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diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_helper_lib.h b/src/include/gnunet_helper_lib.h
index 9c1bc21..7f43f1a 100644
--- a/src/include/gnunet_helper_lib.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_helper_lib.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
* @author Philipp Toelke
* @author Christian Grothoff
*/
+
#ifndef GNUNET_HELPER_LIB_H
#define GNUNET_HELPER_LIB_H
@@ -37,24 +38,41 @@ struct GNUNET_HELPER_Handle;
/**
- * @brief Starts a helper and begins reading from it
+ * Callback that will be called when the helper process dies. This is not called
+ * when the helper process is stoped using GNUNET_HELPER_stop()
+ *
+ * @param cls the closure from GNUNET_HELPER_start()
+ */
+typedef void (*GNUNET_HELPER_ExceptionCallback) (void *cls);
+
+
+/**
+ * Starts a helper and begins reading from it. The helper process is
+ * restarted when it dies except when it is stopped using GNUNET_HELPER_stop()
+ * or when the exp_cb callback is not NULL.
*
+ * @param with_control_pipe does the helper support the use of a control pipe for signalling?
* @param binary_name name of the binary to run
* @param binary_argv NULL-terminated list of arguments to give when starting the binary (this
* argument must not be modified by the client for
* the lifetime of the helper handle)
* @param cb function to call if we get messages from the helper
- * @param cb_cls Closure for the callback
+ * @param exp_cb the exception callback to call. Set this to NULL if the helper
+ * process has to be restarted automatically when it dies/crashes
+ * @param cb_cls closure for the above callbacks
* @return the new Handle, NULL on error
*/
struct GNUNET_HELPER_Handle *
-GNUNET_HELPER_start (const char *binary_name,
+GNUNET_HELPER_start (int with_control_pipe,
+ const char *binary_name,
char *const binary_argv[],
- GNUNET_SERVER_MessageTokenizerCallback cb, void *cb_cls);
+ GNUNET_SERVER_MessageTokenizerCallback cb,
+ GNUNET_HELPER_ExceptionCallback exp_cb,
+ void *cb_cls);
/**
- * @brief Kills the helper, closes the pipe and frees the handle
+ * Kills the helper, closes the pipe and frees the handle
*
* @param h handle to helper to stop
*/