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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-07-02 09:39:18 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-07-02 09:39:18 -0700
commitcb88d31c15a2803950e81663e4d808a31ba4f8c0 (patch)
tree5b71201fa9b454ab8e4e818053455dc9f831f92b /linux
parent63a5a1a7cac1147e80534edcef3b410e5a8119b8 (diff)
downloadsyslinux-cb88d31c15a2803950e81663e4d808a31ba4f8c0.tar.gz
installers: handle asprintf() correctly
It appears that the glibc version of asprintf() is braindamaged, and doesn't set the target pointer to NULL in the event of an error (only returns -1). Therefore we need to check the return value. Just in case someone else made the *opposite* error, also check the pointer. Bleh. The glibc documentation states that *BSD sets the pointer to NULL, but instead of following that, the glibc people put warn_unused_result on asprintf. Sigh. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'linux')
-rw-r--r--linux/syslinux.c10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/linux/syslinux.c b/linux/syslinux.c
index 70fadcd0..9462138f 100644
--- a/linux/syslinux.c
+++ b/linux/syslinux.c
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
/* Note: subdir is guaranteed to start and end in / */
if (opt.directory && opt.directory[0]) {
int len = strlen(opt.directory);
- asprintf(&subdir, "%s%s%s",
- opt.directory[0] == '/' ? "" : "/",
- opt.directory,
- opt.directory[len-1] == '/' ? "" : "/");
- if (!subdir) {
+ int rv = asprintf(&subdir, "%s%s%s",
+ opt.directory[0] == '/' ? "" : "/",
+ opt.directory,
+ opt.directory[len-1] == '/' ? "" : "/");
+ if (rv < 0 || !subdir) {
perror(program);
exit(1);
}