Redirect stderr into a pipe, filter and then write to stdout (for NSLog filtering)

main.m

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_LOW, 0), ^(void) {
        size_t const BUFFER_SIZE = 2048;

        // Create a pipe
        int pipe_in_out[2];
        if (pipe(pipe_in_out) == -1)
            return;

        // Connect the 'in' end of the pipe to the stderr
        if (dup2(pipe_in_out[1], STDERR_FILENO) == -1)
            return;

        char *buffer = malloc(BUFFER_SIZE);
        if (buffer == 0)
            return;

        for (;;)
        {
            // Read from the 'out' end of the pipe
            ssize_t bytes_read = read(pipe_in_out[0], buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
            if (bytes_read <= 0)
                break;

            // Filter and print to stdout
            if (should_show(buffer)) // TODO: Apply filters here
                fwrite(buffer, 1, bytes_read, stdout);
        }

        free(buffer);
        close(pipe_in_out[1]);
    });

    // Rest of main
}