", the_words[1], NULL);
+		the_words[1] = concat (so_base, the_words[1], NULL);
+		copy_one_file (the_words[1], the_words[2]);
+	      }
+	    else if (nt == 3 && strcmp (the_words[0], "cp") == 0)
+	      {
+		copy_one_file (the_words[1], the_words[2]);
+	      }
+	    else if (nt == 3 && strcmp (the_words[0], "mv") == 0)
+	      {
+		if (rename (the_words[1], the_words[2]) < 0)
+		  FAIL_EXIT1 ("rename %s -> %s: %s", the_words[1],
+			      the_words[2], strerror (errno));
+	      }
+	    else if (nt == 3 && strcmp (the_words[0], "chmod") == 0)
+	      {
+		long int m;
+		m = strtol (the_words[1], NULL, 0);
+		if (chmod (the_words[2], m) < 0)
+		    FAIL_EXIT1 ("chmod %s: %s\n",
+				the_words[2], strerror (errno));
+
+	      }
+	    else if (nt == 2 && strcmp (the_words[0], "rm") == 0)
+	      {
+		maybe_xunlink (the_words[1]);
+	      }
+	    else if (nt > 0 && the_words[0][0] != '#')
+	      {
+		printf ("\033[31minvalid [%s]\033[0m\n", the_words[0]);
+	      }
+	  }
+	fclose (f);
+      }
+  }
+
+#ifdef CLONE_NEWNS
+  /* The unshare here gives us our own spaces and capabilities.  */
+  if (unshare (CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS) < 0)
+    {
+      /* Older kernels may not support all the options, or security
+	 policy may block this call.  */
+      if (errno == EINVAL || errno == EPERM)
+	FAIL_UNSUPPORTED ("unable to unshare user/fs: %s", strerror (errno));
+      else
+	FAIL_EXIT1 ("unable to unshare user/fs: %s", strerror (errno));
+    }
+#else
+  /* Some targets may not support unshare at all.  */
+  FAIL_UNSUPPORTED ("unshare support missing");
+#endif
+
+  /* Some systems, by default, all mounts leak out of the namespace.  */
+  if (mount ("none", "/", NULL, MS_REC | MS_PRIVATE, NULL) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("could not create a private mount namespace\n");
+
+  trymount (support_srcdir_root, new_srcdir_path);
+  trymount (support_objdir_root, new_objdir_path);
+
+  xmkdirp (concat (new_root_path, "/dev", NULL), 0755);
+  devmount (new_root_path, "null");
+  devmount (new_root_path, "zero");
+  devmount (new_root_path, "urandom");
+
+  /* We're done with the "old" root, switch to the new one.  */
+  if (chroot (new_root_path) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Can't chroot to %s - ", new_root_path);
+
+  if (chdir (new_cwd_path) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Can't cd to new %s - ", new_cwd_path);
+
+  /* To complete the containerization, we need to fork () at least
+     once.  We can't exec, nor can we somehow link the new child to
+     our parent.  So we run the child and propogate it's exit status
+     up.  */
+  child = fork ();
+  if (child < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Unable to fork");
+  else if (child > 0)
+    {
+      /* Parent.  */
+      int status;
+      waitpid (child, &status, 0);
+
+      /* There's a bit of magic here, since the buildroot is mounted
+	 in our space, the paths are still valid, and since the mounts
+	 aren't recursive, it sees *only* the built root, not anything
+	 we would normally se if we rsync'd to "/" like mounted /dev
+	 files.  */
+      if (do_postclean)
+	  rsync (pristine_root_path, new_root_path, 1);
+
+      if (WIFEXITED (status))
+	exit (WEXITSTATUS (status));
+
+      if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
+	{
+	  printf ("%%SIGNALLED%%\n");
+	  exit (77);
+	}
+
+      printf ("%%EXITERROR%%\n");
+      exit (78);
+    }
+
+  /* The rest is the child process, which is now PID 1 and "in" the
+     new root.  */
+
+  maybe_xmkdir ("/tmp", 0755);
+
+  /* Now that we're pid 1 (effectively "root") we can mount /proc  */
+  maybe_xmkdir ("/proc", 0777);
+  if (mount ("proc", "/proc", "proc", 0, NULL) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("Unable to mount /proc: ");
+
+  /* We map our original UID to the same UID in the container so we
+     can own our own files normally.  */
+  UMAP = open ("/proc/self/uid_map", O_WRONLY);
+  if (UMAP < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("can't write to /proc/self/uid_map\n");
+
+  sprintf (tmp, "%lld %lld 1\n",
+	   (long long) original_uid, (long long) original_uid);
+  write (UMAP, tmp, strlen (tmp));
+  xclose (UMAP);
+
+  /* We must disable setgroups () before we can map our groups, else we
+     get EPERM.  */
+  GMAP = open ("/proc/self/setgroups", O_WRONLY);
+  if (GMAP >= 0)
+    {
+      /* We support kernels old enough to not have this.  */
+      write (GMAP, "deny\n", 5);
+      xclose (GMAP);
+    }
+
+  /* We map our original GID to the same GID in the container so we
+     can own our own files normally.  */
+  GMAP = open ("/proc/self/gid_map", O_WRONLY);
+  if (GMAP < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("can't write to /proc/self/gid_map\n");
+
+  sprintf (tmp, "%lld %lld 1\n",
+	   (long long) original_gid, (long long) original_gid);
+  write (GMAP, tmp, strlen (tmp));
+  xclose (GMAP);
+
+  /* Now run the child.  */
+  execvp (new_child_proc[0], new_child_proc);
+
+  /* Or don't run the child?  */
+  FAIL_EXIT1 ("Unable to exec %s\n", new_child_proc[0]);
+
+  /* Because gcc won't know error () never returns...  */
+  exit (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED);
+}
diff --git a/support/test-driver.c b/support/test-driver.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9798f16227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/test-driver.c
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/* Main function for test programs.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This file should be included from test cases.  It will define a
+   main function which provides the test wrapper.
+
+   It assumes that the test case defines a function
+
+     int do_test (void);
+
+   and arranges for that function being called under the test wrapper.
+   The do_test function should return 0 to indicate a passing test, 1
+   to indicate a failing test, or 77 to indicate an unsupported test.
+   Other result values could be used to indicate a failing test, but
+   the result of the expression is passed to exit and exit only
+   returns the lower 8 bits of its input.  A non-zero return with some
+   values could cause a test to incorrectly be considered passing when
+   it really failed.  For this reason, the function should always
+   return 0 (EXIT_SUCCESS), 1 (EXIT_FAILURE), or 77
+   (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED).
+
+   The test function may print out diagnostic or warning messages as well
+   as messages about failures.  These messages should be printed to stdout
+   and not stderr so that the output is properly ordered with respect to
+   the rest of the glibc testsuite run output.
+
+   Several preprocessors macros can be defined before including this
+   file.
+
+   The name of the do_test function can be changed with the
+   TEST_FUNCTION macro.  It must expand to the desired function name.
+
+   If the test case needs access to command line parameters, it must
+   define the TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV macro with the name of the test
+   function.  It must have the following type:
+
+     int TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV (int argc, char **argv);
+
+   This overrides the do_test default function and is incompatible
+   with the TEST_FUNCTION macro.
+
+   If PREPARE is defined, it must expand to the name of a function of
+   the type
+
+     void PREPARE (int argc, char **);
+
+   This function will be called early, after parsing the command line,
+   but before running the test, in the parent process which acts as
+   the test supervisor.
+
+   If CLEANUP_HANDLER is defined, it must expand to the name of a
+   function of the type
+
+     void CLEANUP_HANDLER (void);
+
+   This function will be called from the timeout (SIGALRM) signal
+   handler.
+
+   If EXPECTED_SIGNAL is defined, it must expanded to a constant which
+   denotes the expected signal number.
+
+   If EXPECTED_STATUS is defined, it must expand to the expected exit
+   status.
+
+   If TIMEOUT is defined, it must be positive constant.  It overrides
+   the default test timeout and is measured in seconds.
+
+   If TEST_NO_MALLOPT is defined, the test wrapper will not call
+   mallopt.
+
+   Custom command line handling can be implemented by defining the
+   CMDLINE_OPTION macro (after including the <getopt.h> header; this
+   requires _GNU_SOURCE to be defined).  This macro must expand to a
+   to a comma-separated list of braced initializers for struct option
+   from <getopt.h>, with a trailing comma.  CMDLINE_PROCESS can be
+   defined as the name of a function which is called to process these
+   options.  The function is passed the option character/number and
+   has this type:
+
+     void CMDLINE_PROCESS (int);
+
+   If the program also to process custom default short command line
+   argument (similar to getopt) it must define CMDLINE_OPTSTRING
+   with the expected options (for instance "vb").
