cp: revert a recent buggy change, and add a comment why it's wrong
[oweals/busybox.git] / findutils / xargs.c
index 8d7e813b5d0d0ef280f3d9b2db93768677412dc2..76d1d5489037a63aae2e7cc7c387ccca80287627 100644 (file)
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
  * Mini xargs implementation for busybox
  * Options are supported: "-prtx -n max_arg -s max_chars -e[ouf_str]"
@@ -5,39 +6,21 @@
  * (C) 2002,2003 by Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
  *
  * Special thanks
- * - Mark Whitley and Glenn McGrath for stimul to rewrote :)
+ * - Mark Whitley and Glenn McGrath for stimulus to rewrite :)
  * - Mike Rendell <michael@cs.mun.ca>
  * and David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
  *
  * xargs is described in the Single Unix Specification v3 at
  * http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/utilities/xargs.html
  *
  */
 
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include "busybox.h"
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+/* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
+
 
 /* COMPAT:  SYSV version defaults size (and has a max value of) to 470.
    We try to make it as large as possible. */
 
 
 #ifdef TEST
-# ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-#  define CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
+# ifndef ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
+#  define ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION 1
 # endif
-# ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
-#  define CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
+# ifndef ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
+#  define ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES 1
 # endif
-# ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
-#  define CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
+# ifndef ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
+#  define ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT 1
 # endif
-# ifndef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-#  define CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
+# ifndef ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
+#  define ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM 1
 # endif
 #endif
 
 /*
-   This function have special algorithm.
-   Don`t use fork and include to main!
+   This function has special algorithm.
+   Don't use fork and include to main!
 */
-static int xargs_exec(char *const *args)
+static int xargs_exec(char **args)
 {
-       pid_t p;
-       volatile int exec_errno = 0;    /* shared vfork stack */
-
-       if ((p = vfork()) >= 0) {
-               if (p == 0) {
-                       /* vfork -- child */
-                       execvp(args[0], args);
-                       exec_errno = errno;     /* set error to shared stack */
-                       _exit(1);
-               } else {
-                       /* vfork -- parent */
-                       int status;
-
-                       while (wait(&status) == (pid_t) - 1)
-                               if (errno != EINTR)
-                                       break;
-                       if (exec_errno) {
-                               errno = exec_errno;
-                               bb_perror_msg("%s", args[0]);
-                               return exec_errno == ENOENT ? 127 : 126;
-                       } else {
-                               if (WEXITSTATUS(status) == 255) {
-                                       bb_error_msg("%s: exited with status 255; aborting", args[0]);
-                                       return 124;
-                               }
-                               if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
-                                       bb_error_msg("%s: stopped by signal %d", 
-                                               args[0], WSTOPSIG(status));
-                                       return 125;
-                               }
-                               if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
-                                       bb_error_msg("%s: terminated by signal %d", 
-                                               args[0], WTERMSIG(status));
-                                       return 125;
-                               }
-                               if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0)
-                                       return 123;
-                               return 0;
-                       }
-               }
-       } else {
-               bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
+       int status;
+
+       status = spawn_and_wait(args);
+       if (status < 0) {
+               bb_simple_perror_msg(args[0]);
+               return errno == ENOENT ? 127 : 126;
+       }
+       if (status == 255) {
+               bb_error_msg("%s: exited with status 255; aborting", args[0]);
+               return 124;
        }
+/* Huh? I think we won't see this, ever. We don't wait with WUNTRACED!
+       if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
+               bb_error_msg("%s: stopped by signal %d",
+                       args[0], WSTOPSIG(status));
+               return 125;
+       }
+*/
+       if (status >= 1000) {
+               bb_error_msg("%s: terminated by signal %d",
+                       args[0], status - 1000);
+               return 125;
+       }
+       if (status)
+               return 123;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 
-typedef struct xlist_s {
-       char *data;
-       size_t lenght;
-       struct xlist_s *link;
+typedef struct xlist_t {
+       struct xlist_t *link;
+       size_t length;
+       char xstr[1];
 } xlist_t;
 
