ack/mach/minixST/libsys/_execnl.c

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/*
* This file contains two functions that can be used to perform
* an EXEC call without the need for a "big" stack of MAX_ARG
* bytes. It is primarily used by the INIT module of the system.
*/
#include <lib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define MAXSTK 256 /* maximum EXEC stack size */
#define PTRSIZE sizeof(char *)
_PROTOTYPE(int _execn,(char *name));
_PROTOTYPE(int _execnl,(char *name, char *arg0));
PRIVATE _PROTOTYPE(int _nexec,(char *name, char *argv[]));
PUBLIC int _execn(name)
char *name; /* pointer to file to be exec'd */
{
/* This funcion uses no arguments at all. */
PRIVATE char stack[3 * PTRSIZE];
return(_callm1(MM, EXEC, _len(name), sizeof(stack), 0, name, stack, NIL_PTR));
}
PUBLIC int _execnl(name, arg0)
char *name;
char *arg0;
{
/* This function resembles execl(2). */
return(_nexec(name, &arg0));
}
PRIVATE int _nexec(name, argv)
char *name; /* pointer to name of file to be executed */
char *argv[]; /* pointer to argument array */
{
char stack[MAXSTK];
char **argorg, *hp, **ap, *p;
int i, nargs, stackbytes, offset;
/* Count the argument pointers. */
nargs = 0;
argorg = argv;
while (*argorg++ != NIL_PTR) nargs++;
/* Prepare to set up the initial stack. */
hp = &stack[(nargs + 3) * PTRSIZE];
if (hp + nargs >= &stack[MAXSTK]) {
errno = E2BIG;
return(-1);
}
ap = (char **) stack;
*ap++ = (char *) nargs;
/* Prepare the argument pointers and strings. */
for (i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {
offset = hp - stack;
*ap++ = (char *) offset;
p = *argv++;
while (*p) {
*hp++ = *p++;
if (hp >= &stack[MAXSTK]) {
errno = E2BIG;
return(-1);
}
}
*hp++ = (char) 0;
}
*ap++ = NIL_PTR;
stackbytes = (((int) (hp - stack) + PTRSIZE - 1) / PTRSIZE) * PTRSIZE;
return(_callm1(MM, EXEC, _len(name), stackbytes, 0, name, stack, NIL_PTR));
}