posix: execvpe cleanup

This patch removes all the dynamic allocation on execvpe code and
instead use direct stack allocation.  This is QoI approach to make
it possible use in scenarios where memory is shared with parent
(vfork or clone with CLONE_VM).

For default process spawn (script file without a shebang), stack
allocation is bounded by NAME_MAX plus PATH_MAX plus 1.  Large
file arguments returns an error (ENAMETOOLONG).  This differs than
current GLIBC pratice in general, but it used to limit stack
allocation for large inputs.  Also, path in PATH environment variable
larger than PATH_MAX are ignored.

The shell direct execution exeception, where execve returns ENOEXEC,
might requires a large stack allocation due large input argument list.

Tested on i686, x86_64, powerpc64le, and aarch64.

	* posix/execvpe.c (__execvpe): Remove dynamic allocation.
	* posix/Makefile (tests): Add tst-execvpe{1,2,3,4,5,6}.
	* posix/tst-execvp1.c (do_test): Use a macro to call execvp.
	* posix/tst-execvp2.c (do_test): Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvp3.c (do_test): Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvp4.c (do_test): Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvpe1.c: New file.
	* posix/tst-execvpe2.c: Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvpe3.c: Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvpe4.c: Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvpe5.c: Likewise.
	* posix/tst-execvpe6.c: Likewise.

13 files changed, 529 insertions, 151 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 45fb9cad15..3ef2c69006 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 2016-03-07  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
 
+	* posix/execvpe.c (__execvpe): Remove dynamic allocation.
+	* posix/Makefile (tests): Add tst-execvpe{1,2,3,4,5,6}.
+	* posix/tst-execvp1.c (do_test): Use a macro to call execvp.
+	* posix/tst-execvp2.c (do_test): Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvp3.c (do_test): Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvp4.c (do_test): Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe1.c: New file.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe2.c: Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe3.c: Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe4.c: Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe5.c: Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-execvpe6.c: Likewise.
+
 	[BZ #19534]
 	* posix/execl.c (execl): Remove dynamic memory allocation.
 	* posix/execle.c (execle): Likewise.
diff --git a/posix/Makefile b/posix/Makefile
index 4e90a9540a..7ec110e80c 100644
--- a/posix/Makefile
+++ b/posix/Makefile
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ tests		:= tstgetopt testfnm runtests runptests	     \
 		   tst-execv1 tst-execv2 tst-execl1 tst-execl2 \
 		   tst-execve1 tst-execve2 tst-execle1 tst-execle2 \
 		   tst-execvp3 tst-execvp4 tst-rfc3484 tst-rfc3484-2 \
+		   tst-execvpe1 tst-execvpe2 tst-execvpe3 tst-execvpe4 \
+		   tst-execvpe5 tst-execvpe6 \
 		   tst-rfc3484-3 \
 		   tst-getaddrinfo3 tst-fnmatch2 tst-cpucount tst-cpuset \
 		   bug-getopt1 bug-getopt2 bug-getopt3 bug-getopt4 \
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ tstgetopt-ARGS = -a -b -cfoobar --required foobar --optional=bazbug \
 
 tst-exec-ARGS = -- $(host-test-program-cmd)
 tst-exec-static-ARGS = $(tst-exec-ARGS)
+tst-execvpe5-ARGS = -- $(host-test-program-cmd)
 tst-spawn-ARGS = -- $(host-test-program-cmd)
 tst-spawn-static-ARGS = $(tst-spawn-ARGS)
 tst-dir-ARGS = `pwd` `cd $(common-objdir)/$(subdir); pwd` `cd $(common-objdir); pwd` $(objpfx)tst-dir
diff --git a/posix/execvpe.c b/posix/execvpe.c
index 61697a74f0..d933f9c92a 100644
--- a/posix/execvpe.c
+++ b/posix/execvpe.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-#include <alloca.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
@@ -23,22 +22,43 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <paths.h>
+#include <confstr.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
 
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# ifdef MAXPATHLEN
+#  define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN
+# else
+#  define PATH_MAX 1024
+# endif
+#endif
 
