From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:41:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Porting git to HP NonStop
Message-ID: <503519B3.1020403@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CA+sFfMdnixrUekh40Sde05tkap7Oj19=5D6J6aYVVD1krqPZkw@mail.gmail.com>

Am 22.08.2012 19:00, schrieb Brandon Casey:
>  So I think the body of [compat_mkdir] can become
> something like:
> 
>    if (len && dir[len-1] == '/')
>        dir = tmp_dir = xstrndup(dir, len-1);

Don't use x* wrappers in the compat layer, at least not those that
allocate memory: They behave unpredictably due to try_to_free_routine
and may lead to recursive invocations.

> 
>    retval = mkdir(dir, mode);
>    free(tmp_dir);

-- Hannes