Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] [REPOST] Simplily linux-user/path.c

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Fixed version of the patch in the attacment. Please, comment.
[snip]
>  /* Look for path in emulation dir, otherwise return name. */
>  const char *path(const char *name)
>  {
> +    char *newname = (char *) alloca(strlen(pref)+strlen(name)+1);
> +    struct stat buf;
>      /* Only do absolute paths: quick and dirty, but should mostly be OK.
>         Could do relative by tracking cwd. */
> -    if (!base || name[0] != '/')
> -	return name;
> +    if (!pref || name[0] != '/')
> +        return name;
> +
> +    strcpy(newname,pref);
> +    strcat(newname,name);
>  
> -    return follow_path(base, name) ?: name;
> +    return stat(newname,&buf) ? name : strdup(newname);
>  }

This leaks memory allocated by strdup(). Also, the old code tries to
avoid syscalls by memorizing the paths. AFAICS we should do some
caching here.


Thiemo