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commit 89407bedf8980b9dd7a10b268b351e8b2938ac80
parent bfe740f0658dc05e9cc624a46ae21bb098117197
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date:   Fri,  4 Aug 2017 12:26:35 -0400

Tweak usage of get_current_working_dir() for tor_malloc() paranoia.

We assume that tor_free() is not required to be compatible with
the platform malloc(), so we need to use a strdup here.

Diffstat:
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src/common/compat.c
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10
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -2350,7 +2350,15 @@ static char *
 alloc_getcwd(void)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME
-  return get_current_dir_name();
+  /* Glibc makes this nice and simple for us. */
+  char *cwd = get_current_dir_name();
+  char *result = NULL;
+  if (cwd) {
+    /* We make a copy here, in case tor_malloc() is not malloc(). */
+    result = tor_strdup(cwd);
+    raw_free(cwd); // alias for free to avoid tripping check-spaces.
+  }
+  return result;
 #else
   size_t size = 1024;
   char *buf = NULL;