+*/
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  struct test_config test_config;
+  memset (&test_config, 0, sizeof (test_config));
+
+#ifdef PREPARE
+  test_config.prepare_function = (PREPARE);
+#endif
+
+#if defined (TEST_FUNCTION) && defined (TEST_FUNCTON_ARGV)
+# error TEST_FUNCTION and TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV cannot be defined at the same time
+#endif
+#if defined (TEST_FUNCTION)
+  test_config.test_function = TEST_FUNCTION;
+#elif defined (TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV)
+  test_config.test_function_argv = TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV;
+#else
+  test_config.test_function = do_test;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CLEANUP_HANDLER
+  test_config.cleanup_function = CLEANUP_HANDLER;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
+  test_config.expected_signal = (EXPECTED_SIGNAL);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EXPECTED_STATUS
+  test_config.expected_status = (EXPECTED_STATUS);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TEST_NO_MALLOPT
+  test_config.no_mallopt = 1;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TEST_NO_SETVBUF
+  test_config.no_setvbuf = 1;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TIMEOUT
+  test_config.timeout = TIMEOUT;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CMDLINE_OPTIONS
+  struct option options[] =
+    {
+      CMDLINE_OPTIONS
+      TEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS
+    };
+  test_config.options = &options;
+#endif
+#ifdef CMDLINE_PROCESS
+  test_config.cmdline_function = CMDLINE_PROCESS;
+#endif
+#ifdef CMDLINE_OPTSTRING
+  test_config.optstring = "+" CMDLINE_OPTSTRING;
+#else
+  test_config.optstring = "+";
+#endif
+
+  return support_test_main (argc, argv, &test_config);
+}
diff --git a/support/test-driver.h b/support/test-driver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..549179b254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/test-driver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Interfaces for the test driver.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+struct test_config
+{
+  void (*prepare_function) (int argc, char **argv);
+  int (*test_function) (void);
+  int (*test_function_argv) (int argc, char **argv);
+  void (*cleanup_function) (void);
+  void (*cmdline_function) (int);
+  const void *options;   /* Custom options if not NULL.  */
+  int timeout;           /* Test timeout in seconds.  */
+  int expected_status;   /* Expected exit status.  */
+  int expected_signal;   /* If non-zero, expect termination by signal.  */
+  char no_mallopt;       /* Boolean flag to disable mallopt.  */
+  char no_setvbuf;       /* Boolean flag to disable setvbuf.  */
+  const char *optstring; /* Short command line options.  */
+};
+
+enum
+  {
+    /* Test exit status which indicates that the feature is
+       unsupported. */
+    EXIT_UNSUPPORTED = 77,
+
+    /* Default timeout is twenty seconds.  Tests should normally
+       complete faster than this, but if they don't, that's abnormal
+       (a bug) anyways.  */
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 20,
+
+    /* Used for command line argument parsing.  */
+    OPT_DIRECT = 1000,
+    OPT_TESTDIR,
+  };
+
+/* Options provided by the test driver.  */
+#define TEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS                            \
+  { "verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },                \
+  { "direct", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DIRECT },          \
+  { "test-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_TESTDIR }, \
+
+/* The directory the test should use for temporary files.  */
+extern const char *test_dir;
+
+/* The number of --verbose arguments specified during program
+   invocation.  This variable can be used to control the verbosity of
+   tests.  */
+extern unsigned int test_verbose;
+
+int support_test_main (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H */
diff --git a/support/true-container.c b/support/true-container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57dc57e252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/true-container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Minimal /bin/true for in-container use.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Implements the in-container /bin/true, which always returns true
+   (0).  */
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/support/tst-support-namespace.c b/support/tst-support-namespace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e20423c4a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support-namespace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* Test entering namespaces.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/namespace.h>
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+/* Check that the loopback interface provides multiple addresses which
+   can be used to run independent servers.  */
+static void
+test_localhost_bind (void)
+{
+  printf ("info: testing loopback interface with multiple addresses\n");
+
+  /* Create the two server addresses.  */
+  static const struct addrinfo hints =
+    {
+      .ai_family = AF_INET,
+      .ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM,
+      .ai_protocol = IPPROTO_UDP,
+    };
+  struct addrinfo *ai[3];
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (getaddrinfo ("127.0.0.1", "53", &hints, ai + 0) == 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (getaddrinfo ("127.0.0.2", "53", &hints, ai + 1) == 0);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (getaddrinfo ("127.0.0.3", "53", &hints, ai + 2) == 0);
+
+  /* Create the server scokets and bind them to these addresses.  */
+  int sockets[3];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+    {
+      sockets[i] = xsocket
+        (ai[i]->ai_family, ai[i]->ai_socktype, ai[i]->ai_protocol);
+      xbind (sockets[i], ai[i]->ai_addr, ai[i]->ai_addrlen);
+    }
+
+  /* Send two packets to each server.  */
+  int client = xsocket (AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY (sendto (client, &i, sizeof (i), 0,
+                           ai[i]->ai_addr, ai[i]->ai_addrlen) == sizeof (i));
+      int j = i + 256;
+      TEST_VERIFY (sendto (client, &j, sizeof (j), 0,
+                           ai[i]->ai_addr, ai[i]->ai_addrlen) == sizeof (j));
+    }
+
+  /* Check that the packets can be received with the expected
+     contents.  Note that the receive calls interleave differently,
+     which hopefully proves that the sockets are, indeed,
+     independent.  */
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+    {
+      int buf;
+      TEST_VERIFY (recv (sockets[i], &buf, sizeof (buf), 0) == sizeof (buf));
+      TEST_VERIFY (buf == i);
+    }
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+    {
+      int buf;
+      TEST_VERIFY (recv (sockets[i], &buf, sizeof (buf), 0) == sizeof (buf));
+      TEST_VERIFY (buf == i + 256);
+      /* Check that there is no more data to receive.  */
+      TEST_VERIFY (recv (sockets[i], &buf, sizeof (buf), MSG_DONTWAIT) == -1);
+      TEST_VERIFY (errno == EWOULDBLOCK || errno == EAGAIN);
+    }
+
+  /* Close all sockets and free the addresses.  */
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
+    {
+      freeaddrinfo (ai[i]);
+      xclose (sockets[i]);
+    }
+  xclose (client);
+}
+
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  bool root = support_become_root ();
+  if (root)
+    printf ("info: acquired root-like privileges\n");
+  bool netns = support_enter_network_namespace ();
+  if (netns)
+    printf ("info: entered network namespace\n");
+  if (support_in_uts_namespace ())
+    printf ("info: also entered UTS namespace\n");
+
+  if (root && netns)
+    test_localhost_bind ();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-support_blob_repeat.c b/support/tst-support_blob_repeat.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1978c14488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_blob_repeat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* Tests for <support/blob_repeat.h>
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/blob_repeat.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  struct support_blob_repeat repeat
+    = support_blob_repeat_allocate ("5", 1, 5);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (repeat.start, repeat.size, "55555", 5);
+  support_blob_repeat_free (&repeat);
+
+  repeat = support_blob_repeat_allocate ("ABC", 3, 3);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (repeat.start, repeat.size, "ABCABCABC", 9);
+  support_blob_repeat_free (&repeat);
+
+  repeat = support_blob_repeat_allocate ("abc", 4, 3);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (repeat.start, repeat.size, "abc\0abc\0abc", 12);
+  support_blob_repeat_free (&repeat);
+
+  size_t gigabyte = 1U << 30;
+  repeat = support_blob_repeat_allocate ("X", 1, gigabyte + 1);
+  if (repeat.start == NULL)
+    puts ("warning: not enough memory for 1 GiB mapping");
+  else
+    {
+      TEST_COMPARE (repeat.size, gigabyte + 1);
+      {
+        unsigned char *p = repeat.start;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < gigabyte + 1; ++i)
+          if (p[i] != 'X')
+            FAIL_EXIT1 ("invalid byte 0x%02x at %zu", p[i], i);
+
+        /* Check that there is no sharing across the mapping.  */
+        p[0] = 'Y';
+        p[1U << 24] = 'Z';
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < gigabyte + 1; ++i)
+          if (i == 0)
+            TEST_COMPARE (p[i], 'Y');
+          else if (i == 1U << 24)
+            TEST_COMPARE (p[i], 'Z');
+          else if (p[i] != 'X')
+            FAIL_EXIT1 ("invalid byte 0x%02x at %zu", p[i], i);
+      }
+    }
+  support_blob_repeat_free (&repeat);
+
+  repeat = support_blob_repeat_allocate ("012345678", 9, 10 * 1000 * 1000);
+  if (repeat.start == NULL)
+    puts ("warning: not enough memory for large mapping");
+  else
+    {
+      unsigned char *p = repeat.start;
+      for (int i = 0; i < 10 * 1000 * 1000; ++i)
+        for (int j = 0; j <= 8; ++j)
+          if (p[i * 9 + j] != '0' + j)
+            {
+              printf ("error: element %d index %d\n", i, j);
+              TEST_COMPARE (p[i * 9 + j], '0' + j);
+            }
+    }
+  support_blob_repeat_free (&repeat);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-support_capture_subprocess.c b/support/tst-support_capture_subprocess.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a685256091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_capture_subprocess.c
