linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/3] contrib: add safe_getenv() support to spd

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Message-ID: <87d2ww8562.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:17:25 +0100
From:	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] contrib: add safe_getenv() support to spd_readdir

* Theodore Ts'o:

> +#if HAVE___SECURE_GETENV
> +	return __secure_getenv(arg);
> +#else
> +	return getenv(arg);
> +#endif

glibc 2.17 has secure_getenv, but not __secure_getenv.  Unfortuantely,
this was the only way to turn this into an official interface.
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