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15 changes: 6 additions & 9 deletions src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -439,11 +439,9 @@ fn make_argv(prog: &CString, args: &[CString])
{
let mut ptrs: Vec<*const libc::c_char> = Vec::with_capacity(args.len()+1);

// Convert the CStrings into an array of pointers. Note: the
// lifetime of the various CStrings involved is guaranteed to be
// larger than the lifetime of our invocation of cb, but this is
// technically unsafe as the callback could leak these pointers
// out of our scope.
// Convert the CStrings into an array of pointers. Also return the
// vector that owns the raw pointers, to ensure they live long
// enough.
ptrs.push(prog.as_ptr());
ptrs.extend(args.iter().map(|tmp| tmp.as_ptr()));

Expand All @@ -457,10 +455,9 @@ fn make_envp(env: Option<&HashMap<OsString, OsString>>)
-> (*const c_void, Vec<Vec<u8>>, Vec<*const libc::c_char>)
{
// On posixy systems we can pass a char** for envp, which is a
// null-terminated array of "k=v\0" strings. Since we must create
// these strings locally, yet expose a raw pointer to them, we
// create a temporary vector to own the CStrings that outlives the
// call to cb.
// null-terminated array of "k=v\0" strings. As with make_argv, we
// return two vectors that own the data to ensure that they live
// long enough.
if let Some(env) = env {
let mut tmps = Vec::with_capacity(env.len());

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