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/* Test capturing output from a subprocess.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Write one byte at *P to FD and advance *P.  Do nothing if *P is
+   '\0'.  */
+static void
+transfer (const unsigned char **p, int fd)
+{
+  if (**p != '\0')
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY (write (fd, *p, 1) == 1);
+      ++*p;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Determine the order in which stdout and stderr are written.  */
+enum write_mode { out_first, err_first, interleave,
+                  write_mode_last =  interleave };
+
+/* Describe what to write in the subprocess.  */
+struct test
+{
+  char *out;
+  char *err;
+  enum write_mode write_mode;
+  int signal;
+  int status;
+};
+
+/* For use with support_capture_subprocess.  */
+static void
+callback (void *closure)
+{
+  const struct test *test = closure;
+  bool mode_ok = false;
+  switch (test->write_mode)
+    {
+    case out_first:
+      TEST_VERIFY (fputs (test->out, stdout) >= 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stdout) == 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fputs (test->err, stderr) >= 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stderr) == 0);
+      mode_ok = true;
+      break;
+    case err_first:
+      TEST_VERIFY (fputs (test->err, stderr) >= 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stderr) == 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fputs (test->out, stdout) >= 0);
+      TEST_VERIFY (fflush (stdout) == 0);
+      mode_ok = true;
+      break;
+    case interleave:
+      {
+        const unsigned char *pout = (const unsigned char *) test->out;
+        const unsigned char *perr = (const unsigned char *) test->err;
+        do
+          {
+            transfer (&pout, STDOUT_FILENO);
+            transfer (&perr, STDERR_FILENO);
+          }
+        while (*pout != '\0' || *perr != '\0');
+      }
+      mode_ok = true;
+      break;
+    }
+  TEST_VERIFY (mode_ok);
+
+  if (test->signal != 0)
+    raise (test->signal);
+  exit (test->status);
+}
+
+/* Create a heap-allocated random string of letters.  */
+static char *
+random_string (size_t length)
+{
+  char *result = xmalloc (length + 1);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i)
+    result[i] = 'a' + (rand () % 26);
+  result[length] = '\0';
+  return result;
+}
+
+/* Check that the specific stream from the captured subprocess matches
+   expectations.  */
+static void
+check_stream (const char *what, const struct xmemstream *stream,
+              const char *expected)
+{
+  if (strcmp (stream->buffer, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: captured %s data incorrect\n"
+              "  expected: %s\n"
+              "  actual:   %s\n",
+              what, expected, stream->buffer);
+    }
+  if (stream->length != strlen (expected))
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: captured %s data length incorrect\n"
+              "  expected: %zu\n"
+              "  actual:   %zu\n",
+              what, strlen (expected), stream->length);
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  const int lengths[] = {0, 1, 17, 512, 20000, -1};
+
+  /* Test multiple combinations of support_capture_subprocess.
+
+     length_idx_stdout: Index into the lengths array above,
+       controls how many bytes are written by the subprocess to
+       standard output.
+     length_idx_stderr: Same for standard error.
+     write_mode: How standard output and standard error writes are
+       ordered.
+     signal: Exit with no signal if zero, with SIGTERM if one.
+     status: Process exit status: 0 if zero, 3 if one.  */
+  for (int length_idx_stdout = 0; lengths[length_idx_stdout] >= 0;
+       ++length_idx_stdout)
+    for (int length_idx_stderr = 0; lengths[length_idx_stderr] >= 0;
+         ++length_idx_stderr)
+      for (int write_mode = 0; write_mode < write_mode_last; ++write_mode)
+        for (int signal = 0; signal < 2; ++signal)
+          for (int status = 0; status < 2; ++status)
+            {
+              struct test test =
+                {
+                  .out = random_string (lengths[length_idx_stdout]),
+                  .err = random_string (lengths[length_idx_stderr]),
+                  .write_mode = write_mode,
+                  .signal = signal * SIGTERM, /* 0 or SIGTERM.  */
+                  .status = status * 3,       /* 0 or 3.  */
+                };
+              TEST_VERIFY (strlen (test.out) == lengths[length_idx_stdout]);
+              TEST_VERIFY (strlen (test.err) == lengths[length_idx_stderr]);
+
+              struct support_capture_subprocess result
+                = support_capture_subprocess (callback, &test);
+              check_stream ("stdout", &result.out, test.out);
+              check_stream ("stderr", &result.err, test.err);
+              if (test.signal != 0)
+                {
+                  TEST_VERIFY (WIFSIGNALED (result.status));
+                  TEST_VERIFY (WTERMSIG (result.status) == test.signal);
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  TEST_VERIFY (WIFEXITED (result.status));
+                  TEST_VERIFY (WEXITSTATUS (result.status) == test.status);
+                }
+              support_capture_subprocess_free (&result);
+              free (test.out);
+              free (test.err);
+            }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-support_format_dns_packet.c b/support/tst-support_format_dns_packet.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1135eebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_format_dns_packet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* Tests for the support_format_dns_packet function.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/format_nss.h>
+#include <support/run_diff.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static void
+check_packet (const void *buffer, size_t length,
+              const char *name, const char *expected)
+{
+  char *actual = support_format_dns_packet (buffer, length);
+  if (strcmp (actual, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      printf ("error: formatted packet does not match: %s\n", name);
+      support_run_diff ("expected", expected,
+                        "actual", actual);
+    }
+  free (actual);
+}
+
+static void
+test_aaaa_length (void)
+{
+  static const char packet[] =
+    /* Header: Response with two records.  */
+    "\x12\x34\x80\x00\x00\x01\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+    /* Question section.  www.example/IN/AAAA.  */
+    "\x03www\x07""example\x00\x00\x1c\x00\x01"
+    /* Answer section.  www.example AAAA [corrupted].  */
+    "\xc0\x0c"
+    "\x00\x1c\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x10"
+    "\x20\x01\x0d\xb8\x05\x06\x07\x08"
+    "\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18"
+    /* www.example AAAA [corrupted].  */
+    "\xc0\x0c"
+    "\x00\x1c\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x11"
+    "\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07\x08"
+    "\x11\x12\x13\x14\x15\x16\x17\x18" "\xff";
+  check_packet (packet, sizeof (packet) - 1, __func__,
+                "name: www.example\n"
+                "address: 2001:db8:506:708:1112:1314:1516:1718\n"
+                "error: AAAA record of size 17: www.example\n");
+}
+
+static void
+test_multiple_cnames (void)
+{
+  static const char packet[] =
+    /* Header: Response with three records.  */
+    "\x12\x34\x80\x00\x00\x01\x00\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+    /* Question section.  www.example/IN/A.  */
+    "\x03www\x07""example\x00\x00\x01\x00\x01"
+    /* Answer section.  www.example CNAME www1.example.  */
+    "\xc0\x0c"
+    "\x00\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07"
+    "\x04www1\xc0\x10"
+    /* www1 CNAME www2.  */
+    "\x04www1\xc0\x10"
+    "\x00\x05\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x07"
+    "\x04www2\xc0\x10"
+    /* www2 A 192.0.2.1.  */
+    "\x04www2\xc0\x10"
+    "\x00\x01\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x04"
+    "\xc0\x00\x02\x01";
+  check_packet (packet, sizeof (packet) - 1, __func__,
+                "name: www.example\n"
+                "name: www1.example\n"
+                "name: www2.example\n"
+                "address: 192.0.2.1\n");
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  test_aaaa_length ();
+  test_multiple_cnames ();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-support_quote_blob.c b/support/tst-support_quote_blob.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5467a190a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_quote_blob.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Test the support_quote_blob function.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* Check handling of the empty blob, both with and without trailing
+     NUL byte.  */
+  char *p = support_quote_blob ("", 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE (strlen (p), 0);
+  free (p);
+  p = support_quote_blob ("X", 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE (strlen (p), 0);
+  free (p);
+
+  /* Check escaping of backslash-escaped characters, and lack of
+     escaping for other shell meta-characters.  */
+  p = support_quote_blob ("$()*?`@[]{}~\'\"X", 14);
+  TEST_COMPARE (strcmp (p, "$()*?`@[]{}~\\'\\\""), 0);
+  free (p);
+
+  /* Check lack of escaping for letters and digits.  */
+#define LETTERS_AND_DIGTS                       \
+  "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"                  \
+  "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"                  \
+  "0123456789"
+  p = support_quote_blob (LETTERS_AND_DIGTS "@", 2 * 26 + 10);
+  TEST_COMPARE (strcmp (p, LETTERS_AND_DIGTS), 0);
+  free (p);
+
+  /* Check escaping of control characters and other non-printable
+     characters.  */
+  p = support_quote_blob ("\r\n\t\a\b\f\v\1\177\200\377\0@", 14);
+  TEST_COMPARE (strcmp (p, "\\r\\n\\t\\a\\b\\f\\v\\001"
+                        "\\177\\200\\377\\000@\\000"), 0);
+  free (p);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-support_record_failure-2.sh b/support/tst-support_record_failure-2.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09cd96290a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_record_failure-2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Test failure recording (with and without --direct).
