Edit exec.

Do not commit to new memory image until
nothing can go wrong, avoiding bad2 case.

Be sure to allocate enough stack space for argv.

Load executable before initializing stack, to
keep ELF loops together.

Make argv loop clearer.

exec.c

@@ -1,44 +1,35 @@
 #include "types.h"
-#include "stat.h"
 #include "param.h"
 #include "mmu.h"
 #include "proc.h"
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "x86.h"
-#include "traps.h"
-#include "syscall.h"
-#include "spinlock.h"
-#include "buf.h"
 #include "fs.h"
-#include "fsvar.h"
 #include "elf.h"
-#include "file.h"
-#include "fcntl.h"
 
 int
 exec(char *path, char **argv)
 {
-  uint sz, sp, p1, p2;
-  int i, nargs, argbytes, len, off;
-  struct inode *ip;
+  char *mem, *s, *last;
+  int i, argc, arglen, len, off;
+  uint sz, sp, argp;
   struct elfhdr elf;
+  struct inode *ip;
   struct proghdr ph;
-  char *mem;
-  char *s, *last;
-
-  sz = 0;
-  mem = 0;
 
   if((ip = namei(path)) == 0)
     return -1;
   ilock(ip);
 
+  // Compute memory size of new process.
+  mem = 0;
+  sz = 0;
+
+  // Program segments.
   if(readi(ip, (char*)&elf, 0, sizeof(elf)) < sizeof(elf))
     goto bad;
-
   if(elf.magic != ELF_MAGIC)
     goto bad;
-
   for(i=0, off=elf.phoff; i<elf.phnum; i++, off+=sizeof(ph)){
     if(readi(ip, (char*)&ph, off, sizeof(ph)) != sizeof(ph))
       goto bad;
@@ -48,87 +39,78 @@ exec(char *path, char **argv)
       goto bad;
     sz += ph.memsz;
   }
-
-  sz += 4096 - (sz % 4096);
-  sz += 4096;
-
+
+  // Arguments.
+  arglen = 0;
+  for(argc=0; argv[argc]; argc++)
+    arglen += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
+  arglen = (arglen+3) & ~3;
+  sz += arglen + 4*(argc+1);
+
+  // Stack.
+  sz += PAGE;
+
+  // Allocate program memory.
+  sz = (sz+PAGE-1) & ~(PAGE-1);
   mem = kalloc(sz);
   if(mem == 0)
     goto bad;
   memset(mem, 0, sz);
 
-  argbytes = 0;
-  for(i = 0; argv[i]; i++){
-    len = strlen(argv[i]);
-    argbytes += len + 1;
+  // Load program into memory.
+  for(i=0, off=elf.phoff; i<elf.phnum; i++, off+=sizeof(ph)){
+    if(readi(ip, (char*)&ph, off, sizeof(ph)) != sizeof(ph))
+      goto bad;
+    if(ph.type != ELF_PROG_LOAD)
+      continue;
+    if(ph.va + ph.memsz > sz)
+      goto bad;
+    if(readi(ip, mem + ph.va, ph.offset, ph.filesz) != ph.filesz)
+      goto bad;
+    memset(mem + ph.va + ph.filesz, 0, ph.memsz - ph.filesz);
   }
-  nargs = i;
-
-  // argn\0
-  // ...
-  // arg0\0
-  // 0
-  // ptr to argn
-  // ...
-  // 12: ptr to arg0
-  //  8: argv (points to ptr to arg0)
-  //  4: argc
-  //  0: fake return pc
-  sp = sz - argbytes - (nargs+1)*4 - 4 - 4 - 4;
-  *(uint*)(mem + sp) = 0xffffffff;
-  *(uint*)(mem + sp + 4) = nargs;
-  *(uint*)(mem + sp + 8) = (uint)(sp + 12);
-
-  p1 = sp + 12;
-  p2 = sp + 12 + (nargs + 1) * 4;
-  for(i = 0; i < nargs; i++){
-    len = strlen(argv[i]);
-    memmove(mem + p2, argv[i], len + 1);
-    *(uint*)(mem + p1) = p2;
-    p1 += 4;
-    p2 += len + 1;
+  iunlockput(ip);
+
+  // Initialize stack.
+  sp = sz;
+  argp = sz - arglen;
+
+  // Copy argv strings and pointers to stack.
+  *(uint*)(mem+argp + 4*argc) = 0;  // argv[argc]
+  for(i=argc-1; i>=0; i--){
+    len = strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
+    sp -= len;
+    memmove(mem+sp, argv[i], len);
+    *(uint*)(mem+argp + 4*i) = sp;  // argv[i]
   }
-  *(uint*)(mem + p1) = 0;
 
-  // Save name for debugging.
+  // Stack frame for main(argc, argv), below arguments.
+  sp = argp;
+  sp -= 4;
+  *(uint*)(mem+sp) = argp;
+  sp -= 4;
+  *(uint*)(mem+sp) = argc;
+  sp -= 4;
+  *(uint*)(mem+sp) = 0xffffffff;   // fake return pc
+
+  // Save program name for debugging.
   for(last=s=path; *s; s++)
     if(*s == '/')
       last = s+1;
   safestrcpy(cp->name, last, sizeof(cp->name));
 
-  // commit to the new image.
+  // Commit to the new image.
   kfree(cp->mem, cp->sz);
-  cp->sz = sz;
   cp->mem = mem;
-  mem = 0;
-
-  for(i=0, off=elf.phoff; i<elf.phnum; i++, off+=sizeof(ph)){
-    if(readi(ip, (char*)&ph, off, sizeof(ph)) != sizeof(ph))
-      goto bad2;
-    if(ph.type != ELF_PROG_LOAD)
-      continue;
-    if(ph.va + ph.memsz > sz)
-      goto bad2;
-    if(readi(ip, cp->mem + ph.va, ph.offset, ph.filesz) != ph.filesz)
-      goto bad2;
-    memset(cp->mem + ph.va + ph.filesz, 0, ph.memsz - ph.filesz);
-  }
-  iunlockput(ip);
-
-  cp->tf->eip = elf.entry;
+  cp->sz = sz;
+  cp->tf->eip = elf.entry;  // main
   cp->tf->esp = sp;
   setupsegs(cp);
-
   return 0;
 
  bad:
   if(mem)
     kfree(mem, sz);
   iunlockput(ip);
   return -1;
-
- bad2:
-  iunlockput(ip);
-  proc_exit();
-  return 0;
 }