glibc/posix/execle.c

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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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   02111-1307 USA.  */

#include <alloca.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <stackinfo.h>

/* Execute PATH with all arguments after PATH until a NULL pointer,
   and the argument after that for environment.  */
int
execle (const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
{
  size_t argv_max = 1024;
  const char **argv = alloca (argv_max * sizeof (const char *));
  const char *const *envp;
  unsigned int i;
  va_list args;
  argv[0] = arg;

  va_start (args, arg);
  i = 0;
  while (argv[i++] != NULL)
    {
      if (i == argv_max)
	{
	  const char **nptr = alloca ((argv_max *= 2) * sizeof (const char *));

#ifndef _STACK_GROWS_UP
	  if ((char *) nptr + argv_max == (char *) argv)
	    {
	      /* Stack grows down.  */
	      argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
					     i * sizeof (const char *));
	      argv_max += i;
	    }
	  else
#endif
#ifndef _STACK_GROWS_DOWN
	    if ((char *) argv + i == (char *) nptr)
	    /* Stack grows up.  */
	    argv_max += i;
	  else
#endif
	    /* We have a hole in the stack.  */
	    argv = (const char **) memcpy (nptr, argv,
					   i * sizeof (const char *));
	}

      argv[i] = va_arg (args, const char *);
    }

  envp = va_arg (args, const char *const *);
  va_end (args);

  return __execve (path, (char *const *) argv, (char *const *) envp);
}
libc_hidden_def (execle)