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diff --git a/src/nvim/os/stream.c b/src/nvim/os/stream.c
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+// Functions for working with stdio streams (as opposed to RStream/WStream).
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <uv.h>
+
+#ifdef INCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS
+# include "os/stream.c.generated.h"
+#endif
+
+/// Sets the stream associated with `fd` to "blocking" mode.
+///
+/// @return `0` on success, or `-errno` on failure.
+int stream_set_blocking(int fd, bool blocking)
+{
+  // Private loop to avoid conflict with existing watcher(s):
+  //    uv__io_stop: Assertion `loop->watchers[w->fd] == w' failed.
+  uv_loop_t loop;
+  uv_pipe_t stream;
+  uv_loop_init(&loop);
+  uv_pipe_init(&loop, &stream, 0);
+  uv_pipe_open(&stream, fd);
+  int retval = uv_stream_set_blocking((uv_stream_t *)&stream, blocking);
+  uv_close((uv_handle_t *)&stream, NULL);
+  uv_run(&loop, UV_RUN_NOWAIT);  // not necessary, but couldn't hurt.
+  uv_loop_close(&loop);
+  return retval;
+}
+