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+set -e
+
+common_objpfx=$1; shift
+test_program_prefix_before_env=$1; shift
+run_program_env=$1; shift
+test_program_prefix_after_env=$1; shift
+
+run_test () {
+    expected_status="$1"
+    expected_output="$2"
+    shift 2
+    args="${common_objpfx}support/tst-support_record_failure $*"
+    echo "running: $args"
+    set +e
+    output="$(${test_program_prefix_before_env} \
+		 ${run_program} ${test_program_prefix_after_env} $args)"
+    status=$?
+    set -e
+    echo "  exit status: $status"
+    if test "$output" != "$expected_output" ; then
+	echo "error: unexpected output: $output"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    if test "$status" -ne "$expected_status" ; then
+	echo "error: exit status $expected_status expected"
+	exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+different_status () {
+    direct="$1"
+    run_test 1 "error: 1 test failures" $direct --status=0
+    run_test 1 "error: 1 test failures" $direct --status=1
+    run_test 2 "error: 1 test failures" $direct --status=2
+    run_test 1 "error: 1 test failures" $direct --status=77
+    run_test 2 "error: tst-support_record_failure.c:109: not true: false
+error: 1 test failures" $direct --test-verify
+    run_test 2 "error: tst-support_record_failure.c:109: not true: false
+info: execution passed failed TEST_VERIFY
+error: 1 test failures" $direct --test-verify --verbose
+}
+
+different_status
+different_status --direct
+
+run_test 1 "error: tst-support_record_failure.c:116: not true: false
+error: 1 test failures" --test-verify-exit
+# --direct does not print the summary error message if exit is called.
+run_test 1 "error: tst-support_record_failure.c:116: not true: false" \
+	 --direct --test-verify-exit
diff --git a/support/tst-support_record_failure.c b/support/tst-support_record_failure.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8757f2da02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-support_record_failure.c
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/* Test support_record_failure state sharing.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static int exit_status_with_failure = -1;
+static bool test_verify;
+static bool test_verify_exit;
+enum
+  {
+    OPT_STATUS = 10001,
+    OPT_TEST_VERIFY,
+    OPT_TEST_VERIFY_EXIT,
+  };
+#define CMDLINE_OPTIONS                                                 \
+  { "status", required_argument, NULL, OPT_STATUS },                    \
+  { "test-verify", no_argument, NULL, OPT_TEST_VERIFY },                \
+  { "test-verify-exit", no_argument, NULL, OPT_TEST_VERIFY_EXIT },
+static void
+cmdline_process (int c)
+{
+  switch (c)
+    {
+    case OPT_STATUS:
+      exit_status_with_failure = atoi (optarg);
+      break;
+    case OPT_TEST_VERIFY:
+      test_verify = true;
+      break;
+    case OPT_TEST_VERIFY_EXIT:
+      test_verify_exit = true;
+      break;
+    }
+}
+#define CMDLINE_PROCESS cmdline_process
+
+static void
+check_failure_reporting (int phase, int zero, int unsupported)
+{
+  int status = support_report_failure (0);
+  if (status != zero)
+    {
+      printf ("real-error (phase %d): support_report_failure (0) == %d\n",
+              phase, status);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  status = support_report_failure (1);
+  if (status != 1)
+    {
+      printf ("real-error (phase %d): support_report_failure (1) == %d\n",
+              phase, status);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  status = support_report_failure (2);
+  if (status != 2)
+    {
+      printf ("real-error (phase %d): support_report_failure (2) == %d\n",
+              phase, status);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  status = support_report_failure (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED);
+  if (status != unsupported)
+    {
+      printf ("real-error (phase %d): "
+              "support_report_failure (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED) == %d\n",
+              phase, status);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  if (exit_status_with_failure >= 0)
+    {
+      /* External invocation with requested error status.  Used by
+         tst-support_report_failure-2.sh.  */
+      support_record_failure ();
+      return exit_status_with_failure;
+    }
+  TEST_VERIFY (true);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (true);
+  if (test_verify)
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY (false);
+      if (test_verbose)
+        printf ("info: execution passed failed TEST_VERIFY\n");
+      return 2; /* Expected exit status.  */
+    }
+  if (test_verify_exit)
+    {
+      TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (false);
+      return 3; /* Not reached.  Expected exit status is 1.  */
+    }
+
+  printf ("info: This test tests the test framework.\n"
+          "info: It reports some expected errors on stdout.\n");
+
+  /* Check that the status is passed through unchanged.  */
+  check_failure_reporting (1, 0, EXIT_UNSUPPORTED);
+
+  /* Check state propagation from a subprocess.  */
+  pid_t pid = xfork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      support_record_failure ();
+      _exit (0);
+    }
+  int status;
+  xwaitpid (pid, &status, 0);
+  if (status != 0)
+    {
+      printf ("real-error: incorrect status from subprocess: %d\n", status);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  check_failure_reporting (2, 1, 1);
+
+  /* Also test directly in the parent process.  */
+  support_record_failure_reset ();
+  check_failure_reporting (3, 0, EXIT_UNSUPPORTED);
+  support_record_failure ();
+  check_failure_reporting (4, 1, 1);
+
+  /* We need to mask the failure above.  */
+  support_record_failure_reset ();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-test_compare.c b/support/tst-test_compare.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..123ba1bc3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-test_compare.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* Basic test for the TEST_COMPARE macro.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+
+static void
+subprocess (void *closure)
+{
+  char ch = 1;
+  /* These tests should fail.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (ch, -1);         /* Line 28.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (2LL, -2LL);      /* Line 29.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (3LL, (short) -3); /* Line 30.  */
+}
+
+struct bitfield
+{
+  int i2 : 2;
+  int i3 : 3;
+  unsigned int u2 : 2;
+  unsigned int u3 : 3;
+  int i31 : 31;
+  unsigned int u31 : 31 ;
+  long long int i63 : 63;
+  unsigned long long int u63 : 63;
+};
+
+/* Functions which return signed sizes are common, so test that these
+   results can readily checked using TEST_COMPARE.  */
+
+static int
+return_ssize_t (void)
+{
+  return 4;
+}
+
+static int
+return_int (void)
+{
+  return 4;
+}
+
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* This should succeed.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE (1, 1);
+  TEST_COMPARE (2LL, 2U);
+  {
+    char i8 = 3;
+    unsigned short u16 = 3;
+    TEST_COMPARE (i8, u16);
+  }
+  TEST_COMPARE (return_ssize_t (), sizeof (char[4]));
+  TEST_COMPARE (return_int (), sizeof (char[4]));
+
+  struct bitfield bitfield = { 0 };
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i2, bitfield.i3);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.u2, bitfield.u3);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.u2, bitfield.i3);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.u3, bitfield.i3);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i2, bitfield.u3);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i3, bitfield.u2);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i63, bitfield.i63);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.u63, bitfield.u63);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i31, bitfield.i63);
+  TEST_COMPARE (bitfield.i63, bitfield.i31);
+
+  struct support_capture_subprocess proc = support_capture_subprocess
+    (&subprocess, NULL);
+
+  /* Discard the reported error.  */
+  support_record_failure_reset ();
+
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output starts ***");
+  fputs (proc.out.buffer, stdout);
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output ends ***");
+
+  TEST_VERIFY
+    (strcmp (proc.out.buffer,
+             "tst-test_compare.c:28: numeric comparison failure\n"
+             "   left: 1 (0x1); from: ch\n"
+             "  right: -1 (0xffffffff); from: -1\n"
+             "tst-test_compare.c:29: numeric comparison failure\n"
+             "   left: 2 (0x2); from: 2LL\n"
+             "  right: -2 (0xfffffffffffffffe); from: -2LL\n"
+             "tst-test_compare.c:30: numeric comparison failure"
+             " (widths 64 and 32)\n"
+             "   left: 3 (0x3); from: 3LL\n"
+             "  right: -3 (0xfffffffd); from: (short) -3\n") == 0);
+
+  /* Check that there is no output on standard error.  */
+  support_capture_subprocess_check (&proc, "TEST_COMPARE", 0, sc_allow_stdout);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-test_compare_blob.c b/support/tst-test_compare_blob.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa8643e182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-test_compare_blob.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/* Basic test for the TEST_COMPARE_BLOB macro.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+
+static void
+subprocess (void *closure)
+{
+  /* These tests should fail.  They were chosen to cover differences
+     in length (with the same contents), single-bit mismatches, and