-static int eof_stdin_detected;
+static smallint eof_stdin_detected;
 
 #define ISBLANK(c) ((c) == ' ' || (c) == '\t')
-#define ISSPACE(c) (ISBLANK (c) || (c) == '\n' || (c) == '\r' \
+#define ISSPACE(c) (ISBLANK(c) || (c) == '\n' || (c) == '\r' \
                    || (c) == '\f' || (c) == '\v')
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
-static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg, 
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES
+static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t *list_arg,
        const char *eof_str, size_t mc, char *buf)
 {
 #define NORM      0
@@ -137,26 +103,28 @@ static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg,
 #define BACKSLASH 2
 #define SPACE     4
 
-       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
-       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
-       char q = 0;             /* quote char */
+       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
+       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
+       char q = '\0';          /* quote char */
        char state = NORM;
        char eof_str_detected = 0;
-       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
-       int c;                  /* current char */
+       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
+       int c;                  /* current char */
        xlist_t *cur;
        xlist_t *prev;
 
-       for (prev = cur = list_arg; cur; cur = cur->link) {
-               line_l += cur->lenght;  /* previous allocated */
-               if (prev != cur)
-                       prev = prev->link;
+       prev = cur = list_arg;
+       while (1) {
+               if (!cur) break;
+               prev = cur;
+               line_l += cur->length;
+               cur = cur->link;
        }
 
        while (!eof_stdin_detected) {
                c = getchar();
                if (c == EOF) {
-                       eof_stdin_detected++;
+                       eof_stdin_detected = 1;
                        if (s)
                                goto unexpected_eof;
                        break;
@@ -167,19 +135,16 @@ static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg,
                        state = NORM;
                        goto set;
                } else if (state == QUOTE) {
-                       if (c == q) {
-                               q = 0;
-                               state = NORM;
-                       } else {
+                       if (c != q)
                                goto set;
-                       }
-               } else { /* if(state == NORM) */
-
+                       q = '\0';
+                       state = NORM;
+               } else { /* if (state == NORM) */
                        if (ISSPACE(c)) {
                                if (s) {
-unexpected_eof:
+ unexpected_eof:
                                        state = SPACE;
-                                       c = 0;
+                                       c = '\0';
                                        goto set;
                                }
                        } else {
@@ -191,36 +156,36 @@ unexpected_eof:
                                        q = c;
                                        state = QUOTE;
                                } else {
-set:
-                                       if ((p - buf) >= mc)
+ set:
+                                       if ((size_t)(p - buf) >= mc)
                                                bb_error_msg_and_die("argument line too long");
                                        *p++ = c;
                                }
                        }
                }
-               if (state == SPACE) {   /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
+               if (state == SPACE) {   /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
                        if (q) {
-                               bb_error_msg_and_die("unmatched %s quote", 
+                               bb_error_msg_and_die("unmatched %s quote",
                                        q == '\'' ? "single" : "double");
                        }
                        /* word loaded */
                        if (eof_str) {
-                               eof_str_detected = strcmp(s, eof_str) == 0;
+                               eof_str_detected = (strcmp(s, eof_str) == 0);
                        }
                        if (!eof_str_detected) {
-                               size_t lenght = (p - buf);
-
-                               cur = xmalloc(sizeof(xlist_t) + lenght);
-                               cur->data = memcpy(cur + 1, s, lenght);
-                               cur->lenght = lenght;
+                               size_t length = (p - buf);
+                               /* Dont xzalloc - it can be quite big */
+                               cur = xmalloc(offsetof(xlist_t, xstr) + length);
                                cur->link = NULL;
+                               cur->length = length;
+                               memcpy(cur->xstr, s, length);
                                if (prev == NULL) {
                                        list_arg = cur;
                                } else {
                                        prev->link = cur;
                                }
                                prev = cur;
-                               line_l += lenght;
+                               line_l += length;
                                if (line_l > mc) {
                                        /* stop memory usage :-) */
                                        break;
@@ -234,28 +199,30 @@ set:
 }
 #else
 /* The variant does not support single quotes, double quotes or backslash */
-static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg, 
-       const char *eof_str, size_t mc, char *buf)
+static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t *list_arg,
+               const char *eof_str, size_t mc, char *buf)
 {
 
