Rollup merge of #126854 - devnexen:std_unix_os_fallback_upd, r=Mark-Simulacrum

matthiaskrgr · web-flow · commit 9892b3e9fe9a · 2024-06-24T06:27:16.000+02:00
std::unix::os::home_dir: fallback's optimisation.

we're using a guaranteed initialised field on success.
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/os.rs b/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/os.rs
@@ -738,17 +738,17 @@ pub fn home_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
             n => n as usize,
         };
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(amt);
-        let mut passwd: libc::passwd = mem::zeroed();
+        let mut p = mem::MaybeUninit::<libc::passwd>::uninit();
         let mut result = ptr::null_mut();
         match libc::getpwuid_r(
             libc::getuid(),
-            &mut passwd,
+            p.as_mut_ptr(),
             buf.as_mut_ptr(),
             buf.capacity(),
             &mut result,
         ) {
             0 if !result.is_null() => {
-                let ptr = passwd.pw_dir as *const _;
+                let ptr = (*result).pw_dir as *const _;
                 let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_bytes().to_vec();
                 Some(OsStringExt::from_vec(bytes))
             }