+     mismatching null pointers.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 0, "", 1);    /* Line 29.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("X", 1, "", 1);   /* Line 30.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("abcd", 3, "abcd", 4); /* Line 31.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("abcd", 4, "abcD", 4); /* Line 32.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("abcd", 4, NULL, 0); /* Line 33.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (NULL, 0, "abcd", 4); /* Line 34.  */
+}
+
+/* Same contents, different addresses.  */
+char buffer_abc_1[] = "abc";
+char buffer_abc_2[] = "abc";
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* This should succeed.  Even if the pointers and array contents are
+     different, zero-length inputs are not different.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 0, "", 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 0, buffer_abc_1, 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (buffer_abc_1, 0, "", 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (NULL, 0, "", 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 0, NULL, 0);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
+
+  /* Check equality of blobs containing a single NUL byte.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 1, "", 1);
+  TEST_COMPARE_BLOB ("", 1, &buffer_abc_1[3], 1);
+
+  /* Check equality of blobs of varying lengths.  */
+  for (size_t i = 0; i <= sizeof (buffer_abc_1); ++i)
+    TEST_COMPARE_BLOB (buffer_abc_1, i, buffer_abc_2, i);
+
+  struct support_capture_subprocess proc = support_capture_subprocess
+    (&subprocess, NULL);
+
+  /* Discard the reported error.  */
+  support_record_failure_reset ();
+
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output starts ***");
+  fputs (proc.out.buffer, stdout);
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output ends ***");
+
+  TEST_VERIFY
+    (strcmp (proc.out.buffer,
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:29: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left length:  0 bytes (from 0)\n"
+"  right length: 1 bytes (from 1)\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"\"):\n"
+"      \"\\000\"\n"
+"      00\n"
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:30: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  blob length: 1 bytes\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"X\"):\n"
+"      \"X\"\n"
+"      58\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"\"):\n"
+"      \"\\000\"\n"
+"      00\n"
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:31: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left length:  3 bytes (from 3)\n"
+"  right length: 4 bytes (from 4)\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abc\"\n"
+"      61 62 63\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:32: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  blob length: 4 bytes\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"abcD\"):\n"
+"      \"abcD\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 44\n"
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:33: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left length:  4 bytes (from 4)\n"
+"  right length: 0 bytes (from 0)\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+"tst-test_compare_blob.c:34: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left length:  0 bytes (from 0)\n"
+"  right length: 4 bytes (from 4)\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+             ) == 0);
+
+  /* Check that there is no output on standard error.  */
+  support_capture_subprocess_check (&proc, "TEST_COMPARE_BLOB",
+                                    0, sc_allow_stdout);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-test_compare_string.c b/support/tst-test_compare_string.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a4b258587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-test_compare_string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* Basic test for the TEST_COMPARE_STRING macro.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/capture_subprocess.h>
+
+static void
+subprocess (void *closure)
+{
+  /* These tests should fail.  They were chosen to cover differences
+     in length (with the same contents), single-bit mismatches, and
+     mismatching null pointers.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING ("", NULL);             /* Line 29.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING ("X", "");              /* Line 30.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (NULL, "X");            /* Line 31.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING ("abcd", "abcD");       /* Line 32.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING ("abcd", NULL);         /* Line 33.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (NULL, "abcd");         /* Line 34.  */
+}
+
+/* Same contents, different addresses.  */
+char buffer_abc_1[] = "abc";
+char buffer_abc_2[] = "abc";
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  /* This should succeed.  Even if the pointers and array contents are
+     different, zero-length inputs are not different.  */
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (NULL, NULL);
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING ("", "");
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (buffer_abc_1, buffer_abc_2);
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (buffer_abc_1, "abc");
+
+  struct support_capture_subprocess proc = support_capture_subprocess
+    (&subprocess, NULL);
+
+  /* Discard the reported error.  */
+  support_record_failure_reset ();
+
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output starts ***");
+  fputs (proc.out.buffer, stdout);
+  puts ("info: *** subprocess output ends ***");
+
+  TEST_VERIFY
+    (strcmp (proc.out.buffer,
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:29: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left string: 0 bytes\n"
+"  right string: NULL\n"
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:30: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left string: 1 bytes\n"
+"  right string: 0 bytes\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"X\"):\n"
+"      \"X\"\n"
+"      58\n"
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:31: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left string: NULL\n"
+"  right string: 1 bytes\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"X\"):\n"
+"      \"X\"\n"
+"      58\n"
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:32: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  string length: 4 bytes\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"abcD\"):\n"
+"      \"abcD\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 44\n"
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:33: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left string: 4 bytes\n"
+"  right string: NULL\n"
+"  left (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+"tst-test_compare_string.c:34: error: blob comparison failed\n"
+"  left string: NULL\n"
+"  right string: 4 bytes\n"
+"  right (evaluated from \"abcd\"):\n"
+"      \"abcd\"\n"
+"      61 62 63 64\n"
+             ) == 0);
+
+  /* Check that there is no output on standard error.  */
+  support_capture_subprocess_check (&proc, "TEST_COMPARE_STRING",
+                                    0, sc_allow_stdout);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tst-xreadlink.c b/support/tst-xreadlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b142207228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tst-xreadlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* Test the xreadlink function.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  char *dir = support_create_temp_directory ("tst-xreadlink-");
+  char *symlink_name = xasprintf ("%s/symlink", dir);
+  add_temp_file (symlink_name);
+
+  /* The limit 10000 is arbitrary and simply there to prevent an
+     attempt to exhaust all available disk space.  */
+  for (int size = 1; size < 10000; ++size)
+    {
+      char *contents = xmalloc (size + 1);
+      for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+        contents[i] = 'a' + (rand () % 26);
+      contents[size] = '\0';
+      if (symlink (contents, symlink_name) != 0)
+        {
+          if (errno == ENAMETOOLONG)
+            {
+              printf ("info: ENAMETOOLONG failure at %d bytes\n", size);
+              free (contents);
+              break;
+            }
+          FAIL_EXIT1 ("symlink (%d bytes): %m", size);
+        }
+
+      char *readlink_result = xreadlink (symlink_name);
+      TEST_VERIFY (strcmp (readlink_result, contents) == 0);
+      free (readlink_result);
+      xunlink (symlink_name);
+      free (contents);
+    }
+
+  /* Create an empty file to suppress the temporary file deletion
+     warning.  */
+  xclose (xopen (symlink_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0));
+
+  free (symlink_name);
+  free (dir);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/tty.h b/support/tty.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d37c42279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/tty.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* Support functions related to (pseudo)terminals.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _SUPPORT_TTY_H
+#define _SUPPORT_TTY_H 1
+
+struct termios;
+struct winsize;
+
+/** Open a pseudoterminal pair.  The outer fd is written to the address
+    A_OUTER and the inner fd to A_INNER.
+
+    If A_NAME is not NULL, it will be set to point to a string naming
+    the /dev/pts/NNN device corresponding to the inner fd; space for
+    this string is allocated with malloc and should be freed by the
+    caller when no longer needed.  (This is different from the libutil
+    function 'openpty'.)
+
+    If TERMP is not NULL, the terminal parameters will be initialized
+    according to the termios structure it points to.
+
+    If WINP is not NULL, the terminal window size will be set
+    accordingly.