 /* The file is accessible but it is not an executable file.  Invoke
    the shell to interpret it as a script.  */
 static void
-internal_function
-scripts_argv (const char *file, char *const argv[], int argc, char **new_argv)
+maybe_script_execute (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
 {
+  ptrdiff_t argc = 0;
+  while (argv[argc++] != NULL)
+    {
+      if (argc == INT_MAX - 1)
+	{
+	  errno = E2BIG;
+	  return;
+	}
+    }
+
   /* Construct an argument list for the shell.  */
+  char *new_argv[argc + 1];
   new_argv[0] = (char *) _PATH_BSHELL;
   new_argv[1] = (char *) file;
-  while (argc > 1)
-    {
-      new_argv[argc] = argv[argc - 1];
-      --argc;
-    }
+  if (argc > 1)
+    memcpy (new_argv + 2, argv + 1, argc * sizeof(char *));
+  else
+    new_argv[2] = NULL;
+
+  /* Execute the shell.  */
+  __execve (new_argv[0], new_argv, envp);
 }
 
 
@@ -47,170 +67,111 @@ scripts_argv (const char *file, char *const argv[], int argc, char **new_argv)
 int
 __execvpe (const char *file, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
 {
+  /* We check the simple case first. */
   if (*file == '\0')
     {
-      /* We check the simple case first. */
       __set_errno (ENOENT);
       return -1;
     }
 
+  /* Don't search when it contains a slash.  */
   if (strchr (file, '/') != NULL)
     {
-      /* Don't search when it contains a slash.  */
       __execve (file, argv, envp);
 
       if (errno == ENOEXEC)
-	{
-	  /* Count the arguments.  */
-	  int argc = 0;
-	  while (argv[argc++])
-	    ;
-	  size_t len = (argc + 1) * sizeof (char *);
-	  char **script_argv;
-	  void *ptr = NULL;
-	  if (__libc_use_alloca (len))
-	    script_argv = alloca (len);
-	  else
-	    script_argv = ptr = malloc (len);
-
-	  if (script_argv != NULL)
-	    {
-	      scripts_argv (file, argv, argc, script_argv);
-	      __execve (script_argv[0], script_argv, envp);
-
-	      free (ptr);
-	    }
-	}
+        maybe_script_execute (file, argv, envp);
+
+      return -1;
     }
-  else
+
+  const char *path = getenv ("PATH");
+  if (!path)
+    path = CS_PATH;
+  /* Although GLIBC does not enforce NAME_MAX, we set it as the maximum
+     size to avoid unbounded stack allocation.  Same applies for
+     PATH_MAX.  */
+  size_t file_len = __strnlen (file, NAME_MAX + 1);
+  size_t path_len = __strnlen (path, PATH_MAX - 1) + 1;
+
+  if ((file_len > NAME_MAX)
+      || !__libc_alloca_cutoff (path_len + file_len + 1))
     {
-      size_t pathlen;
-      size_t alloclen = 0;
-      char *path = getenv ("PATH");
-      if (path == NULL)
-	{
-	  pathlen = confstr (_CS_PATH, (char *) NULL, 0);
-	  alloclen = pathlen + 1;
-	}
-      else
-	pathlen = strlen (path);
+      errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+      return -1;
+    }
 
-      size_t len = strlen (file) + 1;
-      alloclen += pathlen + len + 1;
+  const char *subp;
+  bool got_eacces = false;
+  char buffer[path_len + file_len + 1];
+  for (const char *p = path; ; p = subp)
+    {
+      subp = __strchrnul (p, ':');
 
-      char *name;
-      char *path_malloc = NULL;
-      if (__libc_use_alloca (alloclen))
-	name = alloca (alloclen);
-      else
+      /* PATH is larger than PATH_MAX and thus potentially larger than
+	 the stack allocation.  */
+      if (subp - p >= path_len)
 	{
-	  path_malloc = name = malloc (alloclen);
-	  if (name == NULL)
-	    return -1;
+          /* If there is only one path, bail out.  */
+	  if (*subp == '\0')
+	    break;
+	  /* Otherwise skip to next one.  */
+	  continue;
 	}
 
-      if (path == NULL)
-	{
-	  /* There is no `PATH' in the environment.
-	     The default search path is the current directory
-	     followed by the path `confstr' returns for `_CS_PATH'.  */
-	  path = name + pathlen + len + 1;
-	  path[0] = ':';
-	  (void) confstr (_CS_PATH, path + 1, pathlen);
-	}
+      /* Use the current path entry, plus a '/' if nonempty, plus the file to
+         execute.  */
+      char *pend = mempcpy (buffer, p, subp - p);
+      *pend = '/';
+      memcpy (pend + (p < subp), file, file_len + 1);
+
+      __execve (buffer, argv, envp);
 
