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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--NEWS14
-rw-r--r--stdlib/putenv.c25
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b830ff8f35..70937c228b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2011-05-16  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@gmail.com>
 
+	[BZ #11892]
+	* stdlib/putenv.c (putenv): Don't always create copy of the variable
+	on the stack.
+
 	[BZ #11895]
 	* misc/pselect.c (__pselect): Handle timeout value errors hidden
 	through underflows.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8ced3cac8..a932446d94 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ Version 2.14
 * The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   386, 6420, 7101, 9730, 9732, 9809, 10138, 10149, 10157, 11257, 11258,
-  11487, 11532, 11578, 11653, 11668, 11697, 11724, 11820, 11895, 11901,
-  11945, 11947, 11952, 11987, 12052, 12083, 12158, 12178, 12200, 12346,
-  12393, 12420, 12432, 12445, 12449, 12453, 12454, 12460, 12469, 12489,
-  12509, 12510, 12511, 12518, 12527, 12541, 12545, 12551, 12582, 12583,
-  12587, 12597, 12601, 12611, 12625, 12626, 12631, 12650, 12653, 12655,
-  12660, 12681, 12685, 12711, 12713, 12714, 12717, 12723, 12724, 12734,
-  12738, 12746, 12766
+  11487, 11532, 11578, 11653, 11668, 11697, 11724, 11820, 11892, 11895,
+  11901, 11945, 11947, 11952, 11987, 12052, 12083, 12158, 12178, 12200,
+  12346, 12393, 12420, 12432, 12445, 12449, 12453, 12454, 12460, 12469,
+  12489, 12509, 12510, 12511, 12518, 12527, 12541, 12545, 12551, 12582,
+  12583, 12587, 12597, 12601, 12611, 12625, 12626, 12631, 12650, 12653,
+  12655, 12660, 12681, 12685, 12711, 12713, 12714, 12717, 12723, 12724,
+  12734, 12738, 12746, 12766
 
 * The RPC implementation in libc is obsoleted.  Old programs keep working
   but new programs cannot be linked with the routines in libc anymore.
diff --git a/stdlib/putenv.c b/stdlib/putenv.c
index 4e8693403a..d97eb5423a 100644
--- a/stdlib/putenv.c
+++ b/stdlib/putenv.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 11 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
@@ -57,14 +57,31 @@ putenv (string)
 
   if (name_end != NULL)
     {
+      char *name;
 #ifdef _LIBC
-      char *name = strndupa (string, name_end - string);
+      int use_malloc = !__libc_use_alloca (name_end - string + 1);
+      if (__builtin_expect (use_malloc, 0))
+	{
+	  name = strndup (string, name_end - string);
+	  if (name == NULL)
+	    return -1;
+	}
+      else
+	name = strndupa (string, name_end - string);
 #else
-      char *name = alloca (name_end - string + 1);
+# define use_malloc 1
+      name = malloc (name_end - string + 1);
+      if (name == NULL)
+	return -1;
       memcpy (name, string, name_end - string);
       name[name_end - string] = '\0';
 #endif
-      return __add_to_environ (name, NULL, string, 1);
+      int result = __add_to_environ (name, NULL, string, 1);
+
+      if (__builtin_expect (use_malloc, 0))
+	free (name);
+
+      return result;
     }
 
   __unsetenv (string);