+
+    Terminates the process on failure (like xmalloc).  */
+extern void support_openpty (int *a_outer, int *a_inner, char **a_name,
+                             const struct termios *termp,
+                             const struct winsize *winp);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/support/write_message.c b/support/write_message.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3e2f90535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/write_message.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Write a message to standard output.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+write_message (const char *message)
+{
+  int saved_errno = errno;
+  ssize_t unused __attribute__ ((unused));
+  unused = write (STDOUT_FILENO, message, strlen (message));
+  errno = saved_errno;
+}
diff --git a/support/xaccept.c b/support/xaccept.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd65fc6c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xaccept.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* accept with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+int
+xaccept (int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *salen)
+{
+  int clientfd = accept (fd, sa, salen);
+  if (clientfd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("accept (%d): %m", fd);
+  return clientfd;
+}
diff --git a/support/xaccept4.c b/support/xaccept4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ada3c92267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xaccept4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* accept4 with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+int
+xaccept4 (int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *salen, int flags)
+{
+  int clientfd = accept4 (fd, sa, salen, flags);
+  if (clientfd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("accept4 (%d, 0x%x): %m", fd, flags);
+  return clientfd;
+}
diff --git a/support/xasprintf.c b/support/xasprintf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e593ec5e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xasprintf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for asprintf.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+char *
+xasprintf (const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  char *result;
+  if (vasprintf (&result, format, ap) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("asprintf: %m");
+  va_end (ap);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xbind.c b/support/xbind.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..938e7c07d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xbind.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* bind with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xbind (int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t sa_len)
+{
+  if (bind (fd, sa, sa_len) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("bind (%d), family %d: %m", fd, sa->sa_family);
+}
diff --git a/support/xcalloc.c b/support/xcalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..403569041f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xcalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for calloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
+{
+  void *p;
+
+  p = calloc (n, s);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("calloc", n * s);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xchroot.c b/support/xchroot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4759a1bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xchroot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* chroot with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+void
+xchroot (const char *path)
+{
+  if (chroot (path) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("chroot (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+}
diff --git a/support/xclose.c b/support/xclose.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..702bef6c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xclose.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* close with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+void
+xclose (int fd)
+{
+  if (close (fd) < 0 && errno != EINTR)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("close of descriptor %d failed: %m", fd);
+}
diff --git a/support/xconnect.c b/support/xconnect.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..341805d80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xconnect.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* connect with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xconnect (int fd, const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t sa_len)
+{
+  if (connect (fd, sa, sa_len) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("connect (%d), family %d: %m", fd, sa->sa_family);
+}
diff --git a/support/xcopy_file_range.c b/support/xcopy_file_range.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3501a4d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xcopy_file_range.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* copy_file_range with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+ssize_t
+xcopy_file_range (int infd, off64_t *pinoff, int outfd, off64_t *poutoff,
+		  size_t length, unsigned int flags)
+{
+  ssize_t status = support_copy_file_range (infd, pinoff, outfd,
+					    poutoff, length, flags);
+  if (status == -1)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("cannot copy file: %m\n");
+  return status;
+}
diff --git a/support/xdlfcn.c b/support/xdlfcn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f34bb059c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xdlfcn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* Support functionality for using dlopen/dlclose/dlsym.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+
+void *
+xdlopen (const char *filename, int flags)
+{
+  void *dso = dlopen (filename, flags);
+
+  if (dso == NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("error: dlopen: %s\n", dlerror ());
+
+  /* Clear any errors.  */
+  dlerror ();
+
+  return dso;
+}
+
+void *
+xdlsym (void *handle, const char *symbol)
+{
+  void *sym = dlsym (handle, symbol);
+
+  if (sym == NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("error: dlsym: %s\n", dlerror ());
+
+  /* Clear any errors.  */
+  dlerror ();
+
+  return sym;
+}
+
+void
+xdlclose (void *handle)
+{
+  if (dlclose (handle) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("error: dlclose: %s\n", dlerror ());
+
+  /* Clear any errors.  */
+  dlerror ();
+}
diff --git a/support/xdlfcn.h b/support/xdlfcn.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ab7494e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xdlfcn.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Support functionality for using dlopen/dlclose/dlsym.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_DLOPEN_H
+#define SUPPORT_DLOPEN_H
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Each of these terminates process on failure with relevant error message.  */
+void *xdlopen (const char *filename, int flags);
+void *xdlsym (void *handle, const char *symbol);
+void xdlclose (void *handle);
+
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_DLOPEN_H */
diff --git a/support/xdup2.c b/support/xdup2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8c4c223fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xdup2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* dup2 with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xdup2 (int from, int to)
+{
+  if (dup2 (from, to) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("dup2 (%d, %d): %m", from, to);
+}
diff --git a/support/xfclose.c b/support/xfclose.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39d46f042a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xfclose.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* fclose with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xstdio.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+xfclose (FILE *fp)
+{
+  if (ferror (fp))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("stdio stream closed with pending errors");
+  if (fflush (fp) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("fflush: %m");
+  if (fclose (fp) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("fclose: %m");
+}
diff --git a/support/xfopen.c b/support/xfopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb931cf22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xfopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* fopen with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xstdio.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+FILE *
+xfopen (const char *path, const char *mode)
+{
+  FILE *fp = fopen (path, mode);
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("could not open %s (mode \"%s\"): %m", path, mode);
+  return fp;
+}
diff --git a/support/xfork.c b/support/xfork.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dffa2a13d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xfork.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* fork with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+pid_t
+xfork (void)
+{
+  pid_t result = fork ();
+  if (result < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("fork: %m");
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xftruncate.c b/support/xftruncate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27c7e12ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xftruncate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* ftruncate with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+void
+xftruncate (int fd, long long length)
+{
+  if (ftruncate64 (fd, length) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("ftruncate64 (%d, %lld): %m", fd, length);
+}
diff --git a/support/xgetsockname.c b/support/xgetsockname.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..797194f79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xgetsockname.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* getsockname with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xgetsockname (int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *plen)
+{
+  if (getsockname (fd, sa, plen) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("setsockopt (%d): %m", fd);
+}
diff --git a/support/xlisten.c b/support/xlisten.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa70091adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xlisten.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* listen with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xlisten (int fd, int backlog)
+{
+  if (listen (fd, backlog) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("listen (%d, %d): %m", fd, backlog);
+}
diff --git a/support/xlseek.c b/support/xlseek.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2422939908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xlseek.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* lseek with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+long long
+xlseek (int fd, long long offset, int whence)
+{
+  long long result = lseek64 (fd, offset, whence);
+  if (result < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("lseek64 (%d, %lld, %d): %m", fd, offset, whence);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmalloc.c b/support/xmalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78317e2b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for malloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xmalloc (size_t n)
+{
+  void *p;
+
+  p = malloc (n);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("malloc", n);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmemstream.c b/support/xmemstream.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df5fbc489a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmemstream.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Error-checking wrappers for memstream functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xmemstream.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xstdio.h>
+
+void
+xopen_memstream (struct xmemstream *stream)
+{
+  int old_errno = errno;
+  *stream = (struct xmemstream) {};
+  stream->out = open_memstream (&stream->buffer, &stream->length);
+  if (stream->out == NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("open_memstream: %m");
+  errno = old_errno;
+}
+
+void
+xfclose_memstream (struct xmemstream *stream)
+{
+  xfclose (stream->out);
+  stream->out = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmemstream.h b/support/xmemstream.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4a577f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmemstream.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* Error-checking wrappers for memstream functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_XMEMSTREAM_H
+#define SUPPORT_XMEMSTREAM_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Wrappers for other libc functions.  */
+struct xmemstream
+{
+  FILE *out;
+  char *buffer;
+  size_t length;
+};
+
+/* Create a new in-memory stream.  Initializes *STREAM.  After this
+   function returns, STREAM->out is a file descriptor open for
+   writing.  errno is preserved, so that the %m format specifier can
+   be used for writing to STREAM->out.  */
+void xopen_memstream (struct xmemstream *stream);
+
+/* Closes STREAM->OUT.  After this function returns, STREAM->buffer
+   and STREAM->length denote a memory range which contains the bytes
+   written to the output stream.  The caller should free
+   STREAM->buffer.  */
+void xfclose_memstream (struct xmemstream *stream);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_XMEMSTREAM_H */
diff --git a/support/xmkdir.c b/support/xmkdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e67f783de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmkdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* mkdir with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+void
+xmkdir (const char *path, mode_t mode)
+{
+  if (mkdir (path, mode) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("mkdir (\"%s\", 0%o): %m", path, mode);
+}
diff --git a/support/xmkdirp.c b/support/xmkdirp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fada0452ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmkdirp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Error-checking replacement for "mkdir -p".
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* Equivalent of "mkdir -p".  Any failures cause FAIL_EXIT1 so no
+   return code is needed.  */
+
+void
+xmkdirp (const char *path, mode_t mode)
+{
+  struct stat s;
+  const char *slash_p;
+  int rv;
+
+  if (path[0] == 0)
+    return;
+
+  if (stat (path, &s) == 0)
+    {
+      if (S_ISDIR (s.st_mode))
+	return;
+      errno = EEXIST;
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("mkdir_p (\"%s\", 0%o): %m", path, mode);
+    }
+
+  slash_p = strrchr (path, '/');
+  if (slash_p != NULL)
+    {
+      while (slash_p > path && slash_p[-1] == '/')
+	--slash_p;
+      if (slash_p > path)
+	{
+	  char *parent = xstrndup (path, slash_p - path);
+	  xmkdirp (parent, mode);
+	  free (parent);
+	}
+    }
+
+  rv = mkdir (path, mode);
+  if (rv != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("mkdir_p (\"%s\", 0%o): %m", path, mode);
+
+  return;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmmap.c b/support/xmmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d580c07013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* mmap with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+void *
+xmmap (void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd)
+{
+  void *result = mmap (addr, length, prot, flags, fd, 0);
+  if (result == MAP_FAILED)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("mmap of %zu bytes, prot=0x%x, flags=0x%x: %m",
+                length, prot, flags);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmprotect.c b/support/xmprotect.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6870988e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmprotect.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* mprotect with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+void
+xmprotect (void *addr, size_t length, int prot)
+{
+  if (mprotect (addr, length, prot) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("mprotect (%p, %zu, 0x%x): %m", addr, length, prot);
+}
diff --git a/support/xmunmap.c b/support/xmunmap.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e5bc2d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmunmap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* munmap with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+void
+xmunmap (void *addr, size_t length)
+{
+  if (munmap (addr, length) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("munmap of %zu bytes: %m", length);
+}
diff --git a/support/xopen.c b/support/xopen.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d888e8862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xopen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* open64 with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+int
+xopen (const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode)
+{
+  int ret = open64 (path, flags, mode);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("open64 (\"%s\", 0x%x, 0%o): %m", path, flags, mode);
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpipe.c b/support/xpipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8529df620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* pipe with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xpipe (int fds[2])
+{
+  if (pipe (fds) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("pipe: %m");
+}
diff --git a/support/xpoll.c b/support/xpoll.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b24bf32fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpoll.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* poll with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+int
+xpoll (struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds, int timeout)
+{
+  int ret = poll (fds, nfds, timeout);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("poll: %m");
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_attr_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_attr_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52aa2602fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_attr_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_attr_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_attr_destroy (pthread_attr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_attr_destroy",
+			 pthread_attr_destroy (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_attr_init.c b/support/xpthread_attr_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7aa903db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_attr_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_attr_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_attr_init (pthread_attr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_attr_init", pthread_attr_init (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_attr_setdetachstate.c b/support/xpthread_attr_setdetachstate.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e845acc97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_attr_setdetachstate.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_attr_setdetachstate with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_attr_setdetachstate (pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_attr_setdetachstate",
+			 pthread_attr_setdetachstate (attr,
+						      detachstate));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_attr_setguardsize.c b/support/xpthread_attr_setguardsize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..964ec058c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_attr_setguardsize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_attr_setguardsize with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_attr_setguardsize (pthread_attr_t *attr, size_t guardsize)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_attr_setguardize",
+			 pthread_attr_setguardsize (attr, guardsize));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_attr_setstacksize.c b/support/xpthread_attr_setstacksize.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5517c0c66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_attr_setstacksize.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_attr_setstacksize with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_attr_setstacksize (pthread_attr_t *attr, size_t stacksize)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_attr_setstacksize",
+			 pthread_attr_setstacksize (attr, stacksize));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1dae148b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrier_destroy (pthread_barrier_t *barrier)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_destroy",
+                         pthread_barrier_destroy (barrier));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a2975ad12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrier_init (pthread_barrier_t *barrier,
+                       pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, unsigned int count)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_init",
+                         pthread_barrier_init (barrier, attr, count));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61690c5e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_wait with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+int
