# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
# Date 1293597690 28800
# Node ID f3a03b79bd9b1bc1b5156d7a03bdf8a27ba0f611
# Parent  ce397caf9dbbd79ef121fc41d39bbab1261748c1
alloca: one step towards thread-safety

* lib/alloca.c (find_stack_direction): New arg PTR, to avoid the
need for a static variable.  All callers changed.  This does not
make the alloca replacement thread-safe, but it's one step.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2010-12-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	alloca: one step towards thread-safety
+	* lib/alloca.c (find_stack_direction): New arg PTR, to avoid the
+	need for a static variable.  All callers changed.  This does not
+	make the alloca replacement thread-safe, but it's one step.
+
 	tests: minor indenting change
 	* tests/init.sh: Sync from coreutils housekeeping patch
 	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2010-12/msg00116.html>
diff --git a/lib/alloca.c b/lib/alloca.c
--- a/lib/alloca.c
+++ b/lib/alloca.c
@@ -94,21 +94,20 @@
 #   define STACK_DIR    stack_dir
 
 static void
-find_stack_direction (void)
+find_stack_direction (char **ptr)
 {
-  static char *addr = NULL;     /* Address of first `dummy', once known.  */
   auto char dummy;              /* To get stack address.  */
 
-  if (addr == NULL)
+  if (*ptr == NULL)
     {                           /* Initial entry.  */
-      addr = ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy);
+      *ptr = ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy);
 
-      find_stack_direction ();  /* Recurse once.  */
+      find_stack_direction (ptr);  /* Recurse once.  */
     }
   else
     {
       /* Second entry.  */
-      if (ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy) > addr)
+      if (ADDRESS_FUNCTION (dummy) > *ptr)
         stack_dir = 1;          /* Stack grew upward.  */
       else
         stack_dir = -1;         /* Stack grew downward.  */
@@ -155,7 +154,10 @@
 
 #  if STACK_DIRECTION == 0
   if (STACK_DIR == 0)           /* Unknown growth direction.  */
-    find_stack_direction ();
+    {
+      char *addr = NULL;        /* Address of first `dummy', once known.  */
+      find_stack_direction (&addr);
+    }
 #  endif
 
   /* Reclaim garbage, defined as all alloca'd storage that