From 2cf30bd09c1c1eede7fc088c790d20a334a1e7b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 13:55:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix GetExecutablePath on Linux

It was using lstat to get the size of /proc/self/exe but
it always returns 0, so we just use a big buffer on the
stack instead.

BUG=angleproject:892

Change-Id: I6d88efeb4ec5de7a78cb3668e3d78520203ad1d5
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/269990
Reviewed-by: Kenneth Russell <kbr@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Jamie Madill <jmadill@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Corentin Wallez <cwallez@chromium.org>
---
 util/linux/Linux_path_utils.cpp | 31 ++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/linux/Linux_path_utils.cpp b/util/linux/Linux_path_utils.cpp
index be1d8aafa..b674e1018 100644
--- a/util/linux/Linux_path_utils.cpp
+++ b/util/linux/Linux_path_utils.cpp
@@ -7,36 +7,25 @@
 // Linux_path_utils.cpp: Implementation of OS-specific path functions for Linux
 
 #include "path_utils.h"
-#include <array>
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <array>
 
 std::string GetExecutablePath()
 {
-    struct stat sb;
-    if (lstat("/proc/self/exe", &sb) == -1)
+    // We cannot use lstat to get the size of /proc/self/exe as it always returns 0
+    // so we just use a big buffer and hope the path fits in it.
+    char path[4096];
+
+    ssize_t result = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sizeof(path) - 1);
+    if (result < 0 || result >= sizeof(path) - 1)
     {
         return "";
     }
 
-    char *path = static_cast<char*>(malloc(sb.st_size + 1));
-    if (!path)
-    {
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    ssize_t result = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, sb.st_size);
-    if (result != sb.st_size)
-    {
-        free(path);
-        return "";
-    }
-
-    path[sb.st_size] = '\0';
-
-    std::string strPath(path);
-    free(path);
-    return strPath;
+    path[result] = '\0';
+    return path;
 }
 
 std::string GetExecutableDirectory()