-       int c;                  /* current char */
-       int eof_str_detected = 0;
-       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
-       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
-       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
+       int c;                  /* current char */
+       char eof_str_detected = 0;
+       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
+       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
+       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
        xlist_t *cur;
        xlist_t *prev;
 
-       for (prev = cur = list_arg; cur; cur = cur->link) {
-               line_l += cur->lenght;  /* previous allocated */
-               if (prev != cur)
-                       prev = prev->link;
+       prev = cur = list_arg;
+       while (1) {
+               if (!cur) break;
+               prev = cur;
+               line_l += cur->length;
+               cur = cur->link;
        }
 
        while (!eof_stdin_detected) {
                c = getchar();
                if (c == EOF) {
-                       eof_stdin_detected++;
+                       eof_stdin_detected = 1;
                }
                if (eof_str_detected)
                        continue;
@@ -266,28 +233,28 @@ static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg,
                }
                if (s == NULL)
                        s = p = buf;
-               if ((p - buf) >= mc)
+               if ((size_t)(p - buf) >= mc)
                        bb_error_msg_and_die("argument line too long");
-               *p++ = c == EOF ? 0 : c;
-               if (c == EOF) { /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
+               *p++ = (c == EOF ? '\0' : c);
+               if (c == EOF) { /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
                        /* word loaded */
                        if (eof_str) {
-                               eof_str_detected = strcmp(s, eof_str) == 0;
+                               eof_str_detected = (strcmp(s, eof_str) == 0);
                        }
                        if (!eof_str_detected) {
-                               size_t lenght = (p - buf);
-
-                               cur = xmalloc(sizeof(xlist_t) + lenght);
-                               cur->data = memcpy(cur + 1, s, lenght);
-                               cur->lenght = lenght;
+                               size_t length = (p - buf);
+                               /* Dont xzalloc - it can be quite big */
+                               cur = xmalloc(offsetof(xlist_t, xstr) + length);
                                cur->link = NULL;
+                               cur->length = length;
+                               memcpy(cur->xstr, s, length);
                                if (prev == NULL) {
                                        list_arg = cur;
                                } else {
                                        prev->link = cur;
                                }
                                prev = cur;
-                               line_l += lenght;
+                               line_l += length;
                                if (line_l > mc) {
                                        /* stop memory usage :-) */
                                        break;
@@ -298,92 +265,78 @@ static xlist_t *process_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg,
        }
        return list_arg;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES */
+#endif /* FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES */
 
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
 /* Prompt the user for a response, and
    if the user responds affirmatively, return true;
-   otherwise, return false. Used "/dev/tty", not stdin. */
+   otherwise, return false. Uses "/dev/tty", not stdin. */
 static int xargs_ask_confirmation(void)
 {
-       static FILE *tty_stream;
+       FILE *tty_stream;
        int c, savec;
 
-       if (!tty_stream) {
-               tty_stream = fopen("/dev/tty", "r");
-               if (!tty_stream)
-                       bb_perror_msg_and_die("/dev/tty");
-               /* pranoidal security by vodz */
-               fcntl(fileno(tty_stream), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
-       }
+       tty_stream = xfopen_for_read(CURRENT_TTY);
        fputs(" ?...", stderr);
        fflush(stderr);
        c = savec = getc(tty_stream);
        while (c != EOF && c != '\n')
                c = getc(tty_stream);
-       if (savec == 'y' || savec == 'Y')
-               return 1;
-       return 0;
+       fclose(tty_stream);
+       return (savec == 'y' || savec == 'Y');
 }
-
-# define OPT_INC_P 1
 #else
-# define OPT_INC_P 0
 # define xargs_ask_confirmation() 1
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION */
+#endif /* FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
-# define OPT_INC_X 1
-#else
-# define OPT_INC_X 0
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-static xlist_t *process0_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg, const char *eof_str,
-                                                          size_t mc, char *buf)
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
+static xlist_t *process0_stdin(xlist_t *list_arg,
+               const char *eof_str UNUSED_PARAM, size_t mc, char *buf)
 {
-       int c;                  /* current char */
-       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
-       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
-       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
+       int c;                  /* current char */
+       char *s = NULL;         /* start word */
+       char *p = NULL;         /* pointer to end word */
+       size_t line_l = 0;      /* size loaded args line */
        xlist_t *cur;
        xlist_t *prev;
 
