Fix: Follow struct dirent allocation guidelines of READDIR(3)

Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>

diff --git a/src/common/config/config.c b/src/common/config/config.c
index a4b59ff0865e559e3f2dea86bbc8c3cc022bcec2..8608faf980be0b8d988ea761051eb17c28ab2828 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common/config/config.c
+++ b/src/common/config/config.c
@@ -2495,6 +2495,23 @@ end:
        return ret;
 }
 
+/* Allocate dirent as recommended by READDIR(3), NOTES on readdir_r */
+static
+struct dirent *alloc_dirent(const char *path)
+{
+       size_t len;
+       long name_max;
+       struct dirent *entry;
+
+       name_max = pathconf(path, _PC_NAME_MAX);
+       if (name_max == -1) {
+               name_max = PATH_MAX;
+       }
+       len = offsetof(struct dirent, d_name) + name_max + 1;
+       entry = zmalloc(len);
+       return entry;
+}
+
 static
 int load_session_from_path(const char *path, const char *session_name,
        struct session_config_validation_ctx *validation_ctx, int override)
@@ -2530,7 +2547,7 @@ int load_session_from_path(const char *path, const char *session_name,
                        goto end;
                }
 
-               entry = zmalloc(sizeof(*entry));
+               entry = alloc_dirent(path);
                if (!entry) {
                        ret = -LTTNG_ERR_NOMEM;
                        goto end;