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-/* Copyright (C) 1991-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-
- The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <sys/param.h>
-
-/* Execute PATH with all arguments after PATH until
- a NULL pointer and environment from `environ'. */
-int
-execl (const char *path, const char *arg, ...)
-{
- ptrdiff_t argc;
- va_list ap;
- va_start (ap, arg);
- for (argc = 1; va_arg (ap, const char *); argc++)
- {
- if (argc == INT_MAX)
- {
- va_end (ap);
- errno = E2BIG;
- return -1;
- }
- }
- va_end (ap);
-
- /* Avoid dynamic memory allocation due two main issues:
- 1. The function should be async-signal-safe and a running on a signal
- handler with a fail outcome might lead to malloc bad state.
- 2. It might be used in a vfork/clone(VFORK) scenario where using
- malloc also might lead to internal bad state. */
- ptrdiff_t i;
- char *argv[argc + 1];
- va_start (ap, arg);
- argv[0] = (char *) arg;
- for (i = 1; i <= argc; i++)
- argv[i] = va_arg (ap, char *);
- va_end (ap);
-
- return __execve (path, argv, __environ);
-}
-libc_hidden_def (execl)