diff --git a/libblkid/include/closestream.h b/libblkid/include/closestream.h
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+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_CLOSESTREAM_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_CLOSESTREAM_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_STDIO_EXT_H
+#include <stdio_ext.h>
+#endif
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "nls.h"
+
+#ifndef HAVE___FPENDING
+static inline int
+__fpending(FILE *stream __attribute__((__unused__)))
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline int
+close_stream(FILE * stream)
+{
+	const int some_pending = (__fpending(stream) != 0);
+	const int prev_fail = (ferror(stream) != 0);
+	const int fclose_fail = (fclose(stream) != 0);
+
+	if (prev_fail || (fclose_fail && (some_pending || errno != EBADF))) {
+		if (!fclose_fail && !(errno == EPIPE))
+			errno = 0;
+		return EOF;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Meant to be used atexit(close_stdout); */
+static inline void
+close_stdout(void)
+{
+	if (close_stream(stdout) != 0 && !(errno == EPIPE)) {
+		if (errno)
+			warn(_("write error"));
+		else
+			warnx(_("write error"));
+		_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	if (close_stream(stderr) != 0)
+		_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+#ifndef HAVE_FSYNC
+static inline int
+fsync(int fd __attribute__((__unused__)))
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline int
+close_fd(int fd)
+{
+	const int fsync_fail = (fsync(fd) != 0);
+	const int close_fail = (close(fd) != 0);
+
+	if (fsync_fail || close_fail)
+		return EOF;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* UTIL_LINUX_CLOSESTREAM_H */