+xpthread_barrier_wait (pthread_barrier_t *barrier)
+{
+  int ret = pthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
+  if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
+    xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_wait", ret);
+  return ret == PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrierattr_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e471f9a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_barrierattr_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrierattr_destroy (pthread_barrierattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrierattr_destroy",
+                         pthread_barrierattr_destroy (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrierattr_init.c b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee14e78f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_barrierattr_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrierattr_init (pthread_barrierattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrierattr_init",
+                         pthread_barrierattr_init (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared.c b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90b2c5bec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_barrierattr_setpshared with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared (pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, int pshared)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrierattr_setpshared",
+                         pthread_barrierattr_setpshared (attr, pshared));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_cancel.c b/support/xpthread_cancel.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26e864ea3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_cancel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_cancel with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_cancel (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_cancel", pthread_cancel (thr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_check_return.c b/support/xpthread_check_return.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1658db4b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_check_return.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Return value checking for pthread functions, exit variant.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_check_return (const char *function, int value)
+{
+  if (value != 0)
+    {
+      errno = value;
+      FAIL_EXIT1 ("%s: %m", function);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c b/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08ec683b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_cond_wait with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_cond_wait (pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return
+    ("pthread_cond_wait", pthread_cond_wait (cond, mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_create.c b/support/xpthread_create.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24b8456db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_create.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* pthread_create with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+pthread_t
+xpthread_create (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+                 void *(*thread_func) (void *), void *closure)
+{
+  pthread_t thr;
+  xpthread_check_return
+    ("pthread_create", pthread_create (&thr, attr, thread_func, closure));
+  return thr;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_detach.c b/support/xpthread_detach.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c65f2d7db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_detach.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_detach with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_detach (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_detach", pthread_detach (thr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_join.c b/support/xpthread_join.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29acbd283a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_join.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_join with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void *
+xpthread_join (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  void *result;
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_join", pthread_join (thr, &result));
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_consistent.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_consistent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d337163609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_consistent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_consistent with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_consistent (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_consistent",
+                         pthread_mutex_consistent (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d03f016629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_destroy (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_destroy",
+                         pthread_mutex_destroy (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_init.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40855954a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_init (pthread_mutex_t *mutex, const pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_init",
+                         pthread_mutex_init (mutex, attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4257960aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_lock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_lock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_lock", pthread_mutex_lock (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c385c6934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_unlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_unlock", pthread_mutex_unlock (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f352a7ad93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_destroy (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_destroy",
+                         pthread_mutexattr_destroy (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_init.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe231581e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_init (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_init", pthread_mutexattr_init (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2f544d38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int flag)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol",
+                         pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol (attr, flag));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2380560d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_setpshared with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int flag)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_setpshared",
+                         pthread_mutexattr_setpshared (attr, flag));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7886c72a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_setrobust with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int flag)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_setrobust",
+                         pthread_mutexattr_setrobust (attr, flag));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutexattr_settype.c b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_settype.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91f790c9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutexattr_settype.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_mutexattr_settype with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutexattr_settype (pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int flag)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutexattr_settype",
+                         pthread_mutexattr_settype (attr, flag));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_once.c b/support/xpthread_once.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b22c1ce3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_once.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_once with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_once (pthread_once_t *guard, void (*func) (void))
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_once", pthread_once (guard, func));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlock_init.c b/support/xpthread_rwlock_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6c38115d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlock_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_rwlock_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlock_init (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
+		      const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlock_init",
+                         pthread_rwlock_init (rwlock, attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlock_rdlock.c b/support/xpthread_rwlock_rdlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a88068fc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlock_rdlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_rwlock_rdlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlock_rdlock",
+			 pthread_rwlock_rdlock (rwlock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlock_unlock.c b/support/xpthread_rwlock_unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb282fd18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlock_unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_rwlock_unlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlock_unlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlock_unlock",
+			 pthread_rwlock_unlock (rwlock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlock_wrlock.c b/support/xpthread_rwlock_wrlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0de37146c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlock_wrlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_rwlock_wrlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlock_wrlock",
+			 pthread_rwlock_wrlock (rwlock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_init.c b/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96ac47d777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_rwlockattr_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlockattr_init (pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlockattr_init",
+                         pthread_rwlockattr_init (attr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.c b/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34aa3df0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr,
+				int pref)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np",
+                         pthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (attr, pref));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_sigmask.c b/support/xpthread_sigmask.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fb91dcc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_sigmask.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* pthread_sigmask with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
+{
+  if (pthread_sigmask (how, set, oldset) != 0)
+    {
+      write_message ("error: pthread_setmask failed\n");
+      /* Do not use exit because pthread_sigmask can be called from a
+         signal handler.  */
+      _exit (1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c b/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cadbf70f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_spin_lock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_spin_lock", pthread_spin_lock (lock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c b/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..194613993a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_spin_unlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_spin_unlock", pthread_spin_unlock (lock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xraise.c b/support/xraise.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1901e741eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xraise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for raise.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+
+void
+xraise (int sig)
+{
+  if (raise (sig) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("raise (%d): %m" , sig);
+}
diff --git a/support/xreadlink.c b/support/xreadlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6386491db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xreadlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* Error-checking, allocating wrapper for readlink.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <scratch_buffer.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <xunistd.h>
+
+char *
+xreadlink (const char *path)
+{
+  struct scratch_buffer buf;
+  scratch_buffer_init (&buf);
+
+  while (true)
+    {
+      ssize_t count = readlink (path, buf.data, buf.length);
+      if (count < 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("readlink (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+      if (count < buf.length)
+        {
+          char *result = xstrndup (buf.data, count);
+          scratch_buffer_free (&buf);
+          return result;
+        }
+      if (!scratch_buffer_grow (&buf))
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("scratch_buffer_grow in xreadlink");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/xrealloc.c b/support/xrealloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d9987c9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xrealloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for realloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
+{
+  void *result = realloc (p, n);
+  if (result == NULL && (n > 0 || p == NULL))
+    oom_error ("realloc", n);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xrecvfrom.c b/support/xrecvfrom.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1011a5062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xrecvfrom.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* recvfrom with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+size_t
+xrecvfrom (int fd, void *buf, size_t buflen, int flags,
+           struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *salen)
+{
+  ssize_t ret = recvfrom (fd, buf, buflen, flags, sa, salen);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("error: recvfrom (%d), %zu bytes buffer: %m", fd, buflen);
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/support/xsendto.c b/support/xsendto.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f51530793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsendto.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* sendto with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xsendto (int fd, const void *buf, size_t buflen, int flags,
+         const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen)
+{
+  ssize_t ret = sendto (fd, buf, buflen, flags, sa, salen);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sendto (%d), %zu bytes, family %d: %m",
+                fd, buflen, sa->sa_family);
+  if (ret != buflen)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sendto (%d) sent %zd bytes instead of %zu", fd, ret, buflen);
+}
diff --git a/support/xsetsockopt.c b/support/xsetsockopt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7c07f21f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsetsockopt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* setsockopt with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xsetsockopt (int fd, int level, int name, const void *val, socklen_t vallen)
+{
+  if (setsockopt (fd, level, name, val, vallen) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("setsockopt (%d, %d, %d), %zu bytes: %m",
+                fd, level, name, (size_t) vallen);
+}
diff --git a/support/xsigaction.c b/support/xsigaction.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51657de2b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsigaction.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for sigaction.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+
+void
+xsigaction (int sig, const struct sigaction *newact, struct sigaction *oldact)
+{
+  if (sigaction (sig, newact, oldact))
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sigaction (%d): %m" , sig);
+}
diff --git a/support/xsignal.c b/support/xsignal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7369f0324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsignal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for signal.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+
+sighandler_t
+xsignal (int sig, sighandler_t handler)
+{
+  sighandler_t result = signal (sig, handler);
+  if (result == SIG_ERR)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("signal (%d, %p): %m", sig, handler);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xsignal.h b/support/xsignal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab8d1bfdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsignal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* Support functionality for using signals.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H
+#define SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* The following functions call the corresponding libc functions and
+   terminate the process on error.  */
+
+void xraise (int sig);
+sighandler_t xsignal (int sig, sighandler_t handler);
+void xsigaction (int sig, const struct sigaction *newact,
+                 struct sigaction *oldact);
+
+/* The following functions call the corresponding libpthread functions
+   and terminate the process on error.  */
+
+void xpthread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/support/xsocket.c b/support/xsocket.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20282fb810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsocket.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* socket with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsocket.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+int
+xsocket (int domain, int type, int protocol)
+{
+  int fd = socket (domain, type, protocol);
+  if (fd < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("socket (%d, %d, %d): %m\n", domain, type, protocol);
+  return fd;
+}
diff --git a/support/xsocket.h b/support/xsocket.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9673abdf54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsocket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Error-checking wrappers for socket functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_XSOCKET_H
+#define SUPPORT_XSOCKET_H
+
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+int xsocket (int, int, int);
+void xsetsockopt (int, int, int, const void *, socklen_t);
+void xgetsockname (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
+void xconnect (int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t);
+void xbind (int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t);
+void xlisten (int, int);
+int xaccept (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
+int xaccept4 (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *, int);
+void xsendto (int, const void *, size_t, int,
+              const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t);
+size_t xrecvfrom (int, void *, size_t, int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
+int xpoll (struct pollfd *, nfds_t, int);
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_XSOCKET_H */
diff --git a/support/xstdio.h b/support/xstdio.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7d0274474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xstdio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Error-checking wrappers for stdio functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_XSTDIO_H
+#define SUPPORT_XSTDIO_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+FILE *xfopen (const char *path, const char *mode);
+void xfclose (FILE *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_XSTDIO_H */
diff --git a/support/xstrdup.c b/support/xstrdup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89eee8584e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xstrdup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* strdup with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+char *
+xstrdup (const char *s)
+{
+  char *p = strdup (s);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("strdup", strlen (s));
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xstrndup.c b/support/xstrndup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e85fddd439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xstrndup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* strndup with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+char *
+xstrndup (const char *s, size_t length)
+{
+  char *p = strndup (s, length);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("strndup", length);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xsymlink.c b/support/xsymlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f3edf640a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsymlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Error-checking replacement for "symlink".
