[PATCH] Cast execl*() NULL sentinels to (char *)
From: Thomas Rast <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:10
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
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 <redacted> --- 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
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