-       for (prev = cur = list_arg; cur; cur = cur->link) {
-               line_l += cur->lenght;  /* previous allocated */
-               if (prev != cur)
-                       prev = prev->link;
+       prev = cur = list_arg;
+       while (1) {
+               if (!cur) break;
+               prev = cur;
+               line_l += cur->length;
+               cur = cur->link;
        }
 
        while (!eof_stdin_detected) {
                c = getchar();
                if (c == EOF) {
-                       eof_stdin_detected++;
+                       eof_stdin_detected = 1;
                        if (s == NULL)
                                break;
-                       c = 0;
+                       c = '\0';
                }
                if (s == NULL)
                        s = p = buf;
-               if ((p - buf) >= mc)
+               if ((size_t)(p - buf) >= mc)
                        bb_error_msg_and_die("argument line too long");
                *p++ = c;
-               if (c == 0) {   /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
+               if (c == '\0') {   /* word's delimiter or EOF detected */
                        /* word loaded */
-                       size_t lenght = (p - buf);
-
-                       cur = xmalloc(sizeof(xlist_t) + lenght);
-                       cur->data = memcpy(cur + 1, s, lenght);
-                       cur->lenght = lenght;
+                       size_t length = (p - buf);
+                       /* Dont xzalloc - it can be quite big */
+                       cur = xmalloc(offsetof(xlist_t, xstr) + length);
                        cur->link = NULL;
+                       cur->length = length;
+                       memcpy(cur->xstr, s, length);
                        if (prev == NULL) {
                                list_arg = cur;
                        } else {
                                prev->link = cur;
                        }
                        prev = cur;
-                       line_l += lenght;
+                       line_l += length;
                        if (line_l > mc) {
                                /* stop memory usage :-) */
                                break;
@@ -393,35 +346,40 @@ static xlist_t *process0_stdin(xlist_t * list_arg, const char *eof_str,
        }
        return list_arg;
 }
-
-# define READ_ARGS(l, e, nmc, mc) (*read_args)(l, e, nmc, mc)
-# define OPT_INC_0 1   /* future use */
-#else
-# define OPT_INC_0 0   /* future use */
-# define READ_ARGS(l, e, nmc, mc) process_stdin(l, e, nmc, mc)
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM */
-
-
-#define OPT_VERBOSE     (1<<0)
-#define OPT_NO_EMPTY    (1<<1)
-#define OPT_UPTO_NUMBER (1<<2)
-#define OPT_UPTO_SIZE   (1<<3)
-#define OPT_EOF_STRING  (1<<4)
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-#define OPT_INTERACTIVE (1<<5)
-#else
-#define OPT_INTERACTIVE (0)    /* require for algorithm &| */
-#endif
-#define OPT_TERMINATE   (1<<(5+OPT_INC_P))
-#define OPT_ZEROTERM    (1<<(5+OPT_INC_P+OPT_INC_X))
-/* next future
-#define OPT_NEXT_OTHER  (1<<(5+OPT_INC_P+OPT_INC_X+OPT_INC_0))
-*/
-
+#endif /* FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM */
+
+/* Correct regardless of combination of CONFIG_xxx */
+enum {
+       OPTBIT_VERBOSE = 0,
+       OPTBIT_NO_EMPTY,
+       OPTBIT_UPTO_NUMBER,
+       OPTBIT_UPTO_SIZE,
+       OPTBIT_EOF_STRING,
+       OPTBIT_EOF_STRING1,
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION(OPTBIT_INTERACTIVE,)
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT(     OPTBIT_TERMINATE  ,)
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM(   OPTBIT_ZEROTERM   ,)
+
+       OPT_VERBOSE     = 1 << OPTBIT_VERBOSE    ,
+       OPT_NO_EMPTY    = 1 << OPTBIT_NO_EMPTY   ,
+       OPT_UPTO_NUMBER = 1 << OPTBIT_UPTO_NUMBER,
+       OPT_UPTO_SIZE   = 1 << OPTBIT_UPTO_SIZE  ,
+       OPT_EOF_STRING  = 1 << OPTBIT_EOF_STRING , /* GNU: -e[<param>] */
+       OPT_EOF_STRING1 = 1 << OPTBIT_EOF_STRING1, /* SUS: -E<param> */
+       OPT_INTERACTIVE = IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION((1 << OPTBIT_INTERACTIVE)) + 0,
+       OPT_TERMINATE   = IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT(     (1 << OPTBIT_TERMINATE  )) + 0,
+       OPT_ZEROTERM    = IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM(   (1 << OPTBIT_ZEROTERM   )) + 0,
+};
+#define OPTION_STR "+trn:s:e::E:" \
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION("p") \
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT(     "x") \
+       IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM(   "0")
+
+int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        char **args;
-       int i, a, n;
+       int i, n;
        xlist_t *list = NULL;
        xlist_t *cur;
        int child_error = 0;
@@ -429,49 +387,46 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
        int n_max_arg;
        size_t n_chars = 0;
        long orig_arg_max;
-       const char *eof_str = "_";
-       unsigned long opt;
+       const char *eof_str = NULL;
+       unsigned opt;
        size_t n_max_chars;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-       xlist_t *(*read_args) (xlist_t *, const char *, size_t, char *) = process_stdin;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
+       xlist_t* (*read_args)(xlist_t*, const char*, size_t, char*) = process_stdin;
+#else
+#define read_args process_stdin
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-       bb_opt_complementaly = "pt";
-#endif
+       opt = getopt32(argv, OPTION_STR, &max_args, &max_chars, &eof_str, &eof_str);
 
