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-rw-r--r--libgpsd_core.c25
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/libgpsd_core.c b/libgpsd_core.c
index 377674cf..302b9cc8 100644
--- a/libgpsd_core.c
+++ b/libgpsd_core.c
@@ -218,25 +218,27 @@ const char *gpsd_prettydump(struct gps_device_t *session)
}
+
+/* Define the possible hook strings here so we can get the length */
+#define HOOK_ACTIVATE "ACTIVATE"
+#define HOOK_DEACTIVATE "DEACTIVATE"
+
+#define HOOK_CMD_MAX (sizeof(DEVICEHOOKPATH) + GPS_PATH_MAX \
+ + sizeof(HOOK_DEACTIVATE))
+
static void gpsd_run_device_hook(struct gpsd_errout_t *errout,
char *device_name, char *hook)
{
struct stat statbuf;
+ char buf[HOOK_CMD_MAX];
+
if (stat(DEVICEHOOKPATH, &statbuf) == -1)
gpsd_log(errout, LOG_PROG,
"no %s present, skipped running %s hook\n",
DEVICEHOOKPATH, hook);
else {
- /* use alloca(), which is not malloc(), here because
- * the pointer will never persist outside this small scope.
- */
- size_t bufsize = strlen(DEVICEHOOKPATH) + 1 + strlen(device_name) + 1 + strlen(hook) + 1;
- char *buf = alloca(bufsize);
- /* no need to check the return code of alloca()
- * by definition, if alloca() fails the program segfaults
- */
int status;
- (void)snprintf(buf, bufsize, "%s %s %s",
+ (void)snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s %s %s",
DEVICEHOOKPATH, device_name, hook);
gpsd_log(errout, LOG_INF, "running %s\n", buf);
status = system(buf);
@@ -246,7 +248,6 @@ static void gpsd_run_device_hook(struct gpsd_errout_t *errout,
gpsd_log(errout, LOG_INF,
"%s returned %d\n", DEVICEHOOKPATH,
WEXITSTATUS(status));
- /* buf automatically freed here as the stack pops */
}
}
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ void gpsd_deactivate(struct gps_device_t *session)
if (session->mode == O_OPTIMIZE)
gpsd_run_device_hook(&session->context->errout,
session->gpsdata.dev.path,
- "DEACTIVATE");
+ HOOK_DEACTIVATE);
#ifdef PPS_ENABLE
session->pps_thread.report_hook = NULL; /* tell any PPS-watcher thread to die */
#endif /* PPS_ENABLE */
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ int gpsd_activate(struct gps_device_t *session, const int mode)
{
if (mode == O_OPTIMIZE)
gpsd_run_device_hook(&session->context->errout,
- session->gpsdata.dev.path, "ACTIVATE");
+ session->gpsdata.dev.path, HOOK_ACTIVATE);
session->gpsdata.gps_fd = gpsd_open(session);
if (mode != O_CONTINUE)
session->mode = mode;