posix/execle.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991,97,98,99,2002,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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  17    02111-1307 USA.  */
  18
  19 #include <unistd.h>
  20 #include <stdarg.h>
  21 #include <stddef.h>
  22 #include <stdlib.h>
  23 #include <string.h>
  24
  25 #include <stackinfo.h>
  26
  27 /* Execute PATH with all arguments after PATH until a NULL pointer,
  28    and the argument after that for environment.  */
  29 int
  30 execle (const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
  31 {
  32 #define INITIAL_ARGV_MAX 1024
  33   size_t argv_max = INITIAL_ARGV_MAX;
  34   const char *initial_argv[INITIAL_ARGV_MAX];
  35   const char **argv = initial_argv;
  36   va_list args;
  37   argv[0] = arg;
  38
  39   va_start (args, arg);
  40   unsigned int i = 0;
  41   while (argv[i++] != NULL)
  42     {
  43       if (i == argv_max)
  44         {
  45           argv_max *= 2;
  46           const char **nptr = realloc (argv == initial_argv ? NULL : argv,
  47                                        argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
  48           if (nptr == NULL)
  49             {
  50               if (argv != initial_argv)
  51                 free (argv);
  52               return -1;
  53             }
  54           if (argv == initial_argv)
  55             /* We have to copy the already filled-in data ourselves.  */
  56             memcpy (nptr, argv, i * sizeof (const char *));
  57
  58           argv = nptr;
  59         }
  60
  61       argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
  62     }
  63
  64   const char *const *envp = va_arg (args, const char *const *);
  65   va_end (args);
  66
  67   int ret = __execve (path, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);
  68   if (argv != initial_argv)
  69     free (argv);
  70
  71   return ret;
  72 }
  73 libc_hidden_def (execle)