-       opt = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, "+trn:s:e::"
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_CONFIRMATION
-       "p"
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
-       "x"
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-       "0"
-#endif
-       ,&max_args, &max_chars, &eof_str);
+       /* -E ""? You may wonder why not just omit -E?
+        * This is used for portability:
+        * old xargs was using "_" as default for -E / -e */
+       if ((opt & OPT_EOF_STRING1) && eof_str[0] == '\0')
+               eof_str = NULL;
+
+       if (opt & OPT_ZEROTERM)
+               IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM(read_args = process0_stdin);
 
-       a = argc - optind;
        argv += optind;
-       if (a == 0) {
+       argc -= optind;
+       if (!argc) {
                /* default behavior is to echo all the filenames */
-               *argv = "echo";
-               a++;
+               *argv = (char*)"echo";
+               argc++;
        }
 
        orig_arg_max = ARG_MAX;
        if (orig_arg_max == -1)
                orig_arg_max = LONG_MAX;
-       orig_arg_max -= 2048;   /* POSIX.2 requires subtracting 2048.  */
-       if ((opt & OPT_UPTO_SIZE)) {
-               n_max_chars = bb_xgetularg10_bnd(max_chars, 1, orig_arg_max);
-               for (i = 0; i < a; i++) {
+       orig_arg_max -= 2048;   /* POSIX.2 requires subtracting 2048 */
+
+       if (opt & OPT_UPTO_SIZE) {
+               n_max_chars = xatoul_range(max_chars, 1, orig_arg_max);
+               for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
                        n_chars += strlen(*argv) + 1;
                }
                if (n_max_chars < n_chars) {
-                       bb_error_msg_and_die("can not fit single argument within argument list size limit");
+                       bb_error_msg_and_die("cannot fit single argument within argument list size limit");
                }
                n_max_chars -= n_chars;
        } else {
@@ -485,26 +440,21 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
        }
        max_chars = xmalloc(n_max_chars);
 
