posix/execle.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   2    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   3
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  18
  19 #include <alloca.h>
  20 #include <unistd.h>
  21 #include <stdarg.h>
  22 #include <stddef.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   size_t argv_max = 1024;
  33   const char **argv = alloca (argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
  34   const char *const *envp;
  35   unsigned int i;
  36   va_list args;
  37   argv[0] = arg;
  38
  39   va_start (args, arg);
  40   i = 0;
  41   while (argv[i++] != NULL)
  42     {
  43       if (i == argv_max)
  44         {
  45           const char **nptr = alloca ((argv_max *= 2) * sizeof (const char *));
  46
  47 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_UP
  48           if ((char *) nptr + argv_max == (char *) argv)
  49             {
  50               /* Stack grows down.  */
  51               argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv, i);
  52               argv_max += i;
  53             }
  54           else
  55 #endif
  56 #ifndef _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
  57             if ((char *) argv + i == (char *) nptr)
  58             /* Stack grows up.  */
  59             argv_max += i;
  60           else
  61 #endif
  62             /* We have a hole in the stack.  */
  63             argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv, i);
  64         }
  65
  66       argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
  67     }
  68
  69   envp = va_arg (args, const char *const *);
  70   va_end (args);
  71
  72   return __execve (path, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);
  73 }