[augeas-devel] [PATCH 1/3] * src/get.c: remove braindead use of alloca

[David Lutterkort]

---
 src/get.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/get.c b/src/get.c
index 9357afe..b87241b 100644
--- a/src/get.c
+++ b/src/get.c
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ static void print_dict(struct dict *dict, int indent) {
 #endif
 
 static void get_expected_error(struct state *state, struct lens *l) {
-    char *word, *p, *pat;
+    /* Size of the excerpt of the input text we'll show */
+    static const int wordlen = 10;
+    char word[wordlen+1];
+    char *p, *pat;
 
-    word = alloca(11);
-    strncpy(word, state->split->start, 10);
-    word[10] = '\0';
+    strncpy(word, state->split->start, wordlen);
+    word[wordlen] = '\0';
     for (p = word; *p != '\0' && *p != '\n'; p++);
     *p = '\0';
 
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1.6.0.6