-       if ((opt & OPT_UPTO_NUMBER)) {
-               n_max_arg = bb_xgetularg10_bnd(max_args, 1, INT_MAX);
+       if (opt & OPT_UPTO_NUMBER) {
+               n_max_arg = xatoul_range(max_args, 1, INT_MAX);
        } else {
                n_max_arg = n_max_chars;
        }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM
-       if (opt & OPT_ZEROTERM)
-               read_args = process0_stdin;
-#endif
-
-       while ((list = READ_ARGS(list, eof_str, n_max_chars, max_chars)) != NULL || 
-               (opt & OPT_NO_EMPTY) == 0) 
+       while ((list = read_args(list, eof_str, n_max_chars, max_chars)) != NULL ||
+               !(opt & OPT_NO_EMPTY))
        {
                opt |= OPT_NO_EMPTY;
                n = 0;
                n_chars = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT
                for (cur = list; cur;) {
-                       n_chars += cur->lenght;
+                       n_chars += cur->length;
                        n++;
                        cur = cur->link;
                        if (n_chars > n_max_chars || (n == n_max_arg && cur)) {
@@ -515,43 +465,43 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                }
 #else
                for (cur = list; cur; cur = cur->link) {
-                       n_chars += cur->lenght;
+                       n_chars += cur->length;
                        n++;
                        if (n_chars > n_max_chars || n == n_max_arg) {
                                break;
                        }
                }
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT */
+#endif /* FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT */
 
-               /* allocating pointers for execvp:
-                  a*arg, n*arg from stdin, NULL */
-               args = xcalloc(n + a + 1, sizeof(char *));
+               /* allocate pointers for execvp:
+                  argc*arg, n*arg from stdin, NULL */
+               args = xzalloc((n + argc + 1) * sizeof(char *));
 
-               /* Store the command to be executed
+               /* store the command to be executed
                   (taken from the command line) */
-               for (i = 0; i < a; i++)
+               for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                        args[i] = argv[i];
                /* (taken from stdin) */
                for (cur = list; n; cur = cur->link) {
-                       args[i++] = cur->data;
+                       args[i++] = cur->xstr;
                        n--;
                }
 
-               if ((opt & (OPT_INTERACTIVE | OPT_VERBOSE))) {
+               if (opt & (OPT_INTERACTIVE | OPT_VERBOSE)) {
                        for (i = 0; args[i]; i++) {
                                if (i)
                                        fputc(' ', stderr);
                                fputs(args[i], stderr);
                        }
-                       if ((opt & OPT_INTERACTIVE) == 0)
+                       if (!(opt & OPT_INTERACTIVE))
                                fputc('\n', stderr);
                }
-               if ((opt & OPT_INTERACTIVE) == 0 || xargs_ask_confirmation() != 0) {
+               if (!(opt & OPT_INTERACTIVE) || xargs_ask_confirmation()) {
                        child_error = xargs_exec(args);
                }
 
                /* clean up */
-               for (i = a; args[i]; i++) {
+               for (i = argc; args[i]; i++) {
                        cur = list;
                        list = list->link;
                        free(cur);
@@ -560,23 +510,22 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
                if (child_error > 0 && child_error != 123) {
                        break;
                }
-       }
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-       free(max_chars);
-#endif
+       } /* while */
+       if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
+               free(max_chars);
        return child_error;
 }
 
 
 #ifdef TEST
 
-const char *bb_applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
+const char *applet_name = "debug stuff usage";
 
 void bb_show_usage(void)
 {
-       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-p] [-r] [-t] -[x] [-n max_arg] [-s max_chars]\n", 
-               bb_applet_name);
-       exit(1);
+       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-p] [-r] [-t] -[x] [-n max_arg] [-s max_chars]\n",
+               applet_name);
+       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)