[PATCH 0/1] MR4462: winepath: Don't duplicate the NT path.

[PATCH 1/1] winepath: Don't duplicate the NT path.

[Alex Henrie]

From: Alex Henrie

---
 programs/winepath/winepath.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/programs/winepath/winepath.c b/programs/winepath/winepath.c
index 9a322f40937..8d13919fe30 100644
--- a/programs/winepath/winepath.c
+++ b/programs/winepath/winepath.c
@@ -193,11 +193,8 @@ int __cdecl wmain(int argc, WCHAR *argv[])
             printf("%s%c", path, separator);
         }
         if (outputformats & UNIXFORMAT) {
-            WCHAR *ntpath, *tail;
-            int ntpathlen=lstrlenW(argv[i]);
-            ntpath = malloc(sizeof(*ntpath)*(ntpathlen+1));
-            lstrcpyW(ntpath, argv[i]);
-            tail=NULL;
+            WCHAR *ntpath = argv[i], *tail = NULL;
+            int ntpathlen = wcslen(ntpath);
             while (1)
             {
                 char *unix_name;
@@ -247,7 +244,6 @@ int __cdecl wmain(int argc, WCHAR *argv[])
                 tail=slash;
                 *tail='\0';
             }
-            free(ntpath);
         }
         if (outputformats & WINDOWSFORMAT) {
             WCHAR* windows_name;

[PATCH 0/1] MR4462: winepath: Don't duplicate the NT path. - closed

[Alex Henrie (＠alexhenrie)]

This merge request was closed by Alex Henrie.

[Alex Henrie (＠alexhenrie)]

It looks like it actually is important to duplicate `argv[i]` because it's copied to `slash`, then to `tail`, then overwritten, then used again with the expectation that it has not been modified. Therefore I am closing this merge request.