posix/execle.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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   5    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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   7    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   8
   9    The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  12    Lesser General Public License for more details.
  13
  14    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  15    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
  16    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  17
  18 #include <unistd.h>
  19 #include <stdarg.h>
  20 #include <stddef.h>
  21 #include <stdlib.h>
  22 #include <string.h>
  23
  24 #include <stackinfo.h>
  25
  26 /* Execute PATH with all arguments after PATH until a NULL pointer,
  27    and the argument after that for environment.  */
  28 int
  29 execle (const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
  30 {
  31 #define INITIAL_ARGV_MAX 1024
  32   size_t argv_max = INITIAL_ARGV_MAX;
  33   const char *initial_argv[INITIAL_ARGV_MAX];
  34   const char **argv = initial_argv;
  35   va_list args;
  36   argv[0] = arg;
  37
  38   va_start (args, arg);
  39   unsigned int i = 0;
  40   while (argv[i++] != NULL)
  41     {
  42       if (i == argv_max)
  43         {
  44           argv_max *= 2;
  45           const char **nptr = realloc (argv == initial_argv ? NULL : argv,
  46                                        argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
  47           if (nptr == NULL)
  48             {
  49               if (argv != initial_argv)
  50                 free (argv);
  51               return -1;
  52             }
  53           if (argv == initial_argv)
  54             /* We have to copy the already filled-in data ourselves.  */
  55             memcpy (nptr, argv, i * sizeof (const char *));
  56
  57           argv = nptr;
  58         }
  59
  60       argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
  61     }
  62
  63   const char *const *envp = va_arg (args, const char *const *);
  64   va_end (args);
  65
  66   int ret = __execve (path, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);
  67   if (argv != initial_argv)
  68     free (argv);
  69
  70   return ret;
  71 }
  72 libc_hidden_def (execle)