[PATCH v4] resolv/nss_dns/dns-host: Get rid of alloca.
Siddhesh Poyarekar
siddhesh@gotplt.org
Mon Aug 14 19:53:51 GMT 2023
On 2023-08-14 10:58, Joe Simmons-Talbott via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Since the alloca is a small constant size use an array instead.
> ---
> Changes to v3:
> * Move tmp back up one level of scope since it is used within the
> enclosing scope as 'name'.
>
> resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
>
> diff --git a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
> index 1d60c51f5e..c8b77bbc35 100644
> --- a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
> +++ b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
> @@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r (const char *name, struct gaih_addrtuple **pat,
> int *herrnop, int32_t *ttlp)
> {
> enum nss_status status = check_name (name, herrnop);
> + char tmp[NS_MAXDNAME];
> if (status != NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS)
> return status;
> struct resolv_context *ctx = __resolv_context_get ();
> @@ -395,8 +396,7 @@ _nss_dns_gethostbyname4_r (const char *name, struct gaih_addrtuple **pat,
> */
> if (strchr (name, '.') == NULL)
> {
> - char *tmp = alloca (NS_MAXDNAME);
> - const char *cp = __res_context_hostalias (ctx, name, tmp, NS_MAXDNAME);
> + const char *cp = __res_context_hostalias (ctx, name, tmp, sizeof (tmp));
> if (cp != NULL)
> name = cp;
> }
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