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+xsymlink (const char *target, const char *linkpath)
+{
+  if (symlink (target, linkpath) < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("symlink (\"%s\", \"%s\")", target, linkpath);
+}
diff --git a/support/xsysconf.c b/support/xsysconf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afefc2d098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsysconf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for sysconf.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+long
+xsysconf (int name)
+{
+  /* Detect errors by a changed errno value, in case -1 is a valid
+     value.  Make sure that the caller does not see the zero value for
+     errno.  */
+  int old_errno = errno;
+  errno = 0;
+  long result = sysconf (name);
+  if (errno != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("sysconf (%d): %m", name);
+  errno = old_errno;
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xthread.h b/support/xthread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..623f5ad0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xthread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* Support functionality for using threads.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_THREAD_H
+#define SUPPORT_THREAD_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Terminate the process (with exit status 0) after SECONDS have
+   elapsed, from a helper thread.  The process is terminated with the
+   exit function, so atexit handlers are executed.  */
+void delayed_exit (int seconds);
+
+/* Terminate the process (with exit status 1) if VALUE is not zero.
+   In that case, print a failure message to standard output mentioning
+   FUNCTION.  The process is terminated with the exit function, so
+   atexit handlers are executed.  */
+void xpthread_check_return (const char *function, int value);
+
+/* The following functions call the corresponding libpthread functions
+   and terminate the process on error.  */
+
+void xpthread_barrier_init (pthread_barrier_t *barrier,
+                            pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, unsigned int count);
+void xpthread_barrier_destroy (pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+void xpthread_barrierattr_destroy (pthread_barrierattr_t *);
+void xpthread_barrierattr_init (pthread_barrierattr_t *);
+void xpthread_barrierattr_setpshared (pthread_barrierattr_t *, int pshared);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_destroy (pthread_mutexattr_t *);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_init (pthread_mutexattr_t *);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol (pthread_mutexattr_t *, int);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_setpshared (pthread_mutexattr_t *, int);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_setrobust (pthread_mutexattr_t *, int);
+void xpthread_mutexattr_settype (pthread_mutexattr_t *, int);
+void xpthread_mutex_init (pthread_mutex_t *, const pthread_mutexattr_t *);
+void xpthread_mutex_destroy (pthread_mutex_t *);
+void xpthread_mutex_lock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+void xpthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+void xpthread_mutex_consistent (pthread_mutex_t *);
+void xpthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
+void xpthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
+void xpthread_cond_wait (pthread_cond_t * cond, pthread_mutex_t * mutex);
+pthread_t xpthread_create (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+                           void *(*thread_func) (void *), void *closure);
+void xpthread_detach (pthread_t thr);
+void xpthread_cancel (pthread_t thr);
+void *xpthread_join (pthread_t thr);
+void xpthread_once (pthread_once_t *guard, void (*func) (void));
+void xpthread_attr_destroy (pthread_attr_t *attr);
+void xpthread_attr_init (pthread_attr_t *attr);
+void xpthread_attr_setdetachstate (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+				   int detachstate);
+void xpthread_attr_setstacksize (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+				 size_t stacksize);
+void xpthread_attr_setguardsize (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+				 size_t guardsize);
+
+/* This function returns non-zero if pthread_barrier_wait returned
+   PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD.  */
+int xpthread_barrier_wait (pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+
+void xpthread_rwlock_init (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
+			  const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr);
+void xpthread_rwlockattr_init (pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr);
+void xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr, int pref);
+void xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);
+void xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);
+void xpthread_rwlock_unlock (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_THREAD_H */
diff --git a/support/xunistd.h b/support/xunistd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f99f362cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xunistd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* POSIX-specific extra functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* These wrapper functions use POSIX types and therefore cannot be
+   declared in <support/support.h>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_XUNISTD_H
+#define SUPPORT_XUNISTD_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+struct stat64;
+
+pid_t xfork (void);
+pid_t xwaitpid (pid_t, int *status, int flags);
+void xpipe (int[2]);
+void xdup2 (int, int);
+int xopen (const char *path, int flags, mode_t);
+void xstat (const char *path, struct stat64 *);
+void xfstat (int fd, struct stat64 *);
+void xmkdir (const char *path, mode_t);
+void xchroot (const char *path);
+void xunlink (const char *path);
+long xsysconf (int name);
+long long xlseek (int fd, long long offset, int whence);
+void xftruncate (int fd, long long length);
+void xsymlink (const char *target, const char *linkpath);
+
+/* Equivalent of "mkdir -p".  */
+void xmkdirp (const char *, mode_t);
+
+/* Read the link at PATH.  The caller should free the returned string
+   with free.  */
+char *xreadlink (const char *path);
+
+/* Close the file descriptor.  Ignore EINTR errors, but terminate the
+   process on other errors.  */
+void xclose (int);
+
+/* Write the buffer.  Retry on short writes.  */
+void xwrite (int, const void *, size_t);
+
+/* Invoke mmap with a zero file offset.  */
+void *xmmap (void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd);
+void xmprotect (void *addr, size_t length, int prot);
+void xmunmap (void *addr, size_t length);
+
+ssize_t xcopy_file_range(int fd_in, loff_t *off_in, int fd_out,
+			 loff_t *off_out, size_t len, unsigned int flags);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_XUNISTD_H */
diff --git a/support/xunlink.c b/support/xunlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ff9296fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xunlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for unlink.
+   Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+void
+xunlink (const char *path)
+{
+  if (unlink (path) != 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("unlink (\"%s\"): %m", path);
+}
diff --git a/support/xwaitpid.c b/support/xwaitpid.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cb039ca17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xwaitpid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* waitpid with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+int
+xwaitpid (int pid, int *status, int flags)
+{
+  pid_t result = waitpid (pid, status, flags);
+  if (result < 0)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("waitpid: %m\n");
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xwrite.c b/support/xwrite.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbaae9130a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xwrite.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* write with error checking and retries.
+   Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+void
+xwrite (int fd, const void *buffer, size_t length)
+{
+  const char *p = buffer;
+  const char *end = p + length;
+  while (p < end)
+    {
+      ssize_t ret = write (fd, p, end - p);
+      if (ret < 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("write of %zu bytes failed after %td: %m",
+                    length, p - (const char *) buffer);
+      if (ret == 0)
+        FAIL_EXIT1 ("write return 0 after writing %td bytes of %zu",
+                    p - (const char *) buffer, length);
+      p += ret;
+    }
+}