Introduce FEATURE_EXEC_PREFER_APPLETS = "re-execute our own

executable if we asked to exec someting with argv[0] == known_applet"
Use it in init. Also respect PATH in init, remove explicit "/sbin" etc
from exec. Patch by Gabriel L. Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>
This commit is contained in:
Denis Vlasenko
2007-01-21 00:41:04 +00:00
parent b3f3c23f78
commit 2f0c0d0b88
5 changed files with 39 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -183,14 +183,17 @@ pid_t spawn(char **argv)
/* Why static? */
static int failed;
pid_t pid;
void *app = ENABLE_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE_SHELL ? find_applet_by_name(argv[0]) : 0;
char *prog;
// Be nice to nommu machines.
failed = 0;
pid = vfork();
if (pid < 0) return pid;
if (!pid) {
execvp(app ? CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH : *argv, argv);
prog = argv[0];
if (ENABLE_FEATURE_EXEC_PREFER_APPLETS && find_applet_by_name(prog))
prog = CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH;
execvp(prog, argv);
// We're sharing a stack with blocked parent, let parent know we failed
// and then exit to unblock parent (but don't run atexit() stuff, which