-      /* Copy the file name at the top.  */
-      name = (char *) memcpy (name + pathlen + 1, file, len);
-      /* And add the slash.  */
-      *--name = '/';
+      if (errno == ENOEXEC)
+        /* This has O(P*C) behavior, where P is the length of the path and C
+           is the argument count.  A better strategy would be allocate the
+           substitute argv and reuse it each time through the loop (so it
+           behaves as O(P+C) instead.  */
+        maybe_script_execute (buffer, argv, envp);
 
-      char **script_argv = NULL;
-      void *script_argv_malloc = NULL;
-      bool got_eacces = false;
-      char *p = path;
-      do
+      switch (errno)
 	{
-	  char *startp;
-
-	  path = p;
-	  p = __strchrnul (path, ':');
-
-	  if (p == path)
-	    /* Two adjacent colons, or a colon at the beginning or the end
-	       of `PATH' means to search the current directory.  */
-	    startp = name + 1;
-	  else
-	    startp = (char *) memcpy (name - (p - path), path, p - path);
-
-	  /* Try to execute this name.  If it works, execve will not return. */
-	  __execve (startp, argv, envp);
-
-	  if (errno == ENOEXEC)
-	    {
-	      if (script_argv == NULL)
-		{
-		  /* Count the arguments.  */
-		  int argc = 0;
-		  while (argv[argc++])
-		    ;
-		  size_t arglen = (argc + 1) * sizeof (char *);
-		  if (__libc_use_alloca (alloclen + arglen))
-		    script_argv = alloca (arglen);
-		  else
-		    script_argv = script_argv_malloc = malloc (arglen);
-		  if (script_argv == NULL)
-		    {
-		      /* A possible EACCES error is not as important as
-			 the ENOMEM.  */
-		      got_eacces = false;
-		      break;
-		    }
-		  scripts_argv (startp, argv, argc, script_argv);
-		}
-
-	      __execve (script_argv[0], script_argv, envp);
-	    }
-
-	  switch (errno)
-	    {
-	    case EACCES:
-	      /* Record the we got a `Permission denied' error.  If we end
-		 up finding no executable we can use, we want to diagnose
-		 that we did find one but were denied access.  */
-	      got_eacces = true;
-	    case ENOENT:
-	    case ESTALE:
-	    case ENOTDIR:
-	      /* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
-		 by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
-		 directory.  */
-	    case ENODEV:
-	    case ETIMEDOUT:
-	      /* Some strange filesystems like AFS return even
-		 stranger error numbers.  They cannot reasonably mean
-		 anything else so ignore those, too.  */
-	      break;
-
-	    default:
-	      /* Some other error means we found an executable file, but
-		 something went wrong executing it; return the error to our
-		 caller.  */
-	      return -1;
-	    }
+	  case EACCES:
+	  /* Record that we got a 'Permission denied' error.  If we end
+	     up finding no executable we can use, we want to diagnose
+	     that we did find one but were denied access.  */
+	    got_eacces = true;
+	  case ENOENT:
+	  case ESTALE:
+	  case ENOTDIR:
+	  /* Those errors indicate the file is missing or not executable
+	     by us, in which case we want to just try the next path
+	     directory.  */
+	  case ENODEV:
+	  case ETIMEDOUT:
+	  /* Some strange filesystems like AFS return even
+	     stranger error numbers.  They cannot reasonably mean
+	     anything else so ignore those, too.  */
+	    break;
+
+          default:
+	  /* Some other error means we found an executable file, but
+	     something went wrong executing it; return the error to our
+	     caller.  */
+	    return -1;
 	}
-      while (*p++ != '\0');
 
-      /* We tried every element and none of them worked.  */
-      if (got_eacces)
-	/* At least one failure was due to permissions, so report that
-	   error.  */
-	__set_errno (EACCES);
-
-      free (script_argv_malloc);
-      free (path_malloc);
+      if (*subp++ == '\0')
+	break;
     }
 
