summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/login/getutline.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'login/getutline.c')
-rw-r--r--login/getutline.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/login/getutline.c b/login/getutline.c
index d1704ec31c..7618064d00 100644
--- a/login/getutline.c
+++ b/login/getutline.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA. */
-#include <stddef.h> /* For NULL. */
+#include <stdlib.h>
#include <utmp.h>
/* Local buffer to store the result. */
-static struct utmp buffer;
+libc_freeres_ptr (static struct utmp *buffer);
struct utmp *
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ __getutline (const struct utmp *line)
{
struct utmp *result;
- if (__getutline_r (line, &buffer, &result) < 0)
+ if (buffer == NULL)
+ {
+ buffer = (struct utmp *) malloc (sizeof (struct utmp));
+ if (buffer == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ if (__getutline_r (line, buffer, &result) < 0)
return NULL;
return result;