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From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>, Greg Brockman <gdb@mit.edu>,
	<avarab@gmail.com>, <kpfleming@digium.com>, <brlink@debian.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Cast execl*() NULL sentinels to (char *)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:20:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <00564b8ba93617801bb78b4a0ec67784e597d02a.1279983892.git.trast@student.ethz.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201007141740.37867.trast@student.ethz.ch>

The NULL sentinel argument to the execl*() family of calls must be
cast to (char *), as otherwise:

- platforms where NULL is just 0 (not (void *)) would pass an int

- (admittedly esoteric) platforms where NULL is (void *)0 and (void *)
  and (char *) have different memory layouts would pass the wrong kind
  of pointer

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
---

Let's not forget about this.

 builtin/help.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index a9836b0..61ff798 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
 		if (!path)
 			path = "emacsclient";
 		strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
-		execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, NULL);
+		execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
 		warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
 	}
 }
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
 		} else
 			path = "kfmclient";
 		strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
-		execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, NULL);
+		execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, (char *)NULL);
 		warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
 	}
 }
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
 {
 	if (!path)
 		path = "man";
-	execlp(path, "man", page, NULL);
+	execlp(path, "man", page, (char *)NULL);
 	warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
 {
 	struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
 	strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
-	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, NULL);
+	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, (char *)NULL);
 	warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
 }
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
 {
 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
 	setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
-	execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, NULL);
+	execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, (char *)NULL);
 	die("no info viewer handled the request");
 }
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
 #ifndef open_html
 static void open_html(const char *path)
 {
-	execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, NULL);
+	execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, (char *)NULL);
 }
 #endif
 
-- 
1.7.2.278.g76edd.dirty

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-24 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-14  3:01 [PATCH/RFC 0/4] Providing mechanism to list available repositories Greg Brockman
2010-07-14  3:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/4] Allow creation of arbitrary git-shell commands Greg Brockman
2010-07-14 15:27   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-07-14 17:42     ` Greg Brockman
2010-07-14  3:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/4] git-shell-commands: Add a command to list bare repos Greg Brockman
2010-07-14  3:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/4] git-shell-commands: Add a help command Greg Brockman
2010-07-14  3:01 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/4] Add interactive mode to git-shell for user-friendliness Greg Brockman
2010-07-14  9:04   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-14 13:59     ` Kevin P. Fleming
2010-07-14 15:24       ` Bernhard R. Link
2010-07-14 15:40         ` Thomas Rast
     [not found]           ` <20100714160730.GA27078@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de>
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTikEjMeKPkyY4RdRq-ESkmmq4PvqCFPgp8yvLVBz@mail.gmail.com>
2010-07-17  4:12               ` Greg Brockman
2010-07-17  5:52                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-17 14:53                   ` Greg Brockman
2010-07-24 15:20           ` Thomas Rast [this message]
2010-07-24 15:27             ` [PATCH] Cast execl*() NULL sentinels to (char *) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-14 10:27   ` [PATCH/RFC 4/4] Add interactive mode to git-shell for user-friendliness Johannes Sixt
2010-07-14 19:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/4] Providing mechanism to list available repositories Junio C Hamano
2010-07-14 19:29   ` Greg Brockman

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