xref: /freebsd/lib/libutil/getlocalbase.c (revision cd8537910406e68d4719136a5b0cf6d23bb1b23b)
1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
3  *
4  * Copyright 2020 Stefan Eßer <se@freebsd.org>
5  *
6  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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15  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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17  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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20  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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25  * SUCH DAMAGE.
26  */
27 
28 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
29 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
30 
31 #include <sys/param.h>
32 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
33 #include <sys/limits.h>
34 #include <stdlib.h>
35 #include <paths.h>
36 #include <libutil.h>
37 #include <unistd.h>
38 
39 #ifndef _PATH_LOCALBASE
40 #define _PATH_LOCALBASE "/usr/local"
41 #endif
42 
43 const char *
44 getlocalbase(void)
45 {
46 	static const int localbase_oid[2] = {CTL_USER, USER_LOCALBASE};
47 	char *tmppath;
48 	size_t tmplen;
49 	static const char *localbase = NULL;
50 
51 	if (issetugid() == 0) {
52 		tmppath = getenv("LOCALBASE");
53 		if (tmppath != NULL && tmppath[0] != '\0')
54 			return (tmppath);
55 	}
56 	if (sysctl(localbase_oid, 2, NULL, &tmplen, NULL, 0) == 0 &&
57 	    (tmppath = malloc(tmplen)) != NULL &&
58 	    sysctl(localbase_oid, 2, tmppath, &tmplen, NULL, 0) == 0) {
59 		/*
60 		 * Check for some other thread already having
61 		 * set localbase - this should use atomic ops.
62 		 * The amount of memory allocated above may leak,
63 		 * if a parallel update in another thread is not
64 		 * detected and the non-NULL pointer is overwritten.
65 		 */
66 		if (tmppath[0] != '\0' &&
67 		    (volatile const char*)localbase == NULL)
68 			localbase = tmppath;
69 		else
70 			free((void*)tmppath);
71 		return (localbase);
72 	}
73 	return (_PATH_LOCALBASE);
74 }
75