[PATCH 1/3] posix: Remove dynamic memory allocation from execl{e,p}
Paul Eggert
eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Fri Feb 26 19:11:00 GMT 2016
On 02/26/2016 05:56 AM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> + for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
> + argv[i] = va_arg (ap, char *);
> + argv[i] = NULL;
Change "i < argc" to "i <= argc" and remove the "argv[i] = NULL;", as
that's a bit simpler and faster.
> + int i;
> + char *argv[argc + 1];
> + char **envp;
> + va_start (ap, arg);
> + argv[0] = (char *) arg;
> + for (i = 1; i <= argc; i++)
This sort of thing has undefined behavior on x86-64 if argc == INT_MAX.
You can fix this by changing the type of argc and of i from int to
ptrdiff_t.
> + if (argc == INT_MAX)
> {
> + errno = E2BIG;
> + return -1;
> }
Doesn't that have undefined behavior? My impression from C11 is that
since the function has called va_start it must call va_end before returning.
> + continue;
> }
That 'continue;' is redundant and should be removed.
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