-  /* Return the error from the last attempt (probably ENOENT).  */
+  /* We tried every element and none of them worked.  */
+  if (got_eacces)
+    /* At least one failure was due to permissions, so report that
+       error.  */
+    __set_errno (EACCES);
+
   return -1;
 }
+
 weak_alias (__execvpe, execvpe)
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvp1.c b/posix/tst-execvp1.c
index ecc673d124..8b718485d0 100644
--- a/posix/tst-execvp1.c
+++ b/posix/tst-execvp1.c
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifndef EXECVP
+# define EXECVP(file, argv) execvp (file, argv)
+#endif
+
 static int
 do_test (void)
 {
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ do_test (void)
 
   char *argv[] = { (char *) "does-not-exist", NULL };
   errno = 0;
-  execvp (argv[0], argv);
+  EXECVP (argv[0], argv);
 
   if (errno != ENOENT)
     {
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvp2.c b/posix/tst-execvp2.c
index 7e0f5d882c..440dfab438 100644
--- a/posix/tst-execvp2.c
+++ b/posix/tst-execvp2.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ static int do_test (void);
 #define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
 #include "../test-skeleton.c"
 
+#ifndef EXECVP
+# define EXECVP(file, argv)  execvp (file, argv)
+#endif
 
 static char *copy;
 
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ do_test (void)
 
   char *argv[] = { basename (copy), NULL };
   errno = 0;
-  execvp (argv[0], argv);
+  EXECVP (argv[0], argv);
 
   if (errno != EACCES)
     {
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvp3.c b/posix/tst-execvp3.c
index 5ebc87952d..02a937c2da 100644
--- a/posix/tst-execvp3.c
+++ b/posix/tst-execvp3.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ static int do_test (void);
 
 #include "../test-skeleton.c"
 
+#ifndef EXECVP
+# define EXECVP(file, argv)  execvp (file, argv)
+#endif
 
 static char *fname;
 
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ do_test (void)
     }
 
   char *argv[] = { fname, NULL };
-  execvp (basename (fname), argv);
+  EXECVP (basename (fname), argv);
 
   /* If we come here, the execvp call failed.  */
   return 1;
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvp4.c b/posix/tst-execvp4.c
index 531fab227b..589a56018f 100644
--- a/posix/tst-execvp4.c
+++ b/posix/tst-execvp4.c
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#ifndef EXECVP
+# define EXECVP(file, argv)  execvp (file, argv)
+#endif
+
 static int
 do_test (void)
 {
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ do_test (void)
 
