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-rw-r--r--lib/savedir.c18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/savedir.c b/lib/savedir.c
index 5b7a6dd7f..112f5c045 100644
--- a/lib/savedir.c
+++ b/lib/savedir.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
/* savedir.c -- save the list of files in a directory in a string
- Copyright (C) 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Copyright 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -64,9 +66,6 @@ extern int errno;
/* Return a freshly allocated string containing the filenames
in directory DIR, separated by '\0' characters;
the end is marked by two '\0' characters in a row.
- NAME_SIZE is the number of bytes to initially allocate
- for the string; it will be enlarged as needed.
- Use NAME_SIZE == -1 if you do not know the size.
Return NULL (setting errno) if DIR cannot be opened, read, or closed. */
#ifndef NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT
@@ -74,12 +73,12 @@ extern int errno;
#endif
char *
-savedir (const char *dir, off_t name_size)
+savedir (const char *dir)
{
DIR *dirp;
struct dirent *dp;
char *name_space;
- size_t allocated = name_size; /* Overflow is checked indirectly below. */
+ size_t allocated = NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT;
size_t used = 0;
int save_errno;
@@ -87,13 +86,6 @@ savedir (const char *dir, off_t name_size)
if (dirp == NULL)
return NULL;
- /* Use the default if the size is not known. Be sure "allocated"
- is at least `1' so there's room for the final NUL byte.
- Do not simply test name_size <= 0, because the initialization
- of "allocated" might have overflowed. */
- if (name_size < 0 || allocated == 0)
- allocated = NAME_SIZE_DEFAULT;
-
name_space = xmalloc (allocated);
errno = 0;