+ buffer[buffer_len] = 0;
+
+ /* The name of the process is enclosed in parens. Since the name can
+ * contain parens itself, spaces, numbers and pretty much everything
+ * else, use these to determine the process name. We don't use
+ * strchr(3) and strrchr(3) to avoid pointer arithmetic which would
+ * otherwise be required to determine name_len. */
+ name_start_pos = 0;
+ while ((buffer[name_start_pos] != '(')
+ && (name_start_pos < buffer_len))
+ name_start_pos++;
+
+ name_end_pos = buffer_len;
+ while ((buffer[name_end_pos] != ')')
+ && (name_end_pos > 0))
+ name_end_pos--;
+
+ /* Either '(' or ')' is not found or they are in the wrong order.
+ * Anyway, something weird that shouldn't happen ever. */
+ if (name_start_pos >= name_end_pos)