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[v3] setenv.c: Get rid of alloca.

Message ID 20230629151509.815494-1-josimmon@redhat.com
State New
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Series [v3] setenv.c: Get rid of alloca. | expand

Commit Message

Joe Simmons-Talbott June 29, 2023, 3:15 p.m. UTC
Use malloc rather than alloca to avoid potential stack overflow.
---
Changes to v2:
  * Remove left-over include of scratch_buffer.h which is no longer
    needed.

 stdlib/setenv.c | 40 ++++++----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

Comments

Adhemerval Zanella Netto June 30, 2023, 1:07 p.m. UTC | #1
On 29/06/23 12:15, Joe Simmons-Talbott via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Use malloc rather than alloca to avoid potential stack overflow.

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

> ---
> Changes to v2:
>   * Remove left-over include of scratch_buffer.h which is no longer
>     needed.
> 
>  stdlib/setenv.c | 40 ++++++----------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/stdlib/setenv.c b/stdlib/setenv.c
> index ba5257d3bf..cc71287fcc 100644
> --- a/stdlib/setenv.c
> +++ b/stdlib/setenv.c
> @@ -182,18 +182,11 @@ __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined,
>  	{
>  	  const size_t varlen = namelen + 1 + vallen;
>  #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
> -	  char *new_value;
> -	  int use_alloca = __libc_use_alloca (varlen);
> -	  if (__builtin_expect (use_alloca, 1))
> -	    new_value = (char *) alloca (varlen);
> -	  else
> +	  char *new_value = malloc (varlen);
> +	  if (new_value == NULL)
>  	    {
> -	      new_value = malloc (varlen);
> -	      if (new_value == NULL)
> -		{
> -		  UNLOCK;
> -		  return -1;
> -		}
> +	      UNLOCK;
> +	      return -1;
>  	    }
>  # ifdef _LIBC
>  	  __mempcpy (__mempcpy (__mempcpy (new_value, name, namelen), "=", 1),
> @@ -209,35 +202,14 @@ __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined,
>  #endif
>  	    {
>  #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
> -	      if (__glibc_unlikely (! use_alloca))
> -		np = new_value;
> -	      else
> +	      np = new_value;
>  #endif
> -		{
> -		  np = malloc (varlen);
> -		  if (__glibc_unlikely (np == NULL))
> -		    {
> -		      UNLOCK;
> -		      return -1;
> -		    }
> -
> -#ifdef USE_TSEARCH
> -		  memcpy (np, new_value, varlen);
> -#else
> -		  memcpy (np, name, namelen);
> -		  np[namelen] = '=';
> -		  memcpy (&np[namelen + 1], value, vallen);
> -#endif
> -		}
>  	      /* And remember the value.  */
>  	      STORE_VALUE (np);
>  	    }
>  #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
>  	  else
> -	    {
> -	      if (__glibc_unlikely (! use_alloca))
> -		free (new_value);
> -	    }
> +	    free (new_value);
>  #endif
>  	}
>
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diff --git a/stdlib/setenv.c b/stdlib/setenv.c
index ba5257d3bf..cc71287fcc 100644
--- a/stdlib/setenv.c
+++ b/stdlib/setenv.c
@@ -182,18 +182,11 @@  __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined,
 	{
 	  const size_t varlen = namelen + 1 + vallen;
 #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
-	  char *new_value;
-	  int use_alloca = __libc_use_alloca (varlen);
-	  if (__builtin_expect (use_alloca, 1))
-	    new_value = (char *) alloca (varlen);
-	  else
+	  char *new_value = malloc (varlen);
+	  if (new_value == NULL)
 	    {
-	      new_value = malloc (varlen);
-	      if (new_value == NULL)
-		{
-		  UNLOCK;
-		  return -1;
-		}
+	      UNLOCK;
+	      return -1;
 	    }
 # ifdef _LIBC
 	  __mempcpy (__mempcpy (__mempcpy (new_value, name, namelen), "=", 1),
@@ -209,35 +202,14 @@  __add_to_environ (const char *name, const char *value, const char *combined,
 #endif
 	    {
 #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
-	      if (__glibc_unlikely (! use_alloca))
-		np = new_value;
-	      else
+	      np = new_value;
 #endif
-		{
-		  np = malloc (varlen);
-		  if (__glibc_unlikely (np == NULL))
-		    {
-		      UNLOCK;
-		      return -1;
-		    }
-
-#ifdef USE_TSEARCH
-		  memcpy (np, new_value, varlen);
-#else
-		  memcpy (np, name, namelen);
-		  np[namelen] = '=';
-		  memcpy (&np[namelen + 1], value, vallen);
-#endif
-		}
 	      /* And remember the value.  */
 	      STORE_VALUE (np);
 	    }
 #ifdef USE_TSEARCH
 	  else
-	    {
-	      if (__glibc_unlikely (! use_alloca))
-		free (new_value);
-	    }
+	    free (new_value);
 #endif
 	}