   unsetenv ("PATH");
   char *argv[] = { buf + 9, NULL };
-  execvp (argv[0], argv);
+  EXECVP (argv[0], argv);
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe1.c b/posix/tst-execvpe1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..622eb79bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Check ENOENT failure for execvpe.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define EXECVP(file, argv) execvpe (file, argv, NULL)
+#include <posix/tst-execvp1.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe2.c b/posix/tst-execvpe2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdec09ae51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Check EACCES for execvpe.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define EXECVP(file, argv) execvpe (file, argv, NULL)
+#include <posix/tst-execvp2.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe3.c b/posix/tst-execvpe3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47cdc14e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Check script execution without shebang for execvpe.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define EXECVP(file, argv) execvpe (file, argv, NULL)
+#include <posix/tst-execvp3.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe4.c b/posix/tst-execvpe4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8883aa060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Check unexistent binary for execvpe.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define EXECVP(file, argv) execvpe (file, argv, NULL)
+#include <posix/tst-execvp4.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe5.c b/posix/tst-execvpe5.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffd764a639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe5.c
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/* General tests for execpve.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <wait.h>
+
+
+/* Nonzero if the program gets called via `exec'.  */
+static int restart;
+
+
+#define CMDLINE_OPTIONS \
+  { "restart", no_argument, &restart, 1 },
+
+/* Prototype for our test function.  */
+extern void do_prepare (int argc, char *argv[]);
+extern int do_test (int argc, char *argv[]);
+
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+
+#define EXECVPE_KEY    "EXECVPE_ENV"
+#define EXECVPE_VALUE  "execvpe_test"
+
+
+static int
+handle_restart (void)
+{
+  /* First check if only one variable is passed on execvpe.  */
+  int env_count = 0;
+  for (char **e = environ; *e != NULL; ++e)
+    if (++env_count == INT_MAX)
+      {
+	printf ("Environment variable number overflow");
+	exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+  if (env_count != 1)
+    {
+      printf ("Wrong number of environment variables");
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  /* Check if the combinarion os "EXECVPE_ENV=execvpe_test"  */
+  const char *env = getenv (EXECVPE_KEY);
+  if (env == NULL)
+    {
+      printf ("Test environment variable not found");
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  if (strncmp (env, EXECVPE_VALUE, sizeof (EXECVPE_VALUE)))
+    {
+      printf ("Test environment variable with wrong value");
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+do_test (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  pid_t pid;
+  int status;
+
+  /* We must have
+     - one or four parameters left if called initially
+       + path for ld.so		optional
+       + "--library-path"	optional
+       + the library path	optional
+       + the application name
+  */
+
+  if (restart)
+    {
+      if (argc != 1)
+	{
+	  printf ("Wrong number of arguments (%d)\n", argc);
+	  exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+      return handle_restart ();
+    }
+
+  if (argc != 2 && argc != 5)
+    {
+      printf ("Wrong number of arguments (%d)\n", argc);
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+  /* We want to test the `execvpe' function.  To do this we restart the
+     program with an additional parameter.  */
+  pid = fork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* This is the child.  Construct the command line.  */
+
+      /* We cast here to char* because the test itself does not modify neither
+	 the argument nor the environment list.  */
+      char *envs[] = { (char*)(EXECVPE_KEY "=" EXECVPE_VALUE), NULL };
+      if (argc == 5)
+	{
+	  char *args[] = { argv[1], argv[2], argv[3], argv[4],
+			   (char *) "--direct", (char *) "--restart", NULL };
+	  execvpe (args[0], args, envs);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  char *args[] = { argv[1], argv[1],
+			   (char *) "--direct", (char *) "--restart", NULL };
+	  execvpe (args[0], args, envs);
+	}
+
+      puts ("Cannot exec");
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  else if (pid == (pid_t) -1)
+    {
+      puts ("Cannot fork");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  /* Wait for the child.  */
+  if (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) != pid)
+    {
+      puts ("Wrong child");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (WTERMSIG (status) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("Child terminated incorrectly");
+      return 1;
+    }
+  status = WEXITSTATUS (status);
+
+  return status;
+}
diff --git a/posix/tst-execvpe6.c b/posix/tst-execvpe6.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfb6ee11ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posix/tst-execvpe6.c
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/* Check execvpe script argument handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+
+static char *fname1;
+static char *fname2;
+static char *logname;
+
+static void do_prepare (void);
+#define PREPARE(argc, argv) do_prepare ()
+static int do_test (void);
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+
+static void
+do_prepare (void)
+{
+  int logfd = create_temp_file ("logfile", &logname);
+  close (logfd);
+
+  int fd1 = create_temp_file ("testscript", &fname1);
+  dprintf (fd1, "echo foo $1 $2 $3 > %s\n", logname);
+  fchmod (fd1, 0700);
+  close (fd1);
+
+  int fd2 = create_temp_file ("testscript", &fname2);
+  dprintf (fd2, "echo foo > %s\n", logname);
+  fchmod (fd2, 0700);
+  close (fd2);
+}
+
+static int
+run_script (const char *fname, char *args[])
+{
+  /* We want to test the `execvpe' function.  To do this we restart the
+     program with an additional parameter.  */
+  int status;
+  pid_t pid = fork ();
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      execvpe (fname, args, NULL);
+
+      puts ("Cannot exec");
+      exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+  else if (pid == (pid_t) -1)
+    {
+      puts ("Cannot fork");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  /* Wait for the child.  */
+  if (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) != pid)
+    {
+      puts ("Wrong child");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (WTERMSIG (status) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("Child terminated incorrectly");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+check_output (const char *expected)
+{
+  /* Check log output.  */
+  FILE *arq = fopen (logname, "r");
+  if (arq == NULL)
+    {
+      puts ("Error opening output file");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  char line[128];
+  if (fgets (line, sizeof (line), arq) == NULL)
+    {
+      puts ("Error reading output file");
+      return 1;
+    }
+  fclose (arq);
+
+  if (strcmp (line, expected) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("Output file different than expected");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  if  (setenv ("PATH", test_dir, 1) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("setenv failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  /* First check resulting script run with some arguments results in correct
+     output file.  */
+  char *args1[] = { fname1, (char*) "1", (char *) "2", (char *) "3", NULL };
+  if (run_script (fname1,args1))
+    return 1;
+  if (check_output ("foo 1 2 3\n"))
+    return 1;
+
+  /* Same as before but with an expected empty argument list.  */
+  char *args2[] = { fname2, NULL };
+  if (run_script (fname2, args2))
+    return 1;
+  if (check_output ("foo\n"))
+    return 1;
+
+  /* Same as before but with an empty argument list.  */
+  char *args3[] = { NULL };
+  if (run_script (fname2, args3))
+    return 1;
+  if (check_output ("foo\n"))
+    return 1